Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-08
CYCLONE IN DAKOTA.
A Report that Fargo has been Almost
Totally Destroved

1Oenhy ADCbtNOyous
81. PAUL, July th.-Reports are current here
that the town of Fargo, n. D., was completely
swept away by a cyclone this morning. Of
course, II the report be true, there must have
Deea gIeat loss OF life All the indications sent
rived nom that vicinity this morning SAYS a
terrific windstorm prevailed this morning and
several trains were blown from the tracks All
the wires TO Fargo are down and the Western
Union ofhcials report about two miles of poles
near Fargo and between there and here have
been blown down. West of Fargo they say
worse conditions exist, and that miles and
miles of wires and poles are down. The last
reports received by the Signal Service from
Fargo were at P. NJ. Sunday, and they show ed
low barometer. temperature of 500, wind the
velocity of six miles an hour, with conditions
good for storm.
One of the reports received says seven chill
dren were killed by being caught under roof
Nearly all rumors mention heavy loss of life
These reports are based on the fact that nothing
has been heard from Fargo and Moorhead since
Zoclock this morning, and the further fact
t1a snaa lhere was undoubtedly storm. which
pleW down the wires in every direction.
More definite reports place the number of
deaths at nine. About one dozen are injured
at least one of whom will die. No estimates as
to loss of property or the extent O. the storm
are yet received
RAILROAD INFORMATION.
ST PAUL, July 7th-General Passenger Aeen
rec, OF the Northern Pacific Railway has the
following telegram from jamestown: About 9
A. M severe storm struck Dakota division
tram and blew it from the track at the Fargo
shops The roof was blown off the depot at
Mapleton: One of the elevators at Dalrymple
was was struck M by lightning and burned The cars
were blown out ON the main track at Ruttsville
1t will take six hours to make the track pas.
sable there. The main line is clear aside from
this. Fee says that if any one on the train had
oeen Killed or injured it would certainly have
been mentioned.
ST. PAUL. July 7th.-The Northern Pacific
furnishes this information: several people were
injured on Train No. /; none fatally the most
OF them slightly. Colonel Thompson, Of the
seriously injured. Purdy is Secretary and
Treasurer OF the Rock Island Road. His special
car was attached to the train which was blown
from the track.
LATER ACCOUNTS.
ST. PAUL (Minn.), July 7th.-A wahpeton IN.
as follows: "A straight wind from the north.
west struck Fargo at 2:30 A. n. Great damage
was done to the city: Electric light towers
were ere, Diown down: and whole blocks unroofed.
Ihe ferkas Wigwam, McGiel & Co. s ware
house, the Opera House, the Republican Office
Keeney block, and the battlement on the Bank
q Oh North Dakota Chaplin block, Exchange
house were unroofed, and the Milwaukee depot
was blown down. Dozens of small houses were
razed and almost every plateglass window on
Jay Cook Hotel and the Grand Pacific. at Moore
head, were unroOfed.
THE residence OF the late Captain Mccarthy.
on rlfth street, was struck by the storm and de-
mollshed. Seven children were instantly killed.
and Mrs. Mccarthy is not expected to live Two
unknown tramps in a box-car were killed
Passenger train No. /, on the Northern Pa
clhc, going west had just pulled out of the
yards and stopped at the Milwaukee crossing
The train was made up of three baggage-cars.
nine coaches and sleepers, a party OF Chicago
ana northwestern officials in private car and
superintendent McCabes car Ali of 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, SO there was no fire nor
steam.
superintendent McCabe and the conductor.
prakemen and the porters acted very coolly and
Gained the frightened passengers. who were
sent back to the city in special coaches.
THE injured passengers and train men so
FAR as known, are: George A. Manning, of Post
Fails, Idaho. knee hurt and BADLY shaken up;
leg hurt; Miss McCabe, sister of superintendent
McCabe, ankle bruised C. r. Helm, of Ellens.
burg, Wash, knee hurt and badly bruised; Mrs.
Nordstrom who was en- route from Finland to
seattle 10 JOIN her husband, badly cut in sew
eral places and tendons severed and wrist cut:
John Richie, baggagemaster, cut in the head;
Albert Lee, express messenger, bruised; Addi-
son Augar, of Palouse City, Wash, face cut;
bruised.
Warren G. Purdy. Vice President o. the
panied by Colonel R. S. Thompson and wife,
were in Purdy's private car. but none were seri,
ously injured. Colonel Thompson and wife
were slightly hurt. Fred Purdy was slightly
cut, but otherwise unhurt"
THE LATEST.
FARGO IN. d.. July 7th.-This city was Wis.
lted this morning by the severest windstorm
ever known here. 1t began at 2:2O and contin-
ued hall an hour. Earlier in the night there
were some indications of rain, and about mid
night II began to thunder and lightning The
wind began to blow from the north, but sud
denly shifted to the northwest, and in a yery
short time was blowing hurricane Three
electric iight-towers were blown down, leaving
the city III lnky darkness. that was relieved
only by the vivid flashes of lightning.
The frightened inhabitants were aroused
from their sleep, and lights were shining all
over the city, but outside there was nothing but
darkness and tempest, and nothing could be
heard but the angry roar of the wind and the
crashing OF flying debris
by O'Clock the people were hurrying in
eVesy ulrectl9n TO ascertain the amount of DAM
age done. The appalling discovery was soon
made OF the death of seven children of the late
James Mccarthy, who died on!y few weeks
ago. The children, who were at home with
thelr mother, sought safety in coal bin where
they were all crushed to death The mother
was severely injured, but it is thought she will
recover few persons sustained Slight in
juries.
The Northern Pacific through north-bound
passenger train was blown from the track, and
many OF the passengers severely, though not
dangerously, injured The Northern Pacific
repair and machine shops and the freight depots
OF the Great Northern and Milwaukee road were
demolished, several churches badly wrecked.
and numerous other buildings more or less
damaged. The damage in the city is uhou.