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VOL. XXII.—NO. 165.
WȤ BROUGHT TO ST. PAUL
Hospital Trains Bring in Two Score of Injured, But a
Number of Them Were Beyond v ;
Medical Aid.
DEATH RELIEVED THREE LAST NIGHT
This City Feels All the Horror of the Awful Catastrophe, the Rela-
tives of a Number: of Citizens liivingrAmong the Victims
Sad Scenes at the Union Depot When the Sufferers Were Be
ing Carried From the Train to Ambulances-— Hospitals Car
ing for Survivors. --,-"
* The horror: of the New- Richmond* cyclone
struck the people of St. Paul with full force.
-Many residents of the city had relatives or
friends living there and the anxiety with which
they waited for some tidings of their friends in
creased as the day progressed. Some, it was
found, had escaped with slight injury or"*without
a scratch; some were dying or dead. No one
had to suggest the necessity for assistance and
while physicians and nurses were wiUing to
-contribute their services to relieve the pains and
suffering the state executive, the city, executive
and the business men took steps to assist in the
relief which the situation called for. Anything
that anybody could do he was willing to do. but
the forty miles between St. Paul and New Rich
mond was a barrier to their efforts.
It was not until the arrival early in the after
noon of the flrst train with thirty of the wound
ed that the awful suffering caused by the cy
■tSone impressed itself on those who saw the
ambulances and patrol wagons rush to and from
the union depot carrying the wounded to the
hospitals and the empty cots for another load
of the sufferers. The union depot drew' its
crowd. There were few. even of those who
went to view the sight out. of mere idle curi
■ osity, but when the two trains bearing a part
of the wounded pulled into the union station
with their freight of suffering and pain ex
perienced a feeling, of intense sympathy for the
survivors of the terrible storm and heartfelt
pity for those who - were brought to St. Paul to
be eared for in the city hospitals. The sight of
the wounded, many of them near to death, yet *
patiently Rearing the; suffering "and submitting
without murmur to many; inconveniences, was
a lesson in the grandeur of human suffering
such as few could witness and not be impi-essed.
:r, ** c; FIRST TRAIN IN. 1„ 3
The first train was met by a crowd number
ing a thousand people which filled the immense
sheds, anxious to•" see the wounded. The St. :
PauLphysicians were notified- that the train
would arrive at 2:30 and a deputation consisting
of Dr. J. H. Urimhall, Dr. A. B.'-Ancker, Dr.
Burnside Foster, Dr. Fulton, Dr. O. M. Coon,
Dr. William Davis, Dr."Lathrop, Dr. A. J. Gil
lette, Dr. C. L. Greene and Dr. J. O. Cavanaugh
were at the station to render such aid as wat»
necessary. Preparations had been made to
carry the wounded immediately to the hospitals
and ambulances from St. Luke's, St. Joseph's,
city and county hospital and the Ducas street,
Margaret street, Rondo street and central sta
tion patrol wagons, were waiting. The train
'-was. in charge of Dr. Knox Bacon, chief of .staff
of the special which left Monday evening; Dr.
Ball, Dr. Dunning and Dr. Kelly, assisted by
Misses; Kelly, Gallagher, Loftus, . Christenson
and Keogh, nurses from St. Luke's hospital. '.
— The wounded were brought in in two bag
gage cars and a coach, cots having been put in
for their, accommodation. They were at once,
transferred to stretchers and carried to the am
bulances, In which they were transferred to the
; hospitals. Thirty-two of the wounded came In
on the first train and the sight was at once * '
Every variety of injury seemed to have be
fallen those In the doctors' charge and blood
stained, bandages and gaping wouuds testified
to the serious nature of the hurts of many of
the patients. Some were unconscious when re
moved from the train and the doctors stated,
that there were several who could not live
through the day.
REMOVING THE INJURED. XX
i
The hospitals were-visited by Globe, re
porters late last night and a revised list of the
injured being cared for with the nature of their
hurts was secured. Three of them: died - after
reaching the hospitals. They were Frank Jen
nings, Fred Mickel and John Ryberg. Follow
ing is the list:
ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL.
BROCKBANK, Mrs. Mary, thirty-eight
years, r severely bruised. Not dangerous.
BARRETT, John, fifteen. years, slightly
fractured skull. Not dangerous. • '
COSTELLO, Ellen, eight years, fractured
skull. Condition critical; no chance for
-recovery. . ' . . . . \,: . - ■ - -•"
DUNBAR, Sarah, thirty years, bad scalp
-wound, fractured - left arm, \ severely
bruised about body.. Not dangerous.
FINNEGAN,. James, thirty-one years,
- hip • dislocated,- severely bruised. Not
dangerous.
GILLEN, John, forty-five years, severe
2 scalp wounds; left arm and nose broken,
.. eyes injured. Condition serious. 7
.G-ILLEN- Miss Mary, nineteen years, se
.*. verely bruised. Not dangerous.
• GERMAIN, ' John, sixteen years, right leg
•_7 fractured. Not dangerous. -
'** HOPKINS, Willie, twelve years, fractured .
I skull and severely bruised. Condition -'
- serious. '-•' .-' 7'- - i.'~.. y .Z. ;*.; ■>..".'-.'•
HAWKINS. Stephen N., . fifty-two 7years, "
baldy bruised, fractured right leg. Not ~
• dangerous. - 7, . - - . -
HAWJi'fMS, Miss Maria,'; eighteen years, 7
severelyi bruised, bad flesh ; wound In " -
- thigh. Not dangerous. -J* ,-,;-,
KEEFE, ' Larry," twenty-five * years, dis- •
;.;. located -■ shoulder .. and compound ; frac- - Z
„ i ture left arm. Condition serious. ■
LAVALLE, William, thirty-four years.
f Ije ffl. f mil gLohf
right leg, nose and collar bone broken.
Condition serious. ' '
- McMAHON, Mrs. M., forty-two .years, .
severe scalp wounds, and eyes Injured.
Not dangerous. '-"::.'..
McMAHON, Miss Edna, eighteen years, .
fractured skull. Critical condition; no
chance for recovery. zX■:■.
■ - MURPHY;. Thomas,- thirty-seven years,
right leg fractured, "• and severe scalp
wounds. Condition serious.
NEWELL, Patrick, thirty-nine years,
fractured skull. Unconscious and with
but' little* chance for ;' recovery.
SCOTT, M. J., thirty-three years, se
verely bruised. Not dangerous.
SCOTT, Mrs. Jane, eighty years, spine
injured. Condition serious.
TURNBULL, Louis, both legs broken and
severe internal Injury. Badly crushed;
In precarious condition. -;■■* ZZ- '-'.
WELSH, Miss A., forty years, severely
bruised. Not dangerous.
WELLS, John F., forty-five years, partial
paralysis and severely bruised. Condi
tion serious. .. - , V.
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL.
BRAS, Henry, twenty-four, arm Injured,
. ' severe bruises; will recover.
CHRISTIANSON, Peter, thirty, bruised
about head; not dangerous. '.y-ZZ
CLAIR, Joseph, bruised about hips and
chest; will recover.
EARLY, Fred, cut about the head: not
i serious. » ;,; ..r; -:
ERLING, Michael, severe bruises about
hips and head, face cut; not danger
ous. ' ~.'.-y.\ ;:*.---,*ji?.v:-v .■;.;.;-.
HAIL, James, severe bruises ■
HOLLENBECK, Mrs., severe brulsea
and injury to back; will recover.
LEWIS, J. H. W., severe cuts on the
face, bruises about shoulders; not dan
gerous. _
LEWIS, Miss- Minnie, daughter, com
pound fracture' of 'the arm and j cuts on
•face; not serious.
LA POINTE. Fred, fractured arm and
leg; condition serious.
-» I.OTZ, Edward,;, cuts and - bruises about
head and \ shoulders, .- sprained ankle;
; will recover.".
MICKEL, Fred, received at hospital suf
fering from fractured i skull; died at
10 p. m.',.,.-; ... ...
M'CLURE, Mrs. John, internal Injuries
: condition serious.
RYBERG, \ John, received at . hospital
from morning-train,- suffered severe' I**-
*ternal Injuries, \ from vwhich he died at
. 5:50 p. m. .:-:. . .!.-... •» -
ROSEBROOK, Miss Cora, severely bruis
ed about head and shoulders, face cut:
will recover. •.-■-..— , .
ROSEBROOK, Miss Josephine, severe
bruises, with internal injury; condition
dangerous.- : '"-.;„--:
STROMMIN, Martin, severely bruised
and cut about the face; will recover. y
• Z.. -■■ , Marie, . concussion of the brain
condition very serious.
y---* . . :': CITY HOSPITAL. -
EARLY,Rosella,: six years old; Angers of
• - the left hand crushed, right heel crush
ed ; will recover. *
. GORDONIER, . C. P., fractured ribs and
_ Injury to the spine; in dangerous condi
.; . tion.'..' •> :'-" '■..■ „ ; „•■•.:-."'.••-
-"• r JOHNSON, Hans, severe bruises and In
jury to back; recovery doubtful.
KIRSCH, Joseph, left leg broken, bruised
- and cut about face; will recover.
'TAKEN HOME. .-..-.;■
KLOSTERMAN, Miss Lillian, . cuts on 7
face and • shoulders, severely bruised;
taken to > her home, 615 Mississippi
■ street. ....„■-■; ; - 7 '-- ;
The transfer from the train to the ambu
lances was made with the assistance of the de
pot employes and a squad from the city police
force and 7 the wounded received only the most
unqualified attention and care and \ many small
attentions given by the stalwart policemen' to
ease the pain of the unfortunate were noticeable
to those who watched the transfer .closely.- In
half an hour's time, all were on their way to
the hospital wards and the train "was backed
down to the Prince street station, where it was
boarded by a relay force of physicians and
nurses, with several officials of the Omaha and
sent back along the line to New Richmond.
PATHOS AND PAIN.
The scenes at the depot were saddening In
the extreme. As a stretcher was carefully low
ered from the train, an old man, gray-headed
and feeble,' followed closely through the crowd.
It was M. F. Jennings, of New Richmond, . one
of the oldest settlers of the city, who attended
his only son, who was crushed under a falling
wall, on the fatal Monday night. The young
man lay quite still, his eyes closed and breathing
with difficulty. The stretcher was carried to
the end of the platform and lowered on a bag
gage truck, which stood near by. A physician
who had been assisting the old man, carefully
drew the sheet from the young man's head and
felt his pulse.^.-'He is dying," he said in a low
tone to the father. . .■ ::-,.
• The .old gentleman clasped his son's hand
and - tried ,to / speak,; but words failed. Tears
stood In his eyes. and on the young man's face
the pallor of death was visible. The younger
; turned his • head/and smiled feebly - and almost
in a "whisper bade „is father farewell. A mo
ment later he had passed* from the land of the
living and the old man threw his arms over
the rough bier* and sobbed in the bitterness of
his sorrow. :'* ;I" : . -.». •
;. :" Only "a"- moment : later, a ■ richly-dressed young
, lady : was brought from the • train on " a stretcher,
a rough bandage over , Her yellow hair and her
arm in I a sling. As .'--the j bearers: reached the
ambulance, ; they found that it only contained
room ; for :one> more. All the other conveyances;
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Continued on Third Pag©
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1899.
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Sacrificed to the Fory ol the Storm. 1
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__ wrist. * .r.;— M'GRAW, Belle, cut and bruised. .__ '
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3- ERLING, Michael. M'NALLY, Miles," bruised. " 7'X
A ESIEN, Hannah, bruised. MONFORT, Mr. and Mrs., slightly. A
_T . MITCHELL, , with circus, ee-2_
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bruised. 9M
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TOWN WIPED QFF THE MAP
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But Two Houses Left Standing in Herman, Ne
.~Z ;•■;.'■ '- "'•'■'"■"!' ■"*" ' ': ':*.::■'' '■••'•-• "" - " -7 "-.;/:::■-: -1;
braska, After a Tornado Had Swept Through
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the Place—The Death List May Far Exceed
Known Casualties. I -
OMAHA, Neb., June 13.-A tornado that
struck the village of Herman this evening
wrought fearful destruction. A conductor
of the evening train from Sioux City pass
ed through the place not long after the
storm, and he says not a building Is left
standing in the town.. He counted twelve
dead bodies lying in the streets. The fa
talities will undoubtedly run up to a hun
dred if not higher. A special train has
left Blair, the county seat, ton miles dis
tant, for the scene of the disaster, car
rying surgeons and all needed supplies.*"
Wires are all down north of-Herman'
and it is not known ' how much further
north the storm went, but reports are
coming In to the effect"that a large por
tion of the country north of Herman la
laid waste. -. - -
The entire eastern portion of Nebraska
is being swept by a terrific rain, wind
and electric storm; tonight. v . XXi
Additional details are dribbling in ; con
cerning the tornado at Herman. Advices
received up to 11 o'clock tonight state
that every building. in the • town is .de
stroyed except the publlo school and one
small dwelling, both of which are on
the outskirts. The force of tho wind
was terrific, as scarcely one piece of any;
of the many structures destroyed was
left Intact. ~ - -1
The scene In the, -streets of the one*
thriving and beautiful little town is one.
of destruction. Wrecked buildings and
broken furniture, scarcely recognizable in
theirdilapldated condition' are strewn : all
around, while - dead bodies j lie :in \ many i
places, the I corpses badly disfigured and .
some of, them hardly recognizable. , The
moans of the • injured - mingle with the
cries of the rescuers as they pursue their
humanitarian task in the darkness, aided,
by the gleams of lanterns. , . ..-_ :. -zXX
; The; relief train from Blair arrive^
about an. hour after the storm, • and tht*
Work of picking;up the wounded .was : be-rj
gun...Willing : hands did what they couUt-;
to faete th« injured, end in the course J
of ah hour the train pulled out for Blair
wfth ninety-five Injured on board.. They
were taken to Blair, as there is absolutly
no place left at Herman at which treat
ment can be administered. , ■ 7,^ Z
-' All citizens of Blair have thrown open
th«lr houses to the 7 -wounded, and the
unfortunates are being cared for by com
petent surgeons. . : . Many of the 7 injured
will-die,*; but some of them received but
slight-Injuries.^. .7 7.- Z.-.
■ It is j impossible at this . hour, owing to
' the. confusion, to ascertain the number
of dead, . but twelve . are» known' to have
been killed, and the ; list will run very
much higher. Among the badly hurt is
; George B. . Clyde, the local station agent
for the .Omaha road at Herman.
Supt. Jaynes, of * the Omaha road, was
at' Tekamah when he heard of the disas
ter, and left at ■ once • for Herman on a
; handcar, * taking ."'- two » phylslctans along
with him to "assist, in relieving the lii
jured. ZXX.'--:i;
rj. WARNED OB* THEIR DANGER. '
People of Herman Saw the Dreaded
' }'Fannel-Shaped Cloud In Time.
; BL.AIR, Neb., June 13.—At 6:15 tonight
• the town of Herman, seven miles north I
of here, was practically wiped off the
map. The storm had been gathering for
some hours, and "people in Blair and the
surrounding country Z had ; noticed . two
huge funnel-shaped ' clouds . converging to
ward : that point. y The ' inhabitants had
also J noticed them, but had not • become
seriously alarmed, as ■ the storm seemed
to be passing them in a northerly course.
1 Butjat 6 o'clock it was obvious to all .in
I Herman-**, that '-, their '■ town * must bear '■' the
;entire brunt of the storm. --.'-'*
' .-People"' scurried:.ln 7 all-; directions and
sought";the 'shelter/ of 'the Z few cyclone
cellars, ana . .instantly;: the 7 town was a
seetmng • mass of debris. -7After ' the \ first
violent burst -of 7 wind a torrent of • rain.
tell. EV" :," . 7 .'-; . '■. •".;'. ;..-'. .;:-Ji--:i/- v ;;q
Z. t In Herman there were left standing ; a
school house, the' hotel, without -a : roof,;
which had been moved several feet from
its location, and "one or two j more .or less
.dilapidated; houses. The " entire ■* business;
portion of - the: : town zis blown '•: into I one •
immense mass of wreckage".-' It is greatly •
feared • that | many 7 more have been • killed
; than those whoM bodies have been found.
FIT APPROACH^ 1 HUMED
Death List in the New Richmond Cyclone of Monday
Is Growing Larger Almost
Hourly.
RUINS ARE STILL YIELDING UP BODIES
At a Late Hour Last Night the Search for the Victims Had Not
Been Ended and It Was Feared That Others Were Still in the
Ruins-Scenes and Incidents In and About the Wisconsin
Disaster—Storm Came So Suddenly That There Was Little
Time to Seek Shelter.
Staff Special to the Globe;
NEW RICHMOND, Wis., June 13.—Level
as a plain is the business district today of what
was last night one of the fairest cities in North
western Wisconsin. At the close of business
yesterday, New Richmond, a city of 2,300 popu
lation, situated on Willow river, near the north
ern boundary of St. Croix county, was a thriv
ing, prosperous community. Half an hour later
its business district was absolutely and com
pletely razed by a relentless wind. A thousand
were homeless, a hundred may be dead, a host
more wounded.
; To the horrors of the storm the fear of fire
was added, as the ruins became ignited and all
night long the survivors remained in momentary
terror of the wiping out of their homesi-by the
possibility of a change in the wind. Fortunate
ly, however, no change came, and when, at day
break, the first relief train arrived from St. Paul
with surgeons and nurses, and a little later the
eastern neighbors sent a similar relief, a reas
surance was given the beleaguered . denizens of
the community.
The moaning victims of the night's disaster;
who had gone with but little attendance on ac
count of the small number of physicians In the
city, obtained new relief, and with the surgeons
came a host of fresh workers to relieve the
crews which had been all night searching the de
bris in search of the bodies of the dead 7or the
"survivors.'.7: ; -: .' : : U~'-.y'-'--Z.Z •-:•;•;,;-;
'TWAS A GALA DAY.
1 Monday^waa.^ a ,gala ; day in New Richmond.
Gollmar Bros.' circus, not an ambitious attrac
tion, but a road traveling show with an elephant
and half a dozen cages of menagerie, had en
ticed to the town several hundreds from the ad
joining : towns of Richmond, Cylon, Erin and
elsewhere. ' The afternoon i, performance was
over and the crowds lingered in the streets to
do their shopping when the sky became overcast'
with ominous clouds. Dense darkness descend"
ed on the city. There was a dull roar, a crash
ing of buildings, and.in a trice the business sec-"
tion of New Richmond had been literally swept
away. "-, ■-..'";-'. .- ..■>:" .;"..":
if Fortunately many had read the premonitory
signs aright and had descended to the cellars,
but not for days, perhaps, will it be known how
many of the farmers roundabout, who had been
at the circus, but had delayed in going home,
were caught in the mass of debris and cremated
in the fire which swept block after block of the
ruins in the early;- morning hours. ,
. JUST AT SUPPER TIME.
It was a little after 6 in the evening when the
lowering clouds found expression in a terrible
roar, which startled even those who were in the
seclusion of " their own rooms. It was as the
din of an I approaching train, but only because
it resembled. that It was . far more fearful.
There was a moment, and it came stronger.
Those who knew, those who had read, hied them
to their cellars. Those who did not know,
perchance those who . did not hear, certainly
those who did not- heed, lie tonight mute wit
nesses to the immutable-;, laws .of nature,
silent, lifeless expiations. of an even mo
mentary disobedience. ; Those of the churches
which stand tonight shelter a host of the dead,
yet : two of the houses of worship have gone
with the \ rest \of their worldly neighbors, the
way of the tornado, leaving behind them barely
a trace in the soft sand; where once a proud
foundation stood. zXJ'X'Z- ''■'■-
, .j Between that roar which marked the break
ing of the storm and the sulleness of the
7dreary downpour which followed Its " climax
nearly a hundred lives were snuffed out.' That
is the most conservative estimate. Fire, com
ing as It did, to heighten the horrors of the night
has made it impossible to in any measure be
sure, ever, of the number of human beings who
were imprisoned in the wreck of a \ silent city.
The unnatural darkness of the summer storm
gave way to the shades of night; the ruins of
• New Richmond's wreck, rising in flame, shone
as a beacon to draw hither the helpers of the
; state, the good officers of sorrowing neighbors,
the relief of a sister state,
FLAMES SEEN FOR MILES.
High in the heavens rose the corona of that
funeral pyre. Midnight found Stillwater "and
St. Paul awakened to the.dire needs of.the Wis
consin- community. The Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha road, sorely embarrassed' by
the down pour of the drenching flood, offered
such offices as it might to the Red Cross of suc
cor for the sl^t and needy. General Superin
tendent Stuart, just in from a trip down the
Western V division, hurried to the burning city
with a. corps of physicians - and nurses, headed
by Dr. Knox • Bacon, the St. Paul \ physician of
the road. ." - Hudson had sent-Its ; disciples or.
'Aesculapius 7 ahead by wagon and the • pharma
i cies of Star Prairie and other humble rural com-
PRICE TWO CENTS— •
munities had been ransacked in the search foe
such of the drugs and Instruments of the pro-'
fession as could be found at that late hour.
Stillwater, too, sent almost its entire medical]
profession, the glow that marked New RlcbV
mond's end being a constant reminder to the I
sleeping city on the St. Croix that neighbor^
were in need. 'XXX
What with washouts, and other obstructions- I
compelling the slowest possible movement
toward the scene of destruction, it was almost} ''
daybreak when the visitors reached the devas- "
tated city and lent a helping hand to the weary i
doctors of the storm-tossed city, who had spent*
a night, without bandages, without drugs, with-'
out sleep, serving as best they might the wound
ed, many of whom in their dire necessity might ■
have puzzled the skin of specialists and have
taxed the resources of the best equipped hoe.'
pitals.
THEN CAME THE DAWN.
But with returning day, came renewed hope, j
even though the devastation of the night before
did come more clearly before the eye. Soon
came medical men from Marshfield, from Chip
pewa Faljs. and from Stevens' Point, and on J
a house to house canvass of the town they. 1
went. There were no enmities in New Rich-'
mond last night; \ social barriers, slight' at best;!
had vanished. Those who had houses, she*.!
tered those who had none, and were "glad of the
chance. Those who had clothing. ransacked 1
their own stores or their neighbors' in searchi
of supplies for those who had- none. Children j
were stripped of their clothing :in that awful !
cataclysm; the centrifugal force that tore the
bark from the trees left men and women naked,
or nearly I so, in the pouring rain. Trees were i
stripped of their foliage, or their branches were
hung with festoons of sheeting, iron roofing, ;
hammocks, sweaters, bicycle skirts, or lacecur^
tains, as the wind might have chosen. ,-^ - C :h
■■■ But with the* new light came new fears as
well as new hopes. ; Supperless.. homes looked j
with misgivings toward a scant" breakfast, j
Thousands had seen their all swept away. Not!
a store remained in which to buy food or drink,'
however good one's credit. Zr-y-liz^y:
FAMINE STAKES BOLDLY.
Those who had stores of good things in their
cellars could, not avail themselves. Chimneys
torn from their sockets and cast down on dam
aged roofs made the starting of kitchen fires a
new danger; the water. works had blown away
and that part of the city which had depended
on the city water was helpless, even to make a
cup of coffee for a fainting woman.
Men, women and children, torn by the flying
splinters which marked the passage of the
storm, lay in agony scarcely mitigated. ' Anti
septics there were none;,. bandages, even, there
were none but the most homely and not always
the most sanitary. * ~X-'Z '-■ •
But the fates had dealt kindly with New
Richmond, even In her dire disaster. The re
lief party that left the Saintly City at midnight
had gone into the downcast community on smo
ther train, which Providence had shut between
two washouts on the main line, but left open to
explore as far as It would the mists of the
North Wisconsin branch. Sleepy men and
anxious women, bound for Chicago or points
down the line, accompanied the representatives
of the medical profession and the press into
New Richmond.. The short. stay of the train
gave them plenty of time to witness the devas
tation and to observe the sufferings of the In
jured. When the train backed down to North
Wisconsin Junction; a hundred tongues were
speaking New Richmond's want. The sounder
was clicking It in a hundred cities and towns.
Roberts, ; twenty miles away, sent help. The
Saintly City was again aroused. Early dawn
found the St. Paul jobbers alive to the emer
gency. The railroad officials tendered their
services to the willing workers. Supplies for
the needy were thrown helter skelter, perhaps,
but In liberal quantities into some cars, and in
a few hours George R. Finch,, George W. Free
man, Drs. Ohage, Nelson, Wheaton, Rogers and
others were accompanying the new stores to
the scene and to relieve the weary volunteer
surgeons of the night .before.
QUENCHiNG -THE FIRE.
This train, too, brought Engine, No. 3, of the
fire department, of St. Paul, and in a few min
utes its hungry intake pipe was thrust Into tin?
muddy torrent of Willow river above the piers
of the"now ruined wagon' bridge, arid there was
no more danger of tho spread of the flames from
the city district to the residence portion of the
"city..'^,*."";;;;-7".. ' - "-'
--.; Then . came the .■; sad ' scenes. Friends found
time to meet and exchange experiences. The
"missing, became known-as the dead. The living
found some friends; not others.- Families were
broken, or they were united, perhaps, in another
world. Whole .families were wiped out in some
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