Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-14
TOWN LIES IN RUINS
Large Portion of New Richmond, Wis,
Leveled by Cyclone.
KNOWN DEATH LIST REACHES ONE HUNDRED
Mass of Wreckage Marks the Sites of Brick
Business Blocks.
NOT ONE DOWN TOWN STRUCTURE ESCAPES
lot ONE DOWN TOWN STRUCTURE ESCAPES
Fire Breaks Out and is Only Quenohed
Hours Later by Rain,
SURROUNDING TOWNS SEND RELIEF TRAINS
Residence Section, which Largely Es-
capped, is Used ns Asylums for In
jured. who Are Estimated
Only by the Hundred.

tornado that has swept out of existence the
prosperous little city of New Richmond is
the most disastrous in point of fatality ever
occurring in this section. The exact num-
Der of dead is still unknown, but 1t will
certainly reach 100 and very probably will
considerably exceed that figure
AS they were recovered the bodies were
brought to the school house or to the Cath
olic or Congregational churches. Thence
they are to be taken to the cemetery, eX-
cept in few cases where homes still stood
in which the remains can be kept for a
few hours during which the final tribute of
love could be rendered by the bereaved
families. The bodies were prepared for
burial by local and visiting undertakers
and as soon as identified were marked and
disposed of as their friends requested.
The Catholic priest, who spent night and
day in looking after the bodies and souls
of his parishioners, was one of the coolest
and best workers among the many who
volunteered their aid. Nurses and physi-
clans from st. Paul, who had come down
by special train on the Omaha road as soon
as news of the disaster reached the Mime
sofa capital, were of great help all night
and day and when the day closed all the
seriously injured were believed to have
been cared for. Those whose injuries were
serious but whose chances for recovery
were believed to be good were quickly sent
to the hospitals of st. Paul and Minneap
oils, where better care can be given them.
The slightly injured and those whose cases
seem hopeless were kept here and were
given the best attention possible, The list
of the dead is gradually increasing during
the day and tonight it seemed that 100
might be the minimum estimate of the
1pbi ba or pf mi will
and perhaps exceed 200.
Partial List of Dead.
The known dead:
]. B. HICKS. aged 4s.
MRS. ROSE BROOK, aged So.
WILLARD WELLS, aged so.
POLICEMAN.
CARL BROWN, boy, aged Ii.
MASON HOI4LENBECK, aged 20.
THREE UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
MRS. CREATION, aged SO.
NATION LEGARD. aged 49,
CORA BUTLER, aged 20.
NELLIE MGRATH, aged "a.
LILLE M'GRATH, aged 5.
FARRELL, aged 8.
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL, aged about 1S.
A. ROSEBROOK, aged 70.
TIM NOON, blacksmith.
KATIE M'KINNON, daughter of proprie-
tor of Hotel Nicollet.
MILLIE, VANGIE AND WALTER HAW-
KINS, children of Steven Hawkins; mother
not found.
GEORGE STACK, stonemason.
MRS. GEORGE STACK.
BABY STACK, little girl.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, worked at Nicollet
hotel, name supposed to be Johnson.
NJ. DUNBAR, old man.
MRS. MARY DUNBAR.
SARAH DUNBAR.
NJ. D. CAREY, druggist.
PAT WELLS, farmer.
MRS. CATHERINE COSGROVE, an old
woman.
LILLIAN LAMDIN.
ABBIE WILLIAMS.
ANTHONY EARLY. farmer.
FRED EARLY.
LIZZIE EARLY
DOMINICK BARRETT, farmer.
JOHN PATTON, druggist.
NICHOLAS PADDEN, grocer.
TOM M'CABE school teacher.
JOHN WELLS, farmer
WALTER HICKS, grocer
HENRY O'CONNELL, farmer.
PAT NEWELL. farmer.
NELLIE M'GRAW, dressmaker.
- MGRAW, little girl,
MRS. MARY IlLlIEN, WlIe OF JOln Gill
len, real estate.
HAROLD BIGELOW, photographer.
MRS. JAMES SHADY AND THREE
CHILDREN.
GEORGE RING, farmer.
Disposition of the Dead.
During the afternoon Patrick Rating, the
IA year-old son of Nat Rating, was brought
to the Catholic church The body was hor-
riby mangled. A little daughter of a Mr..
Williams was brought to the same place
from the ruins Of her fathers place near the
railroad tracks. Walter Farrell boy, was
also laid among the dead in that church.
Pat McNally, whose name was given in the
last lists of injured, died during the day,
and late this evening the rescuers gathered
together most of the pieces of the mangled
body of Michael Heffron During the day
scattered groups of rescuers searched the
debris where bodies might be found.
A fire company from ST. Paul kept two
streams of water pouring on the shoulder
in0 for hra had hean addad IN tba