The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18
SIX MORE VICTIMS.
TWO Families West of 3fsotardI IN a N
Were Wiped Out ~

Two Families West of sfsoarsiman
Were Wiped OUT ~
Staff Special to the Globe.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. J,1na II
rather Degnan, whose unceasing minis
tratlons among the members of his flock
VINO were bereft of their friends and
worldly possessions by the Monday dis
aster, has attracted much fayora hi .
comment, returned from an errand of
mercy in the county today and brings
the news of six additional cyclone vic
inns. mat nave not heretofore been in
Guided In the list of the dead
Father Degnan reports that two whole
1amli1es were wiped QUIT two miles west
OF Boafdman, and that sthe cyclone cut
much wider swath In that vicinity than
was generally supposed The Burrows
ana Hurd families, living on farms ad.
joining each other, lost ALL and. with
the exception of one of the Hurd chill
dren, both families were completely
wiz ed out
Father Degnan was called to the side
OF dying woman near Bass Lake earlv.
ths morning and returned this after
noon. He said:
have been greatly rushed ever since
the cyclone, and have had but little time
TO inquire into the condition that the cy-
clone left the people in the country ex
since come in Today L drove out to a
point about two miles west Eof Board
man, and l saw evidences of perhans as
great severity of the storm as in this
town. The Hurds and Burrows families
were strangers to. me, and / only knew
oI them, as Bass Lake is in another par
tsli' anu 90 not meet these people only
as occasionally visit the locality.
On the way from New Richmond west
there is great devastation on every hand
and there is more damage in this direc-
uon than is generally supposed Mrs.
Patrick Heffron is dead. | have not no
tlced her name among the list of the
dead, and from what 1 learned today
am very sure that there are at leas1
nine people who were killed in the coup-
try In the vicinity of Boardman. of
which we have no record here
The country just this side of Board
man Is as level as a table. The first four
farm houses, including Dorgan's. Hurd,s.
Beebe's and Heffron s, have been entire
~ swept away, and those of the four
families who escaped are staying with
: some OF their more fortunate neighbors.
me Dorgans all escaped. / learned to-.
day. although it was reported that Pat
Sey had been killed 1880
In Boardman- and directly east to the
omaha tracks there are at least fifteen
houses that have been swept away. the
greater number of them farm houses
The cyclone made good job of it here.
The trees around Beardman and Burk-
hardt are just the same as here In New
Richmond. ] was told. that in one field
there were twenty-four head of cattle
killed by the storm I think something
should be Immediately done for Board-
man and the farmers who have lost their
belongings in that locality We have
been well provided for here, but in the
rush the victims at Boardman seem 10
have been forgotten. AT the farms men
toned there is not enough Of the houses
left to kindle a fire with.
On the way from Boardman to New
Richmond the storm seemed to have
spent itself considerably. 1t lerossed the
Willow river and dried up the river per-
fectly clean, leaving bushels of dead fish.
The tornado also carried many tons of
mud from the river bed. and plastered it
over the fields and trunks of trees that
were left standing. The from wagon
bridge at Burl1hardt was carried from its
place to the other side Of hill near by.
On the east side of the road on the.
way in | noticed four houses that had
been partly demolished The fire did
considerable damage In the country.
and In several places the ruins of houses
mad been, reduced to ashes. On the way-
into New Richmond the path Of the.
storm widened out, and 1T demolished
all the barns at GloversvifIe, but left the
houses untouched One mile out of Rich
zmond Matt Collines, house is In ruins
and should say that there are at least