St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-04

storms destruction. Mrs. RobertSOn'S
jewelry. together with the family'S fur
niture, was burr ed in the ruins.
Miss Fitzpatrick, a nurse, lost her
wardrobe in addition to making very
narrow escape with her life. Buck
Neely, an attache of the asylum, went
out into the hall on the third floor to
eXtingulsh the lights just as the wind
and electric current struck the rear
tower. The mass crashed through the
upper floors. carried away the floor
within six feet of him and left HIM
standing in the dark, ,dazed and terrified.
uncertain which way to move.
Ruin at the Asylum.
Supt. NJ. S. COnneil, upon the advice
of Gov. Fishback, sent twenty-five con-
victs to the asylum this morning to as
sist in removing the falling walls. just
before the storm reached its height,
Mrs. Robertson, wife of the superin-
tendent. who was also in her room.
passed into the room of her mother.
Mrs. Reed. just adjoining. when the
roof over her apartment fell In. clean
ing away the upper floors. including
the floor of her own room. filling the
first floor with brick. timber ana NOR
tar. Miss Fitzpatrick was in her own
room on the second floor above
Mrs. Robertson. When she saw
the walls give way and the floors
moving under her she made a
leap tor the hall door and fell across the
doorway as the floor went down beneath
her. She then climbed into the hail.
The patients confined in the wards
demolished by the cyclone were
removed Immediately after the walls
fell and taken to the chapel or dance
hail of the institution. Contrary
to the general idea Of their
condition in such an exciting state OF
affairs, they were easily managed. and
the attendants had no trouble in escort
ing them to safe quarters. The main
building, the south half Of which was
destroyed, was erected twelve yeaIs ago
at cost to the state of 5000 and is
one of the most beautiful structures of
the kind in the United States. Eleven
patients were hurt, and seven other
patients are still unaccOunted for.
Damage at the Pen.
The storm did great damage at the
state penitentiary. The loss is esti-
mated to aggregate $50, 1000. The cell
house was completely torn away and
carried outside the walls. The windows
were all broken out. But little damage
was done to the interior. Many
of the convicts were in their
cells q; the time and were not
hurt. The chapel and kitchen
were lady wrecked. 1t is three-story
brick. The third story and the east
down, and are lying at the side of the
building, vast mass of brick and
mortar. The west wall was cracked
at the floor. and inclined to the
east about 40 deg. 1t was in this
occurred. J. F. Griffith. white man,
sent up from Clay county for incest, was
descending the stairway from the tnird
story when the wall caved in and buried
him in the debris. He was received
Aug. 8, 1891, at the penitentiary,
aged fifty-nine, a native of Mont
| gomery county, carpenter by trade
leaves wife and child, address
unknown: has son named Eugene
stable, blacksmith shop and woOdShed
were badly wrecked. The four guarC
houses, apparently frail structures
| perched OH the top Of the walls, were
uniniured, and not brick was removed
| from the walls. There were several
TRUSTEES In the shop building.
A young lady in the house sustained
distorted hip. Capt. Vests oldest
daughter, Miss Lucille, living east Of
the walls, was bruised on the arms,
shoulder and left side. The walls
saved the house from destruction
Jackson Boyd, colored, and his three.
| year-Old child, living III small cot
tage on East Second street jus
in the rear of Wehrttz's tin shop, was
eating his supper when the storm came
Boyd rushed to close the front door
| The Child screamed, and he ran bach
and took it in his arms. 1t was the las
act of his life, for at that moment the
east wall of Wehrfritzs shop fell on the
colt age and Boyd and his son were
Instantly Killed.
A Miss Prewitt was in the cottage a
the time. She was badly injured, but
will recover. Wehrfritz's loss will be
about 500. The old Valley route depo
was unroOfed and the second story
badly damaged. The Dickinson house
sustained losses amounting to $500
The Charles E. PreiZel Grocery
company sustained light damage
Carl & Tobey, wholesale dry goods
lost in stock, 81. 300. The building they
occupied is owned by F. NJ. Parker, o
Alabama, damage, Sl4.000.7 Dudley +
Jones, damage, $1,000. The building Oh
the southeast corner of Markham ant
Commerce streets, owned by II. II
Hottaken, is total wreck. 1t will cos
$3.50 to rebuild it. The Little Rocl
bakers suffered loss of $500. Joe Hol
loway, the porter, was badly hurt by
fving timber. The large warehous,
occupied by c. H. Whittmore & Co., OF
the levee, seemed to catch an uplif
from the east wall, falling out, and the
roof dropping in on the stock. G
Baucum's building on Secont
and Scott, Is a tota
loss. 1t was worth 10000. His eottol
warehouse was also wrecked. The j
H. Mccarthy building, on the corner o
Markham and Commerce, occupied b.
the Louis Volmer Dry Goods company
is almost total wreck. Th
building was worth $4,000. A
Loster sustained a heavy los
from water. The building was owne'
by Mrs. Redmond. Loss, $4,000. Jane
Cook. & Son, undertakers. loss $1,000 Oh
building and stock. The building Occu
pied by Nj. j. Weisel was unroOfed ant
the wall blown down. The Oaklea
hotel and Harry Georges building suf
fered nominal losses.
The old Times building and Gazett
Office was unr0ofed. The cottage ad
Joining Mrs. Melinda Lewis boarding.
house, was almost totally destroyed
but the main building escaped, A lam
standing on q table in the cOttag
was not extinguished.
Senator c. M.Davis and party, o
Minnesota, were in the Richelieu. Thei
windows were blown in, one Of tn
blinds striking Hon. Frank Kellogg, bu