Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-26
|OClN NOR1'HWE EST
FUGITIVE TORNADO STRIKES
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
Lives Are Lost and Property
81 rc Amounting to More than
-. 900 Is Donc-Two Thenters in
sSsesota Capital Unroofed.

s3ysHx zn brief of the storm which
.,..sMs down the Mississippi valley
sassss=.hy night and visited its fury
..,..ss8 Paul and Minneapolis.
xN..|e from its force, it was the most
..s.s.sa: oble tornado which this Sec
t3x.A 81 the country has ever expert
....sSzs Two theaters were wrecked,
..s,2Ei *,oiI structures less than block
s..s. were not injured. Huge office
M 3{s}sz.ps were shorn of glass rs
ts.s.s..&# they had been made targets
fa,. % guns, Two spans were swept
f...s,. 81 bridge, leaving the remainder
a. 49, structure intact. The middle
500 "A out of Il long freight shed as
sI,sss.8N planned and performed by
fsssIss3SN workmen All this by storm
,ss,i.s} lasted less than thirty minutes.
x4ss8rts are that large portion or
LA fss.yn of Waconia is wiped out.
ss9.,s4S s,ersons are known to have per-
.sYSs over two score are injured and
81 II x.ZArcd many Of these will die. The
s,4k5fNEEy loss there is enormous. Large
faef0tIes incluu1ng the plant of the
AfinMEh hollis Sugar Beet Company, are
+. 4s.|s.s The depot of the Minneapo-
lIasNs4a ST Louis Railroad was blown
ffss5iY Its founda ton and destroyed.
Als.s1aTous dwellings, were wrecked.
III ,6lss.io has n populate of 400 and
Il 1aiat ted forty miles southwest of st.
paul.
tanning at point below Fort
sun1Ifag there is evidence that the
el6rns Struck with damaging effect. 1t
aetn& rom the southwest and bowling
81 i}n fury uprooted trees and demol-
isIsSlI Buildings In its pathway toward
ST m.
Fl fprc off two spans of the high
nri0#N as completely as If they had
reen hnboltcd from the rest of the
kfrurthre and carted away by work
n1eil THE bridge connected with the
high olufrs at West st. Paul and 1t is
$50 Ia above the river. This mass
of SteAl was carried to the flats below,
where flying steel Orders and heavy
I1IAnks fell on several small frame
hn4is4A of the flat dwellers and crush
ca ten completely. None of the oc-
elnAhIs Of these houses was hurt, as
they NV the storm coming and took
feIs|Ne in the caves in the hillside.
d.. Paul Theaters Crushed.
vii dcafCning roar and the hiss
ana ADlash of falling sheets of rain
the sKarm struck st. Paul at the Wa~
baSAN street bridge. Here were To-
pslfea on opposite sides Of the street,
xhe soIi concert hall and Empire
Whea8Hf. both of which were crowded.
Both Buildings stood on the edge OF
the In overlooking the river, with
the Siacs open. When the buildings
began h. sway the audiences became
SuaNse Stricken. Men and boys rushed
ever Aach other for the exits. The
Hight went out and the rapid light
nina aaShcs illuminated n scene Of
pAIslN1n ouium. which was intensified
hY kNN crash of glass and the tearing
1T tINshcrS rs the frame structures
gaFN Nay before the tornado. Sec
lions pf the Tivoli roof were blown
fhf0NNh the air and landed in Third
Stree Il block distant.
if roofs on several buildings were
KeIl6Hi BIZ bundles as one would roll a
heet Of paper, and deposited in
tho rect Wires were torn down
w. "a; in, In
the b 9Th buildings reaching skyward
aAakN.t he smaller ones on East Third
street NNcrG shaken to their founda-
IONS The fine large plate glass win
yowS were blown in, and in several
kkyilNlS were blown out.
i4N GCrmau-Amcrican Bank Ruild-
Ire DC Pioneer Press Building, ten
And Wclyc story structures, had
scars y Il whole pane Of glass left
sahnKk the second or third story on the
sides Exposed TO the storm. These,
WITH HE First National Bank Build
lnx MI East Fourth street and several
Hfl0lNSalc houses farther east had the
NeHxancc Of having been bombarded
nY Battery of guns.
~ Dc path of the wind stood the
1AksN eight warehouse of the Chicago,
nkcc and st. Paul Railway, and
SASKl Jon of this building about 400
INek dig was shattered
NM large dormttory of the House
e A# Good Shepherd, two-story
4fsinI# building adjacent to the insti-
kakA8A collapsed during the storm,
RaK1ag fifty children in the ruins.
S1lA9 hild was killed and score OF
l2s1sz were hurt. including one of the
s1s1Ns of the house.
Damage in Minneapolis.
& center of the storm seemed to
hss fAe business district OF NIinneapo-
- 3he corner of Nicollet avenue and
soAAk Strect. Here the immense front
e SE#G laSS Block was blown out and
- SkyliSht carried off the rain