The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-06-25
DESOLATI0N
Marks the Cyclones Path in Mime.
sofa.
As Yet the Number NJ Victims Can Not
Be Given. nut IL VIII lie Fully Thirty,
and Perhaps Fifty-Peculiar An
tics of the Furious Wind.


ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1s.-The re-
ports from the cyclone which devas-
lated the southern portion of this state
Wednesday, come in slowly, owing to
the extent Of country covered and the
terrible condition of the roads render
dng communication with the cities bav-
ing telegraphic facilities almost impos.
sible. The death-roll is not less than
thirty and as reports come In later it
may grow to fifty. The path of the
storm is marked by ruined houses, dew
astated farms, dead and mangled men,
women and children.
The storm originated near jackson,
an Martin county, taking northeaster-
ly course through Faribault county un-
til 1t reached point between Wells
and Minnesota lake, where it divided
INTO two sections-one continuing its
northeasterly course through Weseca
county into Steele county, where it was
dissipated, the other section took a
south-by-east course through Freeborn,
Mower and Fillmore counties, extend
ing nearly to the Mississippi river be-
fore it lost its force.
The dead and injured in the Polish
settlement, about eight miles northeast
of Wells, can not now be estimated. So
Tar as known, the list of casualties in
this neighborhood is as follows:
The dead-John Brown (farmer) wife.
son and daughter; Henry Brewer, farnI-
er; Mrs. Catouchels; - Della, child of
John Della; Alfred Frederick, farmer;
Mrs. M. Iverson and three children;
Mrs. John LatusiclI; Leitenberger,
daughter of John Leitenberger; Melch-
ert, two daughters of Christian Melch-
ert; John Pietras; Stein, child of May
land Stein; 1t is probable that the
list of the dead is much larger than
known.
The injured recorded thus far are:
Mrs. John Della, severe scalp wound,
broken arm, internal injuries; Mrs.
Marland Stein and child, mangled ter
ribly; latter may die; Miss Murray,
school-mistress, living in the family of
John E-own, Ave miles north of Wells,
in critical condition; recovery doubt
full; Herman Drake, arm broken and in
ternal injuries; Herman Bremen, ir,
badly injured; Albert Craychee and
wife, fractures and contusions
of the scalps and bodies; Mrs.
Lightenberger and six children,
badly injured; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Melchert, both seriously hurt; Miss
Melchert, arm broken; boy of IA, bruised
and injured internally-will die; two
boys in the family of Albert Klinget,
mangled terribly-recovery doubtful in
both cases. Henry Melchert and wife,
both badly hurt; August Hohenzee,
farmer near Wells, lacerated, likely to
die; Mrs. Herman Strehle, limb broken;
Mrs. Frank Yokel and child, seriously
hurt; Mrs. Joe Litzba, slightly injured;
Mrs. Grey, probably fatally injured.
In addition to the killing of son of
Maryland Stein, his seventeen-year-old
daughter was so badly crushed that she
will die; Mrs. Zanke, wife of farmer
near Easton, is also missing.
A section man named Christianson
was blown forty feet through the air
and fell on the back of a hog in the adj
joining pasture. The hog was killed,
but Christianson escaped uninjured.
An adopted son of John Brown was
picked up and blown half a mile. Two
people were killed north of Richland
where the cyclone was very severe. An
aS-months-old baby was found sitting
in a swamp, where it had been carried
by the wind. 1t was uninjured. T..
Albert Lea reported the list of casu-
alities in Freeborn county difficult to
ascertain, but, so far as know, are as fol-
Cows: Mrs. c. Christopher, son and child;
Andrew Hansen, aged %; e. McCottley
and family; M. Shequin and family.
The injured list is long one, while the
destruction to property is very great as
the path of the cyclone was through the
richest farming section of the state.
Fairmont, in Martin county, reports
two killed there and a great number in
jured. Seven persons were killed be-
tween Winnebago City and Sherburne.
The wind demolished a schoolhouse,
seriously injuring teacher and sixteen
scholars. Much damage to property is
reported, but it is impossible to esti-
mate the amount. The Catholic Church
1T jackson was blown down, but no
one injured.