The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-22

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and debris was scattered all over the
grounds. The guests were assembled
in the parlor when the storm broke
and were composed, but suddenly the
lights were extinguished by the
force of the wind, and one of
fire." and a panic instantly en-
sued, but Manager and Mrs. st.
Hopkins soon succeeded in quieting
the guests. Had the Del Otero been
built less substantially, the damage
would have been great. The boat
pavilion, with it's clearinghouse it's
boats and docks was badly damaged.
One Of the corners was blown off, the
bowling alleys were made useless for
day or two, the windows facing west
and the doors were broken, pieces of
ceiling, the sheetiron covering Of the
roof and walls were torn off, and the
damage was quite extensive.
Fagerness, Carmans Bay and Crystal
Bay.
Fagerness was the worst sufferer on
West Arm, Saga Hill escaping unhurt.
All but three of the eighteen cottages
on Fagerness were damaged, the
worst wreck being the house of Mrs
Ida Johnson, where three casualt1es-
almost the only ones occurring az
Minnetonka-are reported. All were
In the cellar when the crash that car
ried the house down came. w. K.
Simmons of the Minneapolis Dry
Goods company, had his shoulder dis
located, Mrs. Simmons suffered the
fracture of five ribs, and William
Peterson's leg was broken. There
were seven children in the house, but
none was hurt. Some of the lace cur
tains now hang forty feet up in tree.
On Carman's bay all the windmills
and tanks went down. w. II. Keller's
house lost the porch, chimneys and
part of the roof. The Munson house
was moved four feet and badly
wrecked.
Crystal bay was right In the fatal
path it's north shore suffering espe-
cially. Phil Hartman's house is de-
molished. P. r. Pinckney had to fight
fire as well as wind and rain. He sue
ceeded in getting the flames extin-
guished after wild time. The Rock
wood house is a ruin, Mr.. and Mrs.
lockwood being taken out badly
bruised. Both were i'll in bed and
their condition now is most serious.
The F. Noerenberg and Titus Mareck
places suffered minor injuries. The
schoolhouse went ballooning, no one
knows whittier, leaving the floor with
it's row Of seats out in the open. On
the south shore of the bay most Of
the houses suffered minor Injuries.
MinnetOnla Beach, Arcola and Big
Island.
These places were mostly out Of the
most violent part of the storm. The
Lafayette clubhouse, however was
damaged to the. extent Of $500.
There was a large company at dinner,
| when of sudden the large watertank
| crashed down, the roof Of the kitchen
| was shorn clear off. Terror reigned.
Dor ,+o Ia or
home with maids were frantic to
make for home, and yet were unable
to face the fury of the storm without.
| The west wing is badly damaged.
Along the Lafayette Bay shore the
windmills and lighthouses went down
in a row, but the houses, which are
mostly well-built stood staunchly. The
boats, however, suffered greatly and
many a fine launch here and else
where was cast up on the shore badly
shattered. Big Island was south of
the vortex and lost little but trees.
Ferndale and Wazata.
The path of the storm beyond Crys-
tai Bay leaves the lake and its wreck
age is mostly that Of barns and farm
houses until it struck Ferndale. The
Peavey country home suffered dam
age to the amount of $4,000. Great
heavy chimneys came crashing thru
the roof and wrought devastation un-
told. One huge top would have gone
completely thru the house had it not
been arrested in Its course by two
crossed iron Orders. The magnif-
cent furnishings, the pride Of the late
f. II. Peavey, were more or less
soaked and the whole place suffered
damage. -
4 The roof of William H. Bovey,s
house went skurrying off on the wings
Of the wind. A tree took down lib
era1 corner Of e. J. Phelps house
and similar injury was done to the
home of W. G.. Northrup. A tree or
uprooted tilted his porch high up In
the air, where it now hangs sus.
pended.
Passing by old Wayzata and the
Moore boatworks. the wind caught
the storehouse and boatshop OF
Thomas H. Wise & Son, and laid II
fiat A more complete wreck could
this deed, the storm went farther
along the shore demolished the pa,
|. vilion and second storehouse of thu
same unfortunate firm. En- route i
tore off the end Of the Great North
ern's Wayzata station. The steamer
Ypsilanti sunk at her moorings
After leaving Minnetonka the twiste,
| WE'LL OI LIS 0CVdSIlIlS way, OVSIluIll
ing trees, barns and houses, until
: reached Hopkins, st. Louis Park an,
finally Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Century Old Trees Are Gone.
!. A Journal man made a tri1
l around Phelps Island yesterday after
e noon in a launch and the sights ar
heartbreaking. Everywhere tai
gaunt spars thrust their denuded top
7 into the sky. Most of the trees, how
: ever, were snapped off ten Of fftee
! feet above the ground, while fey
: went down intact, their roots comm
:, up with tons of earth. Ashore it is
= tangled mass Of vegetation and logs
3 1t is almost impossible to get thru
. in any direction. The owners of thi
magnificent property must first Gu
j. many thousand cords of fuel WOO
s before the land will be clear. It
s significant that the trees lie in ever
e direction, showing how the win
n fiercely boxed the compass. AImos
t. every Minnetonkan on the Great Nor
Y thern trains this morning was be
moaning the loss of pet trees
e quarter of century will not restor
it them. Indeed some Of them had live
e nearly a century. 1t is this irrepa1
|, able loss-for houses and windmill
s and boats can be rebulit-that cause
y the deepest regret.
CT |
e A BOY MORTALITY HURT
John Picha, Jr., Near Purgator,
L - rr1s L.