St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-13
STORM SWEPT
A Cyclone Passes Over the
Southwestern Portion of
the City of St. Louis.
Half a Dozen People Known
to Have Been Crushed Be-
meath Buildings.
One Whole Family, Father,
Mother and Child, Report
ed Among the Dead.
Houses Blown Down and
trees Literally Torn Up
By Their Roots.
The Village of Brooklyn Prae-
tieally Swept Out Of Ex-
istenee.
Churches and Other Stpue-
lures Crushed in Tennes-
see and Mississippi.
Heavy Shows in Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa and Mis-
souri,.
Trains Are Abandoned in
Every Direction in Two
or Three States.
Churches and Other Stpue-
lures Crushed in Tennes-
see and Mississippi.
Heavy Shows in Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa and Mis-
souri,.
Trains Are Abandoned in
Every Direction in Two
or Three States.
st. Paul and Other Sections
Of Minnesota Stirred Up
by Boreas.

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THIS afternoon cyclone struck the
southwestern section of the city AID
swept on through the northern linn
ITS, making pathway nearly quarter
of mile wide and leaving death and
deSoiation in its track. There was
scarcely any warning of the approach
OF the storm, owing to the fact that the
sky mad been overcast for several hours
before the full force of the wind was
felt, and it was all over in an incredibly
brief period of time, those resid-
ing III and near the path of
the cyclone scarcely realizing
what had happened until it was all over.
In addition to dozens of dwellings and
stores i'll the southern, central and
northern sections of the city, more or
less wrecked. the following buildings
were damaged: The Anchor Mills,
Goodwin Candle factory, Pulman's
shop, Van Brooks furniture factory.
Kingsland 81 Ferguson, farm implement
works. Missouri Pacific hospital, Hodg-
den school, German Evangelical church.
Second Presbyterian church and others
yet to hear from. 1t was also reported
that another section of the Academy of
Music, which collapsed few DAYS since.
has been leveled by the storm. but this
is now denied. Three fatalities are re-
ported, but the names of the victims
have not yet been ascertained. Thew
comprise
AN ENTIRE FAMILY,
father, mother and child. residing OH
Mound street, near Tenth, and they
met their deaths by the falling of
building on their dwelling. The losses
on property are roughly estimated at
100000, but will likely prove more.
The Harmony club, jewish organiza-
ton. suffered loss of $1,000 on their
club house on the corner of Olive
and Eighteenth street. The cyclone
seemed to have entered the CITY
in full force at Twenty-third
street and Chouteau avenue. passing
northeast until it reached Seventeenth
and Olive streets. where it swerved,
taking direct easterly course to Four
teenth, and then again turned to the
northeast. leaving the city and striking
the river just north of Tyler street.
The only announcement of the approach
and progress of the storm was dull,
sullen sky, quickly followed by tor
rent of rain, which in turn was sue
ceeded by sleet, and before the victims
could realize what had happened, the
storm had swept by and on, leaving
wreckage and mangled humanity in its
pathway.
TREES WERE TORN UP
by the roots and broken off and tele-
graph poles swept down as though mere
sticks, while the roofs of buildings
were lifted from their moorings like
feathers and tossed into the streets.
Mrs. Charles Miller, who resides, with
her husband. at Twentieth and Eugenia
streets, was sitting in rocking chair
with her babe in her arms when the
roof was lifted from her house. She
rushed to tn window, and just then the
wall gave way, and Mrs. Miller and her
fabe were buried under the de-
bris.. The babe miraculousiy ESCAPED
without scratch, but the mother is
badly hurt and will not recover. Mr..
Miller was in another part of the house,
hdO lGlo 10 Uub UIlC Oh
dozens of incidents of the terrible
storm. All sorts of reports are now
coming in. A telephone message from
Venice, ILL.,, opposite the n orthern part
of the city, says the storm was very dis
astrous there, and that several lives
were lost, but no details are given. 1t
is just reported that a number
of passenger cars were blown from the
track in the upper part of the Mill
Creek valley. the western outlet of the
union depot yards. Particulars will be
received later. The list of victims re-
ceived up to this hour. $3.50 p. M, is as
follows; Dead: Mrs. Maggie Connors.
aged forty: Bernard Mcconnell, aged
forty; Joe Weaver, aged nine. In
jured: Tessa Weaver, aged six, both
legs broken. will probably die; Mrs.
Charles Miller, badly cut and bruised;
serious condition, A nnie K. Connors.
Maggie Connors, Francis Connors. A
messenger just arrived from the
EAST SIDE CR THE RIVER
says that the storm in st. Clair county,
Illinois, was unusually severe, and that
the cry of ''Good Lord, save u.s." was
heard frequently outside Of the church