Show A CYCLONE sweeps a path of destruction in minnesota biant ellsoos Ell SONS alle KILLED sunday pleasure seekers leet a anil fate A seuier Stu ier lost two hundred persons drowned ST PAUL july 34 A few moments befera 5 yesterday afternoon clouds which had been threatening a storm began to collect over the region 0 lake Mc Lamn two or oliree miles north of this city t oon taking on S rotary motion anil alie terrible appearance of a cyclone hundreds u citizens watched the clouds as they swept together and followed their course to the northwest in which direction direct jon many friends had gone to spend the day at gome of tho many bittle lakes scattered over the country the cyclone developed from a terrific storm of wind to rain and hail which set in at and raged with unabated fury until nearly 5 at the latter hour the clouds in the southwest suddenly assumed a funnel like shape the edae being fringed with a a lace work of fleecy white when the eddying gained its full niome wind suddenly veered from the east to the south almost in a twinkling the great mass spread out like a fan and sweeping across lake gervaise Ger vaiso leveled everything in its path the scene absolutely beggars description crip tion the number of dead is not absolutely known and is no means of ascertaining who the wounded are there must be from twenty anve to forty wounded bome of them seriously but most of them slightly they have been taken to residences in various parts of the city and no one has any idea as to who they are there are no zeil systems of relief and consequently everybody is at to the real extent of the causally cau salty it is believed however that six will cover the number of killed but there are several wounded who are likely to die A young man drove from lake coleman soon afterwards with the information that at least two persons were killed and over a hundred injured at that point he had been out there with a young lad friend and having gone after a buggy to drive home on his return where she had been standing he found bis companion seriously injured by the storm anich had suddenly come upon mem ainer depons loil owed thick and fast each beau a little w orse than what had preceded it to the north and east of the city there are a great number of little lakes which are bought by a multitude every sunday and on tle shores of lakes many campers paea the hot months of summer coleman is one of these and the damage there was very heavy george miller teller of the first national bank was killed when the adorm struck the little lake the boathouse was lifted up bodily and overturned in the water and a boat loaded with persons given similar treatment other buildings were demolished or badly wrecked from the starting point the cyclone stuck lake joanna lake ger vaiee little canada and paused on about four miles east of while bear kiver from lake gervaise Gery aise the cyclone passed almost duy east and it is reported that it struck a settlement twelve miles southeast of still biter yi ter demolishing it and killing several persons the telegraph lines are how ever all down and no dispatches can be got through the scene at lake gervaise along the path of the sio m just after the storm pasted by was heart rendering help was at hand at once and the wounded and dead were dug from under the buildings and taken to houses of neigh bora and to hospitals and the dead were all collected in the hotel of john coleman A majority of alie buildings were light frame structures which were so completely blown to pieces that there really were no wrecks under which the occupants could he buried the dead bodies were found many rods from the houses they had owned when living help was asked for from white bear but it was impossible to send any physicians sic ians many citizens however went to their aid hala dozen ambulances and twice that number of went from st paul at 8 to administer to the sufferers several of the dead bodies were brought to this city and the others will remain at cole mans until claimed by their friends aap taken home the citizens are doing everything possible under the distressing circum stan ces in properly caring fur the dead and alleviating the buller iuga of the wounded at the Cole maii house even room upstairs and down is tilled with coth upon which sufferers are laid and a corps of doctors are in attendance setting and amputating limbs and dress ng dounda th black robed sisters of mercy are hying about and seem to bo re comfort and in assisting in tle work ot relieving the pain aud distress A corpse 0 assistants were beat busy making bandages tearing up great rolls of linen and making it into strips of requisite dimensions which the doctors put to almost immediate use in oue ot the upper rooms there were seven wounded lying on cots the most ol 01 them insensible or under the influence of opiates the wounded were also in the attic intact there was not room to accommodate all of them and a number were carried to private bouses in the neighborhood it is believed the number of wounded may be even higher than forty A good days work will be necessary to get anything like a correi t ast 1st of the dead and wounded it is impossible tonight to night everything is excitement and confusion and one can hardly tell who waa his next door neighbor some dead were horribly mutilated and all had their faces eo blackened as to be almost unrecognizable the pass angera on the stpaul and D ninth train which left white bear at were approaching gladstone when they observed the cyclone forming and watched its motion with interest rather than fear or excitement kot go with the engineer however he saw the threatening aspect of the storm and with a startled look to see if the road were clear pulled out tho throttle and the engine leaped forward pis judgment and quick action undoubtedly saved the lives of the train Io adfor the terrifying devastator crossed more than a after the train had passed help eliat had been called for um alie stricken districts was at acce sent to them doctors and other ast istance io ing a fat as they could be tak n alio bodies of those mentioned nod w ere brought to the cita this evening and over to their fronds now canies conies 1 roin alic keeper of the boat liou c lake iho says lie let out ians afternoon at least fifteen boats of them had less than tuo tu o and some three or four Sinco the fearful storm passed ver alie lake no trace of alic boats or unfortunate masseni pas seni era can be found 1 still it cannot positively be stated toi night eliat thee people are lost it will be impossible to find out as to that until to should it be arno eliat have all sone down it would bwll the te loss of life at various points to at least lifty |