The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-26

same character as the Ttvoli, was un-
rooted and otherwise badly damaged.
Nearly all of the business blocks on
Third street. between Wabasha and
Sibley streets. a distance OF five blocks.
were damaged. Roofs We're blown OFF.
plate glass windows shattered. and
huge signs sent scurrying through the
was damaged. While the Globe office
building, a tcn-storY building, escaped
with but little injury. Only a few
panes of glass remained unbroken.
Big Buildings Damaged.
The Pioneer Press building. a thir-
teen-story brick and steel structure:
was literally riddled by the wind and
the south side was shattered, part OF
the cornice was damaged, and a huge
skylight above the court was dashed
to pieces. the glass falling Iii hail in
the corridors beneath. There was q
stampede among the printers at work
floor, many of the1n being cut by fly
ing pieces of glass. The Western Un-
ion Telegraph office on the eleventh
floor Of the building was flooded by
the sheets of rain that came in through
the broke windows. and the operating
force was compelled to make q hasty
exit. The general manager of the Pio-
neer Press company states that be-
You'd the broken glass the building
was not damaged.
The wholesale houses on Fourth
street for two blocks below Roberts
suffered extensive damage.
The storm then swooped across
Smiths park, leveling all shade trees
and struck the five-story brick build
ing of Noyes Bros. & Cutler, whole
sale druggists. blowing off the roof and
carrying away part Of the upper story.
HIHn TNnSf SnNar{1, ctrnnf 1o%uynn,,
| Wacouta and Kitson streets, a distance
of seven blocks. much damage was
done.
Fifty Children Buried.
The large dormitory of the House OF
the. Good Shepherd collapsed during
the storm. burying fifty children in the
ruins. One child was killed and a
score of Others more or less seriously
hurt. including one of the sisters Of
the house.
The destruction of the building
caused a panic among the several hun
dred inmates of the place. Just at the
time of the collapse of the building
which contained so many human be-
ings. the telephone service to the in
stitution ceased to work. City Physi-
clan A. II. Banker. on the first init
nation of the catastrophe. went to the
scene in a carriage. Inmates of the
building and men who had gathered at
the scene We're pressed into work.
After three hours of hard work all
who were in the dormitory had been
taken out. The roo Of the dormitory
was struck by lightning and soon a
gust of wind carried the entire roof
away, part of it falling into the build
ing, then the top floor caved in and
carried the first o and the fifty
children to the basement.
AT the time Of the storm there was about
100 persons in the Tivoli theater. All but
five OF the spectators succeeded in escap-
ing to cover. either in the stone dressing
room at the rear of the stage or in tho
harroor1 at the front of the theater. Five
men in the corner of the beer garden were
completely covered with the debris. It
was here that the men who were killed
We're struck by flying timbers.
The steamer Saturn, with the barge
Vents in tow. carrying 500 commission
men and their families. had a perilous ex-
periencc in attempting to reach their
docks at the lcvee IN the height Of the
storm.
The storm coming up from the south
with Incredible speed struck the steamer
and her tow before a landing could be
effected, and the steamer was blown
against the river wall. The shock of the
steamer crashing into the wal' broke
nearly all of her stanchions and tenders
OH her port side, and a panic resulted
among the passengers. The captain and
his crew did everything possible to allay
the fears of the passengers. but before the
steamer could be made fast to her moor
ings. by e sudden change in the wind to
the north, the boat and barge were sepa-
rated by this wind, were blown across tho
river and against Ashbury island. The
barge was blown hard against the island,
and the passengers, many OF them, climb
ed overheard to land.