New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-21
CYCLONE.
A Frightful Calamity Befalls St. Cloud
Sank Rapids and Rice's
Station.
A Cyclone of Tremendous Power Sweeps
Through the Towns, Destroying
All in Its Path.
A DISASTROUS TORNADO.

ALI IN It's PaCn.
A DISASTROUS TORNADO.
ST. CLOUD, Special Telegram, April a.
St. Cloud cannot longer congratulate itself
upon being north of the track of cyclones,
for it was this afternoon swept by one Of
the most horrible tornadoes in the history Of
Minnesota. Sharp points were first seen to
dart down from the clouds, and SO far as this
town is concerned the cyclone had it's COM
mencement about 3 o'clock in the basin OF
the Masonic cemetery forming whirlwinG
here about thousand feet in diameter. II
took almost every tree in its circle from the
ground or twisted 1t off at the trunk.
Great stones We're torn up from the
earth and dragged along. Moving slowly
from here and combining itself to
space of 100 feet across, it passed north.
east over Calvary hill, wrecking the Catho-
lie chapel and SCATTERING the crucifx The
it entered the city at John w. Tennford's
place, taking the rear part of the house, and,
crossing St German street, completely de-
molished John Schwartz's large brick house
From here it swept straight across the
prairie, scattering fifty or more smaller frame
houses like so many feathers. In most cases
nothing was left to mark the site of dwell
ings but the cellars. The prairies were
strewn with timbers, furniture and cloth
ing
DAMAGE 70 THE MANITOBA PROPERTY.
The freight depot of the Manitoba railway
was directly in it's path, and portions of it
and the cars on the track were blown half a
mile Long lines of cars loaded with freigh,
were blown from the track and the rails
wrenched from place 1t passed the limits
of the town Just west of Lieut.. Gov Glman's
residence, taking part of his fence and kill
ing horses. It crossed the Mississippi at the
Sank Rapids wagon bridge, taking the two
east spans It here widened to 600 feet
Stanton's grist mills took the full force, and
were leveled The cyclone swept from there
through the center of the town, taking the best
OF the business part of it, including Becg's
hardware store, Beaupre Bros grocery, the
court house and hotel near by, the public
school building, part OF the brewery, and
every important business house in the city
except c. g. Woods store The village is
virtually wiped out of existence, four ffths
of the buildings being leveled. The course
of the storm through St Cloud was wit
messed by hundreds OF citizens There had
been short, sharp showers during the past
tWenty-four hours, and a warm south wind
blowing at the time. The clouds were seen
to form just southwest of the city-dark,
oyerhanging masses Then
SHARP TONGUES OF LIGHTNING
darted down, and the terrible whirlwind be.
gan its fatal course, passing along slowly
and majestically. Whenever any warning
could be given all escaped safely, but in
most instances nothing was known of the
approaching destroyer until it's awful roar
was heard too late for flight The part OF
the town struck was that OF the poorer resi-
dents living in clumps of small frame houses,
often several families being in one house
The men were nearly all laborers or railroad
men and away at their work, and only the
women and children left in the houses The
fatalities in St Cloud, though great, are not
equal in number to those in Sank Rapids,
but complete list there cannot now be OBJ
tanned. In every house almost all the in
mates were more or less hurt. and their es-
capes from death were marvellous
THE ST. CLOUD FATAMTIEa
Mrs. STEIN. widow.
Mrs. STRAUSS.
MINNIE STEIN, ten years old.
Mrs. TREMP MEHAN wife of railroad laborer
JACOB SHORTRIDGE
NICK ZIMMERMAN, an old farmer.
Mrs. WEISMANN, an old lady.
Son of B. O. MERsKE, four years old
JOE GINSkOFFSKI, seven years old.
JOSEPH c. and MARY ZINS a little girl
VAN HOESEN, railroad laborer.
AUGUST KROLLS, baby.
f. ANDREWS of Owatonna, supposed to be a
travelling teacher of penmahship
Fifteen dead are known so far.
THE SAUK RAPIDS VICTIMS.
The following were killed at Sank Rapids
Baby of AUGUST knoll.
D. BERG, merchant and two children.
JOHN KENARD. county auditor.
e GEORGE LINDLEY. county treasurer
Two children of c. G.. WOOD, merchant
s. ABNER ST. CYR, fatally hurt.
Child OF 2. CARPENTER, clerk of court.
T. BEAUPRE. judge Of probate, badly hurt.
WRECKED HOUSES IN ST. CLOUD.
Inc houses wrecked in this city were:
Nick Junemanns farm house and barn, total
W. Tenford, frame house. partial.
John Schwartz, large brick, total
John Plates brick house. partial
Mike Moos, Jacob Brown. Mike Weismann.
Chris Putz each small house, total.
John BlunJanburg frame, unroofed.
Joseph Dueber, frame, total
Frank Knuth, frame, total.
Anton klouskowski. Boniface Omerski, Frank
Dolder. Martin Yangelski, each frame house.
total.
j. o. Shindler, large frame. unroofed, and barn
wrecked