The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-16
CYCLONE IN QUEBEC.
Particular Attention Paid to
Wrecking of SchoOlhOuses.
PUPILS KILLED AND MANNED.
Many Buildings Smashed, Windows
Broken, Crops Destroyed-Ruin
Along the st. Lawrence.

MONTREAL. June ia cyclone struck
the little village Of Ste. Rose, a fashiona-
bic resort near here, yesterday, and car
RED everything before it. little school,
house on the outskirts of the village was
torn to pieces in an instant. In the
schoolhouse twenty children were being
taught by Miss Lacaisse. The children
were scattered like leaves in all directions,
and the teacher 80 badly injured that re-
covery is doubtful. Out of twenty child
rem two were found dead, and one died
shortly afterward. Ten are seriously
wounded, and the remainder are more or
less injured. The killed:
WILFRED ouIMEr.
JULIA JOLLY.
sTANIsLAUs DaUIDEN.
The bodies of the children were terribly
disiigured. The force of the cyclone was
terrible, most of the damage being done in
the open country. The barns of john
Thomas and Alphonse Kimpton were
blown away. Mrs. ikmpton had her col
lar-bone broken and her S-month-od baby
had its skull crushed.
The scene at the schoolhOuse after the
wreck was full of agony. The living chill
dren were huddled together in mortal ter
ror, the wounded grooming and shrieking,
and the lamentations of the parents min
gled with those of the MANNED and helpless
children. In addition TO the loss OF lives
mnch property in the adjacent country
was destroyed by the storm.
At Ste. Therese a schoOlhouse in which
were forty children was blown down, two
children killed and many injured. Re
ports of damage by the storm are received
from many places. The storm on the
south side of the st. Lawrence river was
extensive, and the damage resulting will
be heavy. 1t is said two children were
killed and six houses blown down near
Upton. At Renfrew, Ont, the High
school and six other buildings were blown
down.
At Lachute q most terrific thunder
storm, accompanied by heavy downfall
of hail, took place. 1t was the worst
storm ever known in this vicinity.
The crops were damaged to a great
extent. Many fine farms came
within the storm center, which was about
mile wide, and crops were beaten into
the ground. Fruit trees were badly dam.
aged. In Wilson's paper mill over 400
panes of glass were broken out of
500, while proportionate damage was
done to glass in every building in
the neighborhood. The storm on
the south side of the st. Lawrence was
very extensive, and the damage resulting
will be heavy. 1t is said two children were
killed and six barns and two houses torn
down near Upton. The storm played great
havoc at Charles, wqere large number of
buildings of all kinds were torn down.
The storm swept furiously along the south
side of the st. Lawrence from
Longueile to Boucherville, COntre-
coura and Barnes, where some
heavy damage was done. Numerous
outbuildings and residences in Granton
and Adamson townships were wrecked.
At Renfrew the high school was badly
damaged and one of the teachers injured.
Other buildings were also destroyed. The
log residence of Louis Aubrey was
picked up bodily and carried more than
100 feet, Mrs. Aubrey being badly injured.
The schoolhouse at this point was also
badly damaged. School was in ses-
sion at the time, and great
excitement prevailed among the
children, for the bowling wind tore por-
tions of the building away and the whole
structure rocked as if it would tumble
from its foundations. Luckily no serious
injury was done to any of the pupils.