The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-09-28
Cyclone In Minnesota Reported
to Have Killed Eight Men
in a Saloon.
OTHER MEN REPORTED MISSING.
More Flood Trouble cor Much-Af-
ficted Texas.
Governor Gives Warning to the Dwell
ers on the ColOradO-TOrrent
Coming Down the Gorges.

New Orleans, Sept. PA special
from Austin, Tex, says: "a telephone
message received here last night by the
chief of police from Llano says that
San Saba, forty miles north of that
place, containing about 1000 people,
was partially swept away by the food
in the San Saba river, which was still
rising. All bridges had been carried
off
mo news could be had from San Saba
people last night, the wires all being
down. 1t is feared there has been great
loss Of life in the bottoms, as the rise
was in the night and came without
warning"
Houston, Tex, Sept. 25.-It is re-
ported here that the town of Marble
Falls has been washed away by the
Colorado river and that there is a fif-
ty-foot rise at Kingsland. Efforts to
reach Marble Falls are without avail
1t is a small town Of 800 people, TWEEN
ty-five miles above Austin on the Colo
RADIO river
Minneapolis. Sept. 25.-A special to
The Times from Faribault, Mimi,
says: "Meagre details have just
reached here of terrible catastrophe
which visited the village of Morriston,
ten miles west of Faribault. shortly be-
fore 6 p. N. yesterday. The village was
struck by q cyclone and a barn was
raised in the air and dropped directly
on top of Paul Gatzke's saloon, where
sixteen people took refuge from the
storm. The saloon collapsed and all &C.
cupantS were buried in the debris. At
present it is said that seven dead bodies
and six injured persons have been
taken from the ruins. The dead are:
taken from the ruins
List of Dead and Hurt
Following is a correct list of the
killed and injured: The dead-Harry
). Wait, farmer; Otto Gatzke, son Of
Paul GatZke, aged 49, Frank Pittman
of Wateryilie; John Rohrer; Elmer
Brooks; Jacob Miller, Jr. Jacob
Weber
Injured-Paul Gatzke, proprietor of
the saloon, internally, may de- Frank
Wilder, internally, may die; Frank
Plttman, II years old, son of Frank
Pittman, may die: Porter A. White.
head bruised condition serious; Bern
ard A. Schmidt, and William Brooks.
slightly.
One of the Freak Features
The storm came from a southwest
erly direction, passing over to the
northeast. The length of it's path in
the village was less than half a mile.
but owing to it's peculiar action the
distress and damage resulting were not
as great as they might have been. A
barn belonging to Dr.. Dargabel, which
is on the outskirts of the village, was
the first structure destroyed and this
was one of the freak features of the
storm. The barn was picked up and
carried block, leaving the floor unin-
Jured with two horses standing on it.
The building was crushed. From here
the storm jumped a block to the sa-
loon OF Paul Gatke. Before reaching
the Gatzke saloon there is a two-story
building which was left untouched.
All the Killed Were in the Saloon.
All the people Killed and injured in
MOrriStOWn We're in the saloon. having
hurriedly taken refuge there when the
storm was seen on the outskirts of the
village. There were sixteen people in
the structure at the time the storm
struck. The building was raised from
it's foundation and crushed like an egg
shell. The first fatality occurred. how
ever, before the village was reached.
The storm was first discovered by a
farmer, who lives four miles from
Morristown. He saw the funnel shaped
cloud and says that it was bobbing
up and down on it's way to the village
and made four descents in the four
miles. THE farm of John Olson,
farmer who resides two miles from
Morristown, is as far as can be learned
the first place where any damage was
done Olson's hired man. Peterson,
was killed.