Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-12
STORM AT FARGO.
Many Buildings Wrecked by a Tempest-
Seven Children Killed in Their Place
of Refuge-A Train Blown from the
ro1 tho Cars Overturned and
MANY Persons Injured, But Not Seri-
OuSlY.

A St. Paul dispatch of the eth says: A
tornado at Fargo, n. d., early this morn
ing did great damage. Scores OF houses
we're blown down, a passenger tram
was hurled from the track and there
was considerable loss of life. In one
house alone seven children were
killed and their mother probably fatal
lv hurt. Owing to the prostratlon OF
telegraph wires, particulars are dl1hcult
to obtain. The Wahpeton, N. D., cor
respondent of the Pioneer Press sends
these details:
A straight wind from the northwest
struck Fargo at 2:3O A. NJ. Great dam
age was done the city. Electric llgnt
towers were blown down, whole blocks
we're unroofed, Yerxa's wigwam, Nc
Gill & Co.'S warehouse, the Opera house,
The Republican office, keeney Dlock,
the Battlement on the Bank Of North
Dakota. the Chaplin block, Exchange
hotel, Continental block and Mani
/ toba freight house were unrooted,
and the Milwaukee depot blown down;
Dozens of small houses were RACED
and almost every plate glass window on
Front Street and Broadway was broken.
The Jaw Cooke hotel and the Grand Pa
cific at Moorhead were unrooted. The
residence Of the late Capt Mccarthy
corner of Fifth and Ninth, was struck
bv the storm and demolished. Seven
children were instantly killed and Mrs.
Mccarthy is not expected to live. Two
unknown tramps sleeping in boX-car
were killed.
Passenger train No. l, on the North
ern Pacific, going west, had just pulled
out Of the Yards and had stopped at the
Milwaukee crossing. The train was
made up of three baggage, nine coaches
and sleepers a party of Chicago < North
western officials in private car and
Superintendent McCabe's car. All OF
the coaches and the tender were blown
from the track, but no lives were lost.
The lights had been put out, so that
there was no fire or steam. Supt.
McCabe and the conductor, brakeman
and porters acted very coolly and calmed
the frightened passengers, who were
sent back to the city in special coaches.
Sixteen of the passengers are reported
Injured.
From the surrounding country within
a radius Of thirty miles, reports OF dam
age to growing crops come in. Wheat
was badly lodged, but will not suffer
material injury. Farm-houses, barns
reported leveled to the ground, and
trees along the river banks for miles. in
both directions, are broken off entire
or shorn of foliage. Casselton reports
bridges in all directions washed
out or blown away. At Ma
pleton nearly every building bears
marks of the storm. No one was seri-
ously but many badly hurt At Durbin
there was heavy hailstorm, accompa-
MED by wind, and great damage was
done to crops. The track of the hail
storm was about two and a half miles
wide and twenty miles long. At Wheat
land, numerous buildings were blown
down. AtAyr nine mules and two horses
were killed by one flash Of lightning,
which ran along a wire fence, striking
the animals huddled together in cor
ner. Gen. Sargent's barn, 6Ox125 feet,
was demolished and the contents scat
tered far and wide. The wire service
out Of the city is so badly demoralized
that only meagre reports can be obtained
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