The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-06-17

are q. W. Winter, leWtler; Nico'tt Hvttl'
Manufacturers Bank. Odd Fellows Hall.
Howell Il Towusbury, decorations; Lynch
Bros. farm machinery; NJ. !. Casey, iufui-
tnre: c. II. Todd, leweler: {. Greeley, saloon;
Farmers Alliance, general store; Patton y
Casey. fine brick block; William Fitzgerald,
grocer: Casanova & Cours.l, saloon.
The south part OF New Richmond was
wiped out. The Wisconsin Central Depot Is
intact, only few windows beng blown oai.
About 1000 feet OF telegraph hue Was blown
down. and an office is being established . con
siderable distance from the town
BONES xuTIIATru.
Two large iron safes were caught up aua
carried distance ot block.
Within space OF few blocks lay dozens
Of bodies Legs and arms we're missing 20
many eases. aud enc body was found T'ih the
| head clipped of. A. though 10 bad eecH srF.
cred By an axe.
All Nho sought refuge IN cellars escaped.
| In some cases some houses over Them cat
| lapssd. and there they were eatomhya. To
add 60 the horror Of the sli'aton haes were
started here aud there by oyertarulng stoves,
| and many wounded. unable 10 drag themselves
ont Of danger. suffered death by burning.
Gallman Brothers circus vss IN New EigA.
mond Yesterday. and toe farmers from She
surrounding c1uniry. seth their families, Had
gathered IS sec the show \ few mluates
before ih- storm struck large part 81 these.
uho had last come from 1sr CIRCUS, rushed sa
a brick building close Is hand, where tavy
took refuge. THIS building sas among ihase
DESTROYED. and Il + i,fica.i e. say ho~ many
persisted there.
J. 4. Carroll. OF Portage City, 0as ssnrPsas
a, the Nisglet Hotel The cEe-ts wrrg a.
supper vheu st. storm came, and All ESaas
sought 'he cellar, - fAr a. Sao@n mH>i %
th0sa iu thss house Werr saved
A. nearly As can he ascrriaiasi the storm
ms, struck Il q place called Catfish Bar,
short distance below Ssilisa,er. aud ass waste
tho eptiro country trom tina; point 60 Mes
Richmonl
NEW EICHvuNp.
Neg Richmond Is ou the Wjucaussp Cen.
trial line and on ;hr Dlis3th Superior branch
or ~. Omaha road I; thirty sly miles rasi
Of -. Pagl and .a she hgart 10; taa IlcA 'arn
ing section of ~. Crptx county. II Is near
Wiilnv river. ou ~bIch are several .arEc sas
aud sri., malls AMI IS gl''e a basncss c"utSe-
Il 3. one Gf tEe oldest iozus fH Western "as
cousin and had macy handsome residences
There wsrs two Puacipai streets crossing each
other Il right angles. tine more Important 0ngs
ruuuius east and vest. I sas through iA5s
street the storm passed. Iae taunoHsaiArc
was three pil.s long, Hael wigH trees. and
made fine driveway.
Damage To rs,lisaads, telegraph aad tc.e-
phone lines aud crops is widespread
RupSoN ASp "A CEoSsE
Next 10 New Richmond the mnd SEVERE
damage done by the storm was 40 Hudson.
Wis, and also at Il Crosse, VS.. In ihr
vicinity OF the iirst named Iowa "a t1Fuads and
cloudbursi destroyed wires. hay,tacks, un
rooted residences. barns and ualbuilliEEs al
along is path,
Al Ia Crosse i Sas the worst storm kuoWu
ia seventeen years Nearly hge inches 81
rain fell The river rose So rapidly THAT +ho
people living in the lower portion Ui the city
we're driven from their homes Over loo
head Of live stock wege drowned. Nearly
every bridge ia the Ia Gross Valley Is gone
WASY TOMS suHxgEsEn.
At Maukato, Mimi, SIX INCHES Of rain fell.
winoua. Mimi; Sparta. Wis, and other IosHs
10 the adjoining territory are partly under
water aud much damage done.
Faribauli Miun-, RI Roy Viola Roekton.
Tolnah. also suffered severely, and have the
same story 60 tell OF flooded cellars aud
streets; heavy damage 10 crops, hundreds ot
head Of cattle drowned, numerous washouts
on the railroads, bridges washed away and
wire communication paralyzed-
NAVY BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
NV RICHMOND, Wis. jane -Indescrib-
ably sad are the scenes Of desolation wrought
by last nights tornado, that has practically
swept oat Of existence the prosperous little
city OF New Richmond Out of 500 houses
and store buildings comprising the town, fully
300 we're wrecked by the storm or destroyed
bY fire Almost every family has one or more
members among the dead, injured OF missing,
and little groups are seen everywhere search
ing, BY the light Of lantern or torch, for loved
ones Who may be buried in the piles of debris
on every hand. With frantic energy the
search has been conducted all day, and up to
9 0 clock 81 bodies had been found, although
the number Of dead certainly will reach loo
or more. These have, for the most part
been taken 10 the Catholic aud Congregational
Churches, which, although in the very edge
OF the storm ; path, miraeulously escaped It's
fury. Ia these temporary MOrgGes the sights
are such as 70 touch the hardest heart, as the
grief stricken liviRg reconize in bodies, hor-
riby mangled aud often dismembered, the
remains of missing dear ones.
The wounded find temporary asyums in the
uninjured dwellings on either side of the path
of devastation, where doctors and nurses from
earby cities and towns are doing heroic
work without sleep or rest As many as pos
sible of the injured, whose chance for recOy-
cry are considered good, are being sent 10 the
hospitals at ST. Pau and Minneapolis, where
they will have better care.
The Methodist Church, was completely
destroyed. The Maconic Hall and Higgins's
Opera House and Browns Rink are all gone.
There is nothing left of the Omaha depot
The city power house and water works are in
ruins. The iron bridge across Willow river
on Main street was carried away.
INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER.
ST. PAUL, MINI, June ID. A. Carroll,
who arrived at Saltwater late last night, was
in New Richmond. Wis, when the cyclone
struck. He says hundreds of people were
killed. The ruins of the town are burning,
cutting off all hope of escape for those pinned
in the wreckage.
Carroll was in the hotel just before 6
o'clock. 1t had been sitting hot, and the air
was breathless. A dull rumble broke the
stiffness, increasing TO a roar.
81 ran to the door of the hotel, he says,
''and there was the funnel shaped cloud bear
ing down upon us. The noise of its roaring
was frightful. The blackness of the sky was
indescribable. | shouted that a cyclone was
upon US, and ran for the basement. 1t was
hardly an instant before the building
was lifted from its foundation, twisted into
fragments and dashed into splinters.
"Charles McKinnon, the proprietor, was in
the basement with me. helped take him out
with terrible injuries. We saved his wife also
and one of his children, both injured.
''We could hear his other child crying I'M
der the wreck, but were not able to get TO it.