St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-15
DIED ON DUTY.
A Cyclone Sweeps Over the
City of Saltwater.
TWO MEN CRUSHED TO DEATH
A Large Number Of Others
Receive Injuries.
CYCLONE CELLARS IN DEMAND.
The Destroyer Shaped Like
an Elephants Trunk.
TREES TORN UP BY THE ROOTS.
How the Two Dead Men Lost
Their Lives.
HARROW ESCAPE FOB 500 MEN.
The Destroyer Shaped Like
an Elephants Trunk.
-REEs TORN UP BY THE ROOTS.
How the Two Dead Men Lost
Their Lives.
narrow ESCAPE FOB 500 MEN,

Special to the Globe.
SALTWATER, Mimi, July IA dew
asting cyclone IN all its fury struck
almost the center of the city at $40
this afternoon. and two human beings
lie cold in death, while many others are
nursing injured limbs and bruises. The
dead are:
WILLIAM a. ANEZ and
SAMUEL SIMUNsON.
Both of these men were employed in
the rafting shed at the. Atwood mill.
which was completely demolished. The
injured are:
AUGUST NELSON. face bruised and back in
jured
SOL STONE. back hurt.
FRANK ERICKSON. right leg bruised
AUGUST DALUEKE. face injured by flying
boar s.
ERNEST DRAGE, thrown into lake, head
bruised.
Gus DRAGE. right thigh slightly injured.
Louis >roLrz. head bruised. and right arm
injured.
N. DUAoIs. Savannah IL, face scratched.
All DOing Nicely.
Ali of the injuries occurred at the At
wood mill with the exception OF those
of Louis Stoltz, who was hurt at the
Saltwater brick yard. The injured are
getting along nicely, and will be able
10 be around again III the course of a
day or two. The black-looking clouds
were first noticed by 4 number of men
standing at the intersection of Main and
Chestnut streets, and the alarm was
quickly given. Clerks rushed from the
stores, and in very few moments the
streets were lined with people witness
ing the strange sight. The storm aD-
preached from The northwest, and soon
other clouds were noticed coming from
the south. At point not more than two
miles distant from the city the clouds
united and swept on toward the city
At first they seemed to raise. but soon
came down again ana darted toward the
lake at terrific speed. The clouds rolled
and tumbled, and gradually formed into
q large black tunnel-shaped cloud, re-
sembling to some extent an elephants
trunk. The sight, which at first was
magnificent, was no longer so pleasant
to look at, and
Many Sought shelter
from the approaching wind in cellars
and caves. At the Lily Lake driving
park the storm struck the fence and
carried a part of it away, From here it
passed over a small grove. and next
struck Steinacker's brick yard. near
Lily lake. where one or two sheds were
torn to pieces, leaving nothing on the
former sites but the stone foundations.
The roar of the angry wind could be
heard in all parts of the city, and in
the twinkling of an eye it passed
down Anderson street and thence to
Churchill street, carrying destruction in
Its path. Trees were torn up by the
roots. and some were broken and car
ried fully 100 feet. As the storm ap-
preached the bluff it raised, and win
dows. shingles and boards were carried
high into the air. At the old stone
quarry it again lowered, and sWooped
down
over the Hillside.
tearing away everything in its path.
The rafting shed OF the old Hersev.
Bean u Brown mill, now leased bv
George II. Atwood. was totally de-
stroyed. The wind caught underneath
the roof and sent the heavy timbers in
all directions. \ part of the roof was
carried up onto the lumber carrier. and
another part of it was thrown over
into the lake. About forty men
were employed IN the shed, and
many had haIrbreadth ESCAPES.
They had no warning Of the approach
ing wind until it was seen sweeping
down the hillside, and those who could
fell fiat OD the lumber plles or Jumped
behind the huge rollers AneZ was
crushed beneath a part of the roof and
SimOnSOn was mangled by large falling
timbers. The cyclone had passed over
in an instant and when the men had re-
covered their presence of minG those
who could began attending to the in
1ured. Stretchers were procured and
the
Dead Were Extricated
and taken to the Office. while the in
Jured were removed i'll carriages to the
offices OF physicians in the business
part of the city. As AneZ was being
carried TO the Office he showed faint
signs OF life, but before he was laid
down he had stopped breathing. Simon
son was not removed from the shed un-
I'll some moments afterWard, and his
!ifeiess body was a pitiabIe sight to be-
hold. His head was crushed ana his
body was mass of bruises. One of his
limbs was broken at the ankle. and
strong hearts tiinched as his body was
lifted into wagon and removed to the
m0rgue.
The wind had driven the flames from
the refuse consumer, or @hell,' back
Into the mill, and fire started, bnt it
was eXtinguIshed before any damage
was done. About 500 men were EN-
ployed at and near the mill when
The Cyclone Struck.
and, had lis path been fifty feet further
north, the number Of fatalities would
have been appalling. The two Drage
boys and Dohmke were fishing - the
mill pond, and one was thrown lnto me