The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-30

bodies removed from the ruins at Ty-
Ter have been identified. 1t is believ-
ed that the death roll will run much
higher than this as it has been Who'll
ly impossible to remove the great piles
of brick and stone from the former
sites of business blocks where unfor-
tunate victims may have been caught
Latest reports state that the cy-
Tclone struck the village shortly before
ten o'clock last night The storm cut
swath block wide through the cen
trail part of the town. Every business
building was wrecked and some of the
residence section was blown down.
All in Hospital Killed.
E. A. Anderson, a hardware dealer
in that city, states that everyone in
the village hospital, located above
bank building, was killed. When the
storm first struck the electric light
plant at Tyler was struck and de-
stroyed and the village plunged into
utter darkness. 1t is believed that
many people, realizing the storm was
upon them, attempted to leave the
business buildings but were unable to
find their way in the dark and were
killed while vainly attempting to es-
cape.
Wind of Short Duration.
Rescue work was almost impossible
until daylight. People in the village
state that the wind was over in three
or four minutes but it was very dark
and the rain continued to fall all lur-
ing the night. Rescue parties began
work, seeking the bodies at an early
hour this morning. Temporary hos
pitfalls were established in homes near
the outskirts of the village The place
was practically destitute for medical
aid of any kind.
Refuge in Picture Theatre.
Two hundred people took refuge in
a moving picture theatre when the
storm struck. By strange freak of
fate the storm swerved completely
around this building and not one of
the people were hurt. This was al
most the only downtown structure that
remained standing While it is inn
possible to tell the exact damage yet
it is believed that the property loss
will reach total of $1,O00,OOO.
Aid For The Stricken.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Pipestone, August 22.-Every doc
tor and nurse in this city has left
for Tyler to render all possible aid.
, Mayor Duea returning from the
stricken village states that the death
roll will total at least forty.
ST. Paul, August 22-W. P. Stork,
secretary of the Florence CONNER
cial club, this morning appealed to
Governor J. A. A. Rurnquist for aid
| for Tyler. General w. H. Rhinow
took up the matter at once and order
ed the national guard companies from
| Worthington and Pipestone to pro-
coed to Tyler at once. The Mime
apolis Red Cross chapter sent large
supply of dressings. General Rhinow
and Secretary Libby of the State
Safety commission left for Tyler to
superintend the work.
The Earlier Reports.
Sioux City, Ia, Aug. 22.-According
| to reports received here over railway
wires, thirteen persons were killed and
many business houses and residences
| wrecked by a tornado. Telegraphic
| communication with the stricken town
is cut off.
| Most of the 10 bodies recovered are
said to have been removed from a hos
pital that was destroyed.
Aid was rushed to Tyler by special
trains from Pipestone and Ruthven.
Florence, small station on the Great
Northern railway, is six miles dis
| tant.
1t is from Lind that the first reports
| of the disaster were received. Con-
nors has population of about 1000.
The latest report said it had been
! practically wiped out by the cyclone
and that it was believed there were
many deaths in the ruins of wrecked
buildings.