Telegram-herald., 1890-07-15

sred. The rost of sas building in
nnieh the telegraph or1ee IS located is
cone. ana the losser Goors Nere daua aged
Ciillett & Beck's starch factory IS aH
almost total wreck. The streets of TIE
citv are Elled vith tsllsd trees and parts
OF baIdlngs thai h2d been carried
through the air.
81. PAUI. l:inn., Jaly l4-Dsath snd
devastation visited the states of MiRne
sofa and Wisconsin sunday Afternoon
and the death list viii be large. Tas
sumner resorts seem 70 have surered
severely. owing 70 tbe fact that al this
season they ase thiekly populated. and
the losses Of life there are fearful tc
contemplate.
A young nan drove in from Lake
Coleman with the information that II
least two persons had been killed aad
ever leo Injured al that point He had
been out there with young lady
friend. and, having gone after his
buggy 10 drive home, on his return &c
where she had been standing found bis
companion seriously injured by the
storm which suddenly had burst upon
them.
Passing along the cyclone struck Lake
Joanna. Lake Gervais, Lake Vadnais,
Little Canada, and passed on about fouI
miles 10 the east of White Bear lake.
The storm first strudk the farm OF
James j. Hill, the president Of the
Great Northern railway, twenty miles
north OF here, wrecking several build
ings and killing three farm laborers as
we'll as several head of stock. The fury
OF the storm was fearful and every thing
in its path Was swept away.
Eleven people were instantly killed
at the small town OF Nadnais. on the
line Of the 81 Paul & Duluth road, six
miles north OF here. and the village
wrecked. Not building was left
standing in sound condition, while
the great ma ajority OF them were blown
10 pieces, the inmates suffering death
without warning.
The place where the cyclone struck
the ground and caused loss Of life was
on the shore of Lake Geryais, where j.
II. Schumacher, of this city, had SUN.
mer cottage in little basin where
u.
The funnel-shaped cloud swooped
down on them, demolishing the dwell
ings and number of other buildings
in the same neigh borhood. The camp
of Colonel Helleser, of this city, was
blown down. but the party escaped in.
jury. In the wreck of the SchurmeieI
and Good houses, however, five were
killed and ten injured.
Mrs. J. Il. Schurmeier, Charles Schurmeier, OF
ST. Paul; Rev. Nj Phaeaer Of Brennan, Tex;
George Miller. OF the FIRST National Bank OF
this city, and Schurmeier's driver.
The bodies of Mrs. Schurmeier. her
son and Mr.. Phaefer have not yet been
found. The injured number ten. 1t is
said that the cyclone was confined 10 a
district only three and half miles
long, and that the worst damage was
within limit OF half mile.
A widow named Mullancey, and heI
four children, the eldest boy 4 years
ofage, ran 10 the shore of the lake when
they saw the storm cloud approaching.
The mother and her four children lay
fat in the sand, hoping against hope
that the cyclone would pass them by.
up the little family and in its embrace
they were carried out into the lake and
drowned.
George Hazard, laborer in the en-
ploy OF the Inflated Schurmeier family,
reached St. Paul few minutes after
midnight and reports that the list
of the dead at Coleman's and
Gervais will certainly reach TWEEN
ty. Three bodies were taken ost OF
the lake Sunday night. Between 4:45
and $50 the boatman at Coleman's let
sixteen row-boats. each Of which carried
from two TO five persons, and only four
of the sixteen have returned Many OF
these people were no doubt drowned.
At Coleman's also the tornado
picked up the house Of Joseph Latrous
and carried il far out into the lake
Mrs. Latroux and her little 4-year-old
daughter were in the house and both
were drowned.
On the Gervaise road. four miles north
of the city. the house of Nathaniel
Getzky, containing twelve persons, was
completely demolished, two children
were killed and six other persons sc
badly crushed that they are not ex-
pected to recover. Four OF them had
gone into the cellar and the wind slid
the house from its foundation, dropping
its "sleepers" upon them
At North st. Paul the wind blew down
a furniture factory and several dwell
ings, and two persons were killed, both
OF them by lightning.
at Minnehaha it hailed for ten min.
utes, tho stones being as large as hens
eggs, and broke large quantity OF
glass.
Midnight reports from Little Canada,
a village Of 500 people seven miles
from ST. Paul. indicate that the cyclone
struck that place with full force.
Twelve houses we're blown down, three
people killed and eight or ten injured.