The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
TWELVE DEAD
 FROM STORM Gale Comes Down MiSSiS-
 Sippi Valley. VICTIMS ARE MINNESOTANS Two Summer Theatres Are Wrecked in Minneapolis. Property Estimated to Be Valued at s1,oOO,0OO is Destroyed-sceres
 of Persons Receive Injuries
 Some Very Serious.
VICTIMS ARE MINNESOTANS

St. Paul, Aug. zl.-Deatn to eWeiNS persons and destruction to property both private and public. estimated in round numbers at s1.000.0oo are the re- suit of a screeching gale which tore down the Mississippi Valley about o'clock last night from a point soms- where near the confiu ie of the Min Smelling.
 Brunson Street, kif at the Tivoli Theatre; George kE weton. carpenter. a7s Toronto Avenls killed at Tivoi Theatre; unknowyS niid, killed by fall ing wall of dorm'S y at House of Good shepherd.
 burb of Minnef lis; Albert odho. age s2: year ole 5n of Frank Hedges;
 Dead at Mi sapolis Junction: Rich ard Billisbici Unknown woman.
 Four unknown dead at Waconia, small station twenty miles west of Minneapolis.
 The missing:
 Edwin Gilbert, 43S South Robert Street, who was one of the last per sons seen in Tivoli theatre during the calamity.
 Those whose injuries are of import ance number thirty and ot these four may die.
 Scores are Injured.
 Scores of other persons in all dis- tricts of the city are reported to have sustained bruises and cuts by falling timbers and glass.
 Both the Tivoli concern and the Elm pire Theatre were fairly crowded with men, watching the performance. Both theatres stood on the edge Of the hlun overlooking the river with the sides or the buildings open. and they were wrecked, The full force of the tor nado struck them. The buildings be- gan to sway and rock and the audi ence. became panic stricken. Men ana boys rushed over each other Tor the exits. The lights went out and the sheet lightning flashes. one foliowins Another with suntire' raepidity, Ailumi- mated a scene of pandemonium which was intensified by the crash Of glass and the tearing of timbers as the frame structure gave way before the tornado.
 Sections of the roof were blown through the air and landed east in Third street, a block distant.
 Underneath the debris of the Tivoli were found, when the storm had pass ed. the mangled bodies or Lorin F. Hokanson, one of the employees Tn the concert hall, and George K. Weton. one of the audience.
 Path Half Mile Wide.
 The tornado cut pathway about half A. mile in width and eight miles in length through the business and res- ident district, leaving ruin and devas- ,ation in It's track. Fortunately the loss of life was not great, three per sons having been killed, but the list of those injured Is long one In whlch there are many who are reported to pc fatally hurt. The property damage was immense, conservative estimates nIacinR 1t between five hundred thous- and and a million. The down-toWh business district was hit hard. many or the big office and business blocks peing completely riddled and the stocks or wholesale houses seriously damageo by the floods of rain that accompani- ed the wind.
 The storm cloud which came from the southwest first, struck the ground on the west side bluffs. Two spans or a high bridge, which Is of steel ana which crosses the Mississippi river at height of 200 feet, were cut out as cleauly as though done with Knife. and thrown into the gulch below. crushing in the roofs of number Of small huts situated on the flats along tbe river bank.
 The storm kept on across the river in an obliqe direction. It struck the city proper near the Wabash street bridge. completely demolishing the Tivou theatre, a frame structure on tho sandstone bluff at the edge of the riv- CT. There was a vaudeville perform ance on at the theatre. which was ralr- lv well filled. Two men were killed by the falling of the roof and about dozen others were buried in the ruins. Many of them were severely hurt De- fore they were extricated by the fire department, which rushed to the res cue as soon as the storm had abated its fury.
 Another Theatre UnrOOfed. Across Wabash Street the Empire theatre. a two-s story brick house of tho same character as the Tivoli, was unroofed and otherwise badly damag- ed. Nearly all of the business blocks on Third Street, between Wabash and siblev Streets, distance of five blocks. were damaged. Roofs were blown of, plate glass windows shat tered and huge signs sent scurrying through the air like feathers.
 The Minnesota Club at the corner Fourth and Cedar Streets was damag- ed, while the office building, ten sto- ries, just across the street. escaped with but little damage, only a few panes of glass being broken.
 The Pioneer Press building, thir- teen story brick and steel structure at the corner of Fourth and Robert Streets, was literally riddled by the wind and flying debris. Nearly every window on the south side was shatter- ed. part of the cornice was damaged and a huge skylight above the court was dashed to pieces, the glass falling like hail fin the corridors beneath. There was a stampede among the prin- ters at work in the composing room on the twelfth floor. many of them be- ing cut by flying pieces of glass.
 Wholesale Houses Suffer.
 The wholesale houses on Fourth Street for two blocks below Robert Street suffered extensive damage. The 'ivlslon building at the corner of
 ourth and Jackson was unroofed. the
 tire roof being picked up and blown
 top of an adjoining building.
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