Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
TORNADO SWEPT ST. PAUL
ALSO STRUCK
FIVE PEOPLE DEAD.
Fierce Storm Swooped Down on City
at 9 O'clock at Night-Lasted IS
Minutes-large Numbers of Build.
inss Demolished and High Bridge
Across River Destroyed.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 2l.-Five are
reported to be dead, two score more
injured and property loss estimated to
reach $2,000,000 as the result of a
fierce tornado that swooped down on
the city shortly after Q O'Clock Satur-
day night. The Iivoli theatre was
demolished; the Empire theatre ruin
ed; the high bridge, an immense struc-
ture crossing the Mississippi at a
height OF 200 feet, was almost totally
destroyed, and 200 buildings are more
or less damaged.
II was reported that the House of
the Good Shepherd, a Catholic institu
ton, was wrecked and 25 injured
there.
Disaster at Minneapolis.
A report from Minneapolis says that
fiat building was blown down and
many people injured. The property
damaged at Minneapolis is said to
have been nearly as great as in st.
Paul.
The storm was of short duration,
lasting not more than Is minutes. The
devastation 1t wrought was terrific.
The wind, according to the govern
ment observer, below so miles an hour.
coming from the southwest. Buildings
were unroofed and fronts blown in, the
cellars being flooded by the rain. that
came in great waves along with the
wilma.
Live Wires Down.
Electric wires were prostrated, and
many persons were injured by contact
with electric light and trolley wires.
Practically every building on the
north side of East street Is wrecked.
The Habe-Hurst block, at Seventh and
Wacouta streets, was unroofed, and
the Economy department store was
damaged to the extent Of $4,000. The
front wall of the building occupied by
Lindeke. Warner & Son. wholesale
furriers. was shattered, and the stock
and fixtures damaged to the extent of
thousands OF dollars.
William Donaldson & Co.'S big de-
partment store in Minneapolis was
badly damaged. The loss is said to be
100000.
Later reports from Minneapolis are
to the effect that there was no one In
the building killed. but many were in
jured.
The Pioneer Press building. a 13
story steel and brick structure. was
damaged. The windows
on the top floors were blown in and
number Of printers at work in the
room were seriously cut
by flying glass. The Western Union
Telegraph Office on the eleventh floor
Of the Pioneer Press building was
flooded. An immense skylight was
crushed to powder and the court in
the center Of the building was filled
with debris.
Killed and Injured.
The killed In st. Paul were:
George Weton, killed in Tivoli the
ater.'
Lawrence F. Howinson, fireman on
Northern Pacific, killed in Tivoli the.
ater.
A partial list of the injured:
G. e. Glare, cut and bruised; will
recover.
Thereson Kent. actress, TivOli the
ater; badly cut and bruised.
Sadie Kenny. actress, Tivoli; hands
cut and head bruised.
Polly O'Neill, actress. Tivoli; hip
and body bruised.
John Johnson, piano player at Two
II; badly cut and bruised; serious.
Kitty Larson, actress at Tivoli; will
recover.
John Hammond, injured about the
iody: not serious.
william Arno. seriously injured on
body and internally.
William Lindsay, skull fractured;
probably fatal.
Ole Swanson, hit on head by falling
plank; probably fatal.
Theodore Switzer. blown from wag'
on; seriously injured.
mrs. tODert hOrlnger, caught IN COL
lapsed house in Lafayette avenue; in
jured internally; may die.
Clarence Strong, machinist; hand
crushed.
Jonn Dugan, newspaper man; badly
cut about head by flying glass.
About 100 residences in various
parts of the city we're injured to more
or less extent.
The tornado came as a climax Of
day Of humidity and warmth.
Later Report.
Death to 16 persons and destruction
to property. both private and public,
estimated in round numbers at 81 .0O0,-
900, was the result of tornado which
tore down the valley of the Mississippi
from a point near the confluence Of the
Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. near
Fort Smelling. At about that point the
fury of the elements seemingly divert
ed, and with a roar descended on the
twin cities and their environs.