The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-04

the Santa Fe stated tie crowd at liz. ooo
Which is an exceedingly conservative
stimate. 1t is the common remark Of
the SO who have witnessed similar scenes
Tat the completeness Of The destruction
transcends anything in their xpe1ience
Other like realities have been attended,
with greater loss of life but rarely has
\ picture of such utter desolation
ard ruin been presented than
that E in the devastated district.
The miracle of it all is that
THE LOSS OF LIFE
was not fourfold greater. This is to be
attributed to the fact that the churches
and schoolhouses in the tornado path
we're all empty aud business blouks
practically deserted, excepting in the
two hotels, where eight Of the casualties
so far reported occurred. The death
list remains at the figures given in the
dispatches of yesterday, with all the in
iured ones in a fair way to recovery ex.
cept Mrs. Murphy, the eyed landlady,
who was taken from the burning ruins
Of the Cole Robinson bloch, and Jesse
Brown, the colored bal bel.
The funeral of six cyclone victims.
Mrs. Sasher, her sister Kittie Strachn.
Leonard Adamson, Ida Jones, Horton
Epson and Prof. James Mayer took
place this afternoon from the Methodist
church. James Hasty was buried to-
dsy by the Id Fellows, while Ed For.
swine will receive the rights OF Sepul.
chere to. morrow. The body of Thomas
OornWell has been forwarded 10 his
home near Belle PLANE an that of
Frank Campbell to Williams.
burg, Kentucky. The ruins have
been diligently searched. To.
morrow the work Of clear
beg be- vigorously and Systematically begun x1l'
Notwithstanding the character of the
day. since daylight carpenters, brick
layers and timers have been busy max
ing the partially wrecked buildings
habitab]e. Temporary shelter has been
provide d for the homeless unfortunates,
and a relief organic alton has been or
ganized to raise the necessary funds to
keep them from absolute d%estitution
and want. Tornado insurance on the
residence and business property was 80
little as to be hardly worth mentioning.
The absolute loss will be a quarter of a
million of dollars.
less IS GREAT. ~
HARPER, Kas., May 80 Reports
from the country around through
which the tornado of Friday night
passed, demonstrate the loss to be
greater than at first reported. Tho
course of the storm as indicated by its
trail represented an imperfect letter "S''
and swept in from a distance OF at least
fifteen miles. In Gardner Plains town.
ship, two brothers were picked up and
oarlitd a distance Of 200 Yards
and 1t down almost side by side.
One of them was BADLY il jured in the
fsll while the other escaped without q
scratch. Nothing eeoaped the storms
fury and great damage is done not only
to houses end crops and trees, but
thousands If dollars worth of stock has
been billed ard Injured. A. $40 the
tornado assumed its characteristic
shape and at once commenced its
work Of destruction, leaving ruin
and devastation in its trail. It
ST uck this city o ree ular broadside. Its
greatest force was in the northern DOR.
lion where the destruction is complete.
1t is impe ssible OF present to estimate
the entire less sustained by the city and
surrounding country with any degree
Of accuracy, but men who have travelled
over it's course say that it will
not fall short of $500, 600.
Not mere than six out of 800
or 0C0 residences of the CITY have
escaped damage, but q large majority of
them are only slightly damaged. It is
estimated that nearly n hundred ami
City touses ~ ~
ri TOTAL WRECKS,
while as many more are badly damaged.
The amount Of oy clone insurance in the
town is ve.y light, while in the country
it is comparative nothing: The storm
struck the cemetery and swept down
nearly two Thirds of the tombstones
and monuments. breaking many of
them. Abou. all the stores IN the north
half of the city are in ruins, and
their contents greatly damaged. Many
people are not only destitute of shelter
out of food and clothing as we'll. A re-.
l! committe has teen organized with
Hon. John Watts al chairman and !
formal proclaim aticn was issued by the
mayor, r%eciting the distress OF the 70.
pie and calling for aid.
Correct list If dead so far as ascertsiued
up to 6 p M: w. L. S!ranahsr, Mrs.
Thomas Gallagher and 4 year.old child,
Louis Harrison. Mrs. Howard Tomlin's
child. The supposed fatally wounded
are IS follows: Mrs. Howard Tonlin,
Mrs. Felriab, Pete Geard, Mrs A. Frey,
MIS-. I. Harrison, Mr.. and Miss Mamie,
Mrs: Sayers, James Dickinson, 8. q.
Ohallif, wife and baby, Thomas Gal
lagher.
HAS REACHED ILLINOIS.
OLNhY, ILL.,, May ga cyclone
passed through this county last evening
doing great damage to buildings and
orchards. The path CT the cyclone wes
narrow tut its force was Irresistible.
The barns of George w. Bower, Dan
Seelich. John Cope and William Ray.
burn. two miles east. were completely
demolished. Young orchards are badly
damaged. The course OF the storm was
from southwest to ncrtheAsta.,Q aly;
meager reports have been re0siSe ere
at This writing, but no los of life IL re-
ported.
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