The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
alone, the loss Is over 100000. At
Austin it will reach the same figure.
Railroads are damaged at least $780,
600

railroads are damaged at least $lOU,-
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AUSTIN, Tex, March 2S.-This after
noon at 2 o'clock this city and the sur
rounding country were visited by
terrific cyclone that did no end of dam
age to life and property. The wind
came from the southwest and blew at
about 60 miles an hour for nearly
twenty minutes, tearing down trees
or splitting them asunder with terrific
force. Several large electric light
towers were blown down, entailing a
loss Of some $4,000 or $1,000, inasmuch
as the iron frames were twisted as
though they were of the very smallest
wire and will be useless. In addition to
this quite a number Of houses in the
down, and in several cases narrow es-
capeS from death are reported.
The new and unoccupied residence
of Mr.. Burt Macdonald, one of the
prominent residents, was blown down,
striking against the residence Of Mr..
William Vining, crushing one side Of
the building and narrowly escaping
killing two little children that were
in the room playing. The wind played
havoc with several lumber yards in
the eastern portion of the city, blowing
piles of lumber in every direction and
scattering ruin and waste on every
side The roofs Of a number of resi-
dences were torn off and blown a great
distance, and, in addition to doing
much damage to the state university,
the wind blew off the entire roof Of
the adjoining dormitory, letting the
rain drive full into the four-story build
ing, doing inestimable damage to the
building and property of the 200 stu
dents therein, many Of whom fed for
their lives when the roof was carried
away. The roof was blown one hundred
yards, lighting on and crushing the
roof of a cottage in which four people
were seated, but no one was even in
jured, though they were entombed by
falling debris. A church just to the
north of the university had the entire
east side blown in and was unroOfed,
the wind carrying the roof a block
away. The residence of Mr.. Graves
Immediately north of the church, was
lifted from it's foundation, twisted COM
pletely around and set down in the
same place, SO badly damaged, how
ever, that none of the doors could be
opened to permit the escape Of the
frightened inmates.
The small town Of ClarksvilIe, near
this city, was swept by the winds, and
many houses were blown down, al
| though fortunately the inmates were
not killed, but several were badly
MANNED. With the terrific wind came q
driving rain that was little short of a
food and swept everything before it.
Reports from the surrounding country
are to the effect that the storm was
general in this section. The small town
of Buda, near here, was badly handled
by the storm, quite a number of houses
being blown down and one or two per
sons killed, though their names are not
Obtainable Telegraph wires are down
and news is very meagre. The storm
was over in an hour and the sun came
out as brightly as though nothing had
| hanpened.
Later details of the storm show that
| the loss to property will reach into the
| thousands. Many fine dwellings were
| demolished. At Calvert, an old lady
and two children who were in their
house were fatally injured by the col
lapse Of the building, which was par
tally destroyed by fire notwithstand
ing in torrents of rain which were fall
ing. The loss to property in and
around Calvert is estimated at 100000.