The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-13

MINNEApOLIs. June IA special .
the Tribune from saltwater. Minn.. sayp:
This was . terrible night for New Rich.
mond. the village being almost wiped out
OF existence BY one Of the most sssero
cyclones that ever Visited that locality.
II carried ruin and death Ia it, path, ana
at this hour Il 10 impossible to give evan
q partial list OF those seriously injured.
II II thought many are dead.
The news OF the DISASTER was bruunhe
here BY J. A. Carroll. . travel1ng man
from Portage. wis.. who was stopping at
tho Nicollet house In New Richmond
when the cyclone struck. He CAV tho
funnei-shaped cloud ~ II came up the
principal street and took refuge In tn
basement of the hotel. which was com-
pletely wrecked. together With every
other business house in the city.
nescss os the InJusea.
In the terrible sheets Of rain foilowine
the cyclone, Mr.. Carroll and his con.
rictor. Charles McKennon. wife and ono
moved a laundry sisl whs Was probably
fatally injured Thsv also removed two
men named Barrett and NswaIl. wAe
wefs wary seriotsiy injured. Mr.. Carroll
drove 70 saltwater by team Tor relied.
and = train with doctors vill leave Asss
1t i2:lS o. n.
Mr.. Carroll furthsr says that 1rs foi-
lowed the cyclonA. and What was lefs
was being consumed " IRA Many 80
pie ara doubtless killed. and tAe dAmaoo
will run into hundreds Of thousan6s g
doilarn.
Doctors HurPying - The soeno.
A special 10 the Tribune from BurAhasdt,
Wis. says:
A messenger has resched here from New
Richmond and has tslegrAphsd fof doctors
and help. saying that the storm struck
that town and large numhsr were killed
ana wounded. Tho railroad officials have
cndeavored TO get out . special srain hlt
on account of the several washouts are
unable to DO 10. and the doctors ana many
otherS are now driving across the coun-
try ~ fast ~ horses can safely carry
them.
Three travelling men, who drove from
River Falls to Hudson. wer~ struck "
the storm and the ri9 wss torn 10 pieces.
ore mar. named volman. having one Of
he legs broken.
There are repeated runors that the tos.
nado at New Richmond has Asiied - pec.
pie The news has not been confirmed.
The wires seem down ..adiy. but II may
he the country ofnces are closed for the
night The storm split beyon the Twin
Cities. the dangerous part going north
and east over Hudson and syew Richmosd.
The other division Of the storm iid .Mstis
damage near Glencoe End points south
cas-, OF there.
Havoc of the ssorm Near mnassn.
A special 20 the Tribune from Hudson
says; The nrst building struck was ovs..
on the farm of r. C. Mattison. one edge
Of the storm struck his 5sii.diags, twisting
his barn ous NJ shapc and throwing hts
windusilfs some vuas.
II then struck the Grtdiey farm The
family. seeing II coming Ned for a largo
stone quarry about twenty rods from the
house. where ;aey remained safely TIN IL
passed. The house Ia a small brick, and
held 10 the foundation. but the shingles
were torn from the roof The cyclone
veered 20 the north. leaving the buildings
unharn~-i. bat tearing large oak trees
three feet in diameter out by the rooss
ana twisting them into every conceivable
shape.
About one-hsn mile northeast from there
n wrsck the buildings OF II. l. Mass!son.
just before the ssorm reached the place
the family and farm help Asd from the
cellar. THE cellar door had Just elosed
when the crash came. This place WAS IL
rsrsiy IN the lsne of the storm, and not
building. tree. wagon or piece Of ma
essnsry - left whole, The house vas COM
plt;siy swept from tia foundation and
nothing remained. but the aocr which COW
cred the people tn the cellar Not one Of
them was harmed Every piece OF fsrni-
sure was carried for rods and literally torn
into shrets
Cattle saA sheep DtsapDeav.
Outside she hcuse there we're two iases
barns. machine SHE'D. ana outbusldfnxp.
and ali were destroyed. Forty cattle and
i1e sheep cannot - found q. this hour. w.
J. Gilpsn. who was pasMng ~ the time.
20 reach The cellar. He says n Vas noe
over two seconds after sbe cyclone struck
him before 10 was sii over. and he found
himself under part az fufsber wagon
With sfmbsr. horses and fnsehtseyy every
wnere about him. He was anhurt but ts1-
IL shaken up.
The storm passed on 10 The norsh~ase.
destrcytns everything In in path. ara