The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-22
FIFTEEN KILLED
IN ST. PAUL STORM
MANY OTHERS INJURED.
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ESTI-
MATED AT $2,5OO,O0O.

Death and DestructiOn--OutIyin
Districts Suffered as Well as the
Twin cities of MinnesOta-List ot
the Dead, the Injured and the
Missing-HOw ST. Paul Fared in
the Blow.
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 21-Fifteen peo-
pie were killed in the fierce tornado
which overwhelmed the Twin Cities
and which wrought devastation in other
parts of the state last night.
The aggregate property loss is con-
servatively placed at $2,500.O00. OF this
amount st. Paul suffered to the extent
of about 81 900, 900. Minneapolis damage
is estimated at $1,O0O,OOO. while in the
outside districts, it is feared that $780,
900 will not cover the damage done to
| crops and farm property.
The dead:
Lorin f. Hokanson, killed at Tivoli
Theater.
George Kwenton, carpenter. killed at
Tivoli Theater.
Richard Hillisbeck. telegraph opera
tor killed by lightning.
Unknown child, killed by falling wall
of dormitory at House of the Good
Shepherd.
Albert Odhe. killed at st. Louis Park.
Three unknown dead at st. Louis
Park a suburb of Minneapolis.
Four unknown dead at Waconia, a
small station twenty miles west of
Minneapolis.
The missing:
Edwin Gillert, one Of the last per-
sons seen in Tivoli Theater during the
calamity.
The fatally injured:
William Lungby, skull fractured.
Mrs. Robert Younger, caught in coll
lapsed house, injured internally.
Sister at the House of Good Shep-
herd, name unknown, injured inter
nally and body badly cut and bruised.
Unknown child, House of the Good
Shepherd buried beneath debris.
There were many others less serious
ly hurt.
storms First Descent.
Beginning at a point below Fort
Smelling there is the first known evil
dence that the storm struck with dam
aging effect. 1t came from the south
west and bowling in its fury uprooted
trees and demolished buildings in its
pathway toward st. Paul.
After causing havoc in st. Paul, the
tornado swept onward to Minneapolis
and it's suburbs. Here, however. the
destruction OF property was not so
great, although telephone and telegraph
wires were torn down in great num-
bers. For hours the Twin Cities were
cut off from any communication with
the outside world.
Track Long and Wide.
The tornado cut a pathway about
half mile in width and eight miles
in length through the business and
residence district OF st. Paul, leav-
ing ruin and devastation in its track.
Fortunately the loss Of life was not
great, three persons having been kill
ed, but the list OF those injured is
long one. in which there are sew
eral who are reported TO be fatally
hurt. The property damage was inn
mense, conservative estimates placing
Il between s5O0,O0O and 100000.
The downtown business district was
hit hard, many of the big office and
business blocks being completely rid
died. and the stocks OF wholesale
houses were seriously damaged by the
floods of rain that accompanied the
wind.
The storm cloud, which came from
the southwest. first hit the ground
on the west side bluffs. near the high
bridge. Two spans OF this structure,
which is Of steel and crosses the Mis-
sisslppi river at a hight OF 200 feet,
we're cut out and thrown into the
gulch below crushing IN the roofs OF
a number Of small houses on the fats
along the river bank.
The storm kept on across the river
In an oblique direction. levelling the
numerous shade trees on Harriet Is
land, where the St. Paul public baths
are situated, but doing little or no
damage % the buildings there.
Demolished Theater.
II struck tho city proper near the
Wabash bridge, completely demolish-