The Tomahawk., 1904-09-01
Fierce TORNADO
COSTS MANY lives
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND
OTHER CITIES I'm MINNESOTA
SUFFER FROM GALE.
Fourteen Persons Are Killed-Prop-
erty Valued at 1855, 900 De-
stroyed-Two Slain by Windstorm
in st. Louis.

St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 23.-The dead:
(Fourteen).
At St. Paul: Viola Robinson, George
Kwetson, Lorin F. Hokanson.
At Minneapolis: Richard Hilgedick.
At st. Louis Park: Albert Ohde, An
ma Tayde, Hedger Child.
At Waconia: Gustav Moye, Mrs.
Gustav Moye, Fred Moye, Hubert Leh-
mar.
At Hutchinson: Fred Gross, Mrs.
Gross.
At Dallas: Unidentified woman.
Fatally injured (two): Charles Moye,
Waconia; Fred Picha, Waconia.
Property loss: s2,555,00O.
ST. Paul, $1,7S0,OOO; Minneapolis,
$5OO,OO0; Saltwater, 100000; Waconia,
$4,000; country district, 100000.
The above is the summary of the DAM
age wrought by Saturdays tornado in va
rious sections of Minnesota. In addi-
tion to the fatally injured, nearly 200
persons sustained injuries of minor
character The municipality through the
destruction Of bridges, school buildings,
parks and other public property, suffer
ed the greatest loss, its damage closely
approximating a million dollars The
other losses, involving nearly 200 busi-
ness firms and individuals, range from
$4,000 in the case of Finch, Young &
McConville, wholesale dry goods, down
to few dollars for the breakage of win
dow glass and the tearing away Of avn
ings.
Great Bridges Destroyed.
The tornado tore off two spans OF
the high bridge as completely as if
they had been unbolted from the rest
of the structure and carted away by
workmen. There the bridge connected
with the high bluffs at West St. Paul
and it is 180 feet above the river. The
mass of steel was carried to the flats
below
Theater Buildings Wrecked.
Near the Wabasha street bridge in
this city were located, on opposite
sides of the street, the Tivoli concert
hall and Empire theater, both of
which were fairly crowded with men
watching the performance. Both
buildings stood on the edge of the
bluff overlooking the river with sides
of the buildings open and were
wrecked. The full force of the lorna
do struck them. The buildings began
to sway and rock and the audience be-
came panic-stricken Men and boys
rushed over each other for the exits
The lights went out and the sheet
lightning flashes, one following an
other with gunfire rapidity. illuminat-
ed scene of pandemonium which was
intensified by the crash of glass and
the tearing of timbers as the frame
structure gave way before the torna-
do. Sections of the roof were blown
through the air and landed east in
Third street, block distant. Under
meath the debris of the Tivoli were
found. when the storm had passed,
the mangled bodies Of Lorin F. Ho-
hanson, one of the employees in the
concert hall, and George Kweton, one
of the audience.
Path Of Ruin.
On the storm rushed to the north
east over the wholesale district, and
every building facing the south from
Wabasha street for blocks east on
Third street had scarcely whole pane
of glass in any window, while many
on the opposite side were also broken.
Tin roofs on several buildings were
rolled in bundles as one would roll
a huge sheet of paper and deposited
in the street.
The German-American bank build
ing, the Pioneer Press building, ten
and 12-story structures, had scarcely
a whole pane of glass left above the
second or third story on the sides ex
posed to the storm. These, with the
First national bank buildings on East
Fourth street, and several wholesale
houses farther east, had the appear
nee of having been bombarded by a
battery of guns. In the path of the,
wind stood the long freight ware
houses of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul railway. and a section Of this
building, about 400 feet long, was cut
out of the middle and the small Sec
of xlo ,&o ~