New-York tribune., 1890-07-15
marks of injury upon them. Death was quick

! lives, bat the Willingness OF the cltiZeh
! s0ldicry 10 work, their excellent organization
and the good management of General Mullen and
Surgeons FITZGERALD. Clark and Kaine were
notable and commcndablc. When morning came,
the weary a-nght workers replaced h. re
! lief from their comrades, and the work went on
successfully and smoothly. The barge lay quietly
.on the water Just above the town. and topplcd
on the port side had drifted against her tow. With
axes holes were chopped in the decks and ropes
fastened 10 the bodies under the water, and they
| were drawn to the surface. carried ashore and
| turned over TO the ambulance corps. The bQdies
Of those who went down with the steamer were
taken out of the cabin through a hole cut in the
pilot-house and through the cabin doors
Believing that still some bodies We're to b.
| fonnd i'm the halfdismantlcd wreck, General Mul-
| len ordered the tearing away Of the upper works
OF the vessel and the pushing Of the wreck further
| toward the shore, where she was rlght"d. lhs
work was done by the Lucllo and the Ethel How
| ard, and soon the wreck could te rot at III
its new position General Mullen and his military
helpers went all through the Sea Wing recover
ing three more bodies, bringing the total up to
sixty-Gvc, and convinced themselves that no more
bodies were to be found there. The shattered
hulk was then left drift at will, and her broken
! and battered framework was in sad contrast with
the bright skies and Spooth waters.
In the morning a systematic patrol of the
water over which the huls lad drtted after
being first struck by the gale had been kept up
| by citizens Of Lake City. After tie last bodies
had been taken from the wreck General Mullen
pressed into service all the rowboas within reach,
and with four soldiers in each boat, began late
| this afternoon a thorough dragging Of the lake
all about the scene of the disaster No bodies were
! found late this afternoon and at dark the search
was abandoned for the day. Dynamite will be
| used in the morning
There good many who made use of
the liic-mcservcrs, bat probably nobody had as
good and much use OF them as had Robert
| Adams. the son, ace seventeen, of Dr. Adams, OF
Lake city, and another boy, whose home is in
| Red Wing. They secured three lle-prFrycrs
and were in the water for six hours before being
rescued. Young Adam, could swim, but his COM
I panon could not. They had the good sense TO ioat
quietly and not attempt 10 fight against the waves
10 the shore. During the siN hours they were IN
the wafer, from 10 3. they were buiictcd
/ by the billows and blown hiIhcr and ththcr 10y
tie galr They first drftcl about a mile down
past town, aud then a change IN the wind carried
them mp the river 10 Floutruac. seven miles from
here where they Were Rescued by Dr. koine and
party. still alive a'l well, bat considerably the
worse for their hard exp ricncc.'
According 10 the testimony Of tLosc who wit
messed the storm. il first gathered near Snail
Lake. several miles TO the northwest Of Lake
Gcryais and something like ei.ht miles from 81.
/ Paul II proceeded slowly IN is general move
ucnt and frs, began it> work of destruction about
three miles from tie Nolumcier and GOOD cottages
bv dcmoli,hing barn auI several w.ulmiil,
After THIS it seemed +, bound into tie air. striking
. tie earth again near the hamlet of Little can
ada where the first serious damage Was done
Again u skipped space Of about mile and
again lowered to the earth and resumed its work
ot destruction, lis fury eliminating near the shore
. of Lake Gcryais where five deaths We're caused
once again the storm seemed 10 rebound into TIE
air. only to REGAIN the earth a haTimiIe further
on, where TIE ruins OF the Gactzllc place and the
bruised inmates were lett - bear witness 10 it,
relentless power. Here its force seemed 10 be-
spent. and as it proceeded caStwarily assume
simply tie nature of high wind accompanied
by a thunderstorm. Ilail>toncs as large as me
dum->llcd olives were one OF the features of the
storm at Whit" Bear.
Mr. and Mrs T. L. Ronald Of st. Paul were
out at Kohlmanns Lake during the storm, and
had a narrow escape from injury. Mr. Ronald
, said:
Ny wife and drove ont to Kolllmann's Lake
at 2:lj. arriving there about o'clock We
3I5 Half an hour later We saw the storm com
/ ing ND, but thought il would pass away north
OF MS pulled toward kohmanns wharf, how
ever and Just as | landed tie storm began. We
ran into Kohlmann'S hotel and had 10 sooner
eot inside than the wharf, 700 feet long, was
swept away and tie bott-housc turned completely
around The water in the lake WAS raised IN
spray twcuty feet high, | should think. The
| hotel had over 100 people inside. and they were
badly frightened Some were crying and Others
were praying. Mr.. kohlmaun wanted rs all TO
20 outside and lie down. he was afraid the
/ house would be blown down The edge of tie
storm, however, passed within fifty feet of the
| hotel aud struck the north side of tie lake where
there were five or six houses lhrS, houses wero
! all damaged. and most of them swept away. Some
| Of the shingles and gable end were blown from
! Kohln,aun'S For bali an hour the storm lasted,
! and il appeared 10 cover tract Of country about
a hnlf to thrcc-quartcrs of a mile wide. ~ soon
as it had passed large number OF men went to
work helping the wounded and taking ont Tie
dead on the other side of tine lake. Carriages of
all sorts were in nse and a small Stcam-tug which
| had been blown ashore was toatcd and sent across
/ the lake I saw fourteen persons who were all
! badly hurt"
j. W Terrell and Miss VALDEZ. p. r. Potts and
Miss Lon Gleason. j. f. Burke and Miss Wheeler.
John Brugecman and wife. all of ST Paui. fornci
! a party who were camping on the southeast shore
| Of Lake Gcryais and not far from the Nchlrineer
cottaec Wien the tornado advance guard struck
/ tie tent an attempt was made 10 hoid the can
vas down. but this was soon abandoned. the
| terror of the storm was rcallcI, and tile party
fed 70 thc shelter Of an ovcrhansing bank. They
got there just in time 10 save tnelr lives aS TIE
tent and all il, appurtcnanccs, with horse ana
buggy belonging e. Mr. Terrell. were blown clear
into the lake in whose depths they still are Mr.
Terrell was blown against tree, which was itself
broken by the force of the wind. and hc was some
what bruised and scratched as were all the party.
Mrs DR. ts,chus, formerly Miss Good who was
an inmate Of the food cottage, which WAS de-
stro,cd at Lake Gcrvals, tells the following graphic
/ story: