The Saint Paul globe., June 14, 1899, Page 3, Image 3

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THE NEW MAMAQ-MENT.
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Today
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; From 10 Until 2
: A Four Hours'
I Sailor Sale.
J-" Choice of our entire stock of
I $1.50, $1.25 and $1.00
- Ladies! Straw Sailors
! Not one Hat reserved.
\X All go.
» Jumbo,
[ Rough and Ready
• and Smooth Braids.
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I Correct Blocks.
ONE OF THE SURVIVORS.
C. H. Mi-Murray* Life Saved in the
Nicollet Honae Baaement.
C. H. McMurray, a traveling man for
the wholesale tea house. of William Mc-
Murray & Co., of East Third street, St.
Paul, went through the cyclone •at New
Richmond, and was seen by a reporter
for the Globe, to whom he gave some
account of the horror. He said: \y.:
■ 'I was stopping at the Nicollet house,
a six-story building kept as a hotel by.C.
I. McKinnon. I never saw so many peo
ple |In the : town before. There was a "
circus-in the : village, and there was to
be- a dance after the performance, and
the streets were crowded with young peo
pie intent on the circus and the dancs.
The rain began at 6 o'clock, and-was ac
companied by -blinding - lightning and
heavy thunder that' sounded-Just' over
head; ■•; and-' came immediately'" upon 5 the
lightning- flash, : ..-:." -*.•'.-'.-.'■■.■ .*
"At 6-o'clock'-. I went to dinner at the
hotel. Mrs. McKinnon, the wife of.the
proprietor, came rushing In from the
kitchen, crying out 'cyclone,' and we ran
for the cellar without stopping to ask
questions. :ij*.rsJn»S: "r-r.j ;. • •-.•■ <•-;• s
•••'We-were scarcely there when the cy
clone struck - the hotel.
"One man, named Caray, I think, was
too late, and was blown back Into the
dining room and killed. ■■-.-■
--"The girl that served us at the table
was killed. Ido not knoW her name,
and one of the laundry girls, who got into
the cellar, was struck by a falling beam
and I think she is dead, but am not sure.
"The McKinnon fanily did not get to
the.cellar. Mrs. McKinnon. ran for.her.
children, and the family was in a small
room in front. They sheltered.themselves
as well as they could from falling rub
bish, using a marble-topped table for
protection, but one of the children was
killed.
"After the storm had passed. Mr. Mc
Kinnon found another child standing on
the top of the ruins of the hotel.
"The cyclone and the ruin were all over
by 6.07, for the Wisconsin Central depot
clock marked that hour as we found after
the storm. -;-.:C;
"After the cyclone had passed the wind
blew with terrific violence and the rain
fell In torrents. interrupting the work of
rescue.
' ."I stayed and worked with several other
traveling men until we thought we could
do no more, and then dug my samples
from the ruins and came to St. Paul on
the train. ■" ;77-7; 7'*'J ■•.;,'•
"I believe there were five people killed
at the hotel. Two men, one child, the
table girl, the* laundry girl. "_:-..
"Caray, who was killed there, was a
druggist, and lived In the village.
"The fire started at the south end of
the town, the farthest from the hotel. It
blazed up Immediately after the cyclone,
- and, I . think, caught in the ruins of a
hardware store.
"There were about seven people In the
cellar of the hotel. When the cyclone
was on us it sounded exactly like a rail
road train crossing a bridge." "~- r •
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I Frank Jenning-a' Remain*. •
t* The remains of Frank Jennings, one of
the Injured who died on the relief train
just as It reached the city yesterday af
ternoon, were taken In charge by William
Nagle and will . be taken back to ' New
Richmond for burial this morning."' -'■■■■- -f.-.c
MOT'OR..''--';''|Ncifej|[
JpLßpneraa I*
This man was so far behind
the times that he wasted a whole
morning- because he neglected
to avail himself 'of an appliance
which the haste of modern busi
ness has rendered no longer a
luxury but an absolute necessity.
Are you not likely at any
moment to be placed in a similar
position?
j\orth western
Telephone Ex
change Company
READY WITH RELIEF
ST. PALL WAS AT ONCE ACTIVE IN
; y FURNISHING WHAT IT
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FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED
Mayor Kiefer Advised Early of the
Condition of Affairs — Jobber-*
. lliiNlt-ii to Supply Needed Articles
George Thompson Start* a Fund
. by Sending- a Check: to Comp
troller McCardy for *100. :/;!"
. Mayor Klefer was early yesterday
morning advised. of. the distressing state
of •""affairs" 4 at 'New Richmond by C. W.
Mosher, former mayor; of the town, who
sent the following telegram:
Cyclone absolutely destroyed.the whole
business portion of New Richmond, and
a large portion of the residences.. There
are at least 100 dead In the city and hun
dreds of severely wounded. •-.. We need
physicians and nurses. I am coming to
St. Paul via Omaha railway special. !
Please have ready for our train to take
back at once 70 single mattrasses " for
wounded, 70 cots, 75 pair of blankets or
quilts, 60 dressing gowns for males, 50
dressing gowns for females, £5, dressing'
gowns for children, SO dozen 3% Inch roller
bandages, bottles of arnica and other
drugs. We want also a fire engine and
1,000 feet of hose to put but the fire in the
debris where live persons may.be impris
oned. Get supplies from Noyes Bros. &
Cutler, or anywhere that-can. be secured
Quicker.
THINGS WERE-READY*.'
Word was Immediately telephoned to
the several jobbing houses and when a
special pulled out at 8 o'clock on the
Omaha road all the things asked for were
soon on board. " ; ,•-.■:.;••-,
: Dr. Ohage, accompanied by several phy
sicians, and Chief Goss, with Lieut. Boer
ner and a squad of twelve' patrolmen,
joined the party shortly before the train
left. Chief Cook, of the lire department,
ordered Engine Company No. 3, with en
gine hose cart and 1,200 feet of hose and a
crew of ten men under charge of Capt.
McNally, to proceed to New Richmond
and render what assistance possible.
: Finch, Van Slyke & Co. furnished 160
pairs of blankets, fifty comfortables, five
dozen ladles' underwear, five dozen miss
es' and children's • underwear, fifty each
of sheets and pillow slips, ten dozen suits
underwear, five dozen children's hose, five
rolls toweling, five dozen men's overalls,
three dozen boys' overalls, five dozen la
dies' wrappers and two dozen ladles'
skirts. ■-.'--■..-';•";-; ZZZZZZ-- -i~ "',".'"■''.•'>'-•'"■'-:■'
The St. Paul Red Cross society also
donated liberally, and Noyes Bros. & Cut
ler supplied the train with the necessary
bandages, drugs and medicines.
Moses E. Clapp. E. E. • McDonald, Mrs.
W. H. McDonald, Secretary Tallmadge,
of the chamber of commerce, Dr. J. C.
Nelson and Dr. Louis Nelson, Dr. Herbert
Davis, Dr. W. R. Ramsey, Dr. H. J.
O'Brien, T. J. Bowlln and A. L. Ohage
also boarded the relief train. - * < •
' NEEDED FIRE APPARATUS.
At noon Mayor Klefer received the fol
lowing telegram from Moses E. Clapp:
; "City in.ruins. All . cellars of business
blocks smoking. Bodies known to be in
ruins. Send one fire engine."* Cannot we
have one or two more?" -""'-
In answer to this telegram Engine Com
pany 11. consisting of. engine, hose cart
and 1,200 feet of hose, in charge of Capt.
Black, with a detail of ten men, was sent
out on the train which left.St. Paul, at
2 o'clock. '"; °;':~- "•*.-."'- •*'"■*■ **\" ;' " '
President Young, of the jobbers' union,
in the meantime had called a meeting of
the organization and the afternoon train,
in addition to the food sent out on the
morning train,_ carried, a full supply, of
edibles, Including . canned '- goods of all
kinds, hams," sugar,coffee,' tea, crackers
and 500 loaves of bread. -7
■XX-.' RAISING A FUND!- -
Yesterday " afternoon Comptroller Mc-
Cardy • received - a letter ' from '■' George
Thompson, - of: the . Dispatch, enclosing a
check for WOO. - The letter was -as* fol
lows: • / t "'•-.- .' . -
"I send this to you to crystallze at once
the direction In which funds may be sent
for Immediate use, and I request that you
accept such funds and make such* use of
them as you deem necessary in their re
lief until a committee Is appointed by you
or other -citizens subscribing, vor any
other manner, that is deemed advisable to
insure • the most satisfactory ■ results.
Knowing, your .public spirit and reputa
tion for conservatism, I have presumed
upon your ■ friendship, and take for grant
ed that you will, act as before stated.- Im
mediate action is necessary, and -delay In
called meetings would only* handicap the
good that can be done at once." -
Comptroller McCardy Immediately . wir
| ed the mayor of New Richmond to draw
on him for. $100, or that he could - count
on that much money to spend in any way
he saw fit. .
7 An hour later Frank Schiick, of Field,
; Schiick & Co., came In with another
I check for $100, and during the afternoon
officials around the city hall contributed
$45 more to . the fund. Comptroller Mc-
Cardy expects, when the fact becomes
known that a fund is being raised, addi
tional amounts will be received.
STORY OF A PHYSICIAN.
Description of the Fated Town as
Dr. Boothby Found It.
On the special train which brought the
injured to St. Paul was Dr. E. L. Booth
by, of Hammond, Wis., one of the flrst
physicians from outside to reach New
Richmond. He I arrived on the scene of
the cyclone but a few hours after It pass
ed and devoted his entire time, without
rest or sleep, to caring for the Injured
and aiding in the ..rescue work. Dr.
Boothby's account of the .terrible havoc
wrought by the storm was; the .first, re
ceived . here from one.", who 7 had been a
witness of the work of desolation which
the cyclone compassed and gave" details
which the press * reports "yesterday did
not' furnish. " When* seen- at the depot,
as the special pulled In, Dr. ) Boothby
: said:'.'7- 7 ' -."•'" ''■'■■•■'' " "-'-"•
"The scenes which the physicians and
nurses have witnessed at New Richmond
are enough to make one's blood run cold.'
No one who has not seen the city as it
now Is can form even a faint idea of the
terrible work of the cyclone. , The storm
made a clean sweep of the business por
tion of the city, striking just before the
employes ' of the 'different" stores^ would
have ' left " for supper, and "completely
wrecking every thing In - Its course. ' Sub
stantial brick], store buildings,-went; down
before-the. storm/like 7card- houses, - Im
prisoning in" the ruins'a*veryl large num
ber of persons" who- had ho warning of
their danger.- Of the business 7 portion
of New Richmond . nothing remains ex
cept a mangled mass of debris, In which
are yet, we . fear, the bodies of a great
many people. V *
"The first Intimation which I- received
of the storm came from my wife; as ;; we
were sitting on the front veranda of our
home at Hammond, just before! supper
time Monday night. --The ; appearance of
the sky indicated a ' storm; $ and I Mrs.
Boothby remarked, 'I think ' there "" is a
cyclone over In the direction of New
Richmond.' I laughed at the idea;: and
replied; that New Richmond was not In
the cyclone" belt and was " perfectly safe.
About 9 o'clock that night word came
from the telegraph office that New Rich
mond had been 7- "
.7.'COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
"I at once . left for the scene of the
storm, " carrying Instruments and supplies
for the relief of the injured. I learned
afterwards that, two w young men, whose
names -I-do not 7know,- left- New Rich
mond at once after the" storm passed and
Cove with all " speed for : Roberts, -;ten
miles south, where they secured commu- I
nication 1, by wire 7. with f Hammond, 7 and
gave word of what had happened. v;:""£-*^
"The Hammond relief arrived before
midnight and Anna what lias been one
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE^ 14, 1899.
of. the most .beautiful towns in--JVlscon
sin a: veritable oharnel house. '.^Thef
wounded were everywhere,-; and 7 the dead
were: found under rulnS, on the streets
and»ln every conceivable place, many
of the bodies indicating-1, from the. posi
tion in which-they 7 were |found, : the ef
fort 7 made Sto escape. Everything was
■shrouded in darkness, and the .work
"of | relieving".' the suffering' and caring for
those near to death proceeded under cir
cumstances which were heart-breaking.
The New- Richmond physicians \ did noble
work. They were, of course, the first on
the ground, and their "efforts accom
plished what would at flrst have seemed
Impossible. Temporary quarters were
arranged in such buildings as were avail
able, and search parties, scoured the city
bringing in the wounded. '-*-■*• - •
;'"The St.: Paul relief train arrived at an
opportune time, and the nurses and phy
sicians were a Godsend.- At: the 1- time "a 1
arrived on the scene fire had broken out
in several quarters, and though it " did
not at any time prove dangerous, added
to the horror. I cannot tell how it start
ed, *fr*6m* i stoves In 'some;of the
demolished ' buildings. • The : ruins • In the
business portion of the city are on fire
at present, and many of the bodies
caught In the debris will be ;"/_'•
CHARRED PAST RECOGNITION.'
"Every effort is being made to extin
guish the flames and assistance has been
sent from Stillwater and' St..: Paul. The
fire cannot • cause much - more" loss, as
the cyclone took everything. in sight. Of
those caught In the ruins, the living have
been removed, and when •we -left, at 1
o'clock this afternoon, there was reason
to believe that no one still alive was
buried In the debris. -Two blocks on the
main street of the town are on fire. -
"The most J reliable accounts 7of the
storm Indicate It came from the direction
of j Hudson, though at that point there
were no casualties.' It took a northeast
erly direction, striking Boardman, where
several people were killed. - In • approach
ing New Richmond, it struck the south
eastern part of the city flrst, wrecking
the Omaha depot, and continued in a
northeasterly direction, directly through
the center of the city, across the Willow
river at the bridge and wrecking the
large flour mill on the east side of the
river. The entire business portion of the
city was swept clean. The cyclone cloud
seemed to hit the main street on the
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: angle, • \ and . carylng everything before
south side, sweeping across It a slight
it. The main street runs north and south,
and the only buildings of any slse left
standing are the Catholic church, on the
west side, and the school house, on the
I east. Everything south of the river Is
gone.
STORM STOPPED THE CLOCK.
"The clock' In the Omaha depot seems
to have stopped when the storm struck,,
and when I saw It the hands pointed to
6:07 p. m.| This - was probably .the exact
time 4 when " the - cloud first ; swept - Into
town. The duration of the cyclone Is va
. riously estimated, - but it lasted only a
few minutes in all probability. Following
it was a terrific rain storm, which lasted
for nearly an hour. .:..■'•'.'■ -
"The greatest need at present Is addi
tional assistance in the way of nurses.'
We -do not want any more visitors, and
the city has doctors sufficient to care for
all who need their attentions. As soon as
It became known that the city had been
.visited by a cyclone people began to
come. The crowds Impede our progress
in clearing away the debris and removing
the bodies, : and are a great inconven
ience. There has been some complaint
that: among., the 7 strangers who have
' drifted into. town are many who came
to loot the ruins and desecrate the dead,
but no Instances of this kind have come
to my personal attention. - ■
"No, I cannot tell you how many are
killed. The Catholic church Is being
used as a temporary morgue until other
accommodations can be furnished, as is
the school house. The church contained
twenty bodies when I left, and the school
house about a dozen. There are seven
or eight more laid out In private houses.
About thirty-two bodies have been recov
ered, -■-■ to ■ my knowledge, and there are
many more of which I do not know. 'I
would not care to estimate the casualties,
but my opinion." would J be that- fully sev
enty dead have been found. The number
of the Injured It .Is Impossible to esti
mate. '. There will be In all likelihood 100,
perhaps 200, when all the names can be
collected. . The' special -. left . New ..; Rich
mond tat 1 .o'clock* this afternoon,. bring
ing thirty-one of the wounded, and I un
derstand that a second special will arrive
before' midnight with more. The patients
which we have brought Into the city are,
almost without .- exception, in a . serious
. condition,' and there is little doubt but
-that "••"•-..'."'. - 7.-.•',*'--■" -: •-.: - .. XZ~X
' '. . SEVERAL WILL DIE. ; „
"The death list will be made up as soon
as possible, but at present 'everything Is
In: such 7 a condition ; that 7 details,",are ex
ceedingly, hard to ,7 arrive at. 7/ The list of
the wounded is growing, rapidly, and pri
vate houses, stores and churches are being
used j_ as temporary '. hospitals. The cy
clone was the most frightful.storm ever,
known in Wisconsin,^beyond."doubt, and
has brought sorrow and heart aches into
hundreds of homes."
XX- : APPALLING SIGHT. 7
.-- City Clerk Jensen, who went to New
Richmond on the special at 8 o'clock yes
terday; morning, 7 returned to St. Paul
yesterday afternoon. "-;'.-.;..
7; The scene at New Richmond arid. for a
distance 7of 7 l four 7. miles this side of' the
7town along the Omaha*- road,; he says,
cannot be described."; Cattle ~ and horses
by the score are lying In the fields dead
and barns '. and farmhouses are wrecked
or badly damaged. z'■ ■ /
.In the town of New Richmond looking
south from the mill for four blocks there
Is nothing to show that there was a town
except' small • piles of brick and heaps of
splintered lumber. , '7
•'"•'..- Undertakers . on " the Ground, "7._7
The Wisconsin : Central train, which left
; St. Paul ; last evening, took a , number, of
undertakers - to . New. Richmond, William -
Nagle, H. F. Meeker, J. G. Donnelly and
Jacob Rockstroh.- .<-..--- <-.-- ■-:.'.; *,
>■ J. Hamilton and H. •G. Hall, represent
ing^: the.; Northwestern Casket comouiT,'
alee went to the ecene.
EVERY ME ESCAPED
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RELATIVES; OF W. H. AND RI AIER:
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SEVERAL FAMILtES: OF THEM
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Mrs. W. H. McDonald,; *Wli<v Went
r Over on the R»lief 7/jrala. Return*
: and' Tell*. KWit- 'Jr.k^roarUu'ri ilncl
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dents of the itj r \c'ita-jtt.'—p*Aer St.
! Paul People Wb« We've 'Setae "bin ■?
-'-' for Their Friend*. iB : Z.:Z, 77' V;'.:
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Mrs. W. H. McDonald,.- ot 562 St. Peter
street, was among the St.; Paul people •
who went over to New Rldhmond yester
day morning the ftr^t relief train at
8 o'clock. 7 Mr. McDonald, as well as E. E.
McDonald, was born and reared In New
Richmond, and has j many relatives there.
E. E. McDonald accompanied the:-relief
part", but W. H. McDonald is in the
northern part of the state.' Mrs.* McDon
ald returned .oh' the Wisconsin Central
regular train at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon.: 7 : -.., -.^•,..;.. ..;., ; ;
"Very 7 happily," said Mrs. McDonald
last evening, "none of our -people were
killed or injured. '■ Miss Maud Gould, a
stenographer, employed at. the . Omaha
general offices, was on our train, and we
learned afterwards that her "grandmother
was killed and her father dangerously
■wounded. Mrs. O. D. Brown, of Ashland
avenue, was also a member -of the party,
but she found that her relatives had all
escpaed.; , ' . ?
"Moses E. Clapp also went over, and
his two sons , came. over frem Stillwater.
later In the day. Mrs. Betsey Clapp, one
of Mr. Clapp's aunts, had her shoulder
broken, and his cousin,, Miss Etta Clapp
Cameron, Is supposed to be dead; in j the
Williams store. Mrs. ' Cameron . was out
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' PATH OF THE CYCLONE. V
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Map Showing the Section..pouched ;by the Storm.'
shopping and when the storm came up
she Is supposed to have" taken' refuge in
the store, with many others who came in
off the street. A good many people were
in town attending the circus, according
to the story of those who survive the
storm, and while It is not known definite
ly how many were in the Williams store
when the tornado struck it, it \is quite
certain that the store was well filled with
people. ."-f ;■'-. ;7: '^:* r...
-. "W. H. Dunbar, a young man who has
been in Mr. McDonald's office for some
time, lost his father and * mother,' and his
sister was dangerously wounded.
"It Is quite remarkable that all of Mr.
McDonald's 77 people ; escaped, as there
are five families living In and near the
city, and yet I none of- thfem received the
slightest Injury. One of the boys lives
on. j the farm ' just ' a little " ways " out' of
town. . He saw the. 'funnel-shaped cloud
hovering In the dlrectfofl of ; New 7 Rich
mond, and, knowing" that his father was
in the city, hitched up'his < horses and
drove towards the "town as rapidly as
possible. When he 'came to the Willow
rived he discovered that the wagon bridge
had .been swept . away,' and .he 7 then
brought the horses .up_ the railroad
bridge and drove the team madly across
the ties of the. trestle: f, "|n the meantime .
the storm! broke over the city, and when
he reached the other side of Willow river
the cloud had passed.. The severe test
which the wagon was"- submitted to cross
ing the bridge demolished the wheels. He
3 Con)n)ercial Club Active, £
5 T Any citizen who desires to send clothingz 5
5 or other supplies to the New Richmond suffer- S
|5 ers may deliver them to the St Paul Com- |5
j? mercial Club, Germania Life Building, and &
& they willbe forwarded free of charge. jn
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later found his father In the cellar of
Mrs. Sam Johnson, a married sister. ... .
-.- "From what I heard. in, New Richmond
today,'the people - had fully thirty min
utes warning of the "storm, and It -lasted
not-to exceed ten minutes. One thing
that struck 7me .. as » particularly pathetic
was the remains of the n little Brockbank
girl. 7 She was laid out In her little white
dress, Just as 'If she had gone to sleep. :
There was not. the "slightest bruise to 7be
discovered; Indeed, 7 hen- dress was not ;
even mussed. -. Her --brothers, sisters and
: father. were . killed, .j*", <fT r- .
-7 "The ; row " of, cotton wood .trees which
stand on trie main afreet, were" stripped
of all their leaves and every vestige of
bark, "yet they stand In a upright posi
tion. It seems peculiar^ that : everything
that was blown down ,Jays' Just; In the
position where It stood before the storm.
"These things ali"appeal * strongly to
me, for I have vijSted^ New Richmond
frequently . for quite A a 'number.- of 'years
back, and remember- the place as * it used
to look. .-■;■•:...'". D-'5- :'.'"-.;;.-, Z. ".. ■<■ 7.
; ' "As 7 fast as the - wounded '. were found'
*by • the doctors" today their wounds were -
j temporarily ; dressed • and i they Z were . sent
on 7 stretchers - down to '' the * railroad and
loaded on the cars and taken away. Some
were taken ;to 7 St. Paul : and others to
.various points on the * Omaha. It was
almost" Impossible •*'to''find one's 7;. way
around the town," as nothing resembles
the city as It was. >-• - ■,-. ■..-.:..■
z "The wagon road between Hudson and
New Richmond was lined vehicles
yesterday and a great -. crowd of, people
M«*s_«^[i__s~_-^uri£_ ii^»?-- - *.'-' '*-■■*■-
.visited the scene of the disaster!^ - X'-X •
„; "A MisS JValsh, who was* school teacher'
at . Plnvllle, a small - town ,on ; the ' Wis
consin Centraf - railroad," between '- New
ttl'jhmond , and Clear Lake, reported ' that;
the/town;; had been : entirely : wiped.-out.
She was In ;, the storm and the hoiMo
where she was stopping blew" away and
she escaped In the ! cellar. ' She walked •to
: Clear . Lake after the storm to [ assure her.
mother that. she was all right, and later
the two came to New Richmond on a
freight train." - "■'■". ■
. "But little help seems to be needed in the
city. There is not enough in the j place
to feed outsiders, and the survivors, phy
sicians and nurses will doubtless be suffi
cient to meet the occasion. I volunteered
my services, but there seemed to be many
willing hands to care for the wounded."
IN THE RESCUE PARTY.
Loren Cam-obeli " Telia Hon the
Work Was Done.
§tLorln Campbell, of this city, S employed
by the McCormick | harvester company,
was at Baldwin when the cyclone, struck
New Richmond, and as soon as the news
arrived started for the • fated town with
a : number of others, arriving there about
11 o'clock. The scene, he says, was some
thing never to be forgotten. By the time
• he, arrived |on the scene residents from
Roberts, Star Prairie and Somerset, who
had been notified, were there assisting In
the search for the dead and caring for, the
injured as best they could.
Whenever any of the searching parties,
which consisted of about seventy-five
persons, heard any groans the Immediate
ly proceeded to the spot and commenced
to- clear : away the " debris. ■"" The. work of
rescuing the injured In the block on the
same side of the street - north .■of • the
Bank of * New Richmond ~ was " hastened
from the fact that the fire, which broke
out immediately after the cyclone, burned
very rapidly. It rained and a bucket bri
gade attempted to put out the fire, but
the efforts were without avail.
The walls of the Nicollet hotel, a four
story v brick 'structure,' came -down like
cardboard, and » had it not been for the
heavy joists on -the flrst floor the few
persons who had taken refuge In the cel
lar of the hotel would have been num
bered with the dead.
; Mr. Campbell is of the opinion that
there were but two buildings In the busi
; ness • district - from - which - persons who
had taken refuge in the basement escap
ed. " These were the Nicollet hotel and
the Alliance store. 7
One man who was so. badly burned that
he could not be identified, was found with
what had been a ham grasped in his
hand. A number of persons rescued from
wrecked buildings appeared to.be simply
stunned and after an hour or 7so recover
ed sufficiently to join in the work of car
ing for the wounded and "dead. Several
persons were partly - Insane, both from.*
fright and the shock -of finding relatives
and fried dead or injured.; - -
. Fefore the cyclone struck there were a
score of teams standing on Main street
and after the worst of the storm was
over but three teams of horses were seen.
The horses'appeared to be stunned by
the storm and one team which was found
with an overturned wageon stood for six
hours In the same spot after the harness
had been cut from them and made. no
ffort to move.
There were no lights In the town owing
to the fact that the electric lights were
furnished from the ; town of Somerset,
eight miles away and the storm destroyed
the circuit. . -
: Fred 7 Chapman, connected with the
New Richmond bank,, although suffering
from a broken toe, went to Jewett Mills
j and ; telegraphed .to Chippewa \ Falls the
news of the disaster. A train was made
up at Chippewa 1" Falls and at each sta
tion between "there and: New Richmond
residents - joined the. party and at 3
o'clock In the morning the relief train ar
rived at New Richmond.7 There." were a
dozen physicians 7on the train, but there
was a . lack of bandages and -after -7 the
linen at the - Njleolett - hotel, | which had
been dug out of the ruins, -had. been used
the blankets and | robes In the wagons of
those who drove to trie town;to assist in
caring for the dead and injured were
pressed into service for bandages.
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SOUGHT THE CELLAR.
Lonl* Hogbnm Saved His Life and
- One Other.
Louis Hogbom, an expert employed by
the McCormick Harvester company, es
caped by having presence "of mind enough
to ahsten to: the cellar of the Nicollet
house. He was on the, street and saw.
the cyclone: coming. There was a fun
nel-shaped cloud and a mass of debris
apparently floating in the air higher than
any of 7 the" houses. *.'. He ran for the hotel
as ' fast "as' he could.; and shouting that
■ there was ' a cyclone coming, started; for.
the basement. * He met one of : the dining
room girls and, grabbing her by the arm,
took her along -with - him. _By the" time
jhe reached •' the foot of. the stairs .in J the
j basement the f building * fell. "'7 As Boon 'as
jhe was able to work I his way out of ■ the
i ruins ■; Hogbom went ito work " assltsing
la the rescue of the Injured.
S*«"<>>
When the children's best clothes come from the
wash with the colors.faded and streaked, and with worn
spots showing in places where there should be no wear,
then you may know that your laundress is using some
thing besides Ivory Soap. ■ ' ' \\
You can save trouble and expense by furnishing her
with Ivory Soap, and insisting that she use it and noth
ing else. The price of one ruined garment will buy
Ivory Soap sufficient for months. xx-xx
COPV-JWHT IBM BY THE MIOCTCB ft OAMBU CO. CIHCIKNATI
BROUGHT TO ST. PAUL
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with the exception of an ordinary dray,
on which was a mattress, had left. As
the bearers moved forward to place the
wounded young lady In the ambulance,
another stretcher bearing an old man,
evidently dangerously hurt and suffering
greatly, was brought up. The young lady
turned slightly and' saw the other suf
ferer. .
"Take me to that," said she, pointing
to the dray, "and let him go to the hos
pital In the ambulance."
The request was granted and the old
man rode away in the ambulance, while
the rough dray carried the young lady.
MORE VICTIMS.
The second train bearing the wounded
arrived at 6:30 last night. In charge of
Dr. Goodrich, Louis Jergens, Charles
Schlichting and Sergeant Joseph Davis, of
the central detail. A box car, the only
available accommodation, had been fitted
with cots at New. Richmond and attach
ed to the Omaha's North Wisconsin pas
senger, due at 3:40. The train was delay
ed-and the wounded left New Richmond
at 5:30. Eight were brought into St. Paul,
the sufferers being almost without excep
tion seriously Injured.
The same arrangements were made as
with the arrival of the .„ first .- train,. and
the wounded were quickly transferred to
waiting ambulances and.taken to St. Jo
seph's and St. Luke's, where they were
cared for. Among the wounded was S.
M. Hawkins, 7of New Richmond, suffer-
Goyefflofs fire Active.
The following exchange of message's occurred:yesterday: .... ■'■
-Hon. Edward Scofield, Governor of Wisconsin/Madison, Wis.: Our
people are doing everything In their power to alleviate the distress
and suffering at New Richmond. Have you anything to suggest that I
might do to further relieve the situation? —John Llnd,
... -. : . . , ; -.....• Governor.
Hon. John Lind, Governor of Minnesota, St. ' Paul, Minn.": I thank
you and the people of Minnesota on behalf of the people of Wisconsin
for your efforts to alleviate distress at New Richmond. -1 think we have
now on the way help sufficient to meet the immediate necessities of the
occasion .";- 7 —Edward Scofield.
Governor of Wisconsin.
ing from severe internal Injuries and a
broken. leg. A newspaper man leaned
over his cot as it reached the ambulance
and asked his name. The man was suf
fering greatly, but replied with cheerful
ness, evidently forced.
LOST HIS ALL.
"Hawkins, sir. I. am badly . hurt, but
It don't much matter now. My wife, my
two daughters and my son were all kill
ed In the same place. They are all gone,
all of them."
In the next stretcher brought to the
ambulance j lay a cousin of the wounded
man, Maria Hawkins, suffering from se
vere injuries about the head and Inter
nal Injuries.
7 A noticable feature of the wounds borne
by ~ the patients brought to the St. Paul
hospitals yesterday Is that In almost
every Instance the faces of the wounded
bear ~~ ; "-
INNUMERABLE SMALL CUTS
and lacerations, as if they had been sub
jected to a flaying, caused by flying
splinters : during the cyclone. A large
number of the patients are Buffering from
broken arms and limbs, and a still larger
number from severe cuts ; and bruises
about trie head, occasioned by falling,
debris. Reports brought In on last night's
relief train state that just before It left,
a Wisconsin special from Eau Claire ar
rived in New Richmond, bearing physi
cians,' nurses and a large supply of pro
visions and necessities for the use of
j those who have lost, their, homes. rAr
rangements \ are being made in St. Paul
.to send a "second supply of. clothing'and
provisions to the ■ sufferers as soon as it
can be collected.
.'.''.' 'X. CHIEF GOSS ON HAND. "
* ; Chief Goss, of the police department. Is
engaged In the relief work, and has with
- him a squad of eleven ' policemen from
the city force. Dr. Ohage, commissioner
of;health, has taken charge of the work,
and yesterday had a large force at work
distributing supplies and working among
the destitute. At 11 o'clock yesterday
afternoon a large force of men arrived
in -.New Richmond from outside points
and went to work on the ruins, as a relief
to the squad then working. Considerable
headway was made and many .bodies re
covered. . The washouts on the Omaha
between St. Paul and Hudson and beyond
Hudson have been* repaired, and trains
were moving 7 without difficulty yester
day afternoon, . though somewhat late. ■
7 7 The fire 'in the ruins _of . the wrecked
buildings : still burns, and In response to
a request Engine Company 3 was . sent
out yesterday. morning to aid the New
Richmond; people In ; controlling it. En
gine Copany 2 left on the special sent out
over the Omaha : yesterday . afternon,. and
will assist '*- the. flrst company. 7 A large
' number of the wounded have been cared
for In Stillwater and "Hudson, and It was
stated last night that no more wounded
would be sent to the St. Paul hospitals.
XX-zXxz-. OFFERS OF AID. '.'. -z: .v
--: Dr. S. B. Ancker, of the city and county
hospital, * with 7 the consent • the 3 board
of control, at once telegraphed the mayor
» HI
3 - j
of New Richmond that his institution
would put twenty beds at the disposal of
the Injured, and ' the Red Cross society
hastened to issue an urgent call for con
tributions of clothing and money. Finch,
Van Slyke & Co. early yesterday morn
ing, made a very substantial donation of
artlcfes of bedding and furnishings for
the sick room, which was forwarded at
once. On all sides, among the business
and professional men, city officers and
private citizens, the same open-hearted'
generosity towards the ' Wisconsin suf
ferers was manifest.
One of • the most graceful acts of char
ity recorded was that of Mrs. C. A.
Severance, which, though done In secret,
became known yesterday afternoon.. On
learning of the terrible work of the cy
clone and the suffering 7 among the in- '
Jured she at once went to Mayor Klefer.
and offered the use, of her handsome.
home, 599 Summit avenue, as a tempo- j
rary hospital. Owing to the action of the .
city hospitals, It was not necessary to
make use of the offer. ■
A substantial charity is credited to
Manager Theo" Hays, of the Grand opera
house, who yesterday announced that he
would throw the house open to a benefit
for the relief of the New Richmond suf
ferers at any date which might be ac
ceptable, providing . one of the business
organizations would take the matter In
charge and arrange for the production.
His offer is to turn over the entire pro
ceeds of the benefit to the prosecution of
the relief work. !-.-*■.-..>•.
Private Secretary Rosing went to New
Richmond yesterday afternoon to repre
sent Gov. Lind. ■ ;.. •-•;'
J. A. Wagner, ■ a salesman for F. L."
Parshall, of this city, it was at first
feared was one of the victims. Mr. Par
shall yesterdaw received a telegram from
Wagner saying that he left New Rich
mond just before the storm broke. Mr."
Parshall . communicated with Mr.: Wag
ner's mother, who lives at the Girard
flats, on College avenue, and relieved her
of a great deal-of mental anxiety.
. Mr Wagner was seen at New Richmond
a short time before the storm, In com
pany with two victims of the disaster,
and It was feared t he had been killed.
By the most fortunate chance Mr. Wag
ner took an east-bound freight about 5:30
o'clock Monday evening.
THREE MORE INJURED.
The special train which left over the
Omaha yesterday afternoon for New
Richmond returned at 12:40 this morn
ing, bringing in three additional injured.
One of the sufferers was little Rosella
Early .sister of Ferd Early, who died
coming into the city yesterday morning
from the scene of the cyclone. Her fa
ther was killed, and also a cousin. Her
mother -was away from home at the
time and escaped, t The little girl does
not know of the death of her father and
brother^ yet," and was taken -to the city
hospital for treatment. .-.-«, ■ .Z.-^
Among those- who left on the special
in the afternoon, returning this morning,
were Dr. Hesselgrave, Dr. A. B. Ancker,
Dr.' Flnnell, Dr. A. W. Miller, Dr. John
Fulton, Dr. C. •'L. Greene, Dr. Charles
Van Slyke and Dr. Ohage. Chief (loss
and the detail from the city police force
which spent the day in the work at New
Richmond, also returned. Late reports
state, that a company of militia arrived £
in New Richmond from Eau Claire at 7 j
o'clock last night, and. will -police the
town until a reorganization of . the scat
tered forces can be effected. Yesterday,'
afternoon's- work In the * ruins brought *' to
light fifteen more bodies, and the labor
of searching the ruins goes on unceas
ingly. The fire is completely under con-'
trol, but the St. Paul companies will re
main until today. ;■".;•"■.'*■ "'r-
Ropes have been stretched along the
main street for the protection „,of the -
workers and ..pedestrians, .and- a .sem
blance "of order:-is maintained,,; though
the citizens are yet too dazed at their
misfortune and too busy caring for the .
dead and, wounded to devote, much time
to other matters. Farmers from the sur
rounding country" are coming In to help
with the work on the ruins and In caring
'for the destitute,"and it is expected that
in, a . short time things will have been
reorganized and started anew. "■"""> '*•;.'"
BUSY LOT OF DOCTORS. *
Physicians That Relieved the in
jured at St. Joseph's Hospital.
v Drs. Qutnn, Shlmohek, O'Brien,. Bole,
Reed and ; Donahue spent all of yesterday
afternoon and part of .the^evening In tho
operating at St; Joseph's "hospital
attending to the "Injured who were
brought to the Institution.; '„..'
".It ; was found necessary to dress the
wounds ,of Z each of the .twenty-one pa- :j
tients who ' were taken to the hospital.