Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-06-13
TERRIBLE STORM.
Upper Mississippi Valley Visited
by a Deadly Cyclone,
The Loss Of Life Will Reach Sew
eral Hundred.
Several Towns Almost Completely De-
siroyea BY the Storm.
SCENES OF HORROR DEPICTED.

st. Paul, Mimi, June ia terrific
storm along the upper Mississippi river
aud tributaries In Wisconsin and Mime.
sofa has done enormous damage. The
worst destruction appears TO have been
ut New Richmond. Wis. where the
twister struck just before o o'clock last
night. How great has been the loss OF
life II Is impossible ~ yet 10 tell, the
storm having eifsctually destroyed wire
communication Reports that have
come state that the total number of
killed aud injured will range between
go and 800. The town at the time OF
the storm was crowded with people, who
had come from the surrounding country
TO attend a circus.
A dispatch from saltwater, Minn..
from J. A, Carroll, q travelling man, who
WAS at New Richmond when the storm
struck that place. says that funnel
shaped cloud came up the principal
street. and he took refuge In the bsse-
ment Of the Hotel Nicholas, which was
completely wrecked, with every other
busi iaess house.
In the terriA, rain following, Carroll
with few others recovered the propri-
etor OF the hotel. Charles McKinnOn. his
wife aud one child, from the debris. and
also removed several injured women.
Carroll drove to saltwater for relief. A
train with doctors left at 1916 q. IN.
Carroll says what is left OF the town is
being consumed by Dire.
New Richmond IL on the Wisconsin
Central and Duluth II Superior branch
OF the Omaha rad, thirty-six miles east
OF st. Paul. In the heart OF the rich
farming section OF ST. Croix county. II
IL one OF the oldest towns In western
Wisconsin and had many handsome resi-.
dences. The storm swept the principal
street, three miles long. lined with trees.
The damage to railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines and crops IL widespread.
Next TO New Richmond, the most "a.
we're damage done by the storm was at
Hudson ana Lacrosse. At Lacrosse five
inches OF rain fell. The river rose rap
idly, and 400 people living in the lower
portion OF the city we're driven from
their homes. Nearly every bridge IN
the Lacrosse valley IL gone.
At Mankato. Mimi, six inches Of rain
fell.
At winons. Mimi; Sparta, Wis. and
other towns In the adjoining territory
are partly under water.
LOSS OF LIFE.
~. Paul. MINI. June I3.--A dispatch
reporter who has just returned from New
Richmond. Wis, places the number OF
dead at two hundred; injured. about one
thousand. He says out Of population
OF $500 only few are unhurt. The town
IL alm0s, totally destroyed.
ANOTHER TOWN TORN.
Barron. Wis. June lS.--A tornado
struck here last night wrecking dozen
buildings and fatally injuring Mr.. and
Mrs. z. j. Howard.
ESTIMATE OF KILLED
New Richmond. Wis, June l3.-0ne
hundred seventy. i've killed and four
hundred wounded IL the estimate Of
casualties In last nights storm. based on
the information OF General Manager
Scott OF the Omaha railway. The relief
train from 81 Paul reached New Rich.
m0nd early to day.
The storm struck the Omaha railroad
at B0ardman and followed the track TO
New Richmond south and levslled the
center OF the city. People were penned
In scores and buried alive. On the street
from the depot starting with Henry
Real n Co.'S store. through 10 the Hotel
Nicholet, every building was destroyed.
Only the most incomplete information
~ 10 the killed and wounded is yet
0btainable.
The inhabitants OF the village felt no
alarm until about 800. when heavy dark
cOlOred clouds gathered In the western
horizon. Refuge WAS sought In cellars,
wells, caves or other underground struc-
lures that promised safety. the wind
blowing with terrible force. Trees were
broken of short by the gale. which struck
mtnntea awInl destruction had bsen
wrnnoht Large brick blocks crnmbIsd
iike eog shells, Lighter frame
structures we're whisked away like so
much straw. many OF the houses being