The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-08
A TERRIBLE DISASTER
Enormous Destruction Wrought In Fargo
By Cyclone.
Houses Blown to Pieces-Passenger
Cars Thrown From the Track
Many People Killed and
Injured.

FARGO, n. d., July This city was
visited this morning by the severcst wind |
storm ever known here. II began Mt 2:9 |
and continued half an hour. Earlier in |
the night there were some indications OF |
rain and about midnight il began to thun- |
der and lightnen. The wind first began
to blow from the south, but suddenly
shifted to the northwest and in n very
short time was blowing a hurricane.
Three electric light towers were soon
blown down. leaving the city in darkness
that was relieved only by vivid flashes of
lightning.
The frightened inhabitants were aroused
from their sleep and lights were shining
from the windows all over the city
hut outside there was nothing but
darkness and tempest, and nothing could
he heard but the angry roar of the wind
and the crashing of fying debris. BY
o'clock the people were hurrying in every
direction to ascertain the amount ot dam
age done.
An appalling discovery was soon made,
the death Of seven children of the late
Capt. James Mccarthy, who died only
few weeks ago. The children. who were
AT home with their mother, sought safety
i'm a coal bin. where they were all crushed
to death. The mother was also seriously
injured. but il is thought she will recover.
A few other persons sustained slight in-
juries,
The Northern Pacific through north.
bound passenger train was blown from
the track and many of the passengers
severely but rot dangerously injured. The
Northern Pacific repair shops and the
machine shops and freight depot of the
Great Northern and Milwaukee roads
we're demolished. Several churches were
badly wrecked ana numerous other build
incs more or less damaged. The total
damage IN the city will be about $1,000.
ST. PAU, July The report is current
here that tie town of Fargo, North Da-
kota, was completely swept away by
cyclone this morning. OF course, IL the
report is true there must have been great
loss of life. All the indications seem TO
confirm the reports. A railroad man who
arrived from that vicinity this morning
says a terrific storm ragged this morning
and that several trains were blown from
the track. All wires 10 Fargo are down
and the Western Union Offices report
about two miles of poles near Fargo and
between there and here have been blown
down. West of Fargo, they say, a worse
condition exists and that miles and miles
Of wirss and poles are down. The las; re-
ports received by the signal service from
Fargo were y. m. ON Sunday and they
showed n low barometer, "a temperature
Of 80 degrees and a wind velocity of six
miles an hour, with conditions good for "A
storm.
ST. PAIL, Mimi, July THE Wah-
plcan, n. d., correspondent of the Pioneer
Press telegraphs as follows: "A straight
wind from the northwest struck Fargo at
2:,D a. M. Great damage was done in the
city. Electric light towers were blown
down and whole blocks were unroofed.
ferxas' Wigwam, Mctiill a Co.'s ware
house, the opera house, the Republican
Office. the Keeney block, the battlemcnt
on the Bank of North Dakota, the Chaplin
block, the Exchange hotel, the Coriti-
mental block, and the Manitoba freight
house were unroofed, and the Milwaukee
depot was blown down. Dozens Of small
houses were razed, and almost every
plate glass window on Front street and
broadway are broken. The Jay Cook
hotel aud the Grand Pacific at Moorhcad
were unroofed.
The residence of the late Captain Me-
Carthy, ON th. corner of Fifth and Ninth
streets, was struck by the storm and de-
molished. Seven children were instantly
killed and Mrs. Mccarthy is not expected
| To live.
No l passenger train on the Northern
| Pacific going west had INST pulled out OF
| the yards and stopped AT the milwaukee,
crossing. The train was made up of
| three baggage, nine coaches and sleepers.
| A party Of Chicago * Northwestern oiii-
| cials were In private car and Supcrin-
| tendent McCabe's car and all the
| coaches and the tender were blown from
the track, but no lives were lost and no
one fatally hurt. The lights had been
put out and so there was no fire nor steam
In the cars. Superintendent McCabe and
the conductor, brakemcu and porters
acted very coolly and calmcd the fright
| ened passengers, who were sent back To
| the city in special coaches. The injured
passengers and train men, So far as
learned, are;
George A. Manning, Post Falls, Idaho,
knee hurt and shaken up.
J. +. Roundtrce, Pingrce Ford, badly
bruised and leg hurt.
Miss McCabe, sister OF Superintendent
Met abe, ankle bruised.
{. X. Helm, Ellensburg. Wash. knee
hurt and bruised.
Mrs. Nortstreem. en- route from Finland
to Seattle To join her husband, badly cut
in several places and tendons severed and
wrist cut.
John Richie, baggage master, cut in the
head
Albert Lee. express messenger, bruised
Addison Augur, Palouse City, Wash,
Mrs, c. r. Griffith, Miles City, Mont,
badly bruised.
Warren G.. Purdy. vice president of the
Rock Island railroad and family accom-.
panied by Col. X. =. Thompson and wife,
were in Purdy's private car, but none
were seriously injured.
Colonel Thompson and wife were
slightly hurt.
Fred Purdy was slightly cut but the
Others were unhurt.
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