The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-15

| in capacity. All of the wounded were
doing well today, and no more immediate
deaths are looked for.
ADDITIONAL BODIES.
Four additional bodies were recovered
from the ruins today and one of the
wounded died of injuries Two of the
bodies were found shortly before noon,
those of Mrs. Kate Hawkins and Willie
Hughes. The body of Mrs. Hawkins was
found near the ruins of the Merchants
hotel in the southwest part of the city,
/ and that of Willie Hughes in the ruins
of his fathers store Both were known
to be dead and were included in yester-
days list of dead. Thomas Stevens,
eighteen years Of age died this morning
of his injuries.
1t was reported that Charles Lanphere.
proprietor of the Merchants hotel, had
been found alive this morning in the
ruins of his hotel Lanphere was found
yesterday shortly after the storm He
was badly injured and his condition be-
Ing worse this morning he was taken to
St Paul for treatment. The story of
his being found this morning was orig
mated by people who saw him carried
through the streets on a cot
At 100 two additional bodies were
found, those of John Prior, farmer,
and Henry Larsen, twenty-three years of
age, the son of a farmer
By 10 o'clock this morning the work of
looking for the dead was proceeding I'M
der definite system, although the num-
Der of men available for the work was
Woefully small The largest gang of
men was put to work on the ruins of
Williams dry goods store where six
bodies were found yesterday and where
1t was believed a large number were still
under the massive stones and rafters.
The building was but one story high, but
1t was story fully twenty feet high the
structure being built of heavy stone All
the stone work floors and store fixtures
fell directly into the basement, crushing
everybody and everything beneath it, Tt
Will be slow work cleaning out the ruins
| of this place, probably several DAYS be-
fore it is known just how many were
killed In the place
Other gangs Of men Were set to work
on the ruins of Tobin's machine shop.
where it is thought there may be addi-
tional dead, and in the tangled mass Of
debris which was over the store of Blk
by. The railroads had promised to bring
In lOO men to assist in clearing up the
wreckage, but up to noon none of them
had put in an appearance, the roads .hay-
Ing apparently so many troubles of their
own that 1t was not easy for them to
spare the men for work in the town
FUNERALS PASSING.
All throughout the morning funerals
NOAO passing lIlIOuBH Tie town, some
from the east part of the town to the
catholic cemetery on the west, and some
to the Protestant cemetery on the east
side of the town. There was but one
street passable from east to west across
the town, and this was e narrow, muddy
thoroughfare between the ruins of build
1ngs, and frequently there was a block
ade, as a funeral bound east and one
going IN the opposite direction would
meet. Ihere were no hearses, and the
dead We're carried to the grave in gro
Gerry wagons in most cases, bed quilt
being thrown across the casket
During the early part of the morning
there was lack of men to dig graves.
and 1t was found necessary to impress
laborers from the throng of sightseers
that have been pouring into the town
since early in the morning.
A remarkable escape from death was
that OF Ward Williams, the proprietor
OF the store in which so many met their
| death, his wife and Miss Edna Scott
Mr.. Williams Is paralyzed below the
waist, and 1t Is with great difficulty thai
ne Is able to hobble around with the as
sistance OF TWO canes. He was in the
store when the storm approached. and
! hearing the people talk of the black
cloud to the southwest of the VILLAGE
| he, with the assistance of his wife and
| accompanied by Miss Scott made HIS
| way slowly to the side door on the south
80 u .ie puiioins. Ihe three stepped
outside to obtain a better look at the
storm, and gust Of wind slammed the
door pehlnd them. 1t had catch lock.
! and the three were locked out. They
pounded the door, but no one came tn
their assistance, and then the cyclone
was upon them. Mr.. Williams called to
the women to stand close up against the
| wall. They did so. The storm coming
from the southwest hurled the wall
against which they were leaning toward
The north, and, although three Sustained
severe scalp wounds, they. escaped serious
injury. OF all the people who were In
the store when the storm came, these
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DESTRUCTION COMPLETE.
Viewed from commandine no,r+ a..
obstruction is SO complete; covers so
I large territory and shows itself in 40