Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-17
GALE In THE WEST
Many Lives Lost in a Minnesota
Cyclone
MAO FURY OF THE TEMPEST
Meage1 Details Of the Catastrophe School
Children Persia in Storm in
Canada.

l1c terriOlc Iunhci-eAapc0 tofuadc
again stalksd abroad over the land and
laid " aste seores Of happy homes and
sent forty a. fifty souls 10 eternity.
Every report that comes in Is worse
than preceding ones. The extent of the
country swept by this awful visitation
was greAter than ever before known In
the history Of the state. and fortunate
indeed il Is no town or village lay in
its destructive course Starting near
Jackson. on the southern Minnesota
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul railroad. fpunel-shaped clouds
swept eastward II il reported that .
railroad train has been hurled from the
track and killed10O people.
Death In the D0nAnion.
NOMINAL. Can, Juno lo.-Tuesday
afternoon . terrible tornado devastated
the province Of Quebe causing frightful
destruction 70 property and loss Of life
The places that suffered most were St.
Rose, . summer resort on the Canadian
Pacific railway 70 miles from Montreal;
Lachute, ST. Johns and the Ottawa
valley.
Ageaixins Scenes ut st. Rose.
Shortly after o'clock the residents OF
ST. Rose noticed the darkened clouds
gathering on the horizon. Suddenly
there Wa low. sullea roar and In the
twinkling of an eye light Of day was
changed into the basskest Of night
With hardly q warning . terrible
cyclone struck the village, carrying
everything before H. Houses were
carried away. hugo trees were torn
from their very roots, animals were
litsssliy carried away by the wind and
deposited in fields acres distant
But still more terri BILE scene was in
store for the frightened inhabitants.
Two miles from tho village was q
school Here twenty-five children were
being taught by their young teacher.
Mias Lecaisso. While teacher and
scholars were intent upon the lessons
II suddenly became pitch dark. In q
moment the pitiless cyclone had struck
the small wooden schoolhouse, tearing
it to pieces like . matchbox. The
little seudents were scattered like
leaves sad Niss Lacaisse received q
blow On the head which stunned her,
and she WAS found in the ruins Of the
building. 6he received serious injuries
about the head and spine and her
chances Of recovery are considered
doubtful The children were carried
in all directions by the wind, and in
some cases sst down in adjacent fields
yards from Ne schoolhouse.
Ameag the Victims.
Out Of the twenty-five children two
Of them were dead when found, one
died shortly after. twelve are seriously
wounded and tho remainder are more
or lees woupded. Tho killed are: Will
dred 0uimst agsd I. the SON Of . promi-
nent resident Of st. Rose; Julie Jolly.
aged q and Stanislaus Daubien. aged 8.
The bodies Of Tie children were terribly
dishgureA. In edition to the killed
the following arc not expected TO live:
turtss; Adouard ouimet. severely in
jursd; Edouard Gaso0n, serious injuries
TO The head and spine; Amelie Cadeux,
broken arm and spine badly injured.
Killed . woman aud . Child.
The force Of the tornado was some
thing terrible. The storm Travelled over
the village without doing marked dam.
ago It was in the open country it spent
its fury. 1t completely destroyed
the farm buildings and barns OF
John, Thomas and Alpheus Kimp-
ton and in all probability killed
Mrs. Alpheus Kimpton and her
baby, aged months. The former,
when the wreck occurred, had her col
lar bone broken, and the latter its skull
crushed. They are not expected to re.
cover. Houses were lifted bodily in the
air. Other farmers, French Canadians.
neighbors of tho Kimptons, suffered
! similarly. Albert Gilbert's stone cream
cry and five barns were destroyed.
1t would be impossible to exaggerate
the force of the storm. Water was
swept over the new bridge. 227 feet
long. and waves rose II feet high.
| In addition TO the loss of life vast
amount Of property was destroyed by
the storm II Is estimated that the loss
Of property will be SIS. oes.
More ChiIArea sl.ia.
Al the town Of ST. Therese the dam.
age done by the storm was equally
severe. The schoolhousc there was also
blown down while thirty children were
| in 1t. Two of them were killed, and
many seriously injured. Damage TO
| property II even greater than at 81
Rose. During the progress OF the cyclone
| IL was - dark IS night. The wind was
terrible. II demolished many buildings,
" tore down trees. and the lightning