The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
RACE AND HAVOC
OF THE Wind.
MLNNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL
ARE SWEPT BY TORNADO
WITH SAD EFFECT.
Four Lives are Lost at Waconia and
Three People are Known to Have
been Killed near Glencoe. One
Killed at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Aug. 2I.-For thirty
full minutes last night Minneapolis
was in the grasp OF the elements.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
were lost in the vortex OF wind and
rain. Property throughout the city,
more especially the proudest build
ings in the business section, was de-
molished.
1t was S:45 p. m. when the rain and
wind reached Minneapolis. 1t was
almost unheralded A tinge of saff-
ron on the northern horizon pre-
saged thunder shower, but no one
was prepared for the furious on
slaught that came.
Rumors of people killed hoated
over the city after the storm had
spent its violence, but as near as can
be learned, no fatal accidents took
place in Minneapolis proper, al
| though at least one person was killed
in the suburbs. A large number, OF
minor accidents were reported, but
the character of those seemed to be
| confined to people who suffered
slight flesh wounds.
The storm struck the city with
| roar and dash that was awful. Ram
swept down in torrents, hlling the
streets with swiftly flowing rivers
Lightning flashed, following electric
wires Thunder, in rafting, crash
ing volleys, sounded like the death
knell.
Suddenly the electric lights were
extinguished, adding to the weird and
confusing scene. Dull crashes OF
| thunder were followed by the sharp
er sound of breaking glass and then
| the long drawn out echoes OF torn
| timbers.
Then, as suddenly as it had appeared,
the Storm vanished. The proverbial
calm settled down, and the city started
TO recover from one of the worst lorna
does that has been seen here in half
century.
The greater part of financial loss to
the business section occurred on Nicol-
let avenue, between Fifth and Seventh
streets Here the damage easily
reached $4,000.
Within a few minutes Minneapolis
was completely isolated from the bal
ance of the world. Telephones and
telegraph service was destroyed, street
and steam railroads were completely
| blocked and communication with even
ST Paul suspended.
The new addition to the city hospital
was completely destroyed, the probable
! loss being in the neighborhood of $50
600. The operating room was also de-
molished, entailing loss of $4,000.
Lowry Hill and vicinity suffered Sc
verely Houses were unrooted, the
damage being estimated at not less than
$4,000 for four blocks.
A span was torn away from the
Tenth avenue bridge and dropped into
the river below. Here, again, it will
take at least $4,000 to cover the loss,
The Garden theater with its tents and
seats, is mixed in one mass of confu-
sion The performance was in fi1ll
SWAY when the mighty burst of wind
struck the canvas and collapsed it.
| Last nights terrific storm struck ST
Paul at s 40, and resulted in extensive
damage and three fatalities
The storm was confined principally to
the river district, striking the bluff end
of the famous high bridge and destroy
ing two spans, then sweeping across and
completely demolishing the Tivoli the
alter, where two men were killed, George
Kweton, 378 Toronto avenue, and l..
F. Hokanson, Northern Pacific fire
man, of Burr street. Several actors and
actresses in the Tivoli theater were in
iured by falling debris, and there were
a number of minor injuries in the eX-
element of emptying the auditorium.
A girl, name unknown, was killed at
the House of the Good Shepherd
The wind swept down Third street,
and struck Wabasha slightly. 1t left in
its path a tangled mass of wreckage,
broken glass, demolished chimneys,
roofs, walls, wires and poles. Many of
the iron trolley poles were bent and
twisted like straws.
Communication between the two cit
les, by train, electric cars, telephone
and telegraph was almost completely cut
off,
| Glencoe, Mimi, Aug PA tornado
struck the township of Rich Valley and
/ Bergen, Saturday night about o'clock,
killing four people: Mary O'Donnell,
aged thirteen, daughter of Patrick
O'Donnell; the seven-year-old daughter
of Anthony O'Donnell Frederick Gross
and his mother.
The city of Waconia is in tears. With
four of her citizens dead and at least a
score wounded, the residence section
and business houses complete wrecks,
her streets Uttered with debris, and,
above all, the crops of the surrounding
country total losses, the little German
American villige thirty-two miles to the
southwest of Minneapolis is wrapped to-
day in gloomy contemplation of the aw-
full ravages of Minnesota's last terrific
tornado.
Minneapolis Damage.
Guaranty Loan. roof collapsed and
twelfth floor wrecked.
City hospital, addition demolished and
operating room wrecked
Garden theater, demolished.
Tenth avenue bridge, two spans swept
away.
| Minneapolis Packing Company, front
wrecked.
| Williams & Bros grocery store, front
damaged.
Minneapolis Savings bank, windows
shattered.
M. w. Savage's residence, struck by
lightning and burned.
ST. Anthony elevator, roof blown on
to Great Northern tracks.
| Street car system, badly damaged ;
service stopped.