The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23
SUpERIoR'S CYCLONE.
THE WISCONSIN CITY VISITED BY
A TERRIFIC WIND STORM.

Large Three-Story Building Blown Down
and Totally Demolished = Seventeen
Men Buried in the Ruins of the Col
lapsed Structure = Five Bodies Re-
covered.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July IA
violent wind storm struck this city
about $3.50 p M. 1t attained the dignity
of hurricane, but was not at all cy-
clonic in its actions. 1t blew down
eight or ten buildings, but with the ex-
ception of one location, no loss OF, life Is
reported. The large sthree-story build
ing situated at the corner of Third street
and Lamborn avenue was blown down
And Totally Demolished.
There were twentv-six men at work In
the building at the time and number
of passersby had taken refuge in the
structure to escape the storm. Seven
teen men were buried in the ruins
when the building collapsed, five OF
whom have already been taken out
dead. a number of others seriously
wounded and five are still missing. So
far as known the dead are:
JOHN LAUER. aged As years.
CHARLES LOCUS, "a years.
HERMAN ROUSSEY, 26 years.
UNKNOWN NAN, about IS years Of
age.
JOHN SCOFIELD, died from injuries
received in the back and broken limbs.
When the storm came up, Boss Car
penter Gross called to his men who
were working on the building to get
out and twelve of them jumped from
the windows At the same moment a
number of passersby ran into the struc-
ture to escape the storm. As they en-
tered, the building collapsed without an
instant's warning,
Burying Seventeen Men.
The structure did not move foot from
its foundation. 1t simply fiattened out
as though by a terrible blow from above.
The timers on the roof remained where
they were and escaped serious injury,
though the fall was thirty eight feet.
Hundreds saw the catastrophe and the
work Of rescue began at once. The
ruins stood not six feet above the
ground, ana the roof seemed to cover
the whole, greatly retarding the work
of rescue. 1t was an hour before the
first body, that of Herman Roussey, was
recovered. He was found in sitting
position, bent nearly double, with
Spikes Driven Into His Spine,
and almost every bone in his body
broken. John Lauer was found on his
back with fcEr tim bers lying across him,
cutting his body into as many pieces. 1t
was horrible sight, and overworked
rescuers siclzened in removing the body.
Scofeld was found in what evidently
had been a room on the third floor, and
was still alive, though he died as soon
as the weight was removed from him,
his back being broken. 1t was over an
hour before another body was found.
The two injured men were then gotten
out. Senlple was wedged between two
upright tilnbers and that saved his life.
The bodies of Lucius and an unkno wn
man, evidently one of those who took
shelter in the ill-fated building, were
found in the wreck of u room on the
ground floor. Both bodies Were aattened
Out OF All Resemblance
to humanity. While the work of rescue
had been going on, rain and lightning
and high wind had set in and the vio-
lence OF the storm became terrific, fore
ing the men to leave work, but they
soon resumed. 1t is probable that all
bodies will be recovered before morn
ing. Contractor 'Goss insists that, no
more remain, but that is hardly proba-
bic. Five of the number escaped almost
miracrllously with slight injuries
other Damage Done.
Five buildings were blown down at
the steel plant in the south part of the
city, and a section of one of the barge
works buildings was carried away.
Chimneys were blown down and con-
siderable minor damage was done.
There is no means OF accurately giving
the amount of damage, except in the
demolished big building, which had had
about DC, 900 worth of work put on it.
Assistant Fire Chief Kellogg, while
assisting in removing the dead and Sdy.
; ing from the demolished house, was
caught by moving timber, breaking
one of his legs.