St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-29

grocery at that corner, and at the time
of the accident there were in the store
the proprietor. mis- wife. little daughter
and Fitzgerald. The building was a
frame one, two stories high. AT the
first gust of wind the walls doubled up
and the roof dropped in. MIR. Limerick
was crushed by the falling timbers. and
was taken out dead in short time aft
erward. His wife was eXtricated in an
unconscious condition. Later in the
night the rescuing party
Saw Tiny Hand
protruding from the debris, and the
mangled form of the baby girl soon lay
beside its dead father. James FitZger
aid. Louisville & Nashville brakeman,
who boarded across the street, was
missed this morning. and search in
the ruins was made for him. About
O'Clock his blackened and bruised corpse
was dug out of the ruins. The latter
wass thirty-five years old and single
man. The bodies were taken in charge
by an undertaken and were Immediately
removed from the scene. Emerick's
building was totally destroyed and the
light wood of which it was built was
scattered all over the neighborhOod.
Werner's saloon, at Eighteenth and
Broadway, was swept away. but
the lower floor was not in
Jured, and to-day Werner is la
ding out liquors to his thirsty
customers as if nothing had happened.
The barkeeper, John Thome, opened
the door when the crash came, and ran
out. In an instant the wind seized
upon him. uplifting him bodily. carried
him as far as Magazine street, where he
was dashed violently to the ground.
His body is covered with bruises, but
he is not seriously hurt, Eleven men
were crowded into the little barber shop
of John Reuther, 1903 Broadway, when
the storm burst. The roof was torn Off,
the second floor carried away. and the
WALLS WE'RE TUMBLING IN
when the men broke the windows and
doors and ran into the street. Not one
of them was hurt in the least, but the
building was totally destroyed. Riel d
Gauer's bakery, 1909 West Broadway,
was demolished, and Mr.. Riel
had a narrow escape from being
buried in the ruins. 1t was twO-story
gand and his residence, 1913 and 1915
West Broadway. were both fine brick
buildings, and were totally destroyed.
None of the inmates suffered injury.
The rear portion of Hoffendorfer Bros.
large brick business house at 1914, was
carried away, and all the contents of
this part of the house were lost. The
front part, however, is not much dam
aged. Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her family,
who lived at 1888 Seventeenth street,
were all gathered in an up stairs room.
1t was impossible for them to get out
after the first shock, and they remained
in the room terrOr-stricken. The house
is large two-Story brick, and the walls
Fol rd hannannd
floor upon which they were standing
still held up, and after the wind had
spent its force they were able to get
down. In going down Main street in an
opposite direction to the course pur-
sued by the tornado. the first evidences
of serious destruction are the topless
and windowless houses on the north
side, between Sixth and Seventh streets.
The wind took the roof from and
Deranged the Top Story
of the building occupied by Sutcliffe &
Owens at 631 West Main. Their stock
of boots and shoes is greatly damaged.
Next two upper stories of Il. +. Agerst
company's four-story notion store are
destroyed; the two top stories of the
fine Bamberger, Strong q Co.'s four
story building are demolished. Moore
& Stark, Julius Louchheim, Louis
Grammar and the printing establish
ment on the northeast corner of Sew
enth and Main suffered considerably.
The large building occupied by the
Falls City bank and other firms escaped
with damaged roof and windows. The
immense building occupied by the sad
dlery firm of HARRISON Il Cathright
at 707 and 709 was blown in and
the property damaged many thou
sands of dollars. The large build
ing occupied by l.. Moses, wholesale
clothing dealer, was entirely demol-
ished by collapse to the street None
of them were injured, but their home
was destroyed. The residence of Daniel
HemlOck, tanner. 1910 Seventeenth
street, was large brick structure. yet
it was swept away as if it were paper.
The family escaped. McCullOm'S stables
were swept out of existence and the
horses and wagons are scattered and
lost. Charles Beck has a wholesale
fancy grocery at atSeventeeDth and Maple
streets. but 1t was leveled to the grOuud.
There was no one i'll the building at the
time. All the entire western portion of
Parkland. which lies Just hey ond the
southwestern limits of the city, was
wrecked The storm struck that part
before reaching the city and its course
was most peculiar one. 1t did not
move in a direct line, moving down a
path before it, but went about its dread
full work
In Zig.Zag Fashion.
On the outskirts of the town the two
story brick residence of Mayor Keepers
was struck by the wind. The heavy
tin roof was rolled up like piece of
paper and carried a long distance. Mrs.
Keepers was i'll with pneumonia, and no
sooner had the roof been taken Off than
her husband and another man picked
up the bed upon which she was lying 10
carry her to place of safety. The work
was not too quickly begun. No sooner
had they reached the yard with their
burden than the full force of the wind
struck the rOofiess building and swept
it down like a shell. A number OF
houses were blown down, but the in
mates were all up and had time to eS-
cape. The frame school house was
lifted from its foundation and moved
several feet and utterly destroyed.
The Daisy line depot was almost
totally destroyed, and that track covered
with debris for several hundred yards.
Mr.. HOWard's house on Virginia ave-
wrecked in the rear. Mrs. Howard was
caught in the wreck, but not seriously
hurt. j. G. Browns two-story frame
house, a short distance nway, was de-
molished. This house was not Occu-
pied. The Masonic temple was injured
in the upper floor. but without much
damage. Young's grocery had the roof
blown off, and RamSer'S tin shop, close
by, was demolished. Several people
were in the grocery at the time, but got
out before the final crash came. The
residences of Messrs. Gregory, Menso,
Harrison, Matt Wise, Kane. Sheppard,
Barnes, Van Pelt and Kice were all
badly damaged, but none of the IN
mates were hurt.
The Churches Escaped,
with the exception of the Baptist, which
was twisted some. The track of the
storm in Parkland was about three
blocks wide, but in such zig-zag man.
ner that it is almost impossible to meas
uro tho pyact track TO the west of the