The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-11
FRENCH CAPITAL yIsITED nv
DISASTER OF CONSIDERABLE
PROPORTIONS.
ONE MINUTE OF CYCLONE.
TWO DEATHS REPoRTEn .x,
RETURNS ARE NOT ALLIN
AS YET.
STREET CROWDS pANrc-srR1cKE,
Many Injured In the Rush for safety
That Followed the Breaking Of
the Storm

PARIS, Sept. 10-A violent cvc1ore
swept over portions of this city at 2.ao
p m. today. Omnibuses. cabs ord
stalls in the streets were overturned
trees were blown down, store windows
broken, barges sunk in the river Seine
and the fremen had to be called ont
Many persons were injured on the Rue
Turbigo, Place de la Republloue the
Place ST. Sulpice and the Boulevard
ST. Martin.
The prefecture of police has issued
a statement that only one person has
oeen killed in the cyclone. This under
states the case. A large ward in the
Hotel Dieu is full of the victims. two
OF whom died tonight and several
there and in various other hospitals
are IN a precarious condition.
1t is a curious fact that the cyclone
chiefly affected the small area living
around the Palais de Justice and the
Hotel de Vile. The cyclone appeared
to be caused by two strong currents.
from the northwest and the south
east; the clouds rushed together and
Whlrled around as they met just over
THIS area. The barometer in the Tour
ST. Jacques fell suddenly seven mill
Imetres. M. Meline, the premier
visited the scene of the devastation IN
company with NJ. Lepine. prefect Of
police.
A member of the staff of LIE Temps
describes the spectacle at the moment
when the storm broke: From the
omnibus on which I was riding. I
could see down the Quai des Orfevres
j ~
ana the Quai des Grands- Augustins. /
suddenly saw what appeared to be a,
tall pillar Of smoke advancing from A
distance. l imagined that a large fire
had broken out but almost directly I
saw that trees were being snapped and
countless chimneys hurled to the
ground. But almost instantly the storm
passed away. We were not touched
but the quais were impossible and
scene of indescribable confusion fol-
lowed"
Among the dead was well-dressed
man, apparently English. Numerous
newspaper klosks We're overturned and
the inmates injured The roof of the
Opera Comique was blown down The
Ambigu-C -Comique and the Folles Dra-
matiques: theate were both damaged.
Twenty horses were killed. Eight
beer houses were wrecked. The storm
was preceded by darkness and BY an
oppressive sultriness. There was not
the slightest disturbance in the
Champs Elysees the Madeleine, the Arc
de Triomphe and the bourse districts
beyond heavy rain.
The superstitious are finding much to
dwell upon in the fact that Mile Cones
don, the self-styled Zeres, who claims
to be inspired by the Angel Gabriel and
who has been the talk of Paris on ac-
Of hnv. 1z-lQA
for many months, predicted storm
such as this last July. Mile Conesdon
has many followers, who are devout
believers In her gift One Of her pro
phecies is that universal war will
come within a year, resulting in the
destruction Of England's power and ac-
companied by revolution in Paris
CITY MUCH EXCITED.
Paris is much stirred up and excited
over the cyclone, which develops into a
disaster of considerable proportions
The number of minor casualties and in
juries to persons Is large and further
reports are constantly being received.
Over fifty injured have thus far been
reported to one fire station alone, and
five seriously injured were brought in.
Several men and women had their
skulls fractured by the falling of some
gates behind which they had sought
shelter from the storm. A cab driver.
who had taken refuge in his cab. and
his horses were killed together, and the
cab demolished. Nine members Of the
staff of La France. who were leaving
the Tribunal de Commerce when the
storm suddenly broke, were all seri-
ously injured, one having his skull
fractured.
At least a dozen persons were car
ried bodily into the Seine from the
bridges and Mharyoc NJ u
with great difficulty, several being in
jured and left in a critical condition,
so that they had to be taken to the
hospitals
The breaking Of the storm was ac-
companied by many demonstrations OF
fright by individuals and by crowds.
the panic Of one spreading to others;
the lowering Sky and the bowling Of
the tempest. filing the air with flying
debris, frightening the crowds in the
streets out of self-control. Everybody
started to run, without much regard to
obstacles, personal or otherwise that
might come In their way and there
was shouting and screaming to add
to the confusion. The damage to prop
erty was widespread and serious. The
first tempest of wind, which did most
Of the damage, was, Immediately sue
ceeded by torrents of rain and cellars
all over Paris are flooded.
AT Cncny, the roadway or the bOule-
ward national subsided several yards
as result of the washing away of the 4
road bed. The Quai des Orfevres shows
a striking scene Of desolation, build
ings being damaged and overturned
and all looking as though swept by a
torrent OF rushing water. The cyclone
only lasted about one minute. but in
addition to the damage already men
toned. considerable destruction was
caused on and about the Pont Neuf,
the Place du Chatelet, the ~observatoire,
the Tour st. jacques and elsewhere In
the neighborhood.
From the Quai ST. Michael to beyond
the Pont Neuf, every tree was up-
rooted, many barges were sunk and a
number of small boats we're swamped.
The crews of the barges. however. sue
ceeded in escaping. One of the laundry
boats Of the Seine where thirty laun-
dresses were at work, was sunk and
the women were saved with the great
est difficulty. The scaffolding Of the
court yard Of the Sainte Chapelle was
blown away and every pane OF glass
in the side of the palace Of justice fac
ing the river was smashed by uprooted
trees. All the omnibuses struck by the.
cyclone were upset and their passen-
gers were more or less injured
Tnsurgent Executed.