The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-14
In THE STRICKEN CITY
HOMELESS, HELPLESS PEOPLE OF
NEW RICHMOND FACING THEIR
FATE BRAVELY
HEROES ARE ON EVERY HAND

Shock of Disaster Followed by
speedy Efforts to SuccOr the Dy-
Ing and Rescue the Injured
Story of the Storm Which Wiped
Out the Business Center of the
City-WOrk of Relief.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis, June 13.-New
Richmond, or what is left of it, has
taken today to catch its breath after the
shock Of overwhelming disaster. Now
that it has had time to count its dead,
number its injured and reckon its dam
age. it is bravely facing its fate. and
with the meager means al its command
is repairing damage and relieving suffer-
ing.
Fully one hundred corpses; twice as
many mangled people; forty acres of
bricks, shivered planks, scattered heaps
OF household goods; smouldering fires
where houses stood but yesterday; and, in
the midst of all, shivered trees as bare
of leaves as ever they were in the middle
OF winter and for the most part stripped
of bark until hey resemble the ghosts of
whit they had been twenty-four hours
ago-this is what the storm of yesterday
wrought in the space of three minutes
upo 1.-THE town of New Richmond.
There may have been cyclones which
created greater devastation, some that
may have occasioned larger loss of life,
but 1t was only because there was more
material for destruction in their path
than this small village could afford. There
never was cyclone that made a cleaner
sweep of what lay in its path than the
one of last evening in the business por-
ton of the town. Absolutely not one
building was left standing above the eel
lar windows. Everything above foun-
d&tiOn wall was shaved as clean as
though it had been cut with a plane.
Enormous iron safes were blown into the
middle of the street, and the largest
safe in the town was carried across one
street and half way over the square be-
you'd.
There is at present no restitution among
those who have suffered by the storm.
St. Paul and Minneapolis, Chippewa Falls
and other places. have sent in bountiful
supplies. and there is no suffering for
food or necessities, but the business of
the town is utterly wiped out of exist
eEce and not one man in the place will
be able to resume business. The destruc
ton is so complete that there is absolute
ly nothing to be purchased in the town.
Not a box of sardines, a pound of crack
ers or a pair of shoes.
The work of searching for the dead
was carried on during the night as well
as it could be done in a driZzling rain,
and with the aid of few lanterns. 1t
was slow work and after dark the result
of the work amounted TO practically moth
ing. The police OF st. Paul, under the
leadership of Chief Goss, who had guard
ed the ruins and preserved order during
the day. were relieved tonight by Compa
ny II of the Tenth Wisconsin battalion,
from Chippewa Falls, under the command
of Capt Hartwell. For the balance of
the time the militia will be in control
saThe business portion of the city, which
suffered most severely, covered a space
of four squares each way and was solid
ly built up of brick and stone. This en-
tire space was swept clear, foundation
walls, and in some places, masses of de-
brfs alone marking where the business
places formerly stood. Trees that had
lined the streets of the neighboring resi-
ldence streets Were broken clear off or
twisted and. uprooted. s. IS & >1v+ % - = <
4 GAINED INTENSITY.
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
Omaha road, the storm gained in in
tensity as it progressed ana was at its
worst when it struck the business center
of New Richmond. Outlying residences
in the path of the storm were stripped. of
shingles and boards. Sides were blown
off or else. as mere frequently happened,
were torn asunder and the fragments