The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-15

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Along tho shore, At the point where the
storm turned and crossed the lake. stood
the houses Of Schurmeisr and Good. and an
other house in which each had an interest.
All these were utterly dsmolished. All trees
in the neighhorhood were torn,
twisted, stripped Of bark and
limbs, and from the mangled trunks Of
many hung articles of clothing or bedding.
In the lake are the bodies of four horses
floating, and heaps of boards and house
timbers. Here, probably. will be found the
bodies Of several Of the missing. a. they
could not be found in the stacks Of boards
and furniture on land. Al IN illustration
Of the force of the wind an iron pump and
twenty.three feet Of iron paps wore tsrn
twisted, bent almost doubls and deposited
fifty yards from the we'll. On the edes of
the water il pile OF boards covered with
turf, lifted from the, swamp 40 fest away.
Strewn all about are pieces Of furniture,
books. stoves, wells and .csllar. filed to the
meier's cellar lie the mlnelsd remains Of .
horse. The ground about thsss houses has
the appearance, from distance, OF having
been gone over with q plow, while from
this point ON to Gaetxkef d 4he tEoes were
blown down in vast numbsrs and crops de-
molished. .
At Kohlman's hotel ars Minnie Misss and
Bishop Bernard. Miss Mi<ss il suffering
intensely from wound In hsr chest, made
by an iron spike which was driven almost
through her body, and her recovery IL inn
possible. A camping party was on the
southeast shore Of Lake Gsf1aise. They
ran from their tent and sought the shelter
Of an overhanging bank Just u time to save
their lives. The tent and al its contents
were swept into the lake. The number of
persons injured at all the diferent points IL
large and the list is being ma6a up slowly.
Mr.. j. H. Schurmeier has recovered sum-
concerning % the storm. They had noticed a
storm brewing, and as it cane upon them
he had risen to close the winaDw, which the
storm had blown open. The next thing he
knew he was twirled about n the air at q
rapid rate. On coming to his senses he
found himself near the edge S Of the .la lake. $.
came across the remains Of his SON
wards wards those Of Pete, bic ooachman.
He does not know anything 0f those in th Z
cottage with him after she had risen to
close the window. Thestorm struck French
settlement half a mile north ot Little Cam
ada, completely demolishing ave houses and
slightly injuring the occupartA
At Frank Getzke's place, on the southeast
shore of Lake Gervaise, beside himself and
family of four there were about twenty
visitors, who had sought shelter., The cy-
clone struck the house and lifted il bodily
from the foundations, but fortunately not
one Of the inmates was in
iur ed. The storm really commenced
between Snail and Turtle lakes, passed
over them. striking the northern part OF
Little Canada. thence on to the Schurmeter
and Good cottages. across Lake Gervais to
Getzke's place, thence in . northeasterly
direction to Farmer Wm. Browns place,
where it lifted and disappeared. It's track
was about forty-five miles long and from
quarter to half mile in width. The
bodies of Mrs. Schurmeier and her son
been recovered up to late hous tonight
It is almost certain they are atsthe bottom
the lake. as search Of the debris failed tc
find any trace OF them. -,;4s w -