The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-14


William McGraw. badly bruised; John
Wells, seriously; = Lavele, seriously;
Mrs Peterson, seriously; James Vail,
seriously.
During the afternoon the body of
Patrick Kaling, the 14-year- old son of
Nat Kaling, was brought to the Cath
olic church. The body was horribly
mangled A little daughter of Mr..
Williams was brought to the same
place from the ruins of her fathers
home near the railroad tracks. Walter
Farrell, boy, was also laid among the
dead in that church Patrick McNally
who was given in the last list of in
jured, died during the day, and at a
late hour this afternoon the rescuers
gathered together most of the pieces
of the mangled body of Michael Heff-
ron and he was added to the list of
dead.
During the day scattered groups of
rescuers searched the debris where bod
les might be found A fire company
from South st. Paul kept two streams
of water playing on the smouldering
ruins, for fire had been added to the
horrors of the tornado and a dozen fires
We're blazing till heavy rain at the
close of the day about extinguished the
flames Some of the merchants organ
tzed private salvage corps and man
| aged to save some property, but the
amount was small
The business portion of the city COW
cred a space of four squares each way
and was solidly built of brick and
stone This entire space was swept
clear, foundation walls and, in some
places, masses of debris alone marked
where the business places formerly
stood Trees that had lined the streets
of the neighboring residence district
We're broken clear off or twisted and
uprooted
The tornado came up the river from
Hudson, where the damage was COM
paratively slight. Following the gen
eral course of the river and the branch
of the Omaha road. the storm gained
in intensity as it progressed and was
at its worst when it struck the center
of New Richmond. Outlying residences
in the path of the storm We're stripped
of shingles and boards or sides were
blown off, or, as more frequently hap
| pened, were torn asunder and the
| fragments We're scattered to the four
| winds of heaven. Trees were uprooted
and roadways blocked, washed away
| or so overtiowed as to be made en-
| tirely unrecognizable.
| A circus was in town on Monday
| and people had come in from all the
| surrounding country. After the circus
| the people had crowded into the city
! in the evening. 1t was at this time that
| the storm cloud came up from the
| southwest. The circus grounds We're
| outside the path of the storm, but the
| people being in the business places fell
a prey to the terrific wind.
AS soon as news of the disaster had
| reached the outside world offers of
| help and help itself began to come
| into the city. st. Paul, being the rail-
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was tributary, was the first to learn Of
! the storm and its attendant Woes and
| within two or three hours sent the
| first relief u2iR, with physicians,
nurses, hospital supplies and commits
| sary stores for the people of the strick-
| en- city. A second and third train soon
followed and speedily neighboring cities
in Wisconsin sent in all they could
| gather for their needy sister city
The Omaha and the Wisconsin Cen
tral roads promptly carried through all
| the supplies and delivered them to re-
| lief headquarters, whence they We're
delivered to the people of the city. Su-
| perintendent Thorn of the Wisconsin
! Central was among the first to arrive
and has given his whole time to-day
| to doing what he could to straighten
out matters. General Superintendent
Scott of the Omaha arrived on the first
| relief train to-day from st. Paul
The Wisconsin Central suffered less.
and by early afternoon was able to fur
| nish two wires for the great mass of
| telegraphic business that has accumu-
| lated, the Western Union office uptown
| having been in the part of the city
which was destroyed.
Congressman J. j. Jenkin of this dis
| trict arrived early on the scene and
| promptly advised Governor Scofield of
| the situation and the need of relief
| Hundreds of morbidly curious people
! from neighborng cities thronged the
ruins to-day.
The desolate view of the New Rich
| mond of to-day is one not soon to be
| forgotten. Among the broken frag-
| ments of their homes the people wan
| der helplessy. striving somewhat aim
| lessly and hopelessly to gather togeth-
| er what had been left to them. On the
| east and west limits of the city many
| houses We're still standing, with little
| or no damage. and to these homes the
| occupants welcomed their less fortu-
| nate neighbors and friends. giving
| them such aid as was possible. The
| property loss cannot be estimated at
| this time, and may never be accurate
| ly known. 1t was almost total, for the
| insurance agents report that no lorna
| do insurance was carried in the town.
| and only a small number of places
| where fire contributed to the destruc-
/ ton of the property will the business
men be at all reimbursed for their
| losses