The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-04-22
AT sAUK RAPIDS.

The scene at Sagk Rapids WAS duplication Of
that in st. Cloudbnly worse. The storm was
more severe than In st. Cloud and the casualties
greater. telegram from that point on the
evening Of tho 14th says:
A cyclone struck this city atl o'clock this
afternoon, and In just six minutes the town was
In ruins. Not single business house - LETT
standing on the main street. and many residen-
ces are demolished. The wind came from the
southwest and swept everything before II for
width Of about four blocks. The storm cloud
was ~ black - night, with bright clear sky On
either eide. The court house IL now heap of
ruins, and several OF the county officers were
killed. The Union school house, the Congrega-
tional and Episcopalian churches, the postofice,
Hour mill and large machine shops were oil con-
verted into kindling wood In less time than It
takes to tell. What WAS the center Of the town
10 now covered with all sorts Of debris, timbers,
doors, pieces OF furniture. ETC.. but only the
City hotel remains intact. The Northern Pa
cihc depot Vas literally blown away, and alargs
number Of freight cars overturned upon ths
tracks.
At the present time twenty-five dead bodies
have been recovered from the ruins and large
number OF people are injured. The bodies ass
laid ont in the nearest houses left standing, and
several half demolished buildings are made to
answer the purpose Of morgue. The spectacle
is \ sad one. the living being not only deprived
Of their friends, but OF all their earthly possess-
ions at the same time. The total loss Of proper
ty is not less than t3OO, 900, without dollar Of
cyclone insurance. The town u ruined. The
living are caring for the wounded - well - pos
sible, and physicians from st. Paul, Ninneapolis
and Brainerd are in attendance. Out Of six sal-
oons but one WAS left. and this furnished liquors
for the wounded.
Below will be found : complete list Of the
killed and wounded Vt Sank Rapids.
LIST or KILLsD.
SILAs WARNER, 2S years.
MRS. MATTE FINCK, 70 years.
CARL +. FINck, years.
JOHN II. FINCK, years.
AUGUST L. FINCK, . years.
OTILLA FINck, II years.
A. II. LAKE, SO years.
A. e. SHUEBER. 2s years.
JOHN RENARD, 27 years.
GhEGG LINDLEls Do years.
MAURICE ST. cYR, 3 years.
OLLIE CARPENTER, 8 years.
- BARsENT, 20 years.
SAMUEL soRENSON, 80 years.
MRS. DAREE, 20 years.
ERNEST o. ALBRIGHT, ~ years.
LOUIS LANDRE, Is years.
J. ]. LANDRE. Is years.
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and years.
CLARA and LILLE BERG, aged II and Is
years.
CAPT. ABNER ST. CYR, A. years.
WILLIE BARTNICK, u years.
Two WELA children, aged 5 and years.
MRS. SAMUEL FLETCHER, 2s yeaIe.
LIST or WOUNDED.
Three RUSSELL children, internal injuries.
+. A. HALBERT, st. Paul. fracture OF skull
and arms.
MRS. JOHN ARNITH and three children bad
y hurt
FRANK MOTION, injured about head.
JUDGE BEAUPRE. injured about the head.
FRED BALINSKI, ecalp wound.
Mr.. and MRS. s. N. WRIGHT, scalp wounds.
MRS. DIR. JENcKs, internal injuries.
THEODORE BERG. jaw broken.
MRS. B. x. NOTION. foet badly injured.
MRS. TRUSKENSKI. leg broken.
LULU CARPENTER. stick thrust through the
lung.
HORACE CARPENTER, scalp wounds.
GEORGE DANE, shoulder crushed.
MRS. DIR. JENKS was just outside her
house. she Vas found IL An hour after the
storm some rods away and unconscious among
some timber. Her recovery is doubtful.
TWO MORE KILLED.
On Senator Buckman's farm, some two miles
from Sauk Rapids, two men were killed, and
set Of buildings belonging to the senator
were wholly demolished. One Of the
men Was In Z field some distance
from any building. He was thrown to the
ground aud rolled headlong until he was dead,
his bones being badly crushed. The other man
WAS William Timer, who lived with his family
In Senator Buckman's house. With his wife
aud two or three children, he went to tho cellar
when he saw the cloud coming. He left his
family aud went above to get some valuable pro-
perty, and never returned, for the storm struck
he Il ~ ~