The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-23

attention OF the committee IN charge,
anu they were compelled to depend on
sthe .unorganized efforts Of volunteers
/ to sColnplete the rescue. NJ.
/ 10 add to the chaos during the Morn.
/ Ing several thousand people Mefe
{ dumped into the city by the two regN
larat trains that arrived shortly before
moon; and the one company Of Wisconl
sin mihtiamen that had been called
out was totally inadequate to keep the
crowd back, even when supplemented
by the detail from the ST. Paul police
department.. Complaints poured into
the general Headquarters that relic
hunters were
..z-.s-5s Carrying on Everything
Of value that was not nailed, and 1t
was impossible to attend to all the
cases. Especially vehement were the
residents Of the, Second ward, which
occupies the point where the cyclone
left the city. This was strictly a resi-
dence district, and every house was
leveled. The household goods were
scattered about and furnished an ex.
cellent reward for curiosity hunters,
Who fiocked to the place and def1ed the
owners of the goods to drive them
away. The business portion was
guarded by a line Of pickets, and it
was here that the bodies were recov-
cred. It was believed that no one
could be alive among the mass of
tangled timbers when the search start
ed in the morning, but long before noon
this idea was dissipated by the recov.
cry of Charles Lindenfeld, who was
yet alive and able to walk, with some
assistance. He was found in the base
rlent, pinned by the arm, under mass
of timbers. He could neither talk nor
see, and his hearing had been impaired
by the terrible ordeal he had passed
through. The body of Mrs. s. N.
Hawkins was recovered during the
morning, buried beneath the roof of
her home, near the old depot. Her
bones were broken, her face was en-
tirely torn away, and her trunk was an
unacceptable mass of flesh. Her
identity was established by a ring on
the second finger of her left hand. John
Prior, young farmer, was the next to
be brought out from under the wreck.
He was found in Cullen & Greely's sa-
loon, beneath pile Of broken boards
His body was mangled by the weight
that had rested on him, and his face
was
Black ana Distorted.
Just before the workmen quit at
noon they unearthed the body of Carl
N. Larson under the wreck of the ice
house. He was found pinned under
the roof and two sides Of the icehouse,
which had been piled together. The
saddest scene of all was the recovery
Of the body of little Lille McGrath. the
one-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William McGrath. The father and
mother We're both fearfully injured,
perhaps fatally, and the story of the
find was kept away from them in the
fear that it would add the last drop to
their cup of misery Two of their chill
dren. Russell and Walter, were killed
outright. So when they inquired about
their little baby, almost continually it
seemed to those that watched beside
them, they were told a white lie, that
their little child was safe. At this
the mothers face beamed with Joy,
and the informant almost regretted the
deception that soon must be detected.
The McGraths lived on Fourth street,
side by side, William and Nick They
had handsome homes and pretty lawns
with lots of trees. When the cyclone
struck. both families took refuge in
tile cellar. Mr.. McGrath had Just re-
turned home and hitched his team in
front of the house. He ran to reassure
his wife that there was no danger, and
he was about to return to the team
when the house was blown from it's
foundation. He tried to get to the eel
lar but lie was hurled away. When he
recovered consciousness he was in the
cellar under his brothers house, or,
rather, where the house had stood, for
it had been blown away. Near him he
found what he believed to be