Show FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED KILLO II I TOR ADO Twin Cities Are Arc Swept by Worst Vorst Wind Storm in Their History Ills II Isto to ry rr PROPERTY LOSS IS IMMENSE Miraculous Escape of or Fort Storm Center Followed River lIer Com Co it so Ht Paul Aig All 21 Fifteen n people popie wore ore killed kit In iii the tho and the In property properly Ions IOK Io Is III t 11 at RL I Of ot amount Hi bt Paul lu to the tt extent of ot About Minneapolis damage In Il estimated tit nt while In tho tim outside 1 It Is I feared that l not nM to 10 crops and ami property FORT FOUT Fort rort Knelling on n a l pta pla plateau and athi unprotected the Iho fury ot of the Inn the Ilio military I NI suen Injury The Fh torin renter center to tn follow the Iho river only nitty the edge e over oer flip end lId nd of or lie Ilia reservation Wore noro uprooted branches tOIl Join away hurled 11 t crash crashIng Ing In them lo to the HIP ground The flip elate Inlo of the south root roof of lit the tb Thirteenth battery hattery wan torn tern from from It fastening anti and distributed over overn overa n II large laiKe Jar 1 oren iiren of ot the room roof nf or orthe the tile quarters of or the Tenth battery an anthe the th gun Klin idled vern ilso tipped rIpped loose loo eoe e ox tie the upper HOOCH to 10 the tilO fury pry of nt the torrent of it ruin that poured down dews for nn ass hour Small of tit from the Ihl tootH roofs of or ninny many other were also loin torn but tUt In III tho Iho I ho aggregate not nut much damage was vuu done donI The h principal 11 In 10 calmed bv by the Ibo storm wn vit WM the derangement of 41 the telephone II an nIl electric tetrie lighting lI systems The Fise tw t force foree of ot the tue Ih wind curried down poles P I nil wires disturbing and putting PU t t ing out oil I he t lights I t H throughout t t the buildings IN r OF at nt n II point below Fort these It P ih Ihl ii first eI ol deuce that the struck struel dam ha 11 itt using effect It fliP from tons the south southWest southWest West and nOli howling In iii UM its fury uprooted trees tree mid and buildings L In Iti pathway St Rt IatI It tore lore off ocr two to of 01 tins tin high bridge complete Jy Tiser Ther the bridge 1 with wills the th high blurts nt 01 West St At Paul and It II In Isi 10 no feet eel above the slyer river This m mUll u of tei l was Willi carried arrie to the tho hats below where here hel steel Kir gir girders h ders and heavy hill V planks PitI fell on farmhouse und them None NoM of nt the IsO occupant of If these there houses were hurt hurl they the having bavins sen lIe tho th storm lorm nod taken return refuge in the tho caves In lii 11 the lie hillsides ON A T H The storm tore lore the hats Hat up uprooting III uprooting rooting hoell on If inlet Island fend nd with n II deafening ilea tent rout t and the hl N ass of nf falling steel It II this here Hern RiI located d I nt lit the im oil Mules of or street t Iho the ThoU hall hail and Km Vrn I rn litre pire 1110 theater both bOlh of were fairly crowded I Ill with iti men watching the Ihl per pur buildings stood sloe on oil the Ihl edge Ill of nf the he bluff overlooking the liver irver with lIh sides elites of or the Iha buildings open and were wrecked The full force of tin Ihl m tornado ornado struck them The fhe buildings begun began tit to away and lock hock and t the IIII audience became Men and toYs rushed IIer each ellch other for tOI or the thu exits The lights went wlm out and the tho sh et k flashed cashes one following another with wit gull RUH lire rapidity III u I a n scone of at pan which wan was by the tho of ot und the tenting tearing of ot Urn tim timers hers ers as O the frame structure gave way before the tornado Sections of the roof were blown blowis through the lh nil air and landed 11 cast t In III Third street lr n a block Under the tho ser wel found the mangled bodies of or F one line of the lie employed In the Ihl concert hall hail had George Kwenton one ono of ot the audi audience ence enell 4 WINDOWS AND A D HOOFS On tho the torn tU hod lo to the northeast l lD over Dyer D er tho thu district and every facing th the south from Irons for Or mint on Third had a II whole of ot gla glass B In irs Inny Isny ny while on the tite side Billa were wert alto alae broken Hoof fleets on Oil buildIngs wets were rolled Into and alit Into tnt tho the street hying plato mixed with the sam mill bat batto to tired tHerl rod which before Ie fore II and horses ami au carriages were ese swept along the which In an nn Incredibly short space IMO of time were ere tilled filled with water wa Wires ware ere erl turn lum UI part of ut the Ihl city olty a III In da kne H rhe high buildings skyward above the II lie I ones DUOS on Ott This II h were wert lIr lo to their t hei r foundation ft II t Ions Tiie tue line hue large lr 1 a rge glass were blown In In Jil II several hull skylights were werl blown out oust IN i THIS rim OK OF TUB WIND tI In tho the path I h of or ihn 1 Ie ho the I h large ft l of M tho the mil 1011 toad read and alit tl till hla nei HIlIon Mon SI al i the end lid j BO tO f feet et lI standing at al till the ex cx cast silo nile Ill n hiu ii away Telephone ser 1 Ic the twin titles III II ls lit cut OfT off for mr t I lire bice hll hours while telegraph ph i Ti to t iii was wan flIt cut u t off oft y thi 1111 I hi h this the medium iii of ot othe use he A Across h the theater a 11 n I brlik house of ot L 4 the same name lAm character as us the Iho ho rivolI was Mas unroofed and otherwise badly damaged Nearly nit nil of ut the Ihl business blocks on on Third street a 1 of u live 11 blocks ware vero Hoofs were blown off oft and tunch windows shattered Tins Tim Minnesota club 11 II b nt nl the Ihl corner i it If f Fourth and street streets sas damaged ed or 1 while the lilt building a 1 Just H K the Iho street escaped with but little Injury Tho Pioneer Press a n 13 story tory brick and steel leel structure at nl tho the corner of ot Fourth I and nor erts streets directs ell was literally riddled by t the Ih wind willI and anti flying hying debris It briM Nearly every window on 01 the Iho south tide side was unaltered shuttered part palt of the Iho cornice Mas su I all as damaged and n a huge hURl skylight the Ihl court UK Unshed to pieces hiees the thu gloss falling taIlIng like hall hail In its I the beneath There was n a stampede among the printers nt nl work II n the Oil on the twelfth lour floor many of them thetis being cut tit by b pieces of or glues glass m OF oh The Fhe Western Westor Unions Union telegraph on uti the Ihl eleventh hoar floor of the building bubbling was tans by hy the of ot fain that thai came In through h the tho broken windows and situ the Ih operating force tore was wall compelled to make n a hasty retreat Tho jIo wholesale houses on street Buffered extensive damage The rise wholesale dry goods house of or Finds Finch 1 Young uns unroofed and huh tho the windows blown blon In Tho rho rh stock lork Mas Willi damaged by water ater 0 G t Co o 0 wholesale notion Buffered a Il loss ios to 10 their stock of about 10 per 1111 lie cent and an the building nl also o was damaged Lindeke Wai nor SunK Son the tho company ami isis wholesale also niso suffered he at sit tiso Iho cor mr cornor nor ner of Fourth and Jackson was sas tin un rooted roofed the entire roof being picked 1 III ell up III and blown biow OWn on 55 top of oran an building A stock of furn sirs stored In thin tho Davidson building suffered damage HIlA use The storm lorm then swooped 1 across St HI t Louts park hark leveling till nil shade trees and struck the Iho brick building l of ot Ii Cutler wholesale le blowing off ore the tho roof mot und slush carrying away part of ot the upper story Donne the Goodyear Rubber company clement fo ro 0 og Ug den Merrill and till C Co lo 0 wholesale houses facing on nit the park were sere nil damaged use The fh t building nt pt Seventh and tIe i 1 occupied II by hy tho the store tore was od ed 11 ansti thin HIP stock damaged The live story brick building occupied by b the Wagon lIlon Oil on street wa badly damaged the entire top story being blown VIse The fh Union livery lIelY stable n ru 1 C 0 in 1 n the mime be vicinity lel iii I 37 Its I about half taif of or the Hie go log down The Tho school at III mid con in considerable 1 It damage almost the entire top tilt portion being blown blewis away Ht IH Catholic church on Or Ninth street was unroofed fell hut but the school building the street c ll ell with only minor millor CHiniCH SWEPT HWI Pf AWAY AWAt A YA Y Ht St l church n Il frame triune was leveled to the tho ground The rise storm torin at III this title point seems Beem to 10 have ha lifted slightly and for tor sew BOV oral the damage done to reel resi residence deuce dence property vas of ot a minor ter only Thin Tha tornado dropped again at t pirk corner of ot Tenth and Lafayette ll avenue n ellue and ruin nit nil of the snag mug olin cuss ansi anil other shade shalle trees were sere uprooted or twister twisted off oft From 1 1011 Lafayette park the tornado swept up lip MII ye I II avenue to 10 layne avenue the principal street Iret st ot of Kast Ht H Paul wrecking many bus buel busness ness hells structures usual and and II lid otherwise o damaging i residence evidence Iho I 1 ho ha Minneapolis Ht bt Paul i 1 nt at ut Kast St tt I Piul colic and Injured us red one o inc mUll man mani inn ii i suit iid doing serious damage to 10 a number n bel belof of locomotives tess In thin the yards vein picked up tit and toiled about by b the fierce nerre Huh gale and their contents strewn In nil all dl tower lower roof of or tho the tire lire I station ut ul avenue Nev York Street pt were blown oft off striking u a 1 aas man R RII as they III Y fell full and Inflicting probably fa tu fatal till tal Tint Iho Arlington hill hili terlan church corner of Case Me flush Kd streets was vans unroofed Ill and am par pIli partially wrecked The Ihl large dormitory of th the House I of or till the lii Hood Shepherd ld u is 1 two lory frame building ho I tiling neen I to 10 ii tile the Institution I I Ut loll 41 Ia luring rig the hit storm 11 III burying bus 50 O tb lid ran in III the lie t ruins rub its Ono One child ild was wall sva s skilled killed and insl a It scorn peoro of or others wore more I or Os less hurt hurl Including one oise of the HIP III l tem of ot the HIP The lion t of ot HIP lie t building g caused ro II H It JIll pa nit ii I th ISO Ihu I rat hundreds hood reds lii of tl tip lIt hi lists t es of the but Id lag and suid men in en who wh v ho hail had at III tlC HIP were pressed 11 Into work lUrk and after II tor ter three tI reo bourn of lit hard work nil all Vho hn io were In Ii the HIP dormi dormitory tory tOl a ore out onit rise Tho roof roo of ot the dormitory I to s win is 4 strut sit runk k by hy lightning I tab ng which rent remit r root roof sisal soon loon a It gust KUKI gustof of tiC wind s Inri carried carrie the Ihn entire roof root away part of It falling failing Into Inlo this the building Then tine hl lop 01 floor Ilni ca pd Invalid in and enl car carried ried 1111 the first firm and nd the SO 50 O children to In the HIP Ih N K Jr i I W I 8 street killed hilled at St holl theaters theater body bod taken Inken tu to I city II snot mot run I IC 1 Wonton carpenter ITS liS Toronto avenue killed at sit thru then tri ti hotly body bod removed to In city morgue mor lIo Viola Huberts ago I 12 killed kIlts by fail failI liC I I stil nt III 5 t I I of 0 f flood 1 erd I Albert ales odea aged SS at itt Ht it IM louIns I in k fon still of if Frank hedges II Ill nt lit litI atS Hi S I Louis I li is ls tic girl aged about 10 0 Four unknown is dead Ht III n R stations 20 JO miles west went of or Min Minneapolis Mm neapolis I poh Is lilli fliP operator nt at Minneapolis Juni J I fl 1111 t kill killed by itt h lightning I g gt t woman a aMary Mary ODonnell agent aged II n mellI Minn I soil Oll of ot Patrick t Minis lInn Frederick Minn Mush Mrs mother molher of ot Frederick Hross I x 4 1 W i 41 South Robert Ho wa was one of or the tho last lut persons seen In III the Ih theater during the this ca ra calamity lamity INJUN KD f William skull fractured fa tn fatally a tally Injured Olaf hAnson Forest l street treel hit 1 nn nil head boa by nil 1111 as lamp and II lilt knocked ll Theodore BM Street blown from frons his delivery wagon wn on ii the Iho bridge seri serb seriously Iu IY Injured James Dougherty Omaha blown from top tills of fit freight car ii r In Iii East Kasi I Ht Paul yards III severely KI frol bruised Mrs Hobert Robert Younger caught In III col l house lit nt 12 Lafayette avenue Injured Internally may mRY be bo fatally harles Strong HIlon machinist caught In collapse of or tho the Jast IIRI Ht St laul round roundhouse house of or Omaha badly George l laire abah street bruised about arms assil body 1015 bod not serious GeorgI street treel bruited bruised audit arms nod body bod slot not serious Theresa actress lI then thea theater ter tN badly mist cut on nn arm ansi and am burly bUlly bruised by falling failing timbers Hadle Kenny actress I theater arm a ml cut en t and Ii nO brim heed David 1 I len I n eta go hand holl I thou thea theater ter arm ansi cut ul Ulster etri A t hal of I I mail name an inc Injured Internally fluid body 10 badly cut ClIl cut t a nh bruised in U teeth condition cond I t lout critical t I cal esil child House ot of hood Sisel herd burned beneath debris may sass die Jolly ONell theater Ill fell down ilou stairs must wan sis Injured by ly II fulling ug duo door d oai hip Ii I I and st body 1015 and cut mIst Warren Whitney p 1 mo lIIn player theater badly cut eust lit about body hudY and bruited Inns I etl rendered unconscious ns J 07 avenue In its Injured In wreckage nt nl theater tills hip und situ burned by live w Ire Kittle II then Ihen tr toll roll unconscious whon wilen crash came caine camel l removed by hy the police pollee will remover recover F J 15 I h Font Foth by II live wire find and burned iu rut oil John Hammond 11 I II III II n l Fort Knelling Hitch II hg In Its Injured d about head and Body nt sit 1011 theater Peter leter SmIths bartender at lit thou thea theater ter WI 11 dIslocated sisal and etl I body limbs John 11 mat lu lid note lionso broken boll n a asal wounded Oil on head Paul hands badly cut CUI by II falling 01 I glass s Michael of popcorn slant at itt Fifth and nn streets head hend mu uh mist cut by hy i broken gui se John Johll Kast Lucy Iley street III reel head mitt cut unit sill bruised Hert IO East I Lucy lul street limbs I I ru b and in ii body hod bruised b mu I sell nn Oil theater cut CUI 1111 ld about In ml and I I ow a boy 0 rendered unconscious ii ii by wire ite at nt lIce hues und oust Como omo streets John operator head beaU mist cut by h I falling glass II II Joseph Cook street tuck struck by electric light pole not lUst serious LOSS LOR AT Ar A MINNEAPOLIS lii sit a I 5 Minn Al i i ii Aug AliI Au g 21 2 ITh I Th center cell of lit tin the Ih hit the Iho bu l nt III avenue Sixth Here thin tho front roust of the tho glass block was blown blawis nut mit nod and Il u skY skylIght light hl wan WIlli blown off All of ot tip the stoles stolen In this district had hll window blown In iii Inand and nil till Buffered more or ci I lees Ie to 10 stock nl nek The m in skylight of or hour alit Louis Loan tell fell twelve stories through h the Interior court asid great at dono Ilono by h 1 water to offices rIte Tho sited COl service was tied up ul un 1111 until lit til noon today trolley wires wireR being down lown downIn In ill alt all parts of or 0 the tile city nb nil tho the jesuIt of ot tilling falling fill 1111 I tIc tr Cs rho Tho losa H Is I estimated at tU fully sully 1000 The storm did great at nl Ht St Louis Iou If punk park a II suburb about six lx milon flam The loss loans here IB Is 1 cs ens ut III was waH visited Malted by hy 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