The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-24
RUSH REPAIRS OF
DAMAGED PROPERTY
Army of Men at Work and Suf.
ferers From Cyclone to Be
Relieved

ST. Paul is fast recovering from the
effects of the cyclone of Saturday
night, and inside the next few days
most of the external evidences of the
fury of the elements will have been re-
moved. Glaciers and painters by the
score are replacing the broken plate
glass fronts in the downtown stores,
an immense force of street laborers
employed by the city is removing the
debris from the streets. and hundreds
of men in the residence districts have
been employed to trim the trees
shorn of their branches and remove the
unsightly trunks left standing as mon
uments to the force of the wind.
The street car company has put all
its lines in operation. and is running
cars on schedule time, and the railway
companies have recovered in large
measure from the decentralization of
their telegraph lines, which hindered
the operation of the trains.
The joint committee of six of the
common council spent yesterday in in
vestigating cases of destitution and
suffering as a result of the storm, and
the committee will hold meeting at
II o'clock this morning at the council
chamber to compare notes and to make
provision for the alienation of those
who are in need of immediate tempo-
rary relief. Each member of the COM
mittee has been furnished list of
those in his district who are in need,
and at the meeting today comparisons
of the lists will be made and funds will
be ordered expended for the relief
which it is conceded is imperative in
some cases.
More Losses Reported
News of minor casualties, which es-
capped notice in the larger losses of life
and property in the earlier reports of
the storm, swell the property loss and
add to the tales of danger and ex-
posure that go to make up the total of
the story of the worst storm ever ex-
perienced by ST. Paul.
A wreck is reported from Castle, a
way station on the Wisconsin Central,
near North ST. Paul. The cyclone car
Nried four loaded freight cars from a
siding at this point and threw them on
the main track and short time later a
fast freight coming up from Abbotsford
that the fast freight engine telescoped
the PROSTATE cars and three members
of the crew of the freight train were
slightly injured. The engineer and fire.
man were both hurt and a brake
man, riding on the locomotive, was also
injured. Railroad men estimate the
damage because of the storm and the
wreck that afterwards resulted at $10,-
000, for the merchandise in the cars
was thrown on the right of way and
exposed to wind and water.
$1,000 Damage on Harriet Island
Supt Nussbaumer, of the park sys-
tenn, yesterday inspected very closely
the condition of the trees on Harriet
island, and said that many of the trees
which were badly damaged by the wind
can be saved. Several hundred of the
trees Oh the island lost their tops, but
they are of a character that when
trimmed and their wounds bound up
will live and new foliage will come
on them. DR.. Justus Ohage now esti-
mates the damage to the buildings at
not more than $4,000. He hopes, with
provision by the council, to speedily
put the island park in as good
a condition as before the storm,
barring the unsightliness of the
tree stumps. In Lafayette park and
Smith park many of the trees which
were uprooted have been replaced in
the ground and experts in forestry be-
lieve that they can be saved. Many of
the best trees in the residence part of
the city were blown squarely off and
nothing can be done with these except
to replace them with young trees and
trust to time and favorable conditions