Telegram-herald., 1891-07-18
DEATH IN A Wild GALE
Disastroas Work OF Cyclone In
West Superior, Wis.
DESTRUCTION Runs RIOT OUT NEST
A Naneer OF Buildings Blown Down.
give Persons Killed and several
oshsus Iajursd-Ihsir Llsss
Cruelty Crushed Out

6EsI SUPERIOR, Wis. July IA
terrl bic storm of wind aad rain struck
this city frcn the northwest Thursday
afteTnooa about 5 o'clock. Several
small buildings were blown town. but
al one spot the storm left appalling
proof Of its deadly force. A large three
story frame structure on North
Third street. near the barge works,
partly completed. was blown down on
the heads Of about twenty working
men and score of other people who
gathered within its limits for prot.e-
tion. The alarm was sounded and the
fire de partment responded The Saild-
ing WAS complete wreck. In
spite of the pouring rain the visit
ors az the scene rushed in and
assisted the firemen in the cause of
rescue. Men in all professions and
walks of life stood shoulder To shorl-
der and worked with only the thought
of humanity's sake. The dead SO far
as known are: John Laur. Charles
Lucius. Herman Paussey, John Scho-
field and an unknown man.
Among the most seriously injured
are: John Brown, whose legs are
broken. Dick Clark, John Long and Will
liam Sample. The assistant chief of the
fire department sustained broken
leg during the work of rescue. While
a rope was strsining on a mass of
broken framework the crib work to
which it was attached parted and struck
him. A scene of intense excitement
reigned. Women ran about regardless
of rain and mud. wringing their hands
and crying. flied with the ter
rible fear that their husbands or
brothers had been buried in the
ruins. An eyewitness of the disaster
says he saw crew of workmen run
into the building to seek shelter from
the storm. Fully thirty or forty men
must have been inside. They were dis
tributed over all the floors 1t appears
that the men on the third floor took
the warning first and were seen to
jump and get away in safety.
At o'clock the body of Herman
Paussey was found in sitting position,
bent nearly double, with spikes driven
into his spine and almost every bone
in his body broken. John Laur was
found on his back with four timbers ly-
ing across him, cutting his body into as
many pieces. 1t was horrible sight,
and the overworked rescuers sickened
in removing the body. Schofield was
found in what had evidently been a
room on the third floor and was still
alive. though he died as socn as the
weight was removed from him,
his back being broken. 1t
was over an hour before an
other body was found. Then
two injured men were gotten.
out Semple was wedged between
two upright timbers, and that saved his
life. The bodies of Lucius and an un-
known man. evidently one of those
who took shelter in the ill-fated build
ing, were found in the wreck of room
on the ground floor. Both bodies were
fiattened out of all resemblance to hu-
mauity.
The wind injured tho union depot
and upset fifteen small buildings, but
without causing further fatalities SO
far as known.
Lightning struck the new Unitarian
church, damaging it slightly. Also the
boarding house of Mrs Fisher. on
West Second street. 1t was burned.
The patent iron hoisting and unloading
apparatus At the docks of the Silver
Creek q Morris Coal Company and
Ohio Coal Company was blown down
and badly damaged. Loss about s., ,00O
The shipping business of the two COM
v,-,l1 10
ST. CLOUD. Minn., July ia severe
wind and rainstorm accompanied by
considerable hail struck this city
Thursday afternoon. The hailstorm
only lasted ten minutes. but many
window paaes were smashed. In the
township OF Luxembourg. this county.
the grain in the path of the storm for a
distance of miles was destroyed.
DULUTH, Mimi, July IA violent
storm of wind and rain burst over this
city Thursday afternoon about 2:3o. do
ing considerable damage, such as flood
ing cellars, blowing down small out
buildings. disarranging telegraph and
electric light and power wires, be-
sides tearing out several blocks
of new pavement just being
laid on Fourth street. The
rain fell in torrents and the
rainfall was three-quarters of an inch
In the first hour. At one time il rained
ree-hundredths of an inch i'm five
minutes. the water flowing like a stream
over the streets. At West Duluth. a
manufacturing suburb, n circus tent
was blown down. but no one was in
jurcd seriously. Several houses were
struck by lightning and seriously shat
tered