Telegram-herald., 1890-07-09
FARCOS FATE.
"Details Of ths Cycioze,s Work Ia
the North Dakotan City.
The IOSs ALMOST LAID u RUNS
nI.lF Csstiy EaIiaiaEs Dssts0ysa-Gxsas
nasoe Throaghsat ths Surrounding
Co1nfry- Lives Lssl saE
MAJ FsTsoas Hart
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vicinity a. 80 o'clock Monday Nora
iBg. Carrying death and devastation
ever a strip of terri tory asaFly forty
miles wide aud eighty miles long
The exnens Of tns destruction can
only be- sarnlssd. as wires are
down Ia every direction aud every
track leading out Of Fargo utterly in
pass4hle. Relays Of aandears over
foFtY-thrss miles Of track were neees-
s4Fy % aDprise the Oabside world % the
calamity here. From MapleGon ia the
vest Batteville Ia rhe south, Muskoda
10 the eass AID Villsrnon In the
ncFCA the couatry nas been swept
b. a terrible tornado. TAls point
was the center Of the storm Tue
stltiag, 0nlnOas calm OF midnight gave
warning of the approach OF ths storm,
anz tho city Was awake and as we'll pre-
pared As possible Tor the worst The
storm came Just after 2 o'clock and
lasted for thirtY-hvs miauses, during
which tims nearly every large build
lag IN this city MAS unroOfed or other
wise damaged The heavens seemed
one mass OF fame, and the thunder
was appalling The wind came FIRST in
heavy gusts. every one Of which seemed
20 carry OF q roof. finally settling into
a steady sweep that grew iercer as the
time went by. In the Intervals between
the thundeT-bursts could bo heard on
every side the crash Of falling build
ings, fvin4 roofs and the smashing
Of glass in windows. Great chimneys
were torn from brick buildings and
hurled In every direction. There was
not q building in Fargo but lost glass,
from the heaviest plate down. Women
and children shrieked as they ran about
In the darkness. and men stood help
lessly about with blanched faces, unable
70 move hand or foot 10 protect their
property.
For thirty minutes the storm ragged,
then slowly passed OF toward the north
west Half an hour later daylight
dawned and soon the entire scene OF
devastation was brought to view. As il
In mockery. the only tall building left
standing was that devoted 70 the
signal service, where a wind gauge
showed the velocity OF the storm
20 have been eighty-two miles.
TIE scene about the city was ter
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debris Of all kinds. Roots, fronts OF
buildings, piles Of glass, topping and
destroyed chimncys lay massed amid
telegraph poles, bound and tied with
electric wires The three large electric
light nasts, the pride of the city, were
blown down and lay twisted like cork
screws interlocked with each other.
The work of destruction in this city
was complete. Almost every building
shows the marks of the winds power.
Tho storm demolished the Manitoba
& Milwaukee freight houses, destroyed
the fronts of the Davis Block. the Opera
House Block the Continental Block,
the Garfield Block, the Webster
Block; unroofed the Northern Pacific
freight depot, also the Republican Office
and ths Chaplin hardware Sc The
courthouse tower was badly twisted
and deposited on the sidewalk on Tenth
street The Plymouth Congregational
Church was destroyed and the Luger
Furniture Compsny's warehouse is dam
aged. Numerous bricks from
the Argus brick block lie on
the ground and the Deering
warehouse is damaged to some extent
g. also are Alfstad's hardware store and
Vachen's restaurant The Keeney
Block and Exchange Hotel suffered
badly. Dozens of smaller buildings
and rods of sidewalk were demolished.
The tornado struck Fargo fve min
utes after the arrival OF train No. 1, the
Pacific mail on the Northern Pacific,
and the full force of the blast struck
She cars. dersiling and ditching sew
srsl Of them. The train was made
up OF three baggage, nine coaches
and sieepers. All OF the coaches and
the tender we're blown from the track.
The light had been put out, so that
there was no FIRE nor steam Superin-
tondent McCabe and the conductor,
brakeuen and porters acted coolly and
calmed the frfgh tened passengers, who
we're sent back TO the city In special
coaches. The injured passengers and
trainmsn 30 far "a learned are:
Cscrs- A. Manning. Post Fails. idaho, knee
h1rs and snaksa Up: J r Rouadtree. oi Pin
Erse. " d badly bruised and leg hurt; Miss
nIcCabe. sister ~ pertnteneent McCs0c
ankle bruised. C. r Helm. % ElicBsourg
Wash knee burt aad bruised. Victor Mont
romsrT. CHICAGO. scalp wo1ud, Mrs. Nord
'oa her husband. badly cut In several
places ard tendon severed And wrist cut. John
Richie sarras- master. cnt IN head. Albert
Lee sxpr-ss- Messenger bruised. Mrs. r. G.
Mann of NIwausec. arm bruised ard shoulder
svrslncd Addison AuEnr. Pslouse CITY, Wash
facs su,. O. A. Marr. 81 Louis temple
bruised. Mrs C. 2 GuHth. ~ Niles City,
Naut badv hruised Ben Sportsman. porter
O. Wee Prcsident Pureys car. spins iniurea
a. heai seriously hurt.
Warren O. Psrdy. vice-president Of
the Rock Island snd family. accompa-
med bv Colonel r s ThOm pson and
vfs. wero in Mt Purdy's private car,
but ncne were seriously injured. Colonel
Thooarecu and wife we're slightly in
is-cs. Erred Pnra7 was slightly cat, bus
tna others were unhurt
p-sS----- treirs Nce . and arc also
T. fre -rclone helr rt ID has not been
Ioarrcd whether or nes hey were struck
1s.a ---ors shat several children were
t-rrF A. Fargo is erroneous The cars
cf 4 Grain en tne Fargo & southeastern
v-- h,orn fro11 ne erseS az Butter
v--. hat the passengers suffered only
f,w scratches
rhe hrre elevator a. Mapletca was
frst-sves and shat az Dalrymple was
Ter1iIr blown 50 pieces A. Battevhle
sho se-ct was blown away and two
lses.f trains swept from the track.
can rs learned from uolnss On
o., Ta--7 e south western o. on The
Great Northern betweea Fargo and
r-srd Perks and "a the storm raged
f-ersr- III beth directions consider
aisle -re henslon IL fsik Word wsa