Telegram-herald., 1890-07-16

oeen more disastrous along LakeGeryais
shores than elsewhere. Here the great
est loss or life occurred and here also
the damage as probably the heaviest
Directly in the course OF the storm
were the summer cottages of j. II.
Schumacher Of the Schumacher Wagon
Company and Simon Good. On a hill
10 the north OF these cottages were five
other cottages owned by T. L. Hastings,
Davis PicOrd, William Shannon, Moses
MelancOn and his son Frank The in.
. mates of the cottages saw the storm
coming for some time before il reached
them, but cid not consider il serious
until IL was right upon them.
Many OF them ran into their
cellars az once. while others went ia
the houses Of the neighbors. The tor
nado struck the ground at distance of
half mile from the lake and swept
swath 10 the lake shore. completely de-
stroying tho Good and Schumacher cot
tages, together with their barns, ice
houses, sheds, lighthouses, piers and
board walks. The five cottages on the
hill were badly wrecked, but not com.
pletely destroyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schumacher and their
son Charles and fv. others were killed
instantly and thirty-seven persons were
injured.
The storm struck a French settle.
ment half mile north of Little Canada,
completely denolishing FIVE houses.
Frank Gose's house was DESTROYED and
his wife badly hurt. Lincoln j. Clark's
house was destroyed and his wife
fatally injured.
At Frank Gutzke's place, on the south.
east shore of Lake Gervais, besides him.
self and family OF four, there were about
twenty visitors who had sought shelter
there. The cyclone struck the house
and lifted it bodily from its foundations,
but fortunately not one of the inmates
were injured.
The storm seems to have begun near
Snail lake, several miles northwest OF
Lake Gervais and about eight miles
from st. Paul.
The cyclone which struck Little Can.
ada resulted in the death of but one
person, but ten or fifteen buildings were
wrecked and some of the escapes were
the storms path, which was little east
Of the thickest portion of the village,
were blown down or carried into the
lakes. In the immediate vicinity of
Little Canada no less than ten dwell.
ings were wrecked
In the region of Salt City there was
great damage caused. 1t is a heavily.
timbcred district and one Of everv tvvo
trees in the town is blown down. many
of them blocking the streets. The res.
licences are many OF them DESTROYED,
roofs being blown away and havoc ere.
ated everywhere. The loss there is put
at SlOO, 600.
THE YEARS CYCLoSEs'
CHICAGO July 15.-The casualties
caused by cyclones this year have been
appalling All the destructive elements
of nature-winds, cloud bursts, floods.
hail and lightning-Seem TO have been
let loose upon the suffering country.
January 1S II lives were lost by cy-
clone in Kentucky; February 90, 65 by
the food at Prescott, A. T.; March q,
4tO by the Louisville eye lone; April q.
II by foods in the South; April %, Is by
a cyclone iD Arkansas; June 5. Is by a
cyclone in Nebraska; June Is, II by
cloud-burst in Kentucky; June % 12 by
a cyclone in Northern Illinois: and to
these must now be added probably 1a5
victims by she Minnesota cyclone. The
total list Of deaths By cyclones, light
ming and wind-stOrns alone since Jan.