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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA» TUESDAY APRIL 20 1880
The Cyclone.
DETAILS OF WEDNESDAY’S
GREAT WHNLWIND,
The Unfortunate Ones
Cared for by Those Who Were
so Fortunate as to Escape
Its Deadly Fury.
THREE TOWNS DESTROYED,
We print the detail! of the most torrifle cy
clone thie country baa aeen lince 19775. Oar
eorreependenta report 7-1 people killed, end
21.7 injured. It i< probeble the final figure!
erlll exceed thie. The cyclonic itona itarted
in Dakoti, near the head water! of the Da
kota river, rallied louthwardly, bounding
over rcvenl countiei at a Jump, but loveling
fomti and town! where it itruck. After
reaching eontbern Iowa it iwervad to the
north, and wai dissipated in the groat lnkee.
A similar storm ii predicted for tho eoutb At
lantic etatre between April 2.",th and 311th, bat
no man can foretell the weather that far ahead.
Bead the heart-rending itory below, and pray
Ood that ill like miy uever be told again.
Hr. Pin, Minn., April 14.—St, Cloud and
Bank Itapldi were iwcpt by a terribly deetrae-
tlve cyclone about 5:36 o’clock thli evening.
The flrit knowledge of the disaster woe con
tained In a telegram lent to Mayor Amen from
Bt. Clond, reporting the dimeter and uklng
that a eperial train bn lent with phyilclane. A
similar .dispatch waa received from Bauk
Itapldi. Immediately upon receipt of there
mcnogea preparation! were mode to reepond
to the call for help. A train for Ht. (.load loft
at 6 o'clock.
own ncxt>nr.t> rraenwe wgnu kii.i.kd.
It Ii believed that at leait one hundred per-
noni have lieon killed, and about ■oventy-five
wonndrd, bat It Is Impossible to get much In
fill motion oi yot. All Ii excitement, and tho
•trecli are filled with men and frfghtonod
women and children. The diioiter Ii certain
ly appalling.
rrlrrate idvlrci my tho itonu itruck the
railroad between the round home and freight
depot and inept a path <!00 yardi wide through
the city,
i.cvxi.i)ra nmvnur 150 AMD SCO iioctuh.
M. II. Clerk, a well known luinbermin, who
llvea In Bt. Cloud, save ninety perwni were
killed in that city and morn than one hundred
injured, many very Mrlouily. Superintendent
Vfikeman, or the Manitoba road, iaya between
thirty and forty peraoni were killed at Bank
Itapldi, a few milei loutheait of Bt. Cloud, and
nearly doable that number Injured.
The telegraph wlrei north woit of thie olty
are all down and no newa direct from either
Ht. Cloud or Bank Itapldi hoi lieon received or
obtainable ilnce 7 o'clock.
Tho cylono began abo ,
basin of tho Muonic cemetery, forming
whirlwind about 1,000 feet In diameter. It
took almoet every tree In the circle from the
ground, or twisted It off at the trank, a rent
atonei were torn np and carried along with
the wind, moving ilowly In a northerly direc
tion. It wrecked a Catholic chapel and eeveral
houiei In Itecoune acraee the pnlrle adjoin
ing tho town. It completely demollihed J,
Bchwartx’e large brick bouie, and mattered
fifty or more iiuallrr frame houaoa
like feathera. in meat coaei nothing was loft
to mark the ilte of dwelling!, but the oellara.
The prarlei are itrewn with timber furniture
and clothing. The freight depot or Manitoba
railroad la a total wreck. Care loaded with
freight were borne along one-half mile and
the mill wrenched from the tloe.
It polled the Hmlte of the town Justwoet of
I.liutrnant Governor Gllmore'i residence,
killing icveral honri, and croasod the Minis
demollihed. It here widened to six hundred
fret, and leveled Btanton'i grlit mill.
From there It iwcpt through the center
of town, taking the belt of the bniluem por
tion, Including the oourthome, public schools,
•nd every important builneei building in
town, except Wood's itoro. T
tually Wiped out, four
bnlldiugi,lu it being leveled.
The fatalltiei In Bt. Cloud,
not equal In number to thou r
In every homo all the Inmate* wero moro or
leee Injured. The dead at Bt. Cloud, eo far ai
known, number thirteen, and at Bauk Itapldi
eleven. From Bauk Itaphli the itorra went to
Hire Station, llcnton county, demoliahing the
village, and killing or Injuring near the whole
population. The wire! ire all In bail condi
tion, and dr Anita Information Ii unobtainable
from Bank Itanidi.
Hr. Pa cl, Minn., April 15.—At a late hour
lut night Governor Hubbard received a meo-
eage from Btate Senator Duck man, at Sauk
mmagei at once to the mayort of all the dtlee
and large towns, taking that itepi be taken at
once to ircnre mouey and thing! needed and
torwitd them ai speedily u pomible to Senator
Hackman for the destitute. Among the in
jured ie cx-Bcnator K. G. Hulhert, formerly of
Blnghamptou, N. Y., bnt at present northeast-
era agent of tho Now York Mutual Life Ininr-
ance company, with hcadqoartcn in Bt. Paul,
lie la not expected to live.
The cyrlone itruck Bank Rapid! ihortly
after fonr o'clock yesterday afternoon, and la
^ it aix minutn the beat portion of the town won
mini. Not a ilnglo business hauae is left
etandlng on Main street, and many residences
weredemoliihed. The wind came with iui h
force from the lonthweat that it iwcpt every
thing befbro It for the width of about four
blocks. The itorm
i'Lot'i) wan an ni.at K ai HttinT,
With a bright, clear iky on either ilde. Tho
cenrtheuie ii now a heap ol mini and mveral
ef the connty olHcen were killed. The anion
echoolhoaie. Preahyterlan and Congregational
chnrehce, pCMtofitce. flour mill and a large
machine ihop were all ran verted Into kindling
wood in leee time than It takee to tell It. What
wai the eenter of the town U now rovoted with
all eorteof detain—timber, doom, pleeee of
ftamitnre, etc,. Duly the City hotel
icmetni etandlng Intact. The Northern Pa
cific depot wai literally blown away, and a
large number of freight can overturned upon
the tracko. At the precent time twenty-two
deed bodice have been recovered from the
mini, and a Urge number of people ore Injur
ed. The bodice ore laid eut In the nearvat
houieu left itanding. and eeveral half demol-
khed buildings made to answer the putpueof
a morgue. The speetas}. ii a aid one, the liv-
log being not only deprived of their friends,
but of all their earthly possessions at the
mme time. The total lam Ii probably not liwr
than *300,000, Without a dollar of cyclone In-
anrance. The town U well nigh rained. The
living are caring for the wounded ai well as
ponible, and phyileiani from Bt. Paul, Miane-
“'’taW’Sr 1 *™ ln attendance.
At 8L Clond, Minn., a few minutei after 4
adoek yeaterday afternoon, the ikiei became
overcoat with a dark eloud and a great Mark
mam over the Mila southwest of Hie city, and
coming with terrible velocity toward tho
wratarn outskirts in a direct line for tha Man
itoba freight yard. The clouds hung low and
rolled os-er and over like imoke over a battle-
4cldg and weic accompanied by
A LOUD, XOAK1KG AND CRAi'KINQ BOUND,
era*s5 moflogralion in Its fury.
The cloud wai Ihnnel ihaped, and the point
draggid along the ground like the toil
ef a huge aerial beam, lashing everything
that cams in lu path into ntoma
CMjcm had hardly time to flee to their eeUan
SKafJrit.'Jjrsi'SJssijUa
piled in promfficaon* heaps. It came front tho
touthcatt, and moved in a northeasterly di
rection until it reached the river, wiieru its
course waa diverted and followed tho river
banks until it reached .Sauk Rapids,
where it diverged to tbe left, piss
ing directly through the center of
that town. The utmost excitement prevailed,
Women and children fled from their homes
and rushed aimlessly about in tho midst of a
dark clond of dust and an avalanche of boards
and brick. Men lost their prcscnco of mind
and Mood in silence and inactivity in tbe pres
ence of the wind demon. It was hardly no
ticed before It was on tbe city in all its fury
and people wero not warned of their danger
l e/ore it was upon them and they
KEJ.Ii LIKE GRAIN fiTAl.Kfl REFOBK THB
REAPER'S SICKLE.
A■ portion of fit. Clond struck by the cyclone
was tho southwestern, and was the residence
portion of the laboring clasa of people, many of
them being foreigners employed on the rail
roads. Their dwellings were light-bnilt
houses and became mo easy prey to the monster
that had eo viciously pounced npon them.
They were like cockle sheila in the grasp of
the whirlwind, and wero picked up and teased
into the air and rent Into a thousand pieces.
The earth was ploughed up in the line of the
cyclone, and tho path over which It passed,
to tho width of nearly a quarter of a mile,
looks as though it had been up heaved by a ter
rible volcanic eruption. It had hardly bogun
its tetriblo work before it was fin (shod, and
tfce sane that greeted tho eyes of those
who had escaped its fury was ono
that canard the atoutest heart to thuddor.
The dies and ahrioka of tho wounded rent
the air, and tbe ground wasatrewn with the
bodies of the dear). There were stalwart men,
wt ak women and weaker children. The clti-
sens almost to a man rushed to the demolished
districts, summoning physicians who began
their work of rescuing those who were atill
living from beneath piles of dirt and falling
buildings.
Ilraintrd was promptly telegraphed to for
medical litip and she immediately responded
ly tending a dozen physicians aud surgeons
by a special train, but it waa late In the eve
ning when they arrived on tbe scene. St.
Paul and Minneapolis were also appealed to,
and a special ear sent out with twenty-threo
surgeons and physicians for the scene of the
diiaater. The rain poured down in torrents,
and hundreds of men wandered over tho
ground, many carrying lanterns searching for
bodies among the ruins. Tho hotel lobbies
were filled with excited citiaens, many of
whom yet suspected that some portion of their
families or their friends had fallen victims to
the terrible disaster. Women, seemingly un
conscious of tho rain that waa falling, wero in
the streetsSand ignoring the gutters and turbid
streams, glided about sobbing and moaning
in their fright.
At three o'clock this morning In At, Cloud,
Sauk Rapids and Rye Station there were
40 DEAD AND NRARI.Y 200 INJURED,
with many still missing, whose bodies will
probably bo recovered tonight. Just enough
bouses are left In Sauk Rapids to form* fringe
around tbe village limits. The debris la not
piled in heaps, bnt scattered far and wide. The
sign, "Sauk Rapids,” on the Manitoba depot,
and a basket full of books wore found In ltyo
Station, fifteen milei distant. This shows the
terrible power of tho atomi. No reports bavo
yet been received from the outlying districts,
where It is believed great destruction of prop
erty and loss of life has been wrought. Tho
storm extended from Jamestown, Dakota,
through Minnesota and into Wisconsin,
though its moat disastrous effects aro to be
found In tho threo places lint named.
CARING FOR THE UNFORTUNATE.
On tbe arrivaljof the train yeatorday at St,
Cloud with surgeons, work was at once begun
to relieve the wounded. Eighteen dead were
taken to tho Little Giant engine house and
stretched out on tbe floor, while the wounded
were sent to Bt Benedict Catholic hospital,
where they were promptly cared for by a corps
of physicians and nurses, among whom wero
numerous lady residents who had volunteered down.
ber that were taken to private rotidencoa. To- county noi
day there are about forty-three, two having
died and others having been removed. The
bodies at the engine honco were neatly dressed
today and placed In coffins. The funeral will
probably take place tomorrow.
Scarcely a vestige of any of the wrecked
structures at St. Cloud remained intact. Tho
ground is covered with all. kinds of tim-
tiers, promiscuously tangled together. It is
estimated that
400 STRUCTURES WERE HI.OWN DOWN,
all of frame, and not oostly. Tho Manitoba
depot was unroofed and wrecked, thus almost
entirely cutting off telegraphic communica
tion. The only building of any consequence,
aside from the depot Injured, was the brewery
and this was badly warped and twisted. The
small residences were mostly occupied by for
eigners, whose names it has been impossible
to secure with any degreo of accuracy. Tho
money lola is disproportionately small. It la
estmiatoi that sixty thousaud dollars
will replace tho buildings destroyed.
The force of tho storm was such as to wrench
off the doors of a safe in tho postoffioe and
rarry it some distance from the buildiag. A
church bell weighing 1,000 pounds was found
among tho debris four hundred foot away from
any.building. Tho remains of the dead are al
most unrecognisable, being completely crushed
aud blackened. There are a remarkablo
number Injured about the hips and
■pines. Many of the survivors will bo
disabled for life. A delegation of
doctors from 8L Paul and Minneapolis worked
all night under the disadvantage of having no
splints or drugs, aa the drug stores wore com-
ilshed. HplinU were made from
shlnglrs with which tbe ground wasatrewn in
the trark of the storm for miloa. One fortu
nate thing was tho fact that school had been
dhmissed, as the fatality nmoug children
would have been appalling. Tho school houso
waa raxed to the very foundation.
it. Paul's i'Ontkiiiution.
The Bt. Paul city council this a. m. voted
$5,000 in rash to aid tho cyclone sufferers, and
Governor Hubbard despatched a car load of
provisions to Bauk ltaptda. The car was ac-
coinpanlrd by a committee of the Jobbers'
union, who will offer all assistance 1q their
rawer. The mere enumeration of tho distress-
ng incidents that are coming to knowledge
would fill columns. Dr. Deualow, who, with
others, went last evening by special train to
St. Cloud, returned this morning. Upon ar
riving at St. Cloud, he said the physicians
firm St. Paul and Minneapolis divided, some
going to Sauk Rapids. Dr. Denslow was on
the force sent to the 8L Benediction
Sister's hospital and they were kept busy until
three o'clock this morning. One probably fa
tal case is that of a woman who has a broken
collar bone, bothjbones of tho left forearm and
both bourn of the left leg fractured, all comi
nuted and petus broken,
AN ACCIDKNT SELDOM CHRONICLED
In surgery.
Her head and face are bruited beyond rec
ognition. Strange to say, the woman U con
scious and talks freely, saying her hip hart,
bnt otherwise she felt no (win. Another prob
ably fetal case is that of a man twenty yean
old. Roth legs are so badly crushed that they
had to be amputated midway between the
knee and thigh. One man lying
in the hospital, badly injured,
said three of his children were dead. An
other man in the next cot to him responded,
saying his wife and three children were killed
by the storm. Three little boys, about six
years of age, were brought in at midnight,
wounded cruelly. A woman was found with a
] deco of her scalp aa large as a man's hand
torn from her head and hanging by shreds.
Dra. Denslow and Ritchie, shortly after mid
night, went across to Sank Rapids to render
what assistance they could there. Twenty-
three dead bodies had been found and doctors
from Minneapolis were busy caring for the in-
inred. Doctors liigbce and Dalliver, of Min*
"hf 011 *’— j!Ut f ^ a - Cloud,
members of a wedding party were killed, in
cluding the officiating minister. At Sauk
Rapids thirty-ono are already dead. The list
will be swelled to forty. Dr. Ames, of Min
neapolis, who is on duty at St. Cloud,
told Dr. Dalliver that at least thirty
At Sank Rapids a man named VanEtten,
who weighs 250 pounds, was carried 400 feet
through the air and fatally injured. A dead
baby was found in the street. No owner for it
can be found. At St. Cloud, in the track of the
cyclone, stood the Manitoba freight bouse and
***** freight Heavy cars were
lifted from the tracks and cast in places In a
shapeless mass. Iron rails were torn from the
ties snd twisted like the smallest wires. Tele
graph poles were torn up and the wires twist
ed into curious masses. The freight
house waa totally wrecked. The
roof was lifted and blown several hun
dred feet. Tbe sides next snecumhed
and over $3,000 worth of freight was scattered
by piece meal over an area of a quarter of a
mile. Fifteen freight cara were demolished.
The operators In tho telegraph office and the
ikiploye^gt freight depots saw the cyclone
coming, and fled into the cellar, and they es
caped. It waa 8:30 in the evening when the
special car arrived from Bt. Paul and Minne
apolis. The run waa made in two hours,
through a temble thunder storm. The
skies hang low, with clouds as
black as the curtsins of Kedar.
and algzag streaks of lightning made livid
rifts In the black pall, while peals of thunder,
too deep to be drowned by the roar of the car
wheels, shook tbe air. Through the air drove
hail and rain with sufficient force to almoet
break tho car windows, bnt tho locomotive
drove at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour.
Along tbe road were signs of tbe terrible
storms apparent on either hand, and streams,
turbid and swollen, had burst over the confines
of their banks and covered tho prairies nntil
tbe country bad the appearance of a world of
angry waters.
As returns como in from the country in tho
track of the storm, new deaths aro discovered
•nd the maimed arc being brought in for treat
ment. No pen can depict the horrors of tho
Tho final muster of casualties will
surely swell the list of deaths to one hundred.
A CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
Skidmore. Mo., April 15.—A fearful cyclone
_ used over Monroe township, Nodaway coun
ty. Missouri, Isstevening.destroyingdwelllngs,
barns and outhouses, and killing thousands of
dollars worth of stock. Threo persons wero
killed and many are Injured. Many of the
wounded are not expcctod to live.
St. Joseph. Mo., April 15.—A destructive
cyclone passed over Burlington. Mo., laet even
ing. Tho railway station waa blown to atoms
and great daznsgo dono In the town and in tbe
surrounding country. Two boys living near
town were killed. Many other persons wore
seriously injured. There was a heavy thunder
storm at Louisiana, Mo., at 11 o'clock this
morning. Fred Flyo and Kobort Stewart were
•track by lightning at the sawmill of the Free
man manufacturing company. Stewart was
instantly killed.
THE STORM IN IOWA
Exira, la.. April 15.—A cyclone struck
ExJra and the country south of here yeaterday
about 4 o'clock, wrecking the home of William
Hintncr and a seboolhouso near him. The
storm then took a southeasterly direction and
wrecked the houses of Milt Darnell, Mr.
Reynolds. Virginia Smith, James Patterson,
and Nicholas Martin. The storm was ac
companied by a severe fell
bail, which did no damago
Extra, other than breaking window glass and
frightening women. Tho wind was exceed
ingly violent. Trees were twisted around and
carried off aa If they were straws. Tho only
person hurt here was a boy, and hla injuries
were not serious.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 15.—A cyclone
struck the town of Coon Rapids yesterday af
ternoon and laid It in rains. The telegraph
wires are all down. Fifty housos wore blown
&
pottar that new bodice were bolus
Wforarad hourly from the debrio, and belnf
brought In from the country In the track of
the tornado. TrrelTe injured pro pie were
brought In, MTeral of whom trill die. Drag.
«Ut Benabeit'o remain, had juat been fonnd.
•>***■ In the city two weeks. Fear
here died of won ad« .inee moreing.
A WBDDlSta PARTY KILLKO.
Ate church out of Dye statics, thirteen
ive eerionely Injured. From fifty to acronty
five dwellings ere demollehed, end large dam'
age woe done to barae, itoek end trees.
St. Cloud, Minn., April 16.—Beliof Is rapid-
coming in for the cyclone enfferen.
> scene In Bt. Benedict hos
pital Xu heartrending. Mon, women end
children Iny In broken ihapee, bathed In their
own blood and Ihoea blackened and grimy and
arms and lrgi broken nnd scalps
torn and bod lei laceratod. The
scene at the englnehouaa waa moro
horrible. Eighteen Ufeleia bed lot wero
slretched on tho floor in two rows, draped in
•lieota and blankets, while around and among
them moved men with lnnterne uncovering
focci, trying to recognise in tho distorted
fieri lame familiar line In which they might
trace relationship. The bod lea presented
A TKBRIRLK IPECTACLK.
The clothe, they hed worn were torn into
shreds, their faces wore'black with dust, and
gravel waa ground Into the cheeks, while the
■calrw were tom nnd blood etlll flowed from
gspfng wounds nnd covered tho floor. Bkalls
were crushed, eyes torn from their iocketi,and
tongues protruded tram between lips that were
craelty cut aed mutilated.
irronv or aw avg-wmeriw.
St, Cloid, Minn., April 16.—'' ‘My Ood,
lt'a a cyclone? Dun lor yonr lives!’ I cried to
several men with whom I waa talking in front
of tho postoflice,” said an eye-wltnem of the
uwfUl disaster which befel Bt. cloud and
“Bank Bapids." Hardly had we sought shel-
ter ln onr places of fsncled security whan the
storm hunt in nil Its fury, and in nn Incred
ibly abort space of time the pretty town of
Sank Bapids was the picture of desolation
which you see. Two of tha poor follow!
warned were killed by fulling timbers almost
is soon as they were Indoors, and I, as you sea,
will hear the mark of my experience to my
‘ ‘“Iday”—pointing to f
i he carried In n sling.
lime to
nrr inter cove a
myself, and thus escaped being crashed beneath
a roof, a fate which happened to very many, I
saw, too. the cyclone from lto beginning nntil
its ruthless work was accomplished. The
awftil grandeur of tbe sight I shall never forget.
It is Impossible to My how many people wero
killed or injured. As soon as the itorm had
passed I staggered to my boarding-place,which
strangely enough waa left, and havo been here
ever slnco nnnble to walk out. I am ante,
tbongb, that no lees than thirty people
were kiUed, while the Injured will number
many soon more. The eastern portion
of tho town la in ruins.” Proceeding,
he misted tho detailed story, whose very sim
pleness gave n dramatic effect to tho narrative
whioh the meet studied efiorteould not have at
tained. All dey long an oppremlve snltrlneea had
pervaded the atmosphere. At noon tho clouds
bonked upon the western horizon gave promise
of welcome rains nnd relief from the dust nnd
beet. All looked forward with pleasure to tho
coming of gentle April showers. Their pres
ence hsd been long delayed; vegetation just
beginning to be touched with n tinge of green
would be freshened np and the parched earth
refreshed. Windows were thrown np nnd
door, opened that tho cooling air might have
ftte^eccees. Slowly that bank of blackish
IWCBRASED IK StZR,
hut a change was taking place. About four
o'clock, ln place of tho contrasting clearness
which hid hitherto existed, an ominous, gray
ish-men tinge was assumed by the sky In the
southwest. Tha air became mora close. Still
no bar was manifested or felt. Instead there
wm gladness for the surety which new existed
of! copious rainfall. Slowly the hue of the
heavens changed. Tbe coloring interchanged
end deepened us though the heavens ware s
brown, tho clouds ins few moments shifted.
Mere end then a streak of light like e glitter
ing dogger. wee seen gleaming nmong the
meseca of darker color, while scurrying sail-
like tend appeared here and there. On the
edgta of ths approaching cloud-bank was seen
whitish-smy trimming. All
TUE CYCLOWIC COKDrnOKX
were present. A vogue alarm then began to
stir in the breasts of the hitherto joyful on
lookers. It seemed to animate even dumb
SLlmals; hones standing In tbe street shifted
uneasily and neighed anxiously. Even dogs
whined timorously and tried to slink sway
into places of shelter. Those who had expe
rience ef cyclonic storms feared the went,
and imparted their alarm to others. Anx
iously the sky was regarded. Iu a few mo-
meuts the truth could no longer be doubted.
The inevitable and fatal inverted
cone quickly took form out of
terror Inspiring mass which now eov.
end the entire southwestern heavens. At 4;37
Its shape waa diatlnctly outlined in blocker
coloring. Twisting and twirling It came
wnirling down toward the doomed town.
Then the Instinct of self-preservation took
poasetsion of all. Mothers with blanched
faces hastily snatched up their babes and
sought makeshift protection in oonvenient cel.
Ian. H nsbauds and fathera ran terror-stricken
to their homes, fearful tot their wives and
children. Hasty protection was mods
the fast-driving demon of tbe wind. Doom
were locked, windows closed, and fiunillea
crowded into cramped cellars. Others sought
safety in the open fields. In nearly
every cose within the cyclone’s path precau
tions were In vain. Like a hnge block funnel,
with its cadaverous maw seeking to gulp down
everything within Its reach,
TDE DKATn*DEALING CITED
came swooping down. With immeasurable
swiftness it drew near the lll-ftited towns. At
4:33 It hod struck tbe southwestern portion of
St. Cloud. There was a rash of wind, the In
termingled patter of heavy rain drops and bail,
and tbe besutifnl town was at the mercy of
theaU-devourlngdemon.Like snow beneath tbe
warm sun's rays the houses In Its path melted
away. Some were lifted bodily with tbelr
contents high into tbe sir end dashed into
kindling-wood open ths ground. Others, of
stouter frame, were crushed like so much
cardboard. Still others, more massive ln con
struction, were twisted and wrenched. The
churches, forming as they did prominent ob
jects of attack, felt the full fury of tbe mon
ster's force. Their towers were all more or
less damaged, as waa tho normal school build
ing. Tho sky was almost
BLACK WITH FLYING TIKUEBI,
which were whirled like straws through the
air. Occasionally was seen an animal hurled
along with irresistible force Occasionally
the semblance of a human form, braised al
most beyond recognition, formed a part of tbs
flying debris. Tall and sturdy trees were
hoisted out of tho ground like so many reeds,
and seen flying like chaff through the air.
Above all tho confusion rose the roar nnd
swirl of the storm as It satiated its awful appe-
tlto for destruction. For twelve minute
tho terriblo uproar and work of
devastation raged. Then oil was quiet—qniet
rave for tbe groans and moanlngor the wound
ed and dying. These rose with terrible dis
tinctness npon tho clear evening sir. There
were others who made neither sign nor sound.
Lying under heavy beams, bnried ln rubbish,
choked cellars, lying lifeless in the roadways,
where they hod been thro sen. Nearly ;two
score people, who bod awkened glowing with I
strength and health into the light of n bright
spring day, lay
COLD AND MOTIONLESS IN DEATH.
Here beneath the edge of a broken roof n
mother waa lying with her loft arm thrown
protectlngly around tho mangled form of a lit
tle child. Both were dead. There a man
with the hardy vigor of his manhood so re
cently snatched from him wsa lying beside tho
bowlder egeinst which his Ilfs hod boon
dished out. Principally tbe fidelities were
occasioned by the crashing In of the heavy
tlmbere of the booses npon the hesda of the
unhappy occupants. The full list of theso
cMusltics has not been mode out, bnt at thla
writing twenty bodies have been recovered,
and every additional search dlocleoes another
victim.
The tale from Bauk Bapids Is tho same.
Almost in a thought the scene of desolation
was shifted from ono town to another, nnd
both were in rains—It seemed almost slmulta-
neonsly. A man who boa just crossed tho A 1
river from Bauk Itapldi informs the coma- 11
pendent that already fourteen bodies have- - 8;
been discovered there, and that tho tale of woe ' *3
Is not yet ended. Upon the streets of both R
towns even now the scene Is most heartrend
ing, Children ore socking their parents, and
parents their children. Dreading tho worst,
but eager to learn the truth, they mareh each
rain with wild-eyed fervor. Father and
mothere with loved ones missing nnd almost
bereft ef reason, ran from sobbing knot to
knot of workers, hoping against hopo that
there may yet be inch a thing os rescue.
Blrong hands nnd breve hcarta are lending all
aid they can.
DR. JOHN BULL’S
Sill’s Tonic Syrifl
FOR THE CURE OF
FEVER and AGUE
Or CHILLS and FEVEff,
AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES.
Ths proprietor of this calibrated medicine
lastly olaimsforit a superiority ovsr all rem
edies evoroffired to ths public for tho g AYE.
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure
of Ague end Tovar,or Chills end Tavir,wheth
er of short or long standing. Htralsra to tho
entire Western end Southern country to bsor
Urn testimony to the troth ef the assertion
that is no ease whatever will it foil to enre U
tho directions are strletly folio wedand carried
oat Is e greet many eases a single dess has
been rafiolent for a enre, and whole fiamiliee
hsvs been cured bv a single bo ttil, with * par*
foot restoration ef the general health. Kit,
however, prudent, and In every oasa more cer
tain to oars, if it* use la oontinaed in smaller
doses for a weak or two after the disease hoe
been oheeked, more especially in diflualt and
longstanding eases, usually this medicine
will no t require any aid to keep the bowels is
good order, fiheula tho patient, however, re-
qulraaeathartiomedlolna,after having taken
threo or fonr dssss of ths Tonio, a single dose
of KENTS VEGETABLE FAMILY FILL!
will he sulBoloat. Use no other,
DB. JOBS BULL'S
SMITH’S TONIC 8YRUP,
BULL'S SARSAPARILLA,
BULL'S WORM DESTROYED,
The Popular Wamedlsa of tho Day.
Prtielpal Ofllea, Ml lain SL, LOUISVILLE, KT.
aaxl-«Cm sat mon thur A wky top col arm
RAILROAD CONTRACTORS.
S EALED PROPOSAL8 FOR GRADING THE
Savannah, Dublin and Western Short Lino
railway from LotVa creek to Dublin, about 70
miles, v111 be received at the president’s office,
No. 806 Stock Exchan ire, Philadelphia, Pa., and at
the office of the chief engineer, No. C6 Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
Bids to be made oat in duplicate and sent to both
offices. Profiles can be seen and specifications ob
tained at either place.
Parties may bid on the wholeor on any part of the
work, not lesa than 20 miles in length,
a —- t -- u made para!
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This check may bo
ice, and will be returned as soon as
the bid is rejected, or if accepted, as soon as the
work is commenced.
Bids will bo opened publicly at both pis
noon. May 15th, and the contract awarded i
five days thereafter. Work must be comm
DROPSY
EPILETSY (FITS), POSITIVELY CURED.
DR. H. H. GREEN & SONS.
Specialists for 18 Years Past.
Hare treated Dropsy and Its complications
with the most wondcrffil success; use vegetable
remedies, entirely harmless. Remove all symp
toms of dropsy In eight to twenty days.
Cures patlenta pronounced hopeless by the best
ofphysiciani.
From the first dose tbe symptoms rapidly disap
pear, and in teu days at least two-thirds of all
symptoms are removed.
Some may cry humbug without knowing any
thing about it Remember.lt does not cost you any
thing to realize the merits of onr treatment for
£ ounelf. In ten days the difficulty of breathing
i relieved, the pulse regular, the urinary organa
made to discharge their frill duty, sleep is restored,
the swelling all or nearly gone, the strength in
creased and appetite made good. We are uomttaut-
ly curing cases of longstanding—cases that have
been tapped a number of times, and the patient
declared unable to live a week. Give full history
of ewe. Nsme sex, how long afflicted, ho;v badly
Swollen and where; aro bowels costive, have legs
**1^ , < l I 4pP®d water. Send for free pant-
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inLEPSY (FUFf POSrnVKUY CURED.
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POSUge. Ho H. GHKKN & SONS, M. Ds., 7
250 1-2 Marietta st., Atlanta, On.
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ijr.'Ak^i £ U OLE.* No. 96 John 6 treat. Now Y«fc
Mi>n" f«r«2~wkyim
ENGINES;
r BULLS, WATER-WHEELS* WHy,
STONES, CRUSHER HILLS*
T>E SURE TO GET OUR PRICE8 BEFORE TOO
CLINCNIAN’S
TOBACCO
TIB CUM TOB1CCO OUEII
tho
O
towns in western Iowa show that tho low of
property in tho section between Griswold and
Ananbon by Thursday's cyclone roaches nearly
$150,000. Everything woo laid low In tlio
path of the storm. Tho small low of life is
accounted for by tlio fact that the eyclono
occurred In the day time end nearly every ono
had time to got to tbolr “cyclone eollan,
which nearly every flora ln that part of Iowa
is provided with.
iT. Cloi d, April 17.—An accnnto occonnt
of tho killed and Injured by the eyclono Is M
follows: St. Cloud, killed 31, injured 90; Saak
Itapldi, killed 37, Injnrcd 100; Rico's station,
killed 13, Injured 31; adjacent county, killed
3, injured 13. Total killed 73, injured 313.
Tbe death of Edwin G. Hulbort today makes
the total number of dead 74.
LKAVKNWoBTn, Kan., April 17.—Professor
Foster will ray In tomorrow'! Times that during
the great itonu period, from April 25 to April 29, a
hurricane will organize on or near tho gulf aud
■weep up tbe loutlicut Atlantic coast, and that
about the same time a cold ware will appear iu
the northwest and run down into tho southern
slate,, followed by heary fro.tr as far south as
Tennessee and southern Kansas.
Biimaek, Dak., April 17.—Reports of a
disastrous storm are coming from the upper conn
try. No particulars recelred, bat It la under,tool
a'lsrge number of cattle are killed. The itorm i,
not classed aa a cyclone, but tho wind was so ter
rific as to cut down maaaive trees, and for over fire
miles timber along tho river bank waa levelled.
The norm Is located IfO miles northwest.
A Grand Georgia Kuceesi.
The wonderful iucccw of tho 8.8. 8. Com
pany Is tho strongest proof of this groat merit
of tho famous medicine. Numberless broken
down eonititutlons havo been bnilt up, and
hundreds of homes madohappy by thsearoa of
this wonderful 8. 8.8., which hso becomo a
great notional remedy, standing tho tost of
time, sad relieving suffering hnmanity for a
period of over fifty years. 8.8.8. la known
and nied ln every village and hamlst in tho
United States, and alio ln many foreign mar
kets. The testimonials that this company has
received from men of high itanding, from
mothen for their children, and people in all
daises and atationi of life, ore bnt another
evidence of the golden harvest of health
loped from thla prolific medicine.
The growth or tho 8. S. 8. Company lx a
matter of pride to all Georgians who ore al
ways prond of tho aurceie of any home enter
prise. Tho fame of this wonderful care is
greatly due to tho liberal advertising of tbe
company.
That 8, 8. 8. Is a wonderfal medicine Is
never questioned. The volume of business
done by this company is marvellous and runs
into startling figure*.—Augusts , Chronicle
March 17,1886.
I beg pardon, but aren't yon mistaken?" cour
teously raid a gentleman to a pretty shop girl with
whomhewasdeallng. "lam a mbs. but not yet
taken, dr," she replied, with a bright blush and
drooping eyes.
Atlanta, February 0,1886.—W. J. McDon
ald. 374 North Brood street—Dear Sin It gives
me pleasure to testify to tho merits of yonr
roof point. The roof of onr foundry wot in a
very bad condition, and daring the heavy
rains lost fall onr mon were obliged to qait
work on eecoant of the leaks. In fact, it was
lo hod that the manufacturers of other roof
paints refused to have anything to do with it,
and advised na to pat on another roof Bnt
we rare advised to try yoar paints, and wo
aro glad ra did, for oar roof now la just as
tight as new, and it his not looked one drop in
all tho heavy rains ra hare had. And it gives
na pleasure to add oar testimonial os to tho
excellent merits of year roof paint. Wo are
very truly yonr.
McCumo, Tayioe k Co., Foundrymsn.
THE CLINQMAN TOBACCO PLASTER
tOTBlii talks
CUNGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO.
DURHAM, N. C.. U. 8. A.
CHATTAHOOCHEE BRICK CO'
MANtnTAOTUBKBfl OI
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER
BRICK.
Office 155! Broad St., Atlanta, Ga,
Warn prepared to roralili brick ln any qaintltj
at prioeatOBol&tha time*
PLAIN, OIL 72UC8BXD and MOULDED BRIGS
A SPECIALTY.
Bamplea and prices on application!
thaZtrar, BiUooaam, Nktocs Dnptpa
enafl'sraM
Pil ~ l * t
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Stags, to q roddr. hash hr solas; ft islkilj warms
K,FsmW<0*Sta ft here 4 ths BEST AL
TERATIVES and PURIMRfi OF THE
BLOOD, and mavaLMILB TONIO.
STADICER'S AURANTII
Bta^ta«nPranjtaaJbW*»I.OO»sstaaUu
~ C. F. STACKER, Proprietor,
Mo fiO. FRONT »T„ Philadelphia, Fat
Mama this paper. magls-dftwktaaflntm
FREE FARMS in sanldis
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Surrounded by prosperous mlninx and manofect-
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ACRES OF GOVERNMENT LAND, subject to
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Irrigated by immense canals. Cheap railroad rates.
Mention this paper.
POOR MULES F# 1$ NO or HATCHER SWEEP
afljn , r
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•1,000,000 annually ln blacksmith bills alone.
Plowman can sharpen his own Sweeps with a file
while his moles are eating dinner. M. J. HATCH
ER, Inventor and Manufacturer. Macon, Ga. Also
1’JtOHIBITZON Cotton, Corn and Paa Planter Com
bined , All iron, can adjust to ordluar/ plow
stock. Name this paper,
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