The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-03-11
The Streets Nearly Deserted,
Business Partially Suspend
ed, Telegraph, Telephone
and Electric Wires
Down.
A Partial List of Accidents as
Witnessed BY a Member of
The FREE PRESS
staff.

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on the street Wednesday was reckless,
unless business called them.
One of the worst storms that has
ever swept through Southern Mime
sofa struck this section shortly after
midnight Tuesday was a sample
of spring-like weather, but about ten
O'Clock the rain began to fall. A few
hours later, the wind changed to the
north and in less time than it takes
to tell it, a blizzard was upon US. AS
the day wore on, the velocity of the
wind increased. With the falling of
the snow the air became filed with
the beautiful, which was hurled with
almost binding force and gathered
into drifts. Hardly team was WISH
BILE. by noon, except the hacks which
went to the railway depots. Old
citizens came together and compared
notes. Men, anxious to communicate
with the outside world went into the
telegraph offices only to be told that
all the wires were down. The Saint
Paul train on the Omaha arrived this
morning about Is minutes late. A
woman was doing her best to keep on
her feet, when gust Of wind struck
her and landed her against the post
in front of DR.. Follman's drug store.
She chung to the post for dear life,
until one of the gallant clerks, came
to the rescue and assisted her into
the store. For various reasons, the
students at the State Normal school
were dismissed about eleven O'Clock.
When a FREE PRESS reporter was in
the building for the purpose'of lectur-
ing the weather clerk the pupils were
in high glee over half holiday. The
county commissioners were at the court
house, but adjourned to the city hall.
Business was almost suspe nded in
nearly every branch of the trade. 1t
is impossible to give full report of
the damage done but we give here
with a few of the accidents as far as
witnessed. Tomorrow we will en-
deavor to give more complete report.
A street car was blown off the track
ateight O'Clock this morning near the
Candy factory.
Plate glass window in B. Kohler's
shoe store broken in thousand
pieces.
Cottonwood tree corner Of Second
and Walnut streets blown down.
Oscar Bierbauer while walking on
the sidewalk on Fifth street, near the
Oil mill, was taken along with the
sidewalk and hurled into the middle
of the street, but was not injured.
Bill boards on Front street near
The Saulpaugh, also near the North
western railroad depot were torn
down, as was the one near the opera
house.
A plate glass front in the store Of
Nyquist & Iverson was smashed in.
Sign Of the California Wine house
and chimney of the same building
were demolished.
The roof Of the building at one time
occupied by Isaac Ruby, near Laird.
Norton & Co.'s lumber yard was torn
off and carried across the street and
deposited on the roof of another build
ing. A portion of the stone cornice
of the Baptist church was dislodged
and fell with crash, blowing out a
piece of Mr.. Parsons house, next door,
but fortunately nobody was hurt.
The Big Mill cooper shop roof was
torn off and blowno oyer in the direction
Of Thros drug store, but did little
damage. , Al,
! Several windows in The Saulpaugh
were demolished.
A portion of the roof of Patterson
& Co.'S wholesale warehouse, was
caught up by the wind and fell on
the roof of S. f. Barney's office, two
doors away, crushing the roof and de-
molishing the ceiling. Fortunately
nobody was in the building at the time.