The Washington times., 1904-08-22
Vast Damage Done by
the Tornado That Swept
Minnesota Cities.
ST. PAUL IS HARD HIT
lheaterS, Churches, and
Other Structures Raced.
Brainerd Wiped Out.

ST. PAUL, MINI. Aug 22-Advices
today show that the loss of life I'm the
saturday night tornado IS much greater
than early dispatches stated and tho I
the property damage will amount u
100000 instead or Sl,OOO,OOO. The sum-
mary OF the wreck and ruin is as fol-
lows:
Killed at ST. Paul. 3: at Minneapolis.
= at St Louis Park. 3: al Waconia. ::
at Glencoe, 4. il Is expected that more
deaths will be reported. Hundreds were
inJured:
Property loss-N1lnneapolis. $3.50. 900;
-. Paul. 100000; outside districts $500
OOo Total. 100000
Wind velocity. $50 miles an hour
Buildings damaged: Tfvou Theater
demolished; Empire Theater. unroofed
minnesota Club. damaged: Globe Build
ING damaged; Pioneer Press Building.
an windows broken; Habigorst Build
ing. unroofeo: Washington School. dam
aged; Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
round house, wrecked: fire station. un-
rooted; Arlington Heights Presbyterian
S,.! 0nurch. unroofed; House OF Good Shep-
ara; partly wrecked; St. Mary's Roman
Satnohc Church. damaged; St. SigfrIed' :
Episcopal Church. damaged: Davidson
Pulldlng, damaged; nearly all business
DOCKS between Wabash and Sibley
streets: damaged; two spans OF the
Mississippi River Bridge gone.
Army at Work.
An army Of men is engaged today in
the tremendous task Of repairing the
damage With thousands Of wi low
panes shattered as though hey had
been subjected to gunfire. leu
tered with debris from damaged I'd J.
irgs. wires. telegraph poles, and yp,en-
did shade trees, there Will be work COR
DAYS FOR all the men that can be brought
into service. To restore the buildings
that were damaged or utterly wrecked
by the storm viii be the work OF
months
In ST. Paul the tornado cut a natb-
way half a mile wide and eight mil e
long. Two spans of the bridge that
crosses the Mississippi River were cut
out cleanly. though done with a
knife Stocks were heavily damaged BY
a deluge Of -ain.
Hit Bushes Center.
The center Of the storm seemed 20 nit
the business district Of Minneapolis IT
the corner Of Nicollet Avenue and Sixth
Street. Here the immense front OF the
Glass Block was blown out and a huge
skyhght blown on All OF the Stores in
this district had windows blown in and
STOCK.
AIrtpdTaDle damage ives done to shade
trees The south side OF the city suffer-
90 most Hardly a tree IS left along
Portland and Park Avenues. and the
entire side Of the city IS a mass OF
spHntered trunks. fallen wires. broken
windows, and damaged buildings Light
nlhs struck several houses In this part
Of the city
Confusion and interrupted wire service
nave made II impossible 10 get. complete
reports OF the loss Of life. OF the in
Jured, there is no end The total runs
into the hundreds.
Town Destroyed.
A report has reached here that Brain
erd Mimi. was practically DESTROYED
BY the storm. With all the wires dovyn
verihcation Of the report IS not possible
A special meeting Of the city council
has been called by Mayor Smith 10 nro.
vide aid for the suffering and means for
the repair Of damaged city property
The tornado came from the S1utb-
west. cum
From s:4S 10 s:52 O'Clock the u,t,,
blew at the rate OF ninety miles an bor,y
In the next minute the record showed n
velocity Of $50 miles-the highest eT,e-
attained In the history Of the weather
bureau here.