Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-18
Reports of the Devastation
Still Coming In.
The Death Roll May Reach ltalf
a Hundred.
Scores of People Injured, Many Be-
yOnd Recovery.
The Loss of Property Is Enormous-An-
other Storm and Bursted Dam in
Pennsylvania-Heavy
Damage.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 17.-Reports
from the cyclone which devastated the
southern portion Of the state, Wednes-
day, are still coming in. The first re-
ports as to. the loss of life proved some
what ver-estimated, yet the death roll
is not less then thirty, and may grow to
fifty. The dead and injured in the
Polish settlement, eight miles north
east of Wells, cannot be estimated.
The greatest loss is about Wells and
Minnesota lake. The list of the dead,
as far as known, includes those in that
neighborhood and around Hartland.
The dead are: John Brown and wife,
Herman Bremner, Mrs. John Latusick,
son Of Maland Stein, John Dalla. a son
of John Pietros, Michael Iverson, wife
and three children; Alfred Fredericks,
child of Mr.. Lichtenberger, Andrew
Hanson, two children Of man named
Habes, Thomas Yokiel, Henry Brewer.
Mrs. Cautouceek, Alfred Frederick, and
two daughters of Christian Melchert.
Over thirty people are reported in
jured, half dozen of whom cannot
live.
Among the injured are: Miss O'Hare
and sixteen pupils at the Silyerton
school, several OF whom may die.
Two persons were killed north Of
Richland. An Is months old babe was
found in swamp, where it was carried
by the wind, uninjured.
The destruction of property is very
great, as the path OF the cyclone was
through the richest farming section of
the state.
Fairmont reports two killed and many
injured. Seven persons were killed be-
tween Winnebago city and Sherbourne.
iDELAvAN, Minn., June 1.-THE cy-i
clone which passed near here Wednes-
day afternoon crushed a barn belonging
to II. Duffy and passed to the farm Of
G. Leitenberger. The family ran for the
cellar. Part of them reached shelter
i uninjured. The storm struck the house
and reduced it to splinters. One OF the
children, q girl of z, was killed. Leiten-
berger and another of the children were
seriously injured. The house OF l..
Pitcher was unroofed. Outhouses
were carried away. The house OF
q man named Armstrong was moved
from its foundations. Barns and other
outhouses were destroyed. Passing on,
the storm swept everything in its path;
killing three persons two miles further
east. A later report makes the number
of persons killed in this vicinity six,
with thirty injured.
| ALBERT LEA, Mimi, June II. Every
report adds to the list of injured and
the loss Of property by Wednesdays
cyclone. Three children were killed in
Martin county. The list OF casualties
in Faribault county is long one.
1t is hard to ascertain the full extent of
the disaster. Thus far six deaths are
reported in that county with many in
jured. The destruction of property cam
not be estimated, as the path of the cy-
clone was through the richest farming
country in the state.
Andrew Hansen, Mrs. Mike Iverson
and three children of Freeborn town
ship, child of J. Steen, the
families of M. Shequin, E.
M. McCotley. Andrew Hauldon,
wife and child, @. Christophersen and
two others, names unknown, are among
the dead. 1t is reported that an un-
known man was drowned near Hart
land.
I MANKATo, Mimi, June 1.-THE lat
est developments substantiate the prav-
est fears of yesterday as to the cyclone.
The death list amounts to at least thirty
and seventeen bodies have been recov-
cred thus far, with large territory ia
hear from. The cyclone was the worst
that ever visited the northwest.
| SCRANTON, Pa, June 17.-Anothel
storm swept over Scranton tonight,
accompanied by high wind
which blew the roofs from houses
demolished outbuildings and wrecked
the enclosure of the Scranton baseball
park. The Meadowbrook silk works
were struck by lightning, and all the
material in the works ruined.
II MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, June IA dam
near this city broke this evening, wash.
ing out the tracks of the Lehigh Valley
railroad and piling huge logs and trees
across them. It is reported that mum.
ber of houses in Robinson, a mining
village, directly in the path OF the food
were carried AWAY. It was feared some
miners working underground, were lost
but the latest information is to the
effect that all were hoisted to the tep.
1t is not believed any lives were lost
but two people are missing. The lower
portion of the town is flooded, and the
number of business houses had por
ton OF their stock ruined.
INHl
Not All Harmony in Michigan.