The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14
Stephenson, Mrs. Margaret.
Stephenson, Mrs. Margaret.
Taylor.
Sixteen unknown dead.
Missing, But Probably Dead.
Brown, Earl.
Early, Padden.
Cohen, Pat.
Prior, John.
Pardon, Nick.
Williams, HaZelmar.
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| Pardon, Nick.
Williams, Hazelmar.
The Injured.
Frank Jennings, legs broken; Fred
La Point, both legs broken; Mrs. Brock
| bank, hip crushed; John Wells. severe,
temple and head: Oscar Obras, arm
broken; John Wells. farmer, back hurt;
William Lavelle, leg broken and head
cut; John Rybird, stone mason, back
hurt; Mrs. George c. Hough. severe;
- Hall, ribs broken. severe; James
Philips, serious: Bridget Philips, ser
ious; Charles Wells. leg broken and
badly bruised; John Gillen, collar bone
and arm broken; Mary Gillen, serious:
| Charles Gillen, thigh broken; Ward
| Gould, serious; Mrs. Hollinbut, serious.
| Assistant Postmaster Lambdin. inter-
nal injuries. serious; John Mccoy, leg
broken; Miss Brockbank, leg broken;
G. Gardiner, seriously; Sarah Dunbar,
seriously; John Barrett, head injured,
cannot live: Edna Mcmahon, cannot
! live; Henry Lewis, blacksmith, badly
hurt; Willie Hopkins head injured,
serious; H. c. Hall, rib broken and in
ternal injury; Peter Henty Christian
/ son, printer, badly hurt; William La
vale, ribs and leg fractured: Fred Day,
! Chicago travelling man, badly bruised;
Mrs John 10th, seriously: Mrs John
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broken and arm sprained Freddie Ear
! ly, u years old, skull fractured; prob
! ably fatal; j. Walsh, ribs fractured and
! badly bruised; John Mccoy, president
New Richmond bank, leg broken; -
Mitchell Portage, Wis, with circus,
probably fatal.
R. B. Hall, with circus, ribs broken:
| Charles Hart, with circus, severely.
Miss Lewis. arm broken; William
Kelley, severely; Mrs. Michael Kelly,
| severely; VIII McNally. leg broken;
/ Miles McNally, leg broken; Leonard
Taft, badly hurt; Lilly Klosterman, st.
Paul, severely; II. w. Starr, jeweler,
arm broken; Edna Mcmahon. probably
fatally; Bertha Beebe, broken wrist;
Pat Newell, skull crushed, probably ia
| tai; Tom Newell, seriously; Mike New
ell, three ribs broken; Cora Rosebrook,
probably fatally; Josephine Rosebrook,
very serious; Benjamin Powell, seri-
ously; Henry Bastians, seriously; Mrs.
William McGraw, badly bruised; John
Wells, seriously; -- Lavelle, seri-
ously; Mary Peterson, seriously; James
Vail, seriously.
Terrible Scenes of Death.
During the afternoon the body of
Patrick Kaling, the 14-year-old son of
Nat Kaling, was brought to the Cath
Ole church. The body was horribly
Williams was brought to the same
place from the ruins of her fathers
home near the railroad tracks. Walter
Farrell, a boy. was also laid among
the dead in that church. Pat McNally
died during the day, and at a late hour
this afternoon the reScuers gathered
together most of the pieces of the
mangled body of Michael Heffron and
he was added to the list of dead.
During the day scattered groups of
reScuerS searched the debris where
bodies might be found. A fire COM
pany from South st. Paul kept two
streams of water playing on the
smouldering ruins. for fire had been
added to the horrors of the tornado,
and dozen fires We're blazing till
heavy rain at the close of the day
about eXtinguished the flames. Some
of the merchants organized private sal
wage corps and managed to save some
property, but the amount was small.
The business portion of the city COW
cred a space of four squares each way,
and was solidly built of brick and
stone. This entire space was swept
clear, foundation walls and, in some
places, masses of debris alone marked
where the business places formerly
stood. Trees that had lined the streets
of the neighboring residence district
were broken clear off or twisted and
uprooted.
Course of the Cyclone.
The tornado came up the river from
Hudson, where the damage was COM
paratively slight. Following the gen.
eral course of the river and the branch
of the Omaha road, the storm gained
in intensity as it progressed and was
at its worst when it struck the business
center of New Richmond. Outlying
residences in the path of the storm
We're stripped of shingles and boards
or sides blown off, or, as more frequent
ly happened, were torn aSunder and the
fragments were scattered to the four
winds of heaven. Trees were uprooted
and roadways blocked, washed away,
or so overlooked as to be made entirely
unrecogniZable.
A circus was in town on Monday,
and the people had come in from all the
surrounding country. After the circus
the people had crowded into the city to
do their shopping before going home
in the evening. 1t was at this time
that the stormcloud came up from the
southwest. The circus grounds were
outside the path of the storm. but the
people, being in the business places, fell
a prey to the terrific wind.
AS soon as the news of the disaster
had reached the outside world offers of
help and help itself began to come into
the city. 81 Hdul DelnS the railroad
center to which New Richmond was
tributary. was first to learn of the
storm and its attendant woes, and
within two or three hours sent the first
relief train, with physicians, nurses,
hospital supplies and commissary stores
for the people of the stricken city A
second and third train soon followed,
and speedily neighboring cities in Wis
conSin sent in all they could gather for
their needy sister city.
It Is Desolate Scene.
Congressman ]. ]. Jenkin of this dis
trict arrived early on the scene and
promptly advised Governor Scofield of
the situation and the need of relief.
Hundreds of morbidly curious persons
from neighboring cities thronged the
ruins today.
The desolate view of the New Rich
mond of today is one not soon to be
forgotten. Among the broken frag-
ments of their homes the people wan
der helplessly, striving somewhat aim
lessly and hopelessly to gather together
what had been left to them On the
east and west limits of the city many
houses were still standing. with little or
no damage, and to these homes the oc-
cupants welcomed their less fortunate
neighbors and friends. giving them
such aid as was possible.
The property loss cannot be estimat-
ed at this time, and may never be ac-
curately known. 1t was almost total.
for the insurance agents report that no
tornado insurance was carried in the
town, and only a small number of