St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-21
People of the State Continue to Send Aid
to st. Cloud and Sauk
Rapids.
First Report of Damage at Buckmantown
Supply of Money and Provisions
Sent There.
DIR. Dunn Reports the Condition of
the Wounded in the Various
Hospitals.
Work of Relief Committees--System
aItc Method Of Distributing Funds
and Furniture.
Echoes Fromthe Great Cyclone

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, April 20.-The sorrows of
this stricken region are now fully known
to all the people of the Northwest, and the
generous responses of the people of Mime
sofa are appreciated by those who survived
the fury of the great cyclone of last Wednes-
day afternoon. substantial evidences of
the peoples sympathy continue to come in.
Seemingly the citizens of st. Cloud, in I'M
dertaking to provide for her suffering and
destitute without the aid of outside relief
are carrying burden too great for her pub
lie spirited business men. She VIII need
and must have assistance in providing for
her own sufferers, for their immediate
wants, as well as in the rebuilding of
houses in the district touched by the ruth
less wrecker of homes. This city has done
molly in organizing and carrying into sue
cesSful operation most excellent system
of relief work. At the same time she has
shown toward her afflicted sister city a
commendable and magnanimouS spirit.
The following donations not heretofore
mentioned have been received: Hon. Dor
illus Morrison, Minneapolis, $500; village of
Litchfield, through its mayor, Hon. +. L.
BisSell, $500.
AT BUCKMANTowN.
Senator Buckman of Sauk Rapids has
just returned from Buckmantown, farm
ing settlement about twelve miles northeast
of Rice'S station, and reported to the st.
Cloud relief committee that these people,
who are sufferers from the cyclone, need
immediate action. Committees have been
over the ground and find they have received
little or no aid. They need money, lumber
and seed grain, and $500 he thought would
supply their immediate wants. The st.
Cloud committee authorized Senator Buck
man and Henry j. Rosenbergen to go to
these people at once, and they have left al
ready, taking with them a supply of such
things as could be obtained at Sauk Rapids.
These gentleman take from the Rapids a
car of lumber. The following are among
the sufferers by the cyclone at Buchanan
town.
John Spooner, everything destroyed; (;
wife confined the day be fore the cyclone, was
taken from the ruins badly injured; John
HOdorf. roof Of barn blown Off: William Del
mier, killed, wife injured, property destroyed;
Julius kienow, buildings partially destroyed;
August Kienow, everything destroyed; Frank
Kienow, roof of house blown off; James
Fruit, buildings all destroyed; Peter Ringer,
buildings all destroyed; Edward Kase,
granary destroyed, all his wheat blown away.
CONDITION OF THE PATIENTS.
DR.. James H. Dunn, surgeon in charge at
Sauk Rapids, has submitted the following re-
port to DIR. S. S. Kilvington as to the con-
dition of all the persons being cared for:
Chalgren children doing well; Oracle, 6
years old. will be removed 10 hospital; Mrs.
Henry Chalgren improving rapidly; trained
nurse in attendance. Mrs. II. Berg, con-
valescing; trained nurse in attendance. Mrs.
Hertz. doing well and promising an early re-
covery- Mrs. Heaton and three children, out
of danger; no nurse required. Anna
Behrand, better, though suffering yet from
contusions and conclusion of the spine. Mrs.
Stanton, up and around; her son up and
around, though suffering from severe
scalp wound. Mrs. DR.. Jencks better, but
somewhat prostrated; trained nurse in at
tendance. Miss st. Cyr, under care local
physician and doing we'll The Jackson fam
lily all improving; Willie alone is confined to
the bed. Mrs. G. E. Bell better and sitting up:
trained nurse in attendance. Angie Carpen-
ter, aged years, is worse; she will recover
however. At the hoSpital-Mrs. John RUSSELL
better and able to sit up; Baby Russell, with a
fractured thigh. better; Claude Russell, aged
g. doing well; Mrs. Arnith, fractured arm,
com Portable; Mrs. Ganchoff. still very low
and recovery doubtful; Caroline Hertz, arm
amputated, better hut not out of danger;
Fred Bartnick, comfortable and out of dan
ger. The Sczepanski family were removed to
the hospital on account of the dangerous
character of their flesh wounds.
NOTES.
Aid. Kerr, at the meeting ofsthe St. Paul
ment of what had been accomplished at st.
Cloud and Sauk Rapids. He stated that the
people of st. Paul had commenced the erec-
tion of fine new dwelling houses at Sank Rap
ids and that two or three were nearly COM
pleted. He reports that Mr.. Marchant of
Minneapolis, who had charge of the depot of
supplies at Sauk Rapids, was exceedingly ac-
commodating and gentlemanly and doing
some hard work.
DR.. Dunn reports the hospital in good con-
dition, in charge of himself, DIR. Graves of
Brainerd, DIR. Jenckes of Sauk Rapids and DIR.
Bussey of Minneapolis. The four trained
nurses, Misses Manchester, Ross and Smith,
he praises without STINT as well as Steward
Lausdale of Minneapolis. In conclusion DIR,
Dunn reports everything moving along nicely
and the supply of all medical articles fully
equal to the present demand.
DR.. A. F. Groves of Brainerd deserves COM
mendahle mention for his interchangeable work,
professionally and otherwise, in the hospital
at Sauk Rapids since last Wednesday evening
caring for the injured
DIR. Hoyt of st. Paul, who has been in con-
slant attention at Sank Rapids since his arri-
val here, returned to st. Paul yesterday after
noon.
DR.. Gilman, medical director in st. Cloud,
reports the condition of patients unchanged.
DIR. Gilman is the resident physician of this
city, and has been unremitting in his excel
lent work in the hospital and elsewhere.
Over 1000 has been reported to Mayor
Crocker of Faribault for the cyclone sufferers
st ST. Cloud and Sauk Rapids.
The village council of Norwood, Mimi. has
appropriated $50 for the cyclone sufferers at
St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids.
THE WORK OF RELIEF.