The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-12
A Death Dealing Wind Strikes The
City Of Fargo, N. D., With
Terrible IL ekults.

City Of Fargo. n. D., with
Terrible Results.
| FARGO, n. D., July IA tornado
struck this city at $50 o'clock today.
! lasting SO minutes, and leaving wide
path of wreck and ruin. Seven chill
dren of the late Capt. Mccarthy were
killed outright and the mother fatally
injured The tornado came from the
northwest and every resident of the
city was awakened and apprised Of the
danger staring them in the face. If
! the heavens were ever black they were
at the hour menti med. Gust after
| gust followed each other until it seemed
AS if every dwelling in the city would
be lifted from it's mornings, and roof
after roof was lifted and carried in all
directions.
Great Chunks were torn from the
brick build ngs and landed on the OPP
posite side OF the streets or deposited
in adjoini lg lots. While all this was
going on tie people came from their
homes to see the destruction about the
city Every one seemed afraid to re-
cognize an acquaintance for fear of
hearing of some appalling results.
All about lay the debris. The three
large electric light towers, the pride of
the city, We're blown down and lay
twisted like corkscrews. interlocked
with each other. Roofs, fronts of
buildings, piles of glass, topping and
destroyed chimneys lay massed amid
telegraph and telephone and electric
light wires.
The storm demolished the Manitoba
freight depot and unroofed number
of business houses. The Davis block
Oh Broadway was damaged by the
windows being blown in. The front
of the Opera house now presents a de-
m )lished appearance. The roof of the
Republican Office now Lies in vacant
lot adjacent to that building. The
Congregational church is completely
destroyed Dozens of smaller build
lIlgS are uSStEoNcu.
1t has been the hardest kind of work
to establish communication with the
outside world, on account of nearly all
of the telegraph wires being down.
+ The city as whole presents sad
spectacle and it will be some days be-
fore things are got i'll shape again. A
i.,1 fs1n 10 ct n
one of the Northern Pacific officials
says that about 3 p. m. a severe storm
struck Dakota division No. /, and it
was blown from the track. The depot
at Mapleton was blown down; one of
the elevators at Dalrymple was moved
off its foundation. The elevator at
Edmund and the Great Northern were
struck by tightening and burned.
Cars were blown off the track out on
the main line. At Buttsvllle, on the
Fargo & Southwestern branch, No. l
F .rgo No. and No. are being held
for No. L. It will take six hours to
make the track passable. The main
line is clear from this point. Particu-
lars later as the wires are down.
Mr., Fee says that if anyone on the
train had been killed or injured it
would certainly have been mentioned
If the Daily Leader is the "Ad
ministration organ as the Telegram
says it is, then we would advise the
administration to give it the bounce
p. d. q. On Wednesday the mob of
strikers assaulted the barge works and
were met by the contractor there in
charge, e. j. Anderson, who for the
second time that day had warned all
strikers to keep off his grounds at the
peril of their lives. The mob would
not keep off. Anderson fired into the
crowd and one of the strikers received
flesh wound. The mob then tried to
git Anderson to be revenged upon
him, and it was here that Mayor Pat
tisol had one or two officers place
themselves between the mob and
Anderson, and to Mr. Pattison's brave
front and cool head Mr.. Anderson
owes his life today, and the barge
company the preservation of its prop
enty, yet the Leader has no word of
commeEdation for the brave acts of
these half dozen men headed by Mayor
Pattison in their efforts to save life
and property. One would naturally
infer that the Leader was the organ of
the strikers rather than of the admin
istration.