St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-23
ARE CRUSHED.
Continued From FIRST Faye.

this place which had a big day
yesterday. A little further on. fourteen,
others were huddled into the Begetmlaig
house. Here Carl Barrych was badly
hurt and his wife vas probably fatally
injured. Charles Lee, wife and five
children were badly hurt. All of the
company who escaped death were ln-u
jured. The wife and children Of Fred
POTpe. in Fenton township. were iii
the house, which was completely
wrecked, but they were covered up by,
the falling walls and not II OF them
was hurt. The horse barn was conf
pletely blown away, except the floor and
managers. =,
Five horses tied 10 the hangers were
left standing. on the floor unnartned.
George W. Beavers. three miles north
of AlgOna, had just got home from the
fair. lie got into the house with his wife
and W children and al adopted boy,
and was just getting down The cellar
when the cyclone struck the house
and demolished it completely. The
whole family were covered with The
ruins about four rods into the road.
Beavers had the baby i'll his arms, and
with it he made his way north to the
house of Christian Dau. his ia ther-in.
law, for help. His wife was just dying
when he returned, and his little girl
gasped Papa. papa" and expired.
The wreck here was complete. nothing
remaining of the handsome house and
barn. The sight at MyroD Schenck's
was eve a more complete picture OF
desolation. Two immense barns and
the house were made into kindling
wood. His wife and child were carried
100 feet. and. when found. were under a
heavy oak beam. Both were unc0n
scious. Horace Schenck, Myron's father.
was covered up with a pile Ut
LUMBER. He had Il severe scalp wound,
was hurt in the back and otherwise in
jured. His condition is serious, and. as
he Is Seventy-three years old. his re-
coveIy is questionable. This was one
of the old places, and was surrounded
by a large grove and orchard. The
trees are all broken down. The kitchen
clock was in a wreck with a sewing
machine and the hands pointed to ten
minutes past s. A willow hedge rum
ming north and south near the Schenck
homestead was piled full Of household
goods. mattresses, bedding and milk
cans. carried there from Beavers place,
IA mile west. rhe Joe Thompson house
was Quilted, ami the walls were in a
sWaying condition. His barns went to
pieces, and five horses were buried in
the debris.
1t took until 3 o'clock the mex morn
ing to dig them out, but all were re-
covered from the ruins without injury.
East OF the river, in Plum Greek town-
ship, the house OF George Holman was
carried thirty rods anu dropped with
such force as to wreck it. In it were
Holman and wife and six children. One
of the children was killed outright and
four were injured. MIR. Holman was
seriously hurt.
An old man named Dingaman, a mile
north of Holman'S. was killed. and
seven more are killed northeast of this
place, including a man and wife name
not known, William Sweeper and two
children, and all infant child of CLAUS
den's. Orders are coming in to our uu-
dertakerS for collins. A relief commit
tee has already been organized, but there
is apparently no actual destitutioii.
The country swept is a farming
section. with great barns filled to the
rafters with hay. The packed condition
of the barns saved the stock. There is
hardly any loss of stock. A report just
received from Wesley, twelve miles
east, states that there were thirteen
bodies north of there. Seven of those
are included in the foregoing report.