The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-14

curars se5rcred The debris where bodies
might pe ;-md. a fire rompanY from
south ST. Paul Kept two streams Of wate'
| pouring on the smouideing ruins. e..
! fire had been added 20 the horrors OF the
tornado and dozen dres were bla4Ine
/ till "a heavy rah az the close Of the i1y
ahaut eSturus he'd the flames Some pi
| ne merchants organized private salvage
corps ana managed 10 save some property
but The amount was small
-FOUR SQUARES DESTROYED
The business portion ot the city covered
"a pace of four squares each way and
was solidly built OF brick and stone This
entire space was swept clear foundation
walls and Ina some places masses of debris
alone marked where the business places
! formerally stood Trees that had lined
| the streets of the neighborug residence
Idlatret We're broken clear of or twisted
and uprooted
SOME DEATH TRAPS.
New Richmond. WIS. June l3-g, Is be-
| lieYcd the greatest mortality IN one place
| occurred iu the basement OF the hard
ware store of Ward Williams. This store
was on one OF the prominent business
corners and when the storm approached
large number fled 10 the basement ara
in an Instant We're overwhelmed in the
ruins Several bodies have already bsen
iakon out. but e is estimated that fuzzy
dozen dead are in the ruins yet
The Hawkins family We're in the -ec-
ond story Of their residence when tho
storm broke and Al once rushed for inc
cellar Before they could reach the first
floor the house was mass Of ruins and
.,f ~ "A "a a.
were killed
TRACK or STORM
The tornado came up the river from
Hudson where the damage was compare
lively slight Following the general course
of The river and the branch of the Oma-
Ia road. the storm gained in Intensity as
pa progressed and was at It's worst when
t struck the business center Of New
Richmond. Ouuayng residences In the
path of the storm were stripped Of shing-
les and boards. or sides were blown on,
or a more frequently happened. were
torn asunjer and the fragments were
sattered 10 the four winds of heaven.
Tree were uprooted and roadways block
ca. washed away. or so overlooked as TO
be made entirely unrecognl Fable
THE CITY CROWDED
a circus was in town on Monday and
people had come In from an tie surround
ing country After the circus the people
had crowded into the city TO do their
shopping before going home an the even-
ing t was at this time that the storm
cloud came up from the southwest The
circus grounds were outside the path Of |
The storm, but the people, being in the !
business places fen prey 10 the terr,ho |
wind AS soon as the news of the disas- |
ter had reached the outside world offers I
of help ana help itself began 70 come /
into the city. ST. Paul, being the railroad |
center 10 which New Richmond was tri- /
hutary was first TO learn OF the storm
ana ifs attendant woes ana within two /
on three hours. sent the nrst relief train,
with physicians. nurses, hospital supplies
and cammissary stores for the people OF
the stricken city A second ana third
tram soon followed and speedily neigh
boring cities in Wisconsin sent in an the
could gather together for their sister
,ity- The Omaha ANA the Wlconsin Cen
.ral roads promptly carried through all
he supplies ana delivered thein 10 relief
headquarters whence they were deliver
"a % The people OF The city superinten-
SENT Thorn OF the Wisconsin Central,
was among the first 40 arrive and has
given his whole time today 20 aoins What
le could 20 straishten out matters Gen
ral superintendent Scott Of tie Omaha,
lrryed on the hrst relief train today
rom So Paul
The Wisconsin Central suffered less I