The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-19
THE FUNERAL CORTEGE
FOLLOWS IN THE WAKE OF THE
MINNESOTA CYCLOfle.


Who Survived the Storms wrath-Re-
ports of the Dead and Injured Stil
Increasing Financial Aid.
Sr CLOUD, Mimi, April 10 Each day
shows more plainly the dreadful effects OF
the tornado Farmers from the outlying
parts OF the county bring in reports OF the
storm in their particular locality, and tell
of timbers, books clothing, and other
articles found on their premises that once
were part of happy homes in st Cloud.
At Sauk Rapids the report of the dead and
in jured Is constantly increasing and it will
be some days before an accurate list can be
compiled. Physicians from all prominent
points In the state are in attendance and are
doing all in their power to alleviate the suf-
erngs OF the injured Each train arriving is
freighted with provisions, clothing, bedding,
bandages, and rything that is needfuL
Money has been freely subscribed, and in a
few days the greater part of the wreck will
have been cleared away and the homeless
and houseless cared for, but years must
elapse before the city can recover from the
blow
A general estimate of the dead at all
places would probably put the number at
evenly one Annie Ziebold, years of age
died in the hospital Friday morning from
the effects of fracture of the
skull News was brought in Friday
that Wilbur Dahlmaer, farmer at
Buchmantown, twenty five miles from here,
and workingman named Clark, at the
same Place, had been killed As for the
wounded, only Il rough guess at their num-
Der can be made Fifty four are known to
he In the hospital, and thirty at least are
being cared for by the nuns at the convent
Besides this, almost every house in St
Cloud and Sauk Rapids contains at least
one sufferer from the storm. Possibly not
more than Us are badly hurt William
Shortage, who hal both legs amputated,
lies in critical condition
To one who has not looked with his own
eyes at Sauk Rapids the scene there will be
well nigh impossible TO convey an adequate
idea of the suffering entailed upon the peo
Pile of the town by the terrible catastrophe
Some fifty or more farmers are absolutely
homeless, without a roof to shelter them
Women sit disconsolately amid the ruins of
their homes, looking with da2ed eyes at the
destruction that has fallen upon them. Chill
dren wander about amid the wreck awe
struck and careless of their sports, while
men labor, sick at heart, at the work of
clearing up the debris Everywhere one
reads an expression of the despair The loss
at Sauk Rapids will probably exceed $500, 600
Solemn requiem mass was said in the
cathedral Friday morning over the remains
OF thirteen of the victims, Father Stemper
officiating, and in the church Of the lmmac-
ulate Conception similar services were held
by Fathers Gross and Casper for the repose
of the dead Both churches were heavily
draped In mourning, and as the funeral
eortege passed fromS them on the way to
the cemetery through the devasted street,
hundreds of persons, many of them friends
| and relatives of the dead who had gathered
here from afar, stool with bowed heads,
| deep in grief. As the procession moved on
an old man with a high falsetto voice began
chanting German prayer for the dead and
| 50J voices repeated the responses Thus
with measured tread and solemn chant the
sad cortege wound on to the cemetery
Here two huge graves had been dug, AM
| into these the boIies were lowered. In onG
| were placed the remains o. nine adults; il
the other those OF nine little children Rudt
| pine crosses with the names of the victims
were then erected, and the mourners 81
lenty departed Other funerals were con
ducted by the Protestant churches Mrs
Fair and the three dead children of Mrs
Junglcr bling inferred during the day
Fourteen of the dead at Sauk Rapids wer,
buried at the Masonic cemetery there, tn,
Rev. Mr. Campbell, of St Cloud, conduct
ing the services
| Further news from Rice's Station, nea
which occurred the fearful tragedy at
wedding, addi to the horrible aspect of thu
affair, Miss Shultl, who would have been
made Mrs. Friday, was not killed outrigh
but is feartuly manned, and the list o
killed now numbers ton, Mary Trobont,
girl of Il, having died of her injuries
A telegram was received Friday after
noon to the effect that the city council O
Minneapolis had voted 50, 900 for the sui
ferers here. Dr. kilvington left Mime
apolis with twelve female nursa
and a dozen carpenters with materia
enough to build hospital "A by 100 feet
Dispatches from Grinnell, Iowa, say tina
handsome sum of money will be sent frol
there also, and 500 has beenoffere
by the indianapolis council
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April IA St Clou
dispatch says: AN unknown woman an
an infant were found in the ruins Frda
night These make the total number kille
by the cyclone in this state sixty -nine, "a
cording to the lowest estimate. One papt
make the total number OF dead seventy
three"