Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
AGAIN THE CYCI0myr
THIS TIME 1T STRIKES I'M
EASTERN SECTION.

EASTERN SECTION.
Lawrence. Mass, the Town yis,to.,
Persons Reported Killed, a Laroo -siS
Der Injured and About 500 How YUM
s,royed-One of the Most pospe>
storms Ever Known. "nar
cyclone of great power struck J,u
renee, Mass. about 10 o,o,s,
a. m. on the 26th. The storm s...
struck Main street and travelled th.a
to Salem street, devastating a sa
ton twenty rods wide. 1t is est;m.,s,
that 100 buildings have been leveled. Nv
man is known to have been killed ont,; ~
by q falling building and the injured 49,
now reported as numbering fifty Or s;rtS
Fire has broken out in a number Of n,o,.
in the ruins and tie entire fire departmsrt
are now at work extlnRuishing the Aamas
The injured are being removed and c,rs,
for as quickly as possible.
Malden's Account.
The first train to arrive at Mazda, g.
Lawrence since the disaster arrival
noon. The conductor suites that the -.
nado struck South Lawrence, about T..
hundred rods from the South Lav,a,..
depot of the Boston & Maine railroad, and
its path of destruction extends to the IVA,
head bridge on the Boston & Maine TRACKS
between South Lawrence and North A.,
dover. In South Lawrence SEVENTY r.
houses we're shattered and the roof OF ,ba
new Catholic church was carried away and
the switch box of the Boston & Main.
road blown 500 feot, carrying with
it railroad employee whosa
name is not known and KILN,
him instantly. On the east side of the
tracks, toward North Andover, q grove If
large trees, ten to fifteen acres in extent.
was blown fat by the wind and fifteen
houses reported wrecked in that town.
Loss of life, from the present source Of
information, is placed at from fifteen to
twenty-five, and the number injured, 1t is
said, must reach 100 or $50. Springfield
street, where the cyclone struck, contained
many of the handsome residences of the
town. After the tornado had passed, but
three houses of all between Blanchard and
South Union streets we're left standing,
All others on both sides of the street.
were either moved down completely OR
partially demolished. Twenty people on
this street alone we're injured.
Boston's Version.
The first news of the cyclone direct
f. N Lawrence is just received by tele.
phone. The destruction was confined
wholly to South Lawrence. Ninety
wooden buildings were destroyed, six lives
were lost and t%hirty-fiye persons injured.
The value of property destroyed amounted
to 800. 900 and 500 people are rendered
homeless. Passengers on the Boston and
Maine train due in Boston at 10:45 got
good view of the wrecked town as they
passed through. Quimby, o passenger,
says timber, farm wagons and objects
of all sorts were scattered ABOUT in all
directions. Tho path of the cyclone was
across the track ct right angles. 1t cut
clean swath, leveling houses and cutting
off or uprooting trees. The train stopped
but q few minutes audit was impossible to
find anything definite. A special from
Lawrence says the cyclone struck the city
from the west, cutting a swath over
mile in length and 500 feet in width. The
hospital is filled with the injured, while
the homes spared from wreck are shelter
ing the homeless ones.
At 1855 the awful visitation camo. T. n,
was falling heavily. when suddenly Ia,
heavens glowed Will a bright white lisut.
Heavy black clouds shot from behtud tie
western hills high iuto the sky and tLen
the mass parted. Down shot black streaks
from the dark mass and in a moment the
crash came. Buildings were crushed hke
egg shells, whole houses were lifted from
their foundations. The buildings were
most all the pretty frame homes Of tolless
in the mills.
The Death List.
The names of the dead are:
MRS. O'CONNELL.
MAMIE O'CONNELL.