The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-26

less, damage was done to property to
the extent of $4,000, to say nothing
of the Disagreement of the landscape
on mainland and islands to the tear
ing down of trees. Sss 53sSss.
The first damage was noted in the
vicinity of Howard's Point, and The
storm had increased in fury when it
reached Phelps island to an extent
seldom witnessed.
The beautiful island was = sad
sight. 1t has been one OF the beauty
spots of the upper lake, and plans
had been made to turn the island into
costly country homesteads in the
near future. In fact, a party OF sur
veyors were at work plating the
island Saturday
Saturday nights storm struck the
State Fair ground with great fury,
but the big buildings were not in
jured in the least and no damage was
done which cannot be repaired in a
day or so. A number of people sleep
ing in the tents which had already
been put up had a narrow escape as
the tents went to the a grouud at
the first blast of the storm. Mr..
Randall and his sons sailed out \ and
rescued the drenched people and
many of them were taken care Of in
the Office building for the rest of@the
night. l...S.5sS.. sEg%' s. =
In the district commonly known as
the Minnesota Transfer at Merriam
Park the power of the storm was
most .disastrously felt Several Of the
industries there will be paralyzed tor
some time 70 come. IS NJ $Ssf i.ssg
Five stories of the Northwestern
grain elevator near the University av
enue bridge were hurled to the ground
and the immense machinery used to
run the elevator, which is located in
the top story, plunged. straight into
the very vitals of the huge structure.
in height, a few rods from It was
turned over completely. The total
loss is estimated by Mr.. Magnuson,
one of the owners, at $5o, 900.
St. Louis Park is a sad scene OF
death and devastation.
Three persons were killed at that
place, between twenty and thirty in
jured, and fully twenty dwelling
houses were destroyed. Manufac-
turing plants were badly damaged
and the total properly loss there will
fully 100000. The prin-
cipal loser is T. B. Walker, who
owned nearly all the dwelling houses
and some of the manufacturing build
ings. The electric railway System be-
tween Minneapolis and Hopkins also
suffered a loss into several thousand
dollars, between St. Louis Park and
Hopkins.
The dead are: Albert Ohde, q ssa-
loon-keeper, aged 81; Anna Haydo.
aged s; and John, a 6-year-old son of
Frank Hedger. : -:
Of the losses to manufacturing en-
terprises, the Minnesota Sugar re-
6nery suffered probably the heaviest.
The buildings of the plant were al
most totally demolished and hesloss
will reach perhaps 10000. The plant
of the Fosston Wind-stacker Com
pany was damaged to the extent that
much of it will have to be rebuilt in
order to be operated Part 1.-The
buildings were RACED and there IS
heavy damage to finished product:
600. The Monitor Drill Company es-
capped less unfortunately, with loss
of not more than $4,000. Managers
of this concern state that work Will
not be delayed. The Methodist
church was twisted into almost to-:
tai destruction.
A row of six houses. owned by r.
B. Walker were RACED flat. Among
the families living in them were those.
of Charles ,Haydo, Carl M. SorensonS
and Charles Peterson. .|
Last nights terrific storm struck ST.
Paul at $40, and resulted in extensive
damage and three fatalities. $
The storm was confined principally to;
the river. district, striking the bluff end
of the famous high bridge and Destroy
ing two spans, then sweeping across and
completely demolishing the Tivoli the
alter, where two men were killed, George
378 Toronto avenue, and L.
F. Hokanson, Northern Pacific fire.
man, of Burr street. Several actors and
actresses in the Tivoli theater were in
jured by falling debris, and there were
a number of minor injuries in the ex-
element of emptying the auditorium.
A girl, name unknown, was killed at
the House of the Good Shepherd. r
The wind swept down Third street,
and struck Wabasha Slightly. 1t left in
its path a tangled mass of wreckage,
broken glass, demolished chimneys;
roofs, walls, wires and poles. Many of
the iron trolley poles were bent and
twisted like straws. ,%
Communication between the two cit
les, by train, electric cars, telephone,
and telegraph was almost completely cut
off. %
The slides of the Peoples Ice Com
pany's ice house demolished, seven
windows in the Catholic church
broken, the cornice blown from the
front of an old house on the main
street and a number Of trees blown
down is the extent Of the damage
done by the storm at Mendoza. F{
The storm came down the Miss
issippi river valley from the south
west, blowing down trees, some Of
which obstructed the road, and when
it reached the ice house, about 4 half
mile above the VILLAGE, it swept
around to the north side and threw
the slides, on which the ice is COM
veyed from the river to the house,.
TO the ground. Some Of the debris
fell on three empty box cars standing
on the side tracks.