Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-13
WISCONSIN IS
CYCLONE SWEPT
seores and Scores Of People Were
Killed,
NEW RICHMOND DESTROYED
n,,o.s,bie TO Estimato the Loss OF
Life Damage to usiiroad. ana
other Property Imnencc'

81, Paul. MINI. June 10. 500 o. M
e.,r,. OF persons were killed the mum
~ may reach into the hundreds -nni
hundreds u thousands Of dollars worth
al property destroyed by d cyclon" that
,g.pt across the Mississippi valley east
ana slirhtiy north ~ this city last night
,.-,ctieaiy annlhllatinE .hs villnse or
~, Rlchmond and causing grcat loss
,i., nt Hudson. wis. and o. tlastinai'
,uun.. and IN the section ~ country lN-
iur between.
ttov great has been the loss Of lfo
d IL impossible to ell for the storm
has interrupted communication Wl'h
Hudson and New iughmori. ANA re-
norris have come In a roundabout way.
ON. man who was at New Hirhmcnd
when the storm struck. however, !. D.
carroll. has reached saltwater SLIM.
and from there has given out q graphic
description OF the destruction Of the
Wisconsin town.
NEW RICHMOND RAzrD.
Now Richmond. a village NJ ,0o2 In
habltanta, according 20 hia stlly, WE
flsrd hy the storm, ana Hooh aitcI MaH
An flames. the injured persons pinnci w
no wrccknFo being likely to die by
The town was crowded with people
who had come from the SURROUNDING
country 60 see circus show h'fc, ahl
thH fact added 10 the Destruction or
he caused By the storm, Az th' hul'lA
III the village wcrr filled with guests.
Damage Ia railroads aud 'cl,ir'rh
ana telephone lines We widespread.
The running ~ trains mas been lh'tr-
fsrpl with and commuui 'ltiuh win
points In the path Of the storm cut on
LOSS OF LIFE.
Latest reports estimate th' loss of lie
nj New Richmond at aal uuc some pot
the figures as high as 600.
Throurhout the region OF the storm
crops have been destroyed. Grain mas
been torn out hy the roots or beaten
into the soil Trees have been upruut-
cd or snapped on like Htraws. Fields
and roads have been Hooded and Sec
tons OF railroads ON All lines PASSING
through the storm section washed out
Coming on the heels of "A heavy rain
storm Of Sunday and Sunday night the
storm has turned every small stream
tributary 20 the Mississippi In this Sec
ton Into torrent Bridges have
been swept away and much property
damaged by oycrluwa.
j. A. Carroll, who arrived az Atlll-
water late last night was In New
Richmond, WIS. when the cyclone
struck lie says the main street was
wiped out and hundreds N people
killed. He does not know how many
na he left soon after. Tho ruins Of the
town are burning. he Gays, cutting on
all hope % escape for those pinned in
the wrrckuEc. Carroll escaped By "a
hairs breadth and was the means or
saving others In the instant that was
given for night.
APT OF DEATH
Every place whore n building stood
a few hours ago In the village IN now
plt % death.
Carroll was In the hotel Just before
Cookbook II had been atnlng hot and
rho afr was GREATNESS A dull rumbl.
broke the stiffness Increasing 10 "a
roar
u ran to the door OF the hotel" he
fIl1. and there was the funnel shaped
cloud bearing down upon. ur. The
noise uf ltH roaring was lrighttul The
DlnCkncrH OF the Sky was indcHcriha-
DE, 1 shouted that "a cyclone was
uuun uH and ran FOR tho basement. II
was hardly nn Instant before the build
INK was llftCd from Sc foundation.
twisted Into fragments. and dashed In
Go Hpllntcrs.
charles McRcnnon. 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
under the wreck, but were not able g.
get TO Il. one OF the laundry girls was
taken out Of the ruins, | suppose she
was fatally hurt. Not "a building ~ lefl
standing In the main street, which was
wen butt of brick
TRACK OF THE STORM,
THE track OF the storm seemed {,
~ half milo wide. How far it oN,
tended ! cannot tell. The storm Ftrucl
uH from the southwest and itH on-ruhh
inT was like a tidal wave-nuthlui
could Withstand a. There On not
building left on itH foundation In th'
main part of the village. Most Of then
are twisted and beaten 20 ahreds.
To add 10 the horror IRE In th'
ruins followed the storm, II was nigh
uni there were no lights. There wal
no means loft for lighting tho IRE Tn
only thing we could do was 20 hnttll
t.r the lives We might reach before th
Nro cut on escape, ! must have wurke,
Two hours IN the debris ! do not know
now many we saved. A train was 20
together 90 come 20 saltwater FOR hell
ma l came with H."
Rain Record at Mankato.
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