The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-17
THE DEADLY CYCLONE
How it Let itself Loose in FennHy lvania and
Killed and Mangled Many People.


t~rnOOn and laid waste "v"rYth hing within its
reach and with Il terrible" loss OF lie. TN"
lives that have been sacrificed AMI tn" mum
Der that hay" been injured can only be 'biI.
mated. The most reliable computation is
that not less than sixty persons have been
killed outright and 700 injured How this
terrible calamity occurred is about as vol
lows:
1t was raining very hard ali morning
Towards noon it ceased almost rntI:clv uur!
by t o clock there was every Indication that
there would be entire cessation Of the rain
storm. Hall an hour afterwards bright sun
made every effort TO penetrate The clouds.
The tints OF IL rainbow We're seen in lhr
eastern sky 1t pOrt"ndrd beautiful sun
set. There was Il clear sky uvrrhrnu This
continued for halt an hour longer. Then the
scene changed with n BuddonnoSs that was
appalling The heccy clouds gave way 9th"
OminOus signs Of Il coming storm. Dark
heavy clouds mHrhhaIod Themselves toward
the tOwnand soon gloom errIneI to- hHvc
settled over the city. There Was a Stiffness
of coming danger. Then 'hr wind "hisli.d.
rOared and tore in mad confusion. fine storm
clouds grew heavier ~liii ami IuuIrr lvurpi
the wind. In tl" west, I'm sky
the storm was seen approaching
with laundering nol,r. Til"
swath it cut was narrow. but it's effect WAS
terrible. Persons residing along the track OF
the storm say that they saw II" first signs Of
danger in II tnnueI-shNp"d marIAtrom which
seemed to gather up everything within lis
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! suburbs of the city.
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t"out 'lIllS men M'l' 'I1II'\ ~ !" I''' '''''T
| passenger cars 1'I" were 'i9h or hii'' W
| IheSe cars Ill tue OuiN"IT IH'H mao deem
OuilC az W. .OlllP'' N'InnIN III rs 'i'| '''
cost OF T",p"V r'''n. We pulniih% was
oluIh NIIiIeIS III tI9 LnluuP' gnu 1t ~ 40
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cars we're 'IIHeG loI'HN I",' y "I.''t ne ''it'i
! very pulle" "'uei 'He "O'I9' '-"il' ~ 'it
nr'rhS "ere'aFr'e" away I'''"'I!I" ! ''.' '.l
VI 'he passenger ears was '''Tt""E "h'n Win
| gas as iney WeF" FGauE 10 D" taken on, on
lne fOau III a le" DAYS. lItE fNPIod"d on"
altpr another WIN IN" 1'arinl Dang olcaAhph-
Dang Dang, Dang ih9y reS"uhde" "''@ ~"
my, causing me people TO run out lf'In 'i'''F
houses 'hihkinG II was 'Ae SCUM" 81 an
earthquake. lhrFe was It., r'""l'',T f'H'
4G4HIlcS ~ SuSOIine III Tue pun ME- d'rI ''II7
added fuel to the names. y Shr"t "' "''me
shot upward with the ROAR OF In">N'tfE.
Some twenty OF TN" men had q rh2nrn TO
crawl out OF the debris but :onr "i th"W
companions were @nYeioped IN me flames
While TINS was all gong on INC storm Was
travellng forward with "1rtni fAE i4I'|.
IL must nave Travelled at the lat' "' one nun
dre1 miles an hour. II Str'rN some iAor'
private houses ana unToo'ed H""h private
residences. Ihe hugo Sh'"tS OF tin WeT"ra1r'ed
hal square away ana dfPoslltd IN a 'ol
Then the storm projected III us :": hjrI
and Marion Streets. stood the nj heading six
m!l,one OF the industries OF theriT I4 winch the
citizens took the greatest PRIDE. Here about
10 happy girls were W"rklnG n" hulidln4
was huge structure. most substantially
built four stores IN helght and hH| a base.
ment besides. 1t occupied an cnIir' block Of
ground. The $! re OF the huldIn% lt#rIJ was
nearly 300 feet IN length and about 100 feet
wide 1t was surmounted bHo m"SSiT"t""or,
fully 90 from he ground. Tho uIUCl-