The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-08-27
FIFTEEN DEAD
At TWIN CITIES
Tornado Plays Havoc With
Life and Property IN
Minnesota.
GALE GAINS TERRIFIC FORCE
Velocity of 1870 Miles a Minute Is Re-
corded at the Weather Office Just
Before the instrument Is Swept
Away by the Storm.

st. PAU, Mimi, dlSpatch: FlIteen
lives lost-twelve OF them in or near
the twin cities-scores of persons in
jured and property damaged exceeding
| 100000 are the results Of the tor
nado which swept over this section
at 0 o'clock Saturday night. Other
parts of the state also were devastat-
ed. the loss Of crops and buildings be-
| ing extensive.
In st. Paul and Minneapolis the
greatest damage resulted in the BUSH
ness districts. From Wabash street
for blocks east on Third street in st.
Paul scarcely a building contains
whole pane Of glass. AS the tornado
struck some Of the skyscrapers and
the crash of glass was heard, many
of the tenants were panic-stricken.
From SEAS to S:52 o'clock the wind
blew at the rate OF ninety miles an
shows velocity of $50 miles, the
highest ever attained in the history
OF the Office here. At this point the
instrument was blown over and no
further records are obtainable.
List OF the Dead.
The list of dead at various places
| follows:
At st. Paul-Lorin f. Hokanson.
George Kwenton, unknown child,
Viola Robertson. aged 10; four UNI
known, dead at Waconia, a small sta
ton twenty miles west OF Minneap-
oils.
At Glencoe-Mrs. f. j. Gross, Fred
erick Gross, Mary O'Donnell, aged 13:
Patrick O'Donnell. aged II.
At Minneapolis-Si son OF
Frank Hedges; Richard Hillisbrick.
operator at Minneapolis Junction.
killed by lightning; Albert Odhe. aged
| 80; unknown woman.
Scores of other persons in all dis
tricts OF the city are reported to have
sustained bruises and cuts by falling
timbers and glass
Cuts Path Half Mile Wide.
The tornado in st. Paul cut path
| way about a half mile in width and
eight miles in length through the bust
ness and residence district The down
town business district was hit hard,
many of the big Office and business
blocks being riddled. and the stocks
OF wholesale houses seriously dam
aged by the heavy rain that accom-
panied the wind.
The storm cloud, which came from
the southwest. first hit the ground on
1 la. Ia
bridge. Two spans OF this structure.
which Is of steel, and which crosses
the Mississippi river at height OF
200 feet. were cut out as cleanly as
though done with knife, and thrown
into the gulch below, crushing in the
roofs OF a number of small houses
situated on the flats along the river
| bank.
DemoIishes Theater.
The storm kept on across the river
| in an oblique direction. IL struck the
city proper near the Wabasha street
bridge. demolishing the Tivoli theater,
| n frame structure on the sandstone
| bluff at the edge of the river. Two
men were killed by the fall OF the
roof. and about dozen persons. wom-
en- performers and others, were buried
In tho ruins.
At the time of the storm there were
about 100 persons In the Tivoli thea
ter. All but five OF the spectators sue
ceeded in escaping to cover. either in
the stone dressing room at the rear
OF the stage or in the bar room at the
front OF the theater. All who sought
shelter here were saved. as little dam.
age was done TO the building in these
places. Five men. however. huddled
in corner of the beer garden When
the storm struck the place they were
covered with the debris. II was here
that the men were killed by flying