Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-08-26
SIXTEEN Perish
IN Bis TORNADO.
Damage in St. Paul Is $2,-
100000; in Mime
apoIis as Much. y
FORCE OF WIND TERRIFIC
Wind Makes Clean Sweep-tiigh
Bridge, Stretching 200 Feet Above
the Mississippi, Is Partially DemoI-
shed BY the Storm.

'Sneo Oy the otorm. sH =
| st. Paul. Mimi, Aug. 21.-Ffve per-
score are injured and property worth
| $2000,000 is ruined as the result of
tornado which swooped down on st.
| Paul and Minneapolis shortly after 8
p. m. Saturday
St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 22.-Sixteen
persons were killed, scores were in
jured and property was damaged
$2,000,O00, according to latest re-
ports, by the tornado which swept
over st. Paul. Minneapolis and other
adjacent places in the Mississippi
valley Saturday night
The destructive wind started near
the confluence OF the Minnesota and
the Mississippi rivers near Fort
Smelling, split on the Mississippi
river and descended on the. Twin
, cities and their environs. The
weight of the storm struck 81. Paul
From Fort Smelling, where the
storm first struck with damaging
effect, the tornado came northeast,
uprooted trees and demolished build.
ings on its way to St. Paul.
| 1t tore off two spans OF the high
bridge as completely as if they had
been unbolted. from the rest OF the
structure and carried away by work
men. e
, This mass of steel was carried
eighteen feet to the fats below in
West st. Paul, where flying steel
Orders and heavy planks fell on sew
eral small frame houses and crushed
] them. None of the occupants OF
these houses was hurt, as they had
taken refuge on the hillside, where
they were safe.
The storm tore along the flats up
y roofing trees on Harriet island with a
nj deafening roar and amid the hiss and
lei splash of falling sheets Of rain it
struck ST. Paul at the Wabasha
10 street bridge.
lei Al the bridge entrance. on opposite
Isl sides Of Wabasha street. were stu.
heated the Tivoli concert hall and the
he Empire theater, both Of which were
IA crowded with men watching the per-
M lormances, Both buildings, whose
ia ides were open, We're wrecked. The
IN audience became panic stricken when
~ pc buildings swayed Men and boys
Va hshed over each other for the exits.
AN Me lights went out and the sheet
khtning flashes, whose reports fol-
-" lived one another with gun fire
uPidity. illuminated scene Of pan.
.n monium which was intensified by
eu, H. crash of glass and the tearing OF
~. bers as the frame structures gave
Ino n before the tornado 80 5n"
Ism ACTIONS of the roof were blown
III Ngb The air and landed in East
7rn' freet, block distant.
10" I'M meath the debris Of the IT.
ner VMie found when the storm had
paa the mangled bodies of Lorin
ller, = Alnson, an emp!oye of the con.
ers Ger and George Kwenton, a
res sTHorm rushed on to the north.
the eass Or the wholesale quarter.
CEN glass and splintering tim.
McN s '
bots on several buildings
,,.; We, led in bundles and deposited
' IN Vstreet. Flying plate glass.
mlxe4th rain, battered everything
10" anu lagos were swept along the
} is streeYRhich in a short time were
ded hi!ea water
suls Whwere torn down and part OF
9lgn tne kcRas in darkness. The high
'ere bulAaI reaching skyward above
pan thess er ones in East Third street
the Wene ken nd in several skylights
nee, VIZ ~ pIhet.,
end e,l-American bank build.
'ous ing tlhs Pioneer Press building,
the ten anHe. We story structures, had
tor scarceil Whole pane of glass left
shai above Vsecond or third story on
had the sld1exposed to the storm.
>ow. Theses the First National bank
lese Dnllolns East Fourth street, and
dent seVeEaI tolesala houses farther
seiz east naSbe appearance of having
e of been bo4 deJ by battery OF
,om. guns.
sted In the of the wind stood the
Sun long lrsMwareIouse Of the CHI
and caso. Ml'Kee t. st. Paul railway
Rus and seq of this building about
main Tour nunofeet lorg was cut out OF
;tion the middl
'efer In EasIth. Sixth and Seventh
1opt- s'fee's' Exhibitions we're simila~
the except LA East Seventh more
'ignt damage he to roofs and glass.
y be IN Mlnh Is. hundreds OF build
wait mgs ICED, all wire systems
gov were pa1M kad hundreds 81 trees
uprooted9 three minutes. the
the wind DleWk miles an hour and
her ram !eii MEents. Two persons
by were k11lsh keveral persons were
con injured, bltV seriously. ..zl
:, u ENTERsSt {eHAl HARRoR.
been ,,r,nese ELL
what # VII
lnow .sGRPnc.
bout ohons SQA22.-Shanghal was
the lhlo"n - yer OF excitement
resi- yeeteiooS I by the arrival OF
: the Japa"e II boat, which was
lnese slsHteu from the south al
ovoi 4;ou oloe E passed Woosung
each az luz ,Rlrted up the river
Tor Shahsha,N United States tor.
LILY. he'd her cab]V Lnau,' t,s 1 nnr
in anese oesssot t Japanese boat
was cleared She anchored
off the cosmopn Val where tho
and cruiser Askold8A nrooino renairs
nerg- The Chauncey& anchor almost
.sday betW nalaa,s the Japanese
clear 'des ni)ot ship re.
~ ~ s45s +xo ihpanese battle
|, two miles outside I,ng
cav There are aN-E ns b. Chinese
ter mel men b 6a W teleer et, but the ia.
nnels otai nus 'es3aht Chinese
mine, Ciuisei w W fiatelv The
vessel RUSSIAN e1a MElere fatty re.