St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-27
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was found and dug out but has since
died from concussiOn of the brain. Fol-
lowing is list of the dead. Seven were
killed instantly, and one died in the
afternoon. They are as follows:
killed.
MICHAEL HIGGINS, aged thirty-i
killed at the switch house.
Mrs. MARY O'CONNELL, aged thirtyfour,
crushed at 81 Springfield street.
Miss MARY O'CONNELL, aged twenty
seven neck broken at the same place.
Mrs ELIZABETH COLLINS. Is Portland
street
ANNIE COLLINS. aged six, daughter of
HANNAH BEATTY, aged nine, I6 Port
land street.
MRS. MARY LYONS. Emmett street.
HELEN CUTLER, blown from the railroad
bridge died in the afternoon.
A. HART is at the hospital, and it is
thought he will die.
Seriously Injured.
The following injured were carried to
the hospital, while others, whose names
cannot be learned. were cared for by
friends, their injuries being slight:
PATRICK NUGENT. Of Springfield
street. cut ON the cheek.
MINNIE REID. Springfield street, slight
BRIDGET MoDERMoTT, scalp wound.
LIZZIE OLDSWORTH, bruises and eyes
injured.
MRS. MERRIMAN, scalp wound.
ORA MORGAN, seven years old, internal
injuries.
JIMMIE and MINNIE M'LAUGHLIN, the
latter suffering with broken arm.
ANDREW HART, serious scalp wound.
MRS. THIBAULT, lacerated arm.
ELLEN M'LAUGHLIN, Springfield street,
slight injuries.
LIZZIE MORRISSEY,. Springfield street,
spine injured She also brought with her an
infant five months old. The child was unin-
jured.
The cyclone entered Springfield
street, where the greatest devastation
was wrought. When No. 81 fell, Mr..
O'Connell, his wife and daughter,
Mamie. were carried down with it,
Mr.. O'Connell was the first to be extri-
Gated, he suffered severe internal in
juries. His wife and daughters were
removed from the ruins after over two
hours hard work, both dead; Mamie's
neck was dislOcated. A four story
tenement block was lifted from its
foundation and twisted out of
place. The eight-year old son of
Thomas Mack, one of the four
tenants, was in one of the
outhouses. The cyclone carried the
Outhouse into the air. turned it upside
down, and landed it forty feet away,
with the boy inside and uninjured. On
Portland street lumber yard was
blown to atoms. The gate keeper at
the crossing was lifted bodily from his
cabin and carried some distance. He
was seriously shaken up and was for
some time unconscious. No. 16 Occu-
pied below by William Collins, was
lifted from its foundation and the up
per part came crashing through
the ceiling of the lower one
where sat Mrs. Collins and three
little childr o n. For a moment heart
rending shrieks rang from the heap of
rubbish, then all was still. Mrs. Collins
was taken out dead, also her daughter
Annie, aged 6.
1t Was a Pitiable Sight.
The father was too excited to speak
and too heart-broken to cry. His grief
was yet terrible to behold. On South
Union street great damage was done.
The wind continued in the direction of
Springfield street, nOrtheastward,
through Union square, breaking and
twisting the trees in every conceivable
shape. Large oaks and elms were mere
pipestems in the path of the destroyer.
1t is believed that from 500 to 1000 trees
were destroyed in and about the park.
In Andover one house was unroofed
and plank forty feet long was landed
in Sutton's mill yard, having been car
ried from Lawrence. Trees were felled
on all sides and fences blown helter-
skelter. 1t is stated that one sufferer,
and one only, Thomas Evans, Of En-
mett street, was insured against wind