Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-14
DEATHS RAYAGES.
Minnesota Swept by a Cyclone, Re.
sulilhr In the Death Of
S5i;ae GOD Pefsohe.
, STEAMBOAT LOAD OF EK'
cURsIoNISTs DROWNED.
An Engineers ForethOught and
Good Judgment Saves
Host OF Passengers.
THRILLING NARRATIVE Or
SCENES WITNESSED.

n SCENES WITNESSED.
) Tremendous OonhagratiOn in PhiIa'
deIphla.-The Mayor and
TelepIs5ns Girl,
Bv TelsErsrn - tssSy~s;i
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
4 Cyclone in Minnesota Destroys
Over 900 Human Beings.
ST. PAUL, July ia few mo-
ments before O'Clock this after
noon, clouds which had been
threatening n storm began to col
lect over the region Of Lake Mci.ar-
ren, twO or three miles north Of this
city, soon taking on 4 rotary mo-
lion and the Terrible apfeara'ihe Of =
cyclone. Hundreds OF citizens
watched the Cl0uds rs they swept
together, and followed their course
10 the northwest, in which direc-
ton many friends had gone to spend
/ the day at some OF the many little
lakes scattered over the country.
The cycloLe developed iromi n
terrific storm u wind TO rain and
hail, which set in nj $3.50 O'Clock and
ragged with undated fury until
nearly s s'clpck. At the latter hour
the c.OGuS in The EOuthws5t SUDDEN
IL assumed q fumel-like shape, the
edge being fringed with n facewOrk
Of fleecy white. When the eldying
monster gained its full momentum
the wind suddenly veered from the
east 10 the south. Almost in
tWinkiing the great mass spread OGt
like a fan and. sweepin gacross Lake
Gervaise, leveled everything in its
path.
The scene absolutely begglrs de-
scription. The number OF dead is
not definitely known. and there is
no means Of ascertaining who the
wounded arc. There must be from
twenty-five to forty wounded, some
Of them seriously, but most OF them
slightly. They have been taken to
residences in various parts Of the
city, and no one has any idea MS to
who they are.
There Is no organized system Of
relief, and consequently everybody
is at sea A. Co the real extent Of the
casualty, Ii IS tel.sved, however,
that six VIII cover tho
StUEER OF KILLED,
but there are several wounded who |
are likely 10 die
4 young man drove in from Lake |
Coleman snOn afterwards with in
formation that at least two persons
were killed, and over 100 injured at
that point. He kad been out there i
with a young lady friend, and hav-
ing gone after 4 buggy TO drive
home, on his return 10 where she
had been standing he found his
seriously injured 10y the
storm which had suddenly cUmeup,
on them. Olher reports followed
thick and fast, each being a little
worse than what had preceded it.
To the north and east OF the city |
there are great number Of little
lakes which are sought 10y multi
tude every Sunday, anu on the
shores Of these lakes many campeTs
Iass the hot months of summer.
Lake Coleman is one OF these, and
the damage there was very heavy.
George Miller, teller OF the First
National Bank, was killed.
When the storm struck the little
lake. the bOathOuse was lifted up
bodily and overturned in the water,
aud a boat loaded with persons given
similar treatment. Other buildings
we're demolished or badly wrecked.
Passing from the starting point,
he cyclone struck Lake Joanna,
Lake Gervais. Lake Nadais, Little
'anaGa and passed on about four
miles east Of White Bear Lake.
From Lake Gervais the cyclone
laSsei alInOs. due east, ami il is re-
loTted it struck a settlement twelve
niles southeast OF Saltwater, de
il and
KILLING SEVERAL PERSONS.
The telegraph lines are, however,
III down. and no dispatches can he
cot through. The scenes at Lake
iervaiSe, along the path of the
torn just after the storm passed by,
we're heartreuding. Help was at
iand at once. and the wounded and
lead were jug from under the
and taken to houses OF
leighbOrs. and to hospitals, and the
lead were all collected in the hotel !
( John Coleman. a majority OF
he buildings were light frame
tructures, which were 50 completely
lown 10 pieces that there really ,
rere not wrecks under which the
could he buried. The ,
cad bodies were found many rods
nom the HOUSES they had owned ,
lhen living.
Help was asked from White Bear, :
mt it was impossible TO send any !
MUSICIANS: many citizens. however,
rent to their aid. Half n dozen
and twice that rumber
physicians went from st. Paul at
O'Clock 10 administer 10 the suffer {
rs. Several OF the dead bodies were I
r0ught 10 this city and the others I
ill remain at COleman's until
Iaimed by their friends and taken !
ONE.
The citi zens are doing everything
Jssihie under the distressing cir
in properly caring for
re dead and alleviating the suffer
rs OF the wounded. At the Cole
ian House every room upstairs and
own i filled with cots upon which
ifierers are laid, and
\ CORPS OF DOCTORS
re in attendance setting and ampu-
ting Limits and dressing wounds.
he black-rObed Sisters Of Mercy !
e flying about and seem to lie
-erywhere administering comfort,
nd assisting in the work Of reliev.
Y the pain and distress. 4 corrs I
assistants were kept busy making
lndages, tearing up rolls Of linen
ri making 1t into strips Of T, quisite
which the doctors putf
almost immediate use. In one o |
e upper rooms there were seven
Oundsd lying ON cOts, the most Of
em insensible or under the ipfIu- r
zee OF opiates- The wounded were d
so in the attic. In fact, there was d
II room 70 accommodate all of u
EN-, and number were carried 10
'ivate houses in the neighborhood. [
i believed the number Of wound {
may lie even higher than forty.
good days work will be neceSsaTy
get anything like a correct list Of
c dead and wounded. EveTythingis n
,citement and confusion and one \
n hardly tell who was his next-door y
;ighbOr. Some OF the dead were ;,
'rribly mutilated and all had their a
ces 50 blackened as to be almost y
recognizable. y
The place where the cyclone Ii
ruck the ground ami caused n
THE Loss OF LIFE n