The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-25
BARN DROPPED ON A SALOON.
Freak of a Cyclone Kills several People
i'm a Minnesota Town.

farlbault, Minn., Sept. 1-Measer oe-
tails have reached here OF = terrible Ca
tastrophe which visited the village OF
MorristOwn. ten miles west of mere.
shortly before s O'Clock this evening. The
village was struck by C cyclone and a
barn was raised in the air and dropped
directly on top OF Paul Gatzke's saloon,
where sixteen persons had taken refuge
from the storm. The saloon collapsed and
all the occupants were buried in the de-
bris. 1t is said that eight dead bodies aud
three injured persons were taken from
the ruins
The killed:
JAKE MILLER
JAKE WEAVER, ir.
FRANK PfTTMAS. OF waterTille.
OTTO GATZKE
JOHN RoHRER. tr.
ELMER BROOKS
H s WAIT.
FRANK WILDER
The injured:
Paul Gatzke
Porter White
Lewis Pitman, jr
The storm came without warning upon
the citizens of MorrIstown from a south
westerly direction, passing over to tn,
northeast The length of its path in the
village was less than half mile. but
owing to its peculiar action the distress
and damage resulting we're not as great
as they might have been. The storm
made jumps of one block. but whenever
it came down everything was crumbled
by the power of the wind
The barn belonging to DR.. Dargabel
which was on the outskirts of the village.
was the first structure destroyed. and tbs
was one of the strange features of the
storm. The barn was picked up and car.
ried block. leaving the floor unintured
with the two horses standing on It, TIE
building was crushed. From here the
storm jumped a block to the saloon OF
Paul Gatzke. Before reaching the Gatzye
saloon there is two-story building, which
was left untouched.
All the people killed and Injured in
Morristown were in the saloon. having
hurriedly taken refuge there when the
storm was seen on the outside the viii
lage. There were sixteen people inside
the structure at the time the storm
struck. The building was raised from its
foundation, and crushed like an egg shell.
Before the building fell, three people
managed 10 escape. but the other thir-
teen are found In the lists of dead and
injured. After leaving the saloon the
storm crossed the street and DESTROYED
the barn of J. p. Temple, and took the
roof from the barn of William Bigeolin.
II then crossed the Cannon River and
destroyed the barn of Adam Snyder. kill
ing several hogs. The storm passed off
to the north and did no further damage
The first fatality occurred before the
village was reached. A farmer, who lives
four miles from Morristown, saw the
funnel-shaped cloud, and says that II
was bobbing up and down on its 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, but the particulars could not be
learned in Morristown this evening
The citize is of Morristown were prompt
In caring for the dead and injured. Immedi.
ately after the storm had passed willing
hands were engaged IN removing the
ruins of the saloon and from beneath this
the thirteen people were taken The dead
and wounded were removed to their
homes.
Henry s. Waite was a farmer residing
three miles east OF Morristown and was a
Republican candidate for representative
He was forty years of age and had re.
sided here all his life.