New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22
IN RUIN s.
The City Of Mount Vernon, Ill.
almost destroyed by a ter
rible Cyclone.
3337 Houses in Ruins and the
fierce flames aid an Iso0stdng
the nedng1ed Tict5nls.
The death list Nunmers SO.

The city of Mount Vernon was visited
by horrible cyclone Sunday afternoon
at 4. % o'clock. It had been raining and
laundering for sometime, when sudden
". without a moments warning, low
black cloud that seemed to touch the
earth swept over the city, leaving it in
ruins and setting fire to the remaining
buildings. The following is list of the
killed and injured, as far as known:
KILLED.
Mrs. Russell Dewey, Mrs. j. H. Wa
tiers and baby. Henry Waters, D. E.
7earwood and wife. j. G. Murray, G..
Cummings, an engineer, Mary West
brook, James Bearson, Mrs. Holcomb,
DR.. j. Yearwood and wife, Mrs. G. Coo
per, S. Yearwood and wife, G.. Purcell,
Mrs. w. Jones and two children, John
Dodson, Miss Josie Sutten, John Shew.
Eddie Maxey, a daughter of Mrs. R.
Dewey, F. Clightman blacksmith, Mrs.
L. 3. Legg, and ?. Lillicrapt.
Il II AALLI 1NO OhLD.
L. E. Legg, Mrs. Fl. Waters, Miss L.
Lisenby, Chas. Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
| Galbraith, G. Wire, Mr. and Mrs. West.
brook, Amanda Beardon, W. H. Hin
| mau, Lizzie Bennett, j. G. Hanbrick,
c. Pool, Miss c. Hanbrick, B. Hawkins,
Mrs. Albright, H. Ellis, Mr.. Millicropt,
j. Howard, S. Maxey, Van Maxey and
several children. Mrs. F. Holcomb, Miss
Ina Holcomb and a daughter of Mrs.
Albright.
Three fourths of the business portion
of the city is ruined financially and the
damage of property is variously esti-
mated at from 100000 to 81, 1000, 900.
On main street. for nearly quarter OF
mile, there is hardly house leftstand-
ing and as near as can be ascertained
this is the case all over the city. From
near the centre to the west end on all
sides ruins stare one in the face. J. ]
Manton, saloonkeeper, lost heavily, his
building being destroyed. j. j. Hiser-
mann. bakery destroyed and goods
lost. The wagon and blacksmith shop
of Bonner & Co., destroyed. G. D.
Cook, druggist, building and goods
lost. The Johnson building, in which
is the large dry goods store ofsReutcher,
Waters & Co. is greatly damaged. The
drug store Of Hill, Williams dry goods
Ferguson's harness shop and Mrs.
Waters millinery store greatly dam
aged. Rober & Smiths building, con
tanning ROBBERS cigar store, and J. J..
Gray's saloon, badly damaged. John
sons building, containing shoe store,
and j. H. Rackaway's building, con-
tanning G. W. Posts general stock of
merchandise, D. II. Wise and Sudspeth
& Co. IN S. H. Watson's building.
stock and building are total wrecks.
j. F. Watson's building, including
Howard Bros. & Co. stock of grocer
les, is totally destroyed. The bank of
&. W. Evans is destroyed. G. w.
Morgan's building and jewelry store
destroyed. ]. R. Pow elson's house and
furniture store destroyed. W. E. Jack
sons harness store and building ruined.
The skating ring is scattered all over
town. The mill of the Mount Vernon
Milling Company is badly damaged.
The other buildings are not seriously
damaged except G. M. F. Wards
building on the west side. which is al
most totally demolished
The storm passed from the southwest
and had rotary motion. It swept
down with fearful fury, striking first
just south of the city hall, then carried
away the third and fourth stories of the
Mt. Vernon mill From there it swept
on in q path 500 yards wide. The
Methodist church fell just after 25O
people had left the Sunday school room
and is total wreck. The Commercial
hotel lost its third story. The Crews
block on the south side of the square is
leveled with the earth, and under it
was found the body Of John c. Murray.
the owner of the block, formerly of
Chicago. The large two-story brick
school house did not withstand the
shock any better than the smallest
house in the track of the cyclone. The
Large two-story frame house of George
Ward was picked up and carried about
twenty feet and left unhurt, while two
brick buildings within 100 feet were left
in ruins. A. 3. Cox's store, G. ".
Morgan's jewelry store, Maxey, West &
Swift's store and Jackson's saddlery
store are all ruins, and on the south