The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-22
TORNADO IS TERRIFIC
st. Paul and Minneapolis Sustained
Great Damage.
SIXTEEN PEOPLE DIE.
Both Minnesota Cities Visited by a
Wind That Travelled With Tre-
mendOUs Speed, Causing
Much Havoc.


st. Paul. Mimi. Aug 22.-This cit!
was visited Saturday night about
O'Clock by tornado which lasted abou
fifteen minutes and cid much damage
The wind which blew eighty miles al
hour. came from the southwest. TIL,
Tfvoli and Empire theaters were de,
melished Buildings were unroofed anC
blown IN Electric light wires wer,
FRUSTRATED and several persons shocked
Pioneer Press newspaper building
thirteen stories high, was badly dam
aged and several printers injured A
terrific rain followed the wind. Fully
200 buildings were damaged.
The immense steel bridge goo fee
high over the Mississippi river was
almost totally damaged.
There was also much damage done at
Minneapolis william Donaldson Il
Cos, large department store sustained
about $500 900 loss.
The aggregate property loss in the
two cities is placed at 81 600 600. OF
this amount st. Paul suffered to the
extent Of $1,000 600, Minneapolis 81 500
600 while In the outside districts II 4.
found that 5000 600 will not cover the
damage.
Sixteen people were killed in the two
cities
The storm kept on an oblique direc-
ton. II struck the city proper near the
Wabash street bridge. completely de-
molishing the TivoH theatre. frame
structure or the sandstone blur on tho
edge Of the river There was a vuad
evile performance ON at the theatre
which was fairly we'll nled Two men
were killed nv the falling Of the roof
and about a dozen persons. women per
formers and others were buried 30 the
ruins Many OF them we're severely
hurt before they were extrcated by
the fire department. which rushed 20
the rescue aS soon as the storm had
ahated it's fury. Across wabash street
the Empire tbeater "A tao-stary brick
house n the same character as the
Tiyou was unrooged and badly dam
aged. Nearly am ~ the business
blocks on Third street between Wash
tnEton and s blcy streets distance
Of FIVE blocks were damaged Roofs
were blown of plate glass Windows
shattered and huge signs sent ssurring
though fhe air Ike feathers
on East Seventh street between
Waeouta ana Kitson streets distance
Of seven blocks wuck damage was
done Along no. north side ~ East
Seventh street every building was
damaged some being nothing more
than heaps Of debris Lots 81 them
however were smaH brick or frame
buildings. ard while the aggregate darn
age there viU be heavy. the individual
losses were comparatively small The
Washiugtou school building at Locust
and Erhth streets suffered consider
able damage. almost ths. entire top por-
tiou being blown away St Mary
Catholic snur,h orr Nrth and John
streets was urrpor-d ST SleKrrl8's
Episcopal church OF Eighth street ID
frame structure was lexeIsd 90 the
ground The storm ~ tHls point Seems
Go have lifted slightly AVID Tor several
squares fhe damage done tu residence
property Was ~ minor character
only. The tornado dropped again s'
Lafayette park corner - Teeth and
Lafayette avenue 1u.rg much dam
age
From Lafayette HfE fhe tornado
swept 20 iaryetf. avenue 20 Payne
svcHH. ft- principal business street .,
East ~. FHa. HregErv n4Ht uusi.