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HISTORY 
 
 New Richmond Cyclone 
 
 JUNE 12th, 1899. 
 
 By MRS. A. G. BOEHM. 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 In giving this book to the public, I feel I am actuated by 
 the purest motives in rendering a service to the community in 
 general. No one can accurately describe the terrible workings 
 of a cyclone or tornado without first experiencing the direful 
 effects. Pliny, in the interests of science, lost his valuable life 
 by approaching too near the crater of Mount Vesuvius when in 
 action. This death, though justly lamented, was the result of 
 his OAvn imprudence, actuated by lofty motives doubtless. But 
 the case was different \vith the Now Richmond people and 
 bears no comparison, except the dreadful experience. Those 
 of our people who fell victims to the tornado would to a unit 
 have willingly saved their lives at any risk, if a chance was left 
 them. The memory of having passed through that dreadful 
 ordeal of the most awful seven minutes, which it is calculated 
 the tornado took in the passage of its death-dealing flight over 
 our peaceful, pretty city, would suffice for serious reflection for 
 lifetime. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 CYCLONES. 
 
 Cyclones or tornadoes have c(»me to this cuinitry unpleasantly 
 frequent of late years. The experts of tlie weather bureaus 
 have repeatedly sent out warnings, l)ut men reading of these 
 calamities taking place in other quarters are slow to believe that 
 they might possibly be the unwilling Aictiras of like disasters. 
 But it would be well to reflect, and prepare for the worst. 
 It was proven in regard to the tornado of June 12tli, 1899, that 
 the cellars of wooden structures were found to be the safest 
 refuge, the least mortality occurring there, though many 
 were saved in the basements and cellars of ferick structures. 
 For instance^ the Nicollet Hotel, a three-story brick building 
 with a large underground basement; seven took refuge there; 
 six were saved. The seventh was preparing to go down, but 
 was struck by falling timber and killed instantly. In the rooms 
 above, five were killed and many maimed. It has also been 
 proven in every case that the southw(3st corners of cellars were 
 undoubtedly the safest. As the cyclone came from a south- 
 westerly direction towards the northeast, the southwest corner 
 of cellars or basements must be the safest places, with one's 
 back against the wall. The cyclone, coming from that direction, 
 sweeps the wooden buildings over the heads of the refugees in 
 the cellar. But there is great danger in any case when the 
 foundations are built too high, the SAveeping course of the cyclone 
 leveling everything, even the strongest masonry, with the sur- 
 face. The high foundations on the southwest side, in conse- 
 quence, were very dangerous, being thrown inwards upon the 
 poor people, many of whom received severe wounds from the 
 falling masonry. The refugees in the brick cellars and base- 
 ments had less chance of escape, being stricken down in all 
 corners by brick, mortar and heavy beams falling in a heap, 
 filling up the cavity of the cellar. Some of these brick base- 
 ments such as the one under AFr. Wnrd Williams' dry goods 
 
6 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 store, were veritable death traps. Yet Mr. and Mrs. Williams, 
 with Miss Scott, by their practical intelligence, saved their lives. 
 Standing straight, with their backs against the southwest wall 
 of the basement, they escaped uninjured, without the least 
 scratch. While others in promiscuous places in the same base- 
 ment were instantly killed Or fearfully maimed. Thus it is 
 of the utmost importance in all great emergencies to control 
 one's inner self for the present crisis. Place a hand of steel 
 upon brain and nerves, and calmly and prayerfully await re- 
 sults. They are, as a rule, in one's favor. 
 
 Predisposed geologically for a cyclone, the St. Croix Valley 
 and 'New Richmond were, geologically speaking, predisposed 
 to receive a cyclone. The winter of 1898-1899 was ushered in 
 early in ISTovember by a heavy fall of snow, which did not re- 
 main, however, very long. But the second snowfall certainly 
 did; followed by others, denser, heavier, until pile apon pile 
 of snowdrifts in many places exceeded ten feet. Sleighs in 
 pioneering roads through the country passed over the tops of 
 fences which were not discernible in the snow. In the mean- 
 time, the intense cold continued, increasing with each snowfall, 
 until it reached the maximum, and registered 60 degrees in 
 January. Then occasionally the temperature would rise. 
 Delicate and aged persons were homebound for months. Still 
 the cold wave continued on, together with the snow-covered 
 surface, till late in April. Oh ! how we longed for summer ! 
 How we braced ourselves up in the freezing air, saying encour- 
 agingly to each other : "Wait patiently till the bright, beautiful 
 summer comes. We will then forget we ever had such a severe 
 winter. We will enjoy ourselves in our hammocks under the 
 beautiful branches of our ^ew Richmond's glorious trees!" 
 Oh! ISTew Richmond's glorious trees! Where are they now? 
 And the summer came, and brought us death! The fact of 
 the snow remaining so unremittingly on the ground for so many 
 months was to a certain extent conducive to the growth of under- 
 ground' vegitation. Roots of trees were particularly nourished 
 by the enormous quantities of moisture oozing continunlly be- 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
8 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 neath the frozen ci'iist of the surface, forming as the deeper it 
 penetrated not only veins of water springs, but veritable hot- 
 beds of gases, thus preparing the heated surface of the St. 
 Croi>: Valley, jSTevv Richmond and its environs for the reception 
 of a cyclone. 
 
 When the late spring came to stay, vegetation was more 
 promising than might be expected under the circumstances. 
 The trees and shrubs burst forth into greater luxuriance and 
 beauty, which rivaled many more propitious years. Our mag- 
 nificent trees, for which New Richmond was famous, were 
 la^'ish in the rich green hue of their foliage. The flowering 
 shrubs, however, such as the lilac, did not do so well as in for- 
 mer years. It was noticeable that the blooms were fewer and 
 of shorter duration. The cause most likely to assign for this 
 was probably owing to the insufficiency of root power of such 
 shrubs to send an adequate supply of sap to invigorate the 
 frozen delicate branches kept so long in that state by the intense 
 ooltl of the past winter. 
 
 As above stated, the spring was a late one. The usual say- 
 ing here by many was : "It seems forgotten up above to give 
 'Nbv, Richmond a summer this year." How terribly the truth 
 of this was verified to many ! The summer so longed for 
 bi'or.ght us death, poverty and much life-long misery! 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 WARNINGS OF THE COMING CYCLONE. 
 
 WARNINGS GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY THE 
 LEARNED OBSERVER OUTRAM OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. 
 
 About the 10th and 11th of June, it was noticed that a large 
 area of unusually low pressure was reported from the head of 
 the "Missouri Valley and the Black Hills. It was evidently 
 expected that a violent rain and wind storm or cyclone would 
 sweep from that region over the Northwestern States, follow- 
 ing the general direction of most cyclones ; that is, from south- 
 west to northeast. 
 
 Monday afternoon, June 12th, the center of the cyclone was 
 sweeping over North and South Dakota, while the storm area 
 extended as far south as Kansas and St. Louis, and as far nortli 
 as Canada. The winds were blowing in a huge spiral about 
 this territory. From Manitoba the winds were blowing south, 
 from St. Louis northeast, and from Michigan west, while from 
 the Southern States the winds were blowing in a northerly direc- 
 tion. About the same time the barometer stood fully half an 
 inch below the normal reading, and was jumping about with 
 the unsteadiness nearly always noticed before a severe storm. 
 The air was heavy with moisture, and warm winds from the 
 Gulf of ^Mexico were sweeping up from the South over Wis- 
 consin and Minnesota. 
 
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 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET. 
 NEW RICHMOND ROLLER MILL IN LEFT HACKGROUND. 
 
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THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 11 
 
 THE NATURE AND CAUSE OF A TORNADO. 
 
 A tornado, according to Mr. Outram, is always occasioned 
 by southerly or southwesterly winds striking the edge of a 
 cyclone, the direction of which is usually northeasterly. The 
 coming together of these winds produces an eddy or twister in 
 the edge of the cyclone. These eddies of tornadoes invariably 
 occur in the southwestern quadrant of a cyclone. They cover 
 much less ground than the cyclone itself, but are much more 
 violent, and more fatal in their results. 
 
 The funnel-shaped cloud which is the usual characteristic of 
 a cyclone was present at jSTew Richmond Monday, June 12th, 
 1899, and, as is also usual, considerable rain was precipitated. 
 The cyclone center does not correspond with the center of the 
 tornado, but the tornado always forms along the outskirts of 
 the cyclone. The general storm of Monday, June 12th, was 
 violent, and after passing over Minnesota and Wisconsin it 
 took its course, as far as could be ascertained, up the St. Law- 
 rence Valley. 
 
 The tornado appears to have formed on the St. Croix Valley 
 and have followed the course of the St. Croix River until it 
 could escape into the open country about Stillwater, whence 
 it took the course of the Willow River, which runs through 
 New Richmond. Then, spending its force on the latter city, 
 continued its course up the Willow River until its force had 
 been dissipated. 
 
 There were no means of measuring the force of the tornado, 
 for the reason that there is no weather station near New Rich- 
 mond, and further because no instruments have been invented 
 capable of measuring the speed of the whirlwind's course. 
 
 DEFINITION OF A CYCLONE. 
 
 ^Vhat is a cyclone? The definition given in the dictionary 
 is: A whirlwind. Of what is it composed? Of air, impreg- 
 nated with various gases, of various degrees of temperature. 
 
12 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 These gases, coming in contact together, cause increasing agita- 
 tion, according to the density and equality of the hot and cold 
 air with which the mass is composed, thus proving whirlwinds 
 of unequal velocitj^ These whirlwinds, proving so disastrous 
 on this continent of late years, were formerly more frequent 
 in the Eastern Hemisphere under various names, according to 
 the locality in which they took place. In India and the Indian 
 Ocean they were termed the fearful "Sirocco," a wind not only 
 dangerous in its powerful velocity, but scattering poison in its 
 course. It comes from the southeast, and goes occasionally as 
 far west as Italy. The simoon is a hot, suffocating wind in 
 Arabia, Syria and the adjacent countries. The whrilwinds 
 referred to in the Indian Ocean are very much dreaded by 
 sailors. Many a staunch ship was miserably wrecked passing 
 within the belt of the whirlwind's course. 
 
 The devastation of the simoon, especially in the Sahara 
 Desert of Africa, is a matter^ of history, the wind raising 
 the light sand of the desert, sometimes overwhelming whole 
 caravans a mile long. But the Africa of the Nineteenth 
 Century is very different from that of the ancients. The mod- 
 ern facilities of travel greatly ameliorate the dangers to com- 
 merce which formerly beset the merchandise in the slow transi- 
 tion from East to West. 
 
 In this country the name given to a whirlwind with a funnel- 
 sh;3ped downward course is cyclone. The frequency of their 
 recurrence of late years, and the death-dealing nature of their 
 results in America has produced a feeling of much dread. The 
 one which occurred June ISth, 1899, in ITew Richmond, and 
 which engages my pen, is universally pronounced the greatest 
 in the history of the nation. It was a veritable tornado, at- 
 tended with the worst of consequences. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 13 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 t 
 HISTORY OF THE TORNADO OF JUNE 12, 1899. 
 
 A toniiKlo struck Xcw Richmond Monday, June 12tli, 1S99, 
 at 6 o'clock p. ni. The duration of the storm was seven min- 
 utes. The dead, so far as known, numbered 119 men, women 
 and chihlren, whose mangled and torn bodies have been recov- 
 ered for burial. 
 
 The injured, many of whom will be permanently crippled, 
 numbered 146. The total number of buildings destroyed was 
 225. The number of business houses and offices destroyed was 
 125. The total loss of property, closely estimated, amounted 
 to $1,000,000. 
 
 Such is a brief summary of our losses ; but is it correct ? It 
 falls far short of it, if one takes into consideration the bric-a- 
 brac, the accumulation of years, the odds-and-ends that were 
 lost, that can never be replaced. But wdiy think of the goods 
 we have lost I The awful loss of human lives was still greater ! 
 For them we mourn ! 
 
 HISTORY OF TORNADO. 
 
 The tornado of June 12th, 1899, which wiped out, as it 
 seemed, the pretty town of 'New Richmond, Wis., will long live 
 in the memory of its sorrowing survivors. Calm and happy 
 were the inhabitants of this "Garden" dity — "A perfect park 
 of rural beauty" — when, without apparent warning, there came 
 upon it one of those direful calamities of nature that the most 
 thoughtful or intelligent could not foresee, and changed in a 
 few brief moments all that was bright and beautiful into scenes 
 of horror upon horror that defy the most graphic pen to depict. 
 
 At 5 o'clock p. m., June 12th, the twenty-three hundred in- 
 habitants of !N'ew Kichmond were peacefully pursuing their 
 vnrious avocations as usual, little dreaming of the awful doom 
 awaiting many of them \n the limited space of one hour and 
 
14 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 seven minutes ! That awful hour and seven minutes arrived — 
 ftnd passed ! And a great change came ! A few brief moments 
 ■of intense surprise — followed by the dreadful reality— dawned 
 upon them Math all its concomitant heart-rending misery and 
 despair ! Instead of home, comforts, luxuries and happiness, 
 chaos reigned supreme on this unfortunate sj)ot of Mother 
 Earth ! 
 
 Silence intense for some minutes followed the catastrophe. 
 Then the agonizing wail upon wail arose on the air, amidst the 
 awful ruin, from the stricken wounded, pinned beneath the piles 
 of fallen timbers ! Those who heard the despairing shrieks on 
 that fatal night, amidst the awful surroundings, compared it 
 to what their imagination might picture of the agonizing shrieks 
 of lost souls in the depths of the ^'Inferno." But, alas, for 
 the silent dead ! Many a bright, promising life was crushed 
 out of existence ! And many a noble heart was stilled forever ! 
 
 Oh ! the sights that met the gaze of the survivors ! There 
 lay scattered heaps of men, women and children, crushed out of 
 all semblance to humanity. And, scattered on the roads half 
 way to their homes, the mutilated bodies of flying refugees, 
 seeking the home shelter they were never to know again ! 
 
 Some were picked up here and there, still living, writhing in 
 agony, but insensible to the willing hands to aid them ; others, 
 endeavoring to make themselves heard, were loudly calling for 
 help, with limbs pinned beneath the fallen debris. 
 
 Then, to add to the horrors of the awful scene, the ominous 
 cry of fire, fire ! An*explosion of a gasoline tank had occurred 
 in a hardware store, and flames instantly shot up and ignited 
 combustible matter among the debris scattered about. Then 
 the flames spread rapidly, leaping their forked tongues from 
 pile to pile, in close proximity to the wounded, which later dis- 
 coveries revealed had become victims to that most horrible and 
 most dreaded of devouring elements. Merciful God ! To the 
 eyes and ears of the wounded fastened down under the fallen 
 timber, unable to extricate themselves, the sight and sound of 
 fire gradually approaching them, stealthily coming nearer and 
 
THE NEW HICllMONI) CVCLOXE. 15 
 
 nearer to flio nii fortunate beings, must ho to the imagination 
 the supreme acme of hnman mental and physical suffering! 
 Tlio cliinax of the most intense misery! 
 
 MAN'S HAIR TURNED GRAY. 
 
 It is not snrprising that credence was given to the assurances 
 told and verified by many that men's hair turned white in these 
 supreme moments of suspense and agony. A case in point is 
 tiiat of Mr. James Gavin, our City Treasurer. Mr. Gavin, a 
 bright, intelligent gentleman, met with an accident some ten 
 years ago which injured his spine so severely that paralysis 
 ensued. He was compelled to use crutches in consequence 
 from that time. AMien he saw the storm approaching, he hur- 
 ried home as quickly as his disability would permit. He 
 reached his residence, and with his only child, a beautiful girl 
 of ten years, descended to the cellar, followed by his wife. He 
 and his child had reached the bottom step when the storm 
 struck the house, but Mrs. Gavin was not so fortunate. She 
 was thrown into the basement with considerable force, and ren- 
 dered insensible. Mr. Gavin and Tna were unhurt, but were 
 covered with debris. Mr. Gavin called to his wife, but re- 
 ceiving no answer, deemed her dead. Then came a suspicion 
 of smoke, and the horror of the scene was added to in a moment 
 by a little flame which began to lick its way towards those who 
 were prisoners in the wreckage of their home. 
 
 In his helplessness and anguish the poor father cried to the 
 Almighty God for aid, that he and his daughter might escape 
 the tire, and that the body of his wife might be saved from 
 cremation beforo the husband and the child could once more 
 gaze u})on the features that had been so much to them in life. 
 1 )ivine Providence heard the cries of !N[r. Gavin. His wife's 
 taint voice was heard calling from beneath the debris a short 
 distance from them. 
 
 Little Tna heard it too, and with a superhuman effort raised 
 the wreck which held her fast, and in a moment reached the 
 street. She found assistance there, and as the flames leaped 
 
16 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 one over another and drove their hot breath into the faces of 
 the rescuers and prisoners, Mr. Gavin and his Avife were lib- 
 erated and carried to the street. ISTeithcr received serious 
 physical injuries, but few would reeogui/.c in the trembling, 
 weak man whose head tlie cyclone crowned with snow, the for- 
 mer gentle, black haired J\Ir. Gavin ! 
 
 NEWSPAPERS FELL SHORT OF THE REALITY. 
 
 The various paj)ors of the day pictui'ed graphically and ably 
 the terrible scatastroplie, but even they fell short of the reality. 
 Those who survived that terrible night, those who heard the 
 despairing cries and moans of the dying, will not soon forget 
 it. How any one escaped in the general ruin was miraculous. 
 Never did the Providence of God apj)ear so vividly depicted as 
 amid the ruins of the tornado swept city of jSTew Richmond ! 
 Yes, it Avas truly marvelous how any living thing escaped. 
 Those who did set?med dazed, — seemed under an hypnotic spell, 
 — an awful hallucination, an insecurity, an appartnit expectancy 
 prevailing for weeks aftcrAvards. 
 
 The Avriter, meeting a lady of her acquaintance t^^'o months 
 after the cyclone, Avas greeted Avith a quiet stare. This esti- 
 mable lady h)st a bright, promising boy in the fearful tornado. 
 Ah ! who can fathom the future ? That boy's tAvelve years of 
 life 2^assed by him like sunbeams. Through the influence of 
 pious, intenectual parents, he was debarred from contact Avith 
 sin and soil. Would it be ahvays so ? "Quen sahe!" 
 
 A strange feature of the results of the tornado Avas that so 
 feAV tears Ave re shed oxin- the remains of the dead, during the 
 interment in the cenu^eries. It seemed the calamity Avas too 
 great for inner thought. The hearts in the bosoms of the suf- 
 ferers Avere literally calloused by the awfulness of their sorroAv, 
 It Avill take a long, long time to mellow the broken hearted. 
 Joys may again creep into their lives, but the death sorroAv of 
 that f(>arful day -will never leave the hearts of the surviA'ors. 
 Yes, time niav do nuieh for New Kichmond. Houses mav be 
 
THK NKW RICHMONI) CVCI.ONM 17 
 
 rebuilt I And afte-r tlie hi[>se of years trees may <;n»\v a,i;:iiiil 
 But not the same trees jilanted by loving hands wliieli have 
 loiiii' since turned to r\;\y. 'J'his generation will never see New 
 Kichmond clothed in its foliage bcanty as it was arrayed before 
 the awful cyclone robbed it of its many attractions. Yet time 
 can do much, so let us ho]ie for brighter days. The writer, who 
 lost everything of value she ]>ossessed in the g<'iieiMl i-niii. Inis 
 nineli to lament and great need of Impe. 
 
 ni:iuNNi.\G oi- TUi: sikkm, i.ookim. sihtw. 
 
 .\ PEN PICTURP: of the cyclone APPROACHINO new RICH- 
 MOND SO VIVIDLY SEEN RY MR. HOEHM .VND OTHERS. 
 
 I he mi.)rning (if June li'tli and early |)arl of the day were 
 jileasant. Later in the afternoon it beeanie sultry, and later 
 still a gradual darkening, indicating tliat we were going to have 
 a heavy rain storm. 
 
 (Jollmar Brothers' circus was to l)e the attnieiion that after- 
 1 " and e\-eninii'. This bron::lit in nianv farmei's and their 
 
18 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 families, for a circus in a country town is the signal for a gen- 
 eral holiday, so that the town was more than usually crowded. 
 The circus was well attended, as usual. At five o'clock a light 
 rain was falling, which was soon followed by light hail. About 
 six o'clock the people were going to their homes for supper. 
 Here and there a few could be seen examining the clouds, which 
 had begun to look threatening towards the southwest. But the" 
 majority either failed to notice their approachina' danger or 
 passed it off with the usual comment, "A bad storm coming." 
 
 MR. A. G. BOEHM'S ACCOUNT OF THE STORM. 
 
 Looking towards the southwest, across the country, I saw 
 the cyclone approaching. It might liave been two miles dis- 
 tant, or less, when I took my last view before I sought safety 
 in flight. It was six o'clock by my watch, the air around me 
 calm, but dark and dense, which impressed me as strangely 
 ominous. From the southwest an immense black cloud loomed 
 in sight, covering rapidly the firmament as it approached. The 
 lower part touching the earth was funnel-shaped, and I knew 
 but too well what that meant. The funnel, on closer observa- 
 tion, did not quite touch, but was surrounded by fire. Pres- 
 ently my attention was drawn towards the northwest, and there 
 another dense black cloud was seen swiftly approaching from 
 that direction. This one was expanding more rapidly and di- 
 rectly towards the zenith. In less time than it takes to relate, 
 the two monsters met. Then what to me appeared a mighty 
 struggle for supremacy began. The northwest cloud struck the 
 edge of the funnel-shaped cloud from the southwest. The latter 
 twisted and writhed like some monster in agony, then, rolling 
 swiftly, lowered to the ground. Then and there took place one 
 of the wildest, most awful scenes of nature. Though when I 
 think of it now it appears to me very unnatural. I saw wagons, 
 horses and cattle flying in the air like chafl". There were pieces 
 of timber, portions of barns, things of all descriptions, dust, mud 
 and every conceivable thing that lay in its path whirled in the 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 19 
 
 air, then caught as they were falling and whirled up again. 
 But I w^aited to see no more, for it was rapidly coming our way, 
 but rushed amidst that terrible roaring and clouds of dust and 
 debris for home, half a block distant. I reached it, blew out 
 the lamps lighting, for supper was on the table. Hurriedly 
 calling my wife, who was calm but anxious, we rushed down 
 the cellar. I took my position in the southwest corner; my 
 wife knelt in prayer. In a moment the cyclone was upon us, 
 and I drew my wife towards me, covering her in my arms as 
 well as I could. O, God ! the awful roaring of that tornado ! 
 It seemed as though the whole universe was being torn to 
 atoms. I hear it still as it tore the house from over our heads. 
 As the roaring noise grew less, we took courage and raised our 
 eyes. There was naught above us but the angry heavens. The 
 cyclone had passed on in its work of destruction and left us 
 but the sky for our roof. Upwards we raised our eyes, and 
 fervently gave thanks for the preservation of our lives. With 
 the exception of a few flesh wounds on the side of my face and 
 a slight cut behind my wife's ear, we escaped all bodily injury. 
 But we must begin life's battle over again and work as we 
 never did before. We looked about us for means of egress. 
 The stairs were demolished and helping to swell the debris. A 
 two-by-eight plank lay slantwise, and on that we climbed to the 
 surface. There before me lay the remains of our home, my 
 wife's piano standing upright about fifty feet from where it 
 originally stood divested of part of its beautiful casing. But 
 my wife, coming towards me, cried out, "Our neighbors, our 
 neighbors V There a sight met our gaze. The homes of Mr. 
 Link, Mr. Kuhn and Mr. Boardman were swept away, and the 
 bare cellars alone, where the families took refuge, were left. 
 Everything above ground, no matter what its size or strength, 
 was carried before the monster in its course. But how 
 fared our good neighbors ? Doctor Gerard's home, which stood 
 next to ours on the south, facing Second street, where our lawns 
 met, was standing, but the south wing was deprived of its roof. 
 By this time, the rain was pouring like a deluge, following the 
 
20 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 cyclone, and we must have shelter, so on we went to tlie next 
 residence, our esteemed baid^er, Mr. F. Bartlett's, who kindly 
 met us, saying they all had escaped, but the house was wrecked. 
 His was a large, square, brown frame, two stories, with base- 
 ment and attic, the latter ornamented by a handsome cupola. 
 This cupola was blown off, and the rain came through the 
 aperture in torrents. To mitigate that to a certain extent, we 
 managed to secure one of our carpets, a seamless art rug, which 
 did good service by throwing it over the aperture where the 
 cupola covered, thus preventing the house from being flooded. 
 We remained at Mr. Bartlett's a few days, then friends brought 
 my wife off to St. Paul. On the opposite corner of the street 
 from us stood the home of Mr. Kuhn, a handsome Avhite frame 
 residence, surrounded by magnificent shade trees. Like ours, 
 they were of forty years' growth, and planted by the hands of 
 "Father Bartlett," who built the home for himself in tJie early 
 days of jS^ew Richmond's infancy. He with a few others, long 
 since laid to rest, were the pioneers of the place. This home 
 the old gentleman had bailt to suit himself. The one we occu- 
 pied, directly across the street from the above, wAs a pretty, 
 cream colored frame, with green blinds. It consisted of a 
 main building with two wings, one facing nortii, the other west. 
 The nortli wing consisted of kitchen, woodshed, etc. The west 
 wing contained living rooms ; the main building, parlors down- 
 stairs, upstairs bedrooms. There were porches, but above all 
 lovely shade trees, unsurpassed in beauty anywhere under the 
 sun. Such was our home. Such were the many homes de- 
 stroyed by the tornado of June 12th, 1899. Mr. F. Bartlett 
 was the owner of these residences. That gentleman lost about 
 $10,000 by the cyclone. Flis insurance was of no avail, as it 
 did not include cyclones. Mr. Olson Avas the only man in JSTew 
 Kichmond who received insurance for cyclonic destruction, he 
 being insured but one day before. Fire broke out in Mr. O. J. 
 Williams' hardware store after the cyclone. The insurance com- 
 pany compromised and gave him half the amount. These were 
 the onlv two instances of ol;)tainin2: insurance. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 21 
 
 What need is there to retell the horrors that tu<»k phicc at 
 New Kiehmoiid on that fatal day, June 12th, 1S99 ( And what 
 need to attempt to describe what could not be described 'i Xo 
 lunnan tongue can describe them. No human hand, however 
 skillful, can write them dowii. It is all too horrible for words, 
 too pitiful for ordinary human sympathy, too marvelous for 
 credence. Aside from the destruction, which was complete, 
 and the loss of life, which is remarkable mainly in that it was 
 not greater, there is enough of the minor details of the storm 
 to establish a library of romance. The bare truth of the New 
 Richmond storm is so vastly superior to the tale of a dreamer 
 that one hesitates to repeat it. There is always danger of over- 
 straining the credulity of the reader. That 1 don't wish to do. 
 (Author.) 
 
 Not the strangest part of the story was the vitality shown by 
 the surviving business men : In less than three days even after 
 the storm, and while the grave diggers -were still busy in the 
 cemeteries, the sounds of hammer and saw could be heard mak- 
 ing new shops for the merchants. Even before the debris had 
 been carted from the still warm foundation stones, lumber Avas 
 on hand for new stores, and clerks in the Minneapolis and St. 
 Paul wholesale houses were filling orders for new stocks of 
 goods. 
 
 It was not long before New Richmond was a busy trading 
 center again. Enterprise cannot be blown away by storm or 
 droAvned by flood. Well, a busy town it may be (if it does not 
 overdo itself), but for years it will exhibit vacant lots, unre- 
 bnilt homes, bare saags of trees, which novo- move Avill be the 
 glory of New Richmond; with homes showing patched roofs, 
 and many outside marks of the terrible visitation of that dav in 
 June, 1890. And it will be long before the saddened hearts 
 will forget to mourn and the poignant grief will be mellowed 
 into submission to the Divine will. Time can do wonders for 
 New Richmond, but not everything. Yet at this writing 
 (]\[areh 0th, 1900) one would be surprised at the advancement, 
 the progress of New Richmond, as far as new solid Iniildings 
 
22 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 are concerned. They appear to forget that a cyclone would, if 
 it ever made another visitation, make little of their solidity. 
 y(;t we hope in the mercy of God that such a catastrophe may 
 Bever visit us a second time ! 
 
 MANY TALES OF TERROR, AS TOLD BY PASSENGERS FROM 
 THE STRICKEN CITY— THEY RELATE SAD EXPERIENCES. 
 
 Owing to the fact that there were practically no telegraph 
 lines which could be iised between the different cities and the 
 storm section^ when passengers would arrive at the various 
 Btations they would be besieged by anxious inquirers regarding 
 the fate of relatives or friends. It was also difficult to learn 
 when the trains would arrive from that section of Wisconsin, 
 Telegraph operators were kept busy answering anxious ques- 
 tions regarding the time of the arrival of trains from the 
 stricken city. 
 
 Conductor J. F. Kelly, of the Omaha line, whose train was 
 several liours late, in remarking upon the damages of the storm, 
 ■said : ''The telegraph lines all over that entire section are down, 
 broken or disarranged. We left Duluth at 11 p. m., and when 
 we reached Clayton we found that the telegraph lines were use- 
 less. From there until we reached a point several miles 
 south of New Richmond we found that the lines had been 
 jilmost entirely destroyed. It will probably not be very long 
 iiimtil they are able to send messages through to New Richmond, 
 but it will take several days to repair the damage." He con- 
 tinues : "The scene at New Richmond was horrible. The 
 storm seemed not content with blowing things around and de- 
 stroying them, but literally chewed everything to pieces. Ma- 
 chinery which seemed heavy enough to withstand any force 
 which the elements could bring against it was twisted and turned 
 a thousand different ways. A heavy piece of mowing machinery 
 was deposited near the track, and was twisted and turned until 
 it hardly retained its form in any part. The trees were twisted 
 turned and broken in every conceivable shape." 
 
 Mr. Kelly continues: "We took on a passenger who was 
 eating supper in the Nicollet Hotel, New Richmond, the time 
 of the storm. A board was sent through the roof and killed 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. '23 
 
 the waitress and three men who were eating supper at the same 
 table. This was but one of the terrible effects of the storm. 
 I cannot attempt to describe the horrors of the scene, and even 
 now it makes me sick to think of them. I would advise no man 
 to go to the place, as he will see sights which will never disap- 
 pear from his mind. I hope it may never be n\v misfortime 
 to see such a thing again.'' 
 
 DR. BOLKCOM'S STORY. 
 
 Dr. Bolkcom of Clear Lake, a small town a short distance 
 north of New Richmond, hurried to the stricken citv to render 
 all the assistance in his power. He tells the following : Speak- 
 ing of Clear Lake, he said, there w^as not a great deal of damage 
 done there, beyond blowing in the fronts of several stores and 
 turning over trees and outhouses. South of town the storm 
 was more severe, and he had seen two men who were killed and 
 several others were badly injured. 
 
 "You cannot imagine such a sight as was presented at Xew 
 Richmond," he said to us on board the train. "The entire town 
 seemed wiped out and nothing but a mass of brick, stone and 
 building material was visible. The smoke which ascends from 
 the ruins, which have caught fire, almost hides the ruins them- 
 selves. Burned bodies, -which are mangled beyond recognition, 
 were being taken from the ruins when I came away, and it is 
 difficult to estimate the total number killed and injured. In 
 many places the heat is so intense that there are no means of 
 knowing just how many persons still lie under the ruins. There 
 are no means whatever of telling how many throughout the sur- 
 rounding country have perished. 
 
 "The sight is indeed terrible. In all my medical career I 
 have not had occasion to view such a sight as was presented to 
 me there. The wind had twisted everything to pieces and 
 seemed bent on destroying every object in sight. A heavy iron 
 wagon bridge, which stretched across the river at that place, 
 was taken up bodily and thrown into a nearby field. One 
 
24 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 cannot imagine the horror of the sccik^ unh'>;s he is right there 
 to view it." 
 
 The train that brought Dr. Bolkcom to St. Paul brought 
 about forty injured. They were taken to the several city hos- 
 pitals, and only two sufferers were brought to Minneapolis. 
 They were the aged parents of John K. McClure, grocer, at 
 301 University avenue southeast. The old gentleman received 
 some severe bruises, but was able to walk. Both were at- 
 tended by their son. The old lady was most severely injured, 
 and was unconscious from the time of the storm till she calmly 
 pa^^sed away to a better land. 
 
 CONDUCTOR HOEFFLE OF THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL TRAIN 
 GIVES A GRAPHIC PICTURE OF THE DESOLATED CITY, AS 
 HE PASSED THROUGH ON THE 13TH, THE DAY AFTER THE 
 OCCURRENCE. 
 
 "The whole center of the town has beeii torn out bodily," he 
 said. "All that big group of brick buildings which looked as 
 if they would stand for years have been leveled in a day to a 
 heap of scattered masonry. ISTot a building of the business 
 portion of the town has even a fragment of a wall left standing, 
 although a few of the residences about the outskirts of the 
 town were untouched by the storm. Everywhere the rescuing 
 parties could be seen engaged in the task of searching the ruins 
 for the bodies of the dead. The telegraph operator told me 
 that 100 dead had already been recovered and that in all prob- 
 ability they would mount up above 200." 
 
 A. K. Bradley of ]\Iilwaukee, who spent some hours in [NTew 
 Richmond viewing the ruins the next day after it occurred, said : 
 
 "The results of the storm would, in some cases, have been 
 amusing, were it not for the awful loss of life. In some cases 
 the roof would be torn off a house and the walls left standing 
 intact. In one case a house was torn up and carried away 
 bodily, and in the ruins of the foundation stood the keyboard 
 and part of the box of a piano. Out upon the prairie, horses 
 and cows lay dead on the field with no signs of having been 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 25 
 
 struck by falling trees or flying timbers. The animals had 
 apparently been lifted np and dashed to the ground by the 
 force of the storm with sufficient force to kill them instantly. 
 On another side would be seen part of a brick wall standing, 
 with straws and grass driven firmly into the mortar by the fury 
 of the tornado. 
 
 '^'The saddest and most horrible part of the whole affair, 
 however, was the results of the fire. Rescue parties searching 
 the ruins would come upon dismembered bodies scattered about 
 under the ruins. A searcher would see the feet of a man pro- 
 truding from a pile of ruined masonry, and, pulling, would 
 find merely the legs severed from the body. Another would 
 find a head torn from the trunk, and the latter would be dis- 
 covered a dozen feet away. Bodies^were discovered burned to a 
 crisp, or mutilated and crushed by the falling walls so as to be 
 unrecognizable." 
 
 ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, A MR. N. B. PUTNAM, STAYED AT THE 
 TOWN BUT A SHORT TIME, AND SAYS HE SAW ALL THAT 
 HE CARED TO OF HUMAN MISERY. IN RELATING WHAT 
 HE SAW, HE SAID: 
 
 "It is a terrible sight. The lurid flames shoot up every now 
 and then above the dense smoke and remind one of the pictures 
 of hell. Before I left they were making some headway in 
 subduing the flames, but when I arrived it was a smoking, 
 burning ruin from end to end. In one cellar which I noticed 
 near the center of the town there were eight human bodies, all 
 more or less bruised and mangled. iSTo attempt could be made 
 to remove them from the cellar, as the flames were playing all 
 about them and were slowly consuming them. In many places 
 where the fire was burning the woodwork of the fallen build- 
 ings, I noticed hmnan limbs or heads which were lying amidst 
 the flames. The sight was terrible. 
 
 "Another terrible sight was the ])oor people who were not 
 injured, if possible, even more heart-rending than that of those 
 who had died. In many places friends or relatives of those 
 who had perished were looking about among the ruins, trying 
 
26 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 to discover, if possible, -where their bodies lay. Each one was 
 trying to find a loved one, and in many cases a look of almost 
 idiotic frenzy was upon their faces. In some places old, de- 
 crepit men or women were hunting about, picking up a few 
 valueless articles of personal property, while near them lay the 
 body of a victim of the storm. Many of them seemed neither 
 to cave for the heat or the smoke, but peered about among the 
 ruins as if half wishing, half fearing to find the object for which 
 they searched. 
 
 ''The disaster was not without its amusing features, how- 
 ever. One old couple were in a cellar and their own cook 
 stove, which had been in the room above them, was deposited 
 between them without injuring either in the least. One old 
 farmer, oblivious to the horrors of his surroundings, hunted 
 a larger part of the morning for an organ which he had just 
 purchased. It was finally found in a pasture some distance 
 away, with hardly a semblance of its former shape. Several 
 people were in a cellar, when the storm took the home from 
 over their heads. Hardly had it gone, when a neighbor's cup- 
 board was deposited beside them in the cellar. 
 
 "One noticeable thing in connection Avith the cyclone was 
 that several iron safes, which had withstood the shock, were left 
 open, the doors having been wrenched from the hinges and 
 broken oft'. The dead bodies of animals were scattered all 
 over the ground, and from one point I could count thirty or 
 forty almost within a stone's throw." 
 
 FIRST OUTSIDE PHYSICIAN— FIRST PHYSICIAN ON THE SCENE 
 —DR. BOOTHBY OF HAMMOND, WIS. 
 
 He arrived on the scene of the cyclone but a few hours after 
 it passed, and devoted his entire time, without rest or sleep, 
 to caring for the injured and aiding in the rescue work. He 
 accompanied the injured to the hospitals in St. Paul. He was 
 the first to give an account of the terrible havoc wrought by 
 the storm to the press. He gave details which the reporters did 
 not or could not furnish. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 27 
 
 "The scenes which the physicians and nurses have witnessed 
 at New Richmond are enongh 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 portion of the city, striking 
 just before the employes of the different stores would have left 
 for supper, and completely wrecking everything in its course. 
 Substantial brick store buildings went down before the storm 
 like card houses, imprisoning in the ruins a very large num- 
 ber of persons who had no warning of their danger. Of the 
 business portion of l^ew Richmond, nothing remains except 
 a tangled mass of debris, in which are yet, we fear, the bodies 
 of a great many people. 
 
 "About 9 o'clock at night word came from the telegraph 
 office that J^ew Richmond had been 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 young men, whose names I do not know, left New 
 Richmond at once after the storm passed and drove with all 
 speed to Roberts, ten miles south, where they secured commu- 
 nication by wire with Hammond, and gave word of what had 
 happened. 
 
 "The Hammond relief arrived before midnight, and found 
 what had been one of the most beautiful towns in Wisconsin, 
 now a veritable charnel house. Everything was shrouded in 
 inky darkness, and the work of relieving the suffering and 
 caring for those near to death proceeded under circumstances 
 which were heart-breaking. The New Richmond physicians 
 did noble work. They were, of course, the first on the ground, 
 and their efforts accomplished what would at first have seemed 
 impossible. 
 
 "The St. Paul relief train arrived at an opportune time, and 
 the nurses and physicians were a Godsend. At the time I 
 arrived on the scene, fire had broken out in several quarters 
 and iiddod to tbe liorror." 
 
28 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 *'The greatest need at present," continues Dr. Boothby, "is 
 a'^ditional 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 attention. 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 inconvenience. 
 
 "There has been some complaint that among the strangers 
 who have drifted into town are many who come to loot the 
 ruins and desecrate the dead, but no instances of this kind 
 have come to my personal attention. 
 
 "]^o, I cannot tell you how many are killed. The Catholic 
 Church is being used as a temporary morgue until other accom- 
 modations can be furnished, as is also the schoolhouse." 
 
 ONE OF THE SURVIVORS. 
 
 C. H. HURRY'S LIFE SAVED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE 
 NICOLLET HOTEL. 
 
 C. H. Murry, a traveling man for the wholesale tea house 
 o.'l AVilliarn McMurry & Co., of East Third street, St. Paul, 
 went through the cyclone at l^ew Kichmond. He said: 
 
 "I was stopping at the Nicollet House, a three-story building, 
 kept as a hotel by Colonel C. D. McKimion. T never saw so 
 many people in the town before. There was a circus in the 
 town, and there was to be a dance after the performance in the 
 evening, and the streets were crowded with young people intent 
 on the circus and the dance. At 6 o'clock I went to dinner at 
 the hotel. Mrs. McKiiinon, 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. We wfere 
 scarcely there when the cyclone struck the hotel. 
 
 "One man, named Carey, I think, was too late, and was 
 blown l)ack into the dining-room and killed. The girl that 
 served ns at the table was killed. I do not know her name. 
 One of the laundry girls, who got int.. the eellar. was struck 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 29 
 
 by a falling beam and killed. The ^NfcKinnon family did not 
 get to the cellar. Mrs. McKinnon ran for her children, and 
 the family were in a small room in front. They sheltered 
 themselves as well as they could from falling rubbish, using a 
 marble-topped table for protection, but one of the children was 
 killed. After the storm had passed, Mr. McKinnon found 
 .mother child standing on the top of the ruins of the hotel, 
 uninjured. 
 
 ''The cyclone and the ruin were all over by 6 :07, for the 
 Wisconsin Central depot clerk marked that hour, as we found, 
 after the storm. 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. 
 
 "I believe there were five people killed at the hotel — two 
 men, one child, the table girl and the laundry girl. Carey 
 who was killed there, was a druggist and lived in the town. 
 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 cy- 
 clone was on us it sounded exactly like a railroad train crossing 
 a bridge." 
 
 "Xew Richmond, June 13. — (Times Special) — Late to- 
 night the St. Paul police, who had been on giiard during the 
 day, were replaced by Company H of the Tenth Wisconsin Bat- 
 talion from Chippewa Falls, under command of Captain Hart- 
 well. The militia will remain in control until matters are 
 finally adjusted." 
 
30 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 SAFE FROM NEW RICHMOND ROLLER MILL CO.'S OFFICE, 
 BLOWN 100 FEET. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 31 
 
 FURY OF THE WHIRLWIND, 
 
 EVERYTHING BEFORE IT LEVELED TO THE GROUND BY ITS 
 AWFUL FORCE. 
 
 Xew Richmond, Wis., June 13. — The storm struck this city 
 at a few minutes past six, Monday evening. It was heralded 
 by a noise like commingled crashing of thousands of thunder- 
 bolts. The familiar funnel-shaped cloud could be seen ap- 
 proaching with the speed of the wind, and although the warn- 
 ing given allowed but a fcAv seconds' time for preparation, 
 hundreds of people saved their lives b}^ fleeing to the cellars. 
 In some cases, however, this proved abortive. 
 
 Notably was this the fact in the Williams dry goods store, 
 where tlie cellar proved a veritable death trap. Just how 
 many were killed there may never be known. The building 
 Avas a substantial two-story affair, built of heavy stone, and was 
 thought to be tornado proof. The street in front of it was 
 crowded with people, in consequence of the circus being in 
 town, many of whom rushed inside for protection, only to 
 meet their death. In fact, it is said that one of the employes 
 of the store stood for a moment in the doorway and urged the 
 people to come inside where they would be safe. The invita- 
 tion was accepted by as many as could reach the supposed 
 harbor before the cloud struck, and the result was the highest 
 rate of mortality recorded in any place in the city. The great 
 walls of the building were picked up and hurled down upon 
 the cowering people within, crushing their lives out instantly. 
 Only a few escaped alive. The history of the miraculous 
 escape of 'Mr. and Mrs. Ward Williams is told elsewhere. 
 (Author.) 
 
32 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 MANY NARROW ESCAPES. 
 
 'riii'i-o Avero, of course, the usual number of miraculous es- 
 capes, 'riie little (lauiiiiter of Mr. Beebe was in a second-story 
 room of a l)riek l)uiklino' which was entirely demolished. Others 
 were in the room with her, but she alone escaped with her life. 
 She was much injured. Walter W. Beebe and Dr. Wilber 
 sought shelter in the cellar of Patton & Carey's drug store. 
 When the walls fell, a large quantity of chloroform and ether 
 was liberated, and they came very near to suffocation, but 
 finally niaiiaged to escape to the open air. Other escapes no 
 less remarkable w^ere recorded on every hand. The two pro- 
 prietors of this drug store, Mr. Oarey and Mr. »Patton, were 
 both killed. _ 
 
 The family of Harrison Mattison sought safety in the cellar 
 of their house, located about two miles southeast of Hudson. 
 The Tipi)er part of the house was lifted up bodily, but the floor 
 remained, and the family beneath were so frightened they did 
 not realize that the cyclone had passed until a party of neigh- 
 bors arrived and walked about over their heads. Then they 
 came out, entirely unhurt. 
 
 The violence of the storm lasted but about twenty seconds in 
 all, and although brief, the agony of those few moments will 
 remain long in the memories of those who have lived to tell 
 the tale. 
 
 The St. Paul relief train arrived at an opportune time, and 
 they had, if possible, a still more terrible foe with 
 which to contend. Immediately upon the abatement of the 
 wind, flames began to make their appearance amidst the debris 
 of what was a city a few moments before. The business 
 portion was laid to waste ; the buildings were not collapsed ; 
 they were utterly shattered, torn to splinters and scattered as 
 egg shells before the fury of the wind. 
 
 Awful were the scenes and occurrences following. Stifled 
 cries for help were to be heard on every side. Men sought 
 their wives, wives tlioir husbands, and crazed parents their 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. X) 
 
 fliikli'on. The struggles of animals pinioned beiicatli walls 
 and timbers smote upon the ear, and then the ever increasing 
 crackle of the flames as they gained headway were heard. 
 Then it was that the work of rescue began. Men fighting 
 grimly, iimni'uny f(n' the life of each poor pinioned wretch as 
 their cries for help were located. Ah I how they worked ! But 
 they rescued many. 
 
 Private homes, churches, everything which could still serve 
 as shelter were converted into hospitals, and to these the dead 
 and dying were carried. Doctors — although there were four 
 practitioners belonging to the town, one was from home twelve 
 miles on a sick call and anotlier was severely injured. The 
 other tAvo, althoiigh they did their utmost for the sufferers, 
 Avere without the requisite sedatives, bandages, etc., which are 
 indispensable in the case of the injured. Thus handicapped, 
 they could render l»nt little assistance. 
 
 FIRST RELIEF TRAIN. 
 
 This Mas the condition of affairs on the arrival of the first 
 relief train shortly after midnight over the Wisconsin Central 
 line from Chippewa Falls. This train was the response to 
 the heart-rending ap])eal of a devastated city, flashed over the 
 wires, which were afterwards down and useless. In an in- 
 credibly short space of time the train was flying on its mission 
 of mercy, laden with ])hysicians, with surgical supplies, and 
 volunteers to help them, all of wluun luideitook this wild night's 
 ride for sweet charity's sake. 
 
 THE WILD RUN CONTINl'ED. 
 
 At each small station along the entire route, over sixty miles, 
 anxious men offered their services and were gladly taken along. 
 The run of this relief train was a wild one and attended with 
 manv dangers. The lie;ht train idnniicd ilir<'ni:h the niu'ht. 
 Telegraphic communication was impossible; there were no or- 
 i]f'v< r<> guide. The di-iving rain which had been ]iouring for 
 
34 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 hours added a constant danger of washouts, and, above all, the 
 night express from Chicago was somewhere on the line, coming 
 in the opposite direction. On they ran, and they were suc- 
 cessful. It was made without mishap, and never was an ex- 
 pedition of this kind more of a Godsend, nor more opportune 
 in its arrival. All hail to that Chippewa Falls train! That 
 noble deed should be heralded in every country under the sun ! 
 (Author.) 
 
 SURGEONS SOON AT WORK. 
 
 Ten physicians were on this relief train, who were silently 
 welcomed by the sad-faced citizens gathered at the station. 
 Immediately a plan of organized relief was devised, five of the 
 doctors going to the Congregational Church, where the larger 
 portion of the injured lay, and the rest were conducted to 
 different private residences, the doors of which had been thrown 
 open to accommodate the unfortunate ones. This resulted in 
 the first and second Avards of the city being thoroughly covered 
 until more assistance could arrive. 
 
 The sights which confronted the rescuers were awful. The 
 dragging of some mangled, helpless creature from the ruins was 
 inexpressibly sad. As usual in cases of catastrophe, hotels 
 figured largely in the tragedy. The Hotel J^icollet of jSTew 
 Richmond was no exception to the general rule. Work upon 
 the ruins of this building was begun among the first, and al- 
 though it cannot be definitely determined, it is thought that at 
 least eight perished among the hotel ruins. 
 
 Perhaps one of the saddest cases was the death of Miss Katie 
 McKinnon, the eldest daughter of the landlord. Colonel Mc- 
 Kinnon, a bright, beautiful and talented girl of 15 years. 
 Shortly before 6 o'clock she had gone to her room. She was 
 never seen alive after that. In the cold, gray dawn of the 
 following morning her bruised and battered form was cut from 
 under the pinioning timbers. There lay their once cheerful, 
 happy child. Oh, cyclones ! what bleeding hearts you have left 
 behind ! The remainder of Colonel McKinnon's family were 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 35 
 
 fortnuate, and although the hiudlord, his wife and remaining 
 two daughters, Alice and Birdie, had miraculous escapes, they 
 were rescued from the ruins unharmed. It was to his youngest 
 daughter, Birdie, that a most strange and peculiar thing hap- 
 pened, the child escaping death in an unaccountable way. It 
 seems that upon the discovery of the approach of the storm, Mr. 
 McKinnon had just time in which to place his little daughter 
 in an opening in the partitions of the walls. Neither he nor 
 his wife had time to seek a place of safety for themselves. The 
 storm struck the building and reduced it to splinters, save for 
 the large basement, which is occupied by the sample room. D. 
 J. McKenzie, who was in this room, says that upon rushing out 
 after the storm, the first sight that met his eyes was little Birdie 
 sitting quietly upon the highest point of the heap of debris 
 which alone remained of the hotel. The child was entirely 
 unhurt. How this marvel occurred it is impossible to tell, but 
 the fact remains. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon were buried im- 
 mediately beneath where the child sat, and although somewhat 
 bruised, were not seriously injured. Three traveling men and 
 two of the dining-room girls of the hotel saved their lives by 
 tumbling down a stairway leading from the dining-room to the 
 basement. One of these men was V. E. Brewer, a jewelry 
 salesman. His trunks, containing much valuable goods, he 
 was fortunate to recover. 
 
 CERTAIN INCIDENTS. 
 
 Although as a general rule the men forming the rescuing 
 parties were noble, brave-hearted fellows, having only the desire 
 to save and relieve from pain the unfortunates, yet there were 
 deplorable incidents of display of the brutal. 
 
 "Be careful," cries one man, "your ax will go too deep. Be 
 careful." Then the response : "What's the difference ? He's 
 dead." Incidents like these, though they did occur, were rare, 
 however. 
 
36 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 IAS R. HENDERSON S RESIDENCE. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 37 
 
 One yoir.iiv girl <if IS years of age experienced a most won- 
 derful cscajK' frcini the awful death of being smothered under 
 the cullapse of one of the principal buiklings on Main street. 
 The yoinig lady in question found herself, after tlie shock, in 
 a space sufficient ly large enough to alhjw free movement to 
 her I)(i(ly. N^aturally, the brave girl begaii tearing her way 
 thr(.>ngli the heaps of broken boards and timber, i^early pros- 
 trated, she at last reached an opening, through which she 
 crawled, reaeliing the street unharmed. 
 
 THE STRICKEN CITY IS A VERITABLE SCENE OF DESOLATION. 
 
 About 5 :''j() p. m., June lo : The sky was dark and lowering. 
 The dark clouds overhanging the town moved together and 
 preci])itated a downfall of rain. The sky darkened and the 
 downfall increased until it approached a cyclonic appearance. 
 The scene was a grim reminder of the i)revi<>us evening's ca- 
 lamity, which blotted out the town and left death in its train. 
 The downfall continued over an hour. (Jiant trunks of 
 stripped trees stood out in grim significance, while smoke from 
 the burning debris hovered over the ruins. The cellars again 
 became the place of refuge for the frightened people. 
 
 Tlimngh it all the work of rescue continueil without inter- 
 ruption. .Men worked their way carefully over the debris, paus- 
 ing here and there to throw aside a tindjer and ])eer more closely 
 into tile nuiss of ruins. Xot infi'equently the lnw moan of a 
 ])ini(tne<l victim told of the latter's presence, and willing hands 
 wiuked diligently for the unfortunate. There was no cessation. 
 The ap})roaeh of night caused no pause. Aided by flickering 
 lanterns, elVorts eoutinued. Kepoi-t,-> had heen juade to the 
 relief ('((unuittee of the kn^wn niissing, and they were looked 
 for. The town was tilled with circus visitcu's Monday. How 
 many of the latter met death is a mere conjecture. There may 
 have been a score, or ])ossibly less. Most industrious help was 
 given by the cori)S of the Twin Cities, Sfillwatcr. Chippewa 
 Falls and other ]tlaces. 
 
3S THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 The donations of food and clothing supplies which were so 
 generously sent from St. Paul and Minneapolis were given out 
 to the sufferers at Mr. A. Baker's residence, which was so nobly 
 given up for that purpose. On the lawn of the Baker resi- 
 dence, Company C of Chippewa, in charge of Captain Hart- 
 ley, erected their tents. 
 
 THE ST. PAUL FIREMEN BUSY. 
 
 The assistance given by the generous Omaha railroad should 
 forever live in the minds of the ISTew Richmond people. It 
 clieered their broken hearts. Special trains were run from St. 
 Paul -at frequent intervals, whenever two or more injured were 
 found. Chief Goss and twelve officers gave material assistance 
 and prevented possible plunder. The crooks got in, in spite 
 of the stringent regulations, and were getting in their plunder. 
 One poor maimed sufferer was obliged to submit to his watch 
 being taken and his pockets rifled of their contents, and he 
 unable to defend himself. There were several similar cases. 
 
 ARRIVAL OF FIRE ENGINES. 
 
 The arrival of several pieces of apparatus from the St. Paul 
 department was welcomed. Water was at once thrown on the 
 burning ruins with immediate effect. 
 
 Congressman Jenkins was early on the scene and lent val- 
 uable aid. After a conference, a dispatch was sent the gov- 
 ernor, beseeching aid. Late in the day a reply from the 
 executive stated he would send a representative in the morning 
 to look over the scene and report to him. This was not wdiat 
 was expected from the governor of the state, and local officers 
 denounced the governor's stand. 
 
 They say people are homeless and without money. Bodies 
 of many dead await interment. Assistance in the way of 
 1)11 rial needs had been generously offered by Minnesota, but 
 politely declined, as the survivors felt Wisconsin could take 
 care of its dead. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 39 
 
 "Could the governor have seen one part of the tragedy," re- 
 marked Mr. Jenkins to-night; "could he have witnessed the 
 family of the Hon. Lawyer Hawkins — two brothers and two sis- 
 ters dead ; the latter killed while walking home ; his wife, two 
 daughters and youngest son, a boy of 12 years; the family laid 
 out in the church — perhaps he would have acted more 
 promptly." 
 
 But the case of Mrs. Brockbank and three children furnishes 
 another incident. She was taken from the ruins barely alive, 
 with her three children, ranging from 4 to 9 years, clinging 
 about her arms and neck. They had been covered by twelve 
 feet of debris. 
 
 As the bodies were recovered, they were brought to the 
 schoolhouse, Catholic or Congregational Churches. Thence 
 they were taken to the cemeteries, except in a few cases, where 
 homes still stood in which the remains can be kept for a few 
 hours, during which the final ttibute of love could be tendered 
 by the bereaved families. The bodies were prepared for burial 
 by local and visiting undertakers, and as soon as identified were 
 marked and disposed of as their friends requested. 
 
 NURSES DO GOOD WORK. 
 
 Bev. Dr. Degnan spent some sleepless nights and days looking 
 after the bodies and souls of his parishioners. He was one 
 of the coolest and best workers among the many who volun- 
 teered their aid. ISTurses and physicians from St. Paul, who 
 had come down by special train on the Omaha road as soon as 
 news of the disaster reached the Minnesota capital, were of 
 great help, all night and day. When the day closed all the 
 seriously injured were believed to have been cared for. Those 
 whose injuries were serious, but whose chances of recovery 
 were believed to be good, were quickly sent to the hospitals of 
 St. Paul, where better care could be given them. The slightly 
 injured and those whose condition seemed hopeless were kept 
 here, and were given the best attention possible. 
 
40 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 The next day after the calamity hundreds of morbidly curious 
 people from neighboring towns and cities thronged our town, 
 and crowded about those whose hearts had l)een wrung with 
 anguish. The desolate view of Xew Kichmond in those days 
 will not soon be forgotten. Among the broken fragments of 
 our homes we wandered helplessly, some striving aimlessly and 
 hopelessly to gather what had been left. 
 
 On the east and west limits of the city many houses were 
 still standing with little or no damage, and to these homes the 
 occupants welcomed their less fortunate neighbors and friends, 
 giving them such aid as was possible aiid the true sympathy 
 that means so much to stricken souls. 
 
 Late in the night of the 13th, the fire broke out afresh. The 
 rain having ceased, seemed the signal for the dreadful flames 
 to get in their work of terrible destruction. Although strength- 
 ened by additional apparatus from dear St. Paul, who was our 
 best friend in our hour of need,' the fire department Avas unal:>le 
 to cope with the flames. A drizzling rain set in about o'clock, 
 but that had little eft'ect. The fire was but too near that portion 
 of the town where the missing bodies were supposed to be. 
 With desperate eftorts the work of rescue continued, l)ut two 
 victims only rewarded the devoted band. They were the re- 
 mains of Michael Harrington, an aged man, and Annie Clough, 
 employed in the JSTicoUet Hotel. The latter, poor girl, was 
 found in an attitude of work, surrounded by dishes and kitchen 
 utensils. Joseph Hirsch was removed from the debris. He 
 suffered serious injury, but was not dangerously hurt. 
 
 Another annoyance to the afflicted town was the steady con- 
 gregation of toughs. They actually held up some of the de- 
 fenceless people during the night. Toughs is too tame a 
 name. Ghouls appears to me more appropriate. 'No wonder 
 we hailed the coming of the militia to defend us. These were 
 awful days to the survivors of N^ew Richmond. When I look 
 back now it seems all like a hideous dream. Ah, I wish it 
 were but a dream I But when one looks arcnind in familiar 
 places where the mass of the people would gatlier together, how 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 41 
 
 iiKiiiv lire missed I 'rii(iiii;li \ve iiiiiv ii«it liiivr lust relal i\cs, 
 \cl \\i' iliil friends that we l«,>ved ; hriulit (•liaractei-> that made it 
 |deasaiii to meet; clieerfiil, hapi)y faces we will never see again. 
 .\ 1'iiend said to me a few days ago: "I feel like cursing the 
 «y(di)nc. I have lost my accumulations of years. I must l)e- 
 iiin life's problem over again." .Vnotlier said: "I am too old 
 to work fpr a fortune. V\\\y was 1 spared to meet crushing 
 poverty, when I might be surrounded by many comforts f ' 
 Wait, — a few years, my friend, will solve the mystery. Greater 
 comforts may await you in a brighter, i)etter world, where one 
 will never fear that a cyclone will injure them, or that they 
 will lose their fortunes. TFeaven is rich in foi-tunes foi- the 
 blessed. (Author.) 
 
 ItlKD's i:VF. VIEW or ItlSINESS SECTION AI-TKK THE STOKM. 
 
42 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 BUILDINGS RAZED TO THE GROUND. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS 
 PLACES DEMOLISHED. 
 
 Starting at the south end of the town, the following is a 
 partial list of the • buildings completely demolished: 
 
 Mrs. Dayton, residence and barn. 
 
 Willard Wells, residence and barn. He was killed. 
 
 Holland Beck's residence and barn. 
 
 H. Tafts and brother's three residences. 
 
 Samuel Horn, residence. 
 
 Mrs. John McHenry, three residences. 
 
 Charles Bell, residence occupied by Fred La Pointe, who 
 suffered leg, arm and ribs. 
 
 Two residences, names unknown. 
 
 Henry Beal, residence and barn, 
 
 Anthony Early, a new residence. He was killed. 
 
 Three other residences, owned by Smith estate. 
 
 Mr. O'Brien, barber, residence. 
 
 W. H. Hopkins, residence. He was badly bruisd. 
 
 Edward Perry, residence. 
 
 M. S. Bell, residence, occupied by a Baptist minister. 
 
 James Gifford, residence. 
 
 Dr. Knapp, residence. He and his wife injured. 
 
 James O'Brien, two residences. 
 
 Lawyer S. IST. HaAvkins, three residences. Two daughters 
 and youngest son, his wife and Mr. Early, all dead ; the latter 
 his father-in-law. 
 
 Mr. Frank W. Bartlett, three residences, occupied, respec- 
 tively, by A. G. Boehm, Dr. Gerard and F. W. Kuhn. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 43 
 
 WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET. 
 
 Henry Beal, grocery store. 
 
 Ward L. Williams, dry goods. 
 
 W. W. Bixby, furniture. He was killed. 
 
 'New Kichmond Bank. 
 
 E. O. Kaye, drug store. 
 
 Padden & Hughes, hardware. 
 
 Bell & Smith, meat market. 
 
 Justin Hicks, grocery store. He was killed. 
 
 William Fink, bakery. 
 
 O. J. Williams, hardware. 
 
 Belle E. Aldrich, drug store. 
 
 M. J. Scott, restaurant. 
 
 Mrs. Gavin, millinery. 
 
 H. W. Starr, jewelry. 
 
 H. H. Bigelow, photographer. He was killed. 
 
 L. O. Tatro, barber shop. 
 
 Parden Brothers, grocery. W. Parden was killed. 
 
 Ben Powell, novelty store. 
 
 ]\Irs. Brockbank, notion store. 
 
 E. A. Glover, general store. 
 
 Manufacturers' Bank. 
 
 Hotel IS'icoUet. 
 
 E. J. Scott, printing office. 
 
 EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET. 
 
 D. C. Manies, livery stable. 
 
 T. Johnson, harness maker. 
 
 T. Mulroney, seed store. 
 
 D. Dodge (S: Berg, grocery and dry goods. 
 
 Oleson & Legard, tailors. Mr. Legard killed. 
 
 John Avery, tinner. 
 
 Lew Winters, jewelry. 
 
 California Wine House. 
 
 Earl Dawley, confectionery. 
 
44 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 F. T. Bannister, photographer. 
 
 C. H. Todd, jewelry. 
 
 T. P. Martin, barber. He was killed. 
 
 John Johnson, saloon. 
 
 Mark Casey, furniture store. 
 
 E. J. Thompson, clothing store. 
 
 William Fitzgerald, grocer. 
 
 Patten & Carey, druggists. Both killed. 
 
 JSTewell Brothers, dry goods and groceries. 
 
 PostofHce. 
 
 L. Leith's machinery store. 
 
 PTarrington, blacksmith shop. 
 
 C. Cananova & Conrad, saloon. 
 
 Cullni & Greeley, saloon. 
 
 McCarty & Tanney, grocers. 
 
 Samuel Johns, shoe store. 
 
 Andrew Deneen, dry goods and groceries. 
 
 Michael O'Brien, barber. 
 
 Andrew Tobin, machinery. 
 
 Turnon & Bently, harness and repair sliop. 
 
 Farmers' Hotel. 
 
 ON THE SIDE BUSINESS STREETS. 
 
 John Lotz, meat market. 
 ' Weekly Republican office. 
 ]joehm Tobacco and Cigar i'actory. 
 Charles Day, express office. 
 Dr. Wade, office. 
 J. Peterson, shoemaker. 
 Mrs. McCarthy, dressmaker. 
 Dr. Wells, dentist office. 
 Henry Jaggers, machine shop. 
 McGrath, blacksmith shop and residence. 
 Thomas Row, five residences. 
 M. S. Bell, eio'ht or ten residences and three or four stores. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 4." 
 
 AVilli;iiii Itmtoii, residence. 
 
 J)r. .lulnison. residence. He was seriously Imrt. 
 
 (icorge Wells' residence. 
 
 Wiird (iuuld, residence. He was killed. 
 
 Hiram Foster, resi<leiice. 
 
 Anthony [.yncli, residence. 
 
 A. P. Kihbie, residence. 
 
 Tlioiiias Harrington, residence. 
 
 Tlioiiias Rosebrook, residence. He and wife killed. 
 
 ] )r. Epily's residence, office and stables. 
 
 W. F. .Meiralley, residence and offices. 
 
 Andrew Brown's residence, hall ami other '.mijiliims. 
 
 T. P. Martin's residence. He was killed. 
 
 William Hughes' residence and office. Tlis son was killed. 
 
 I\Iark Casey's residence. 
 
 ^Ir. Olson's residence. 
 
 Ml'. A. Lynch's residence. 
 
 M. Williams' residence. 
 
 Ml-. (Jonld's residence. FEe and his niorher-in-law were 
 killc.j. 
 
 Mr. (.T. Wells' residence. 
 
 The ^fethodist Chnrcli destroyed completely. 
 
 The ^fasoiiic Hall. Hagan's Opera Honse and Brown's riidv, 
 all are gone. 
 
 The Omaha dejxit was completely swi'pl away. 
 
 The city power honse and water works are in ruins. 
 
 The iron bridge across the Willow River on Main street was 
 carried awav. 
 
46 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 What People Said who Visited New Richmond 
 Before the Cyclone. 
 
 ''jSTew Richmond was one of the most picturesque of the 
 smaller Wisconsin towns. It was located about fifteen miles 
 directly east of Stillwater, at the junction of the ISTorth-Western 
 and Wisconsin Central roads, on the Willow River. The main 
 street of the town ran parallel to the North- Western tracks and 
 a block distant. 
 
 "It was substantially built up with brick and stone structures. 
 The town was lighted by electricity and had a good water sys- 
 tem. It was not of mushroom growth, and hence possessed the 
 added beauty of large shade trees, even in the business districts. 
 It boasted two banks and two hotels, and its stores were first- 
 class in every particular. 
 
 LIST OF INJURED. 
 
 B. H. Taft, scalp wound. 
 
 J. B. Hurley, Wisconsin Central agent ; his foot was crushed. 
 Mrs. Cosgrove, 84 years old, bruised and cut. 
 Miss Josephine Roscheim, slight. 
 Miss Cora Roscheim, slight. 
 Frank Jennings, legs broken. 
 Frank Le Point, both legs broken. 
 Mrs. Brockbank, hip crushed. 
 John Wells, severe wound on temple and head. 
 Oscar Obrase, arm broken. 
 ^ John Wells, a farmer, back hurt. 
 William Lavell, leg broken and head cut. 
 John Rybird, stone mason, back hurt. 
 Harry McGraw, slight wound. 
 George C. Hough, scalp wound. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 47 
 
 Mrs. George C. Hough, severe, — now recovered. 
 
 J. L. Eutty, face and head cut, slightly, 
 
 Mrs. Rutty, injured severely. j 
 
 Mr. Hall, ribs broken — severe. 
 
 James Phillips, serious wounds. 
 
 Bridget Phillips, serious. 
 
 Mr. Stephen Hawkins, limb crushed severely. 
 
 Mr. Fred Hawkins, slightly wounded. r 
 
 Dr. Knapp, slightly wounded. 
 
 Mrs. Knapp, slightly wounded. 
 
 Charles Wills was severely wounded — died of his wounds. 
 
 John Gillen^ collar-bone and arm broken. 
 
 Mrs. John Gillen, seriously injured ; since died. 
 
 Charles Gillen, thigh broken. 
 
 Ward Gould, serious ; since died of wounds. 
 
 Mrs. Gould, slightly wounded. 
 
 Mrs. Hollinbeck, seriously wounded. 
 
 Assistant postmaster, internal injury; serious. i 
 
 Mr. John McCoy, leg broken. ' 
 
 Mrs. Brockbank, leg broken. 
 
 Pred Foster, fireman, head and arm injured. 
 
 G. Gardinier, seriously injured. 
 
 Mrs. E. Wells, - 
 
 Sarah Dunbar, seriously injured. 
 
 John Barrett, dangerously injured ; died. 
 
 Mrs. Scott, mother, and John Scott, son, 
 
 Henry Lewis, blacksmith, serious. 
 
 Viva Lewis, slight. . 
 
 Willie Hopkins, head injured. 
 
 H. C. Hall, three ribs broken, internal injuries. 
 
 Hans Johnson, internal injuries. 
 
 Henry Christiansen, painter, badly hurt. '■ 
 
 William Lavalle, ribs and leg fractured. 
 
 Martin Strommen, shoulder injured. 
 
 Fred Day, Chicago traveling man. 
 
 Mrs. John ^Fc^rahan. 
 
48 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Edward Lotz, slightly. 
 
 John Lotz, slightly. 
 
 Mrs. John Lotz, severely. 
 
 John Clarke, severely injured. 
 
 Mrs. Clarke, severely injured. 
 
 Eight Clarke children, painfully bruised. 
 
 E. J. Scott, nose broken and arm sprained. 
 
 J. Walsh, injuries about head. 
 
 E. L. Doty, ribs fractured and badly bruised. 
 
 Mr. Michael, Portage, Wis., with circus, severely. 
 
 R. B. Hall, with circus, severely. 
 
 Charles Harte, with circus, severely. 
 
 Frank Leavey, band leader, with circus, severely. 
 
 R. B. F. Gollmar, Avith circus, slightly. 
 
 Henry Lewis, badly cut about head. 
 
 Miss Lewis, arm broken. 
 
 William Kelly, severely. 
 
 Mrs. M. Kelly, severely. 
 
 Mr. W. F. Mc^^ally, leg broken. 
 
 Leonard Taft, badly hurt. 
 
 Mrs. O'Donnell, Cylon, Wis., slightly. 
 
 Thomas Hanlon, Stanton, leg hurt. 
 
 Bertha McKinnon, slightly hurt. 
 
 Lillie Klosterman, St. Paul, slightly. 
 
 Mrs. J. Mahan. 
 
 Pay Stone, slightly injured. 
 
 H. W. Starr, jeweler, arm broken. 
 
 Bertha Beebe, broken wrist. 
 
 Thomas Newell, injured slightly. 
 
 Michael ISTewell, three ribs broken, 
 
 Fred Le Point, injured. 
 
 Benjamin F. Powell, seriously. 
 
 Lillian Livingston, slightly wounded. 
 
 Mrs. Richards, slightly. 
 
 Mrs. William McGrath, badly bruised. 
 
 ISh: William McGrath, badlv bruised. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 49 
 
 Mrs. Isidore Gerniaine, serious gash in side. 
 
 Michael Scott, hurt on head. 
 
 Mrs. Scott, slightly. 
 
 James Finnegau, dislocated hip. 
 
 Arthur Lane, Turtle Lake, slightly. 
 
 John Barrett, slightly. 
 
 John Bastians, seriously. 
 
 John Wells, seriously. 
 
 TERRIBLE BEREAVEMENT OF S. N. HAWKINS. 
 
 One of the families to suffer most from the storm was that 
 of S. !N". Hawkins, a well-known attorney of l^ew Richmond. 
 Mr. Hawkins himself was seriously injured. His wife, a most 
 amiable lady, two accomplished daughters, a young son, twelve 
 years old, killed outright in the cyclone. His eldest son, Fred^ 
 associated with his father in the law, injured. But one son, 
 Robert, escajied without any injury. 
 
 Mr. and ^Irs. A. Rosebrook were botli killed, and their two 
 daughters, Cora and Josephine, were seriously injured. 
 
 DEAD. 
 
 On an improvised slab in the Catholic Church were laid three 
 bodies, — George Stack, his wife and their only child. Happy 
 in their home life, happy in themselves; never a harsh word 
 came between them. They lived together' in perfect harmony, 
 and died in each other's arms. The little child was found be- 
 tween them, clinging to his mother's gown, witli a look of fright- 
 ened agony on its innocent face. 
 
 Mr. Stack was a skillful workman. He was engaged by Dr. 
 Degnan to build the "Grotto of Lourdes," in the cemetery of 
 the Catholic Church. Tt remains unlmilt. 
 
50 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 MESSAGES. 
 
 GOVERNOR LIND OF MINNESOTA COMES NOBLY TO THE AID 
 OP NEW RICHMOND PEOPLE. 
 
 The following exchange of messages took place between the 
 governors of Minnesota and Wisconsin : 
 
 Honorable Edward Scofield, Governor of Wisconsin, ^ladi- 
 son, Wis. — "Our people are doing everything in their power 
 to alleviate distress and suflFering at 'New Richmond. Have you 
 anything to suggest that I might do to further relieve the situa- 
 tion ?" ' JOHN LIND, Governor. 
 
 Honorable John Lind, Governor of Mimiesota, St. Paul, 
 Minn. — "I thank you and the people of ]\Iinnesota on behalf 
 of Wisconsin for your efforts to alleviate distress at New Rich- 
 mond. I think we have now on the way help sufficient to meet 
 the immediate necessities of the occasion." 
 
 EDWARD SCOFIELD, 
 Governor of Wisconsin. 
 
 REFLECTIONS. 
 
 After all lias been said ; after the horrible word-pictures 
 have been draAvn by the witnesses of Monday night's tragedies, 
 and after the events which liavc wrung the hearts and whitened 
 the hairs of New Richmond people have passed into history, 
 there will still remain with them something which can never 
 be realized by those who have not been residents here. 
 
 To see the once beautiful city a trackless waste is one thing, 
 but to see the boys and girls, the men and women, those whom 
 you loved and who loved you, the people whose lives had become 
 a part of the very fiber of your being, Mdio were connected with 
 everything that was of interest to you, to see those carried, one 
 by one, followed by little processions of robitivp>;. witli scared 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 51 
 
 A\liito faces and swiftly-beating hearts, and luirriedly buried to 
 make room for the next set of mourners, is something which 
 will live on in the minds of all forever. 
 
 These are experiences which leave scars that may soften, but 
 never heal. The sound of the sod falling on the many coffins, 
 the sharp cries of agony of the friends, the tears that dim their 
 eyes as they realize that it is a final farewell, leave impressions 
 that will last until they, too, have passed through the valley of 
 the shadow to join those who are "ISJ'ot lost, but gone before." 
 
 Those who have visited the scenes of devastation at New 
 Richmond could estimate, perhaps, the 'damage done, but the 
 mental anguish crowded into a few minutes that dark after- 
 noon of June 12, 1899, must be beyond all imagination to 
 estimate. Neither can one who Avas not here imagine the 
 horrors of the scene — the awful darkness; then the terrible 
 death-dealing wind sweeping a path before it and leaving be- 
 hind it mutilated bodies; widows, who a moment before were 
 happy wives ; widowers, who had been happy husbands ; 
 fathers and mothers, now childless ; little ones made orphans. 
 And when one looks ino the cellars of the houses in New 
 Richmond that had been homes, and sees but the debris of 
 the storm, it is almost impossible to conceive how any es- 
 caped, so great was the havoc wrought. And the suffering 
 in these cellars will never be known by others than the suf- 
 ferers, and those of them who still survive will remember it 
 as a dream, an awful nightmare, in which the hand of death 
 reached for them, but hesitated, and left them to the anguish 
 of the after moments, this, in itself, almost as horrible as any 
 death could be. 
 
 The scene of horror lasted all that fated Monday night, all 
 of Tuesday and Tuesday night, and all day Wednesday. Will- 
 ing hands made hasty and eager search for the dead, and found 
 them — found them so often that after a time there was no 
 longer horror in it. ]\rore than a hundred graves have been 
 made since last Sundav. 
 
52 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Awful as was tlie storm of itself, the night which followed 
 was, if anything, worse. On all sides could be seen bodies 
 of those who had perished or the mangled, torn bodies of those 
 who escaped sudden death to die a thousand deaths before 
 crossing the dark river, and in the darkness could be heard 
 the shrieks of those who escaped death by the storm to meet 
 it in more fearful form in the flauK^s. i'igures of men, bloody 
 and torn, but still possessed of abnoriual strength, were every- 
 where, guided by the light of the flames or by the shrieks, 
 rescuing the wounded. And, as an everlasting shame on the 
 human race, there were others who calmly left the dead and 
 dying to search for booty. 
 
 In Richmond, after the lapse of a few days, the finding of 
 an arm, or a basket of charred human bones, would have been 
 calmly regarded. Men grow accustomed to such horrors. 
 
 A strange Sunday was that which followed the devastation 
 of the awful cyclone. It was a day of work, not of rest, at 
 least, for the living. The laborers continued to wield pick 
 and shovel, hammer and saw. But there were church bells as 
 well, ringing. The Catholic Church was still standing, and a 
 Norwegian Church, without marks of the storm. The Cath- 
 olic Church was a morgue, to be sure, but not on Sunday. 
 It was a sanctuary for the living, and at 8 a. m. the bell 
 called the people to mass. Then at 10:30 a. m. the high 
 mass was celebrated. Rev. Dr. Degnan had a busy week 
 among the dying and dead, administering consolation and 
 hope. And he was, it is hoped, most successful in removing 
 burdens of sorrow and doubt from the afflicted living. 
 
 A MOST NOTABLE SERMON BY REV. DR. DEGNAN, OF NEW 
 RICHMOND— COURAGE, PATIENCE, RESIGNATION THE LES- 
 SON TO LEARN. 
 
 By wire from New Richmond, Wis., June 19: One of the 
 sensations of the first Sunday in ruined New Richmond was 
 the unexpected turn in the morning service at the Catholic 
 Church. Dr. Degnan had intended to hold a simple mass 
 with a short sermon, in which no allusion would be made to 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 53 
 
 the calamity of jMonday evening. But when he arose before 
 the audience he changed his purpose and delivered an address 
 which will long be remembered in connection with the history 
 of the great storm. 
 
 To begin with, Dr. Degnan had buried fifty-nine of his 
 parishioners, among them three of his altar boys. He had 
 visited hundreds of the injured and had worked all the week 
 almost without rest. In spite of the terrible scenes he had 
 witnessed, he thought himself calm enough to preach a simple 
 sermon from the Gospel of the day. But before him he saw 
 his church packed with his own members and many strangers. 
 Here and there, a sorrowing mother would be wiping away 
 the tears she could not repress, and in scores of faces could 
 be seen the grief which no dissembling could conceal. 
 
 This settled it with Dr. Degnan. He saw his duty was to 
 comfort those sorrowing people, not by sympathizing with 
 them, but by cheering them up, by inspiring them with new 
 hope and courage. Speaking entirely extempore, and with 
 a spontaneity which no stenographer could follow, with an 
 enthusiasm which was electrical in its influence on his hearers, 
 the priest did more in his short address than he could have 
 accomplished in months of pastoral visitation. Looking down 
 into the sad faces, he began : 
 
 DR. DEGNAN'S DISCOURSE. 
 
 "Many happy faces are found wanting in this once pros- 
 perous congregation, and many a sad countenance is left be- 
 hind to mourn the loss of our departed loved ones. The fear- 
 ful storm that arose in its might and power on last Monday 
 night has leveled to the ground our once beautiful and pros- 
 perous little city. Many a home is made desolate and sad, 
 many a chair is vacant, but this sadness and affliction which 
 has come upon us must not bury us in desolation. While 
 God in His Providence has seen fit to send us this terrible 
 catastrophe, yet his mercy and goodness have supplied us 
 with many noble, generous and philanthropic friends. 
 
54 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 "The philanthropy of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Stillwater, St. 
 Cloud and all the towns of our own state will now serve as 
 lamps for our feet and torches for our path to lead us on to a 
 bright and prosperous future. We should thank God that we 
 live in a land that is characterized by noble deeds and all that 
 is grand, enobling and inspiring in human nature. 
 
 "The dark clouds that gathered over this prosperous toAvn 
 are not without the bright rays of sunshine. In the sad hour 
 of our affliction we ntust not sit by the wayside of sorrow, but 
 listen to the encouraging words of noble and charitable and 
 loyal friends. 
 
 "The banner of the Red Cross^ which now floats over our 
 city, will teach us our duty in these days of darkness and 
 misery. And what is our duty ? It is what God has com- 
 manded, and it is duty because He has commanded it. He 
 now commands us to be true to ourselves, to our fellows and 
 to Him. Duty, then, is God's will working in our lives. 
 Duty is the law of life, the spring of action, the condition of 
 all dignity, the end of man, and the measure of reward. 
 Duty makes character, character makes life, and life makes 
 the measure of happiness; and the true end of all life is to 
 know and love that life that never ends. Duty makes the 
 man, shapes the saint, carves out the hero and glorifies 
 humanity. 
 
 "That banner of the Red Cross teaches us kindness, 'charity, 
 benevolence and gratitude, and inspires us- to follow the in- 
 structions of St. Paul, 'Bear ye one another's burdens.' That 
 banner of the Red Cross derives all of its efficacy and useful- 
 ness from the lessons taught us by the blood-stained cross of 
 the crucified Savior. When he hung suspended between 
 heaven and earth and surrounded b-\' all the terrors and ae'onies 
 of death, He set us an heroic example of calmness, benevo- 
 lence, resignation and charity; and as He set us the example, 
 He wishes us to imitate Him in all the calamities of our life. 
 
 "If we keep our eyes on the banner of the Red Cross and 
 remember the Cross of Calvary, we cannot be remiss in our 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 55 
 
 duty in this sad hour of atflictioii. Let ns then go forth with 
 glad and joyful hearts; let the spirit of the crucified Savior 
 and His example in His trying ordeal inspire our hearts with 
 nohle thoughts and noble deeds. Kind words, kind thoughts 
 and kind deeds must characterize us all in bearing one an- 
 other's burdens. 
 
 "In the temple of your minds let none but kind thoughts 
 dwell. Be kind in speech to all who are afflicted. Kind 
 words are the music of God's world. They are the solace of 
 the broken-hearted and the sunshine of existence. Do kindly 
 deeds. Kindness is the pouring out of self on others ; it is a 
 little thing, but little things make up life. Do not repine 
 over our j)resent misfortune, but rise, like true heroes and 
 heroines, superior to the distressing surroundings, and lift your 
 heads to the heavens of God. The home of happiness must now 
 be in each one's heart and not in the thoughts of the sad 
 catastrophe. 
 
 "Be not idle or let down to useless dreaming; labor, cour- 
 age and duty are now our only source of joy. Put on, then, 
 the armor of courage and manliness. Let all that is noble 
 in human nature characterize us in our dealings with our 
 fellow men and in all our dealings with the poverty stricken. 
 Let us do all in our power to build up the homes of the afflicted, 
 and to place on a firm and solid basis our once beautiful city. 
 Our generous friends will prove loyal and true to us, and we 
 must prove worthy and grateful to them for their generosity 
 and kindness. The faces that are missing in the congregation 
 and in this sorrowful city will, in God's mercy, be replaced. 
 Under the benign influence of an all-merciful Providence, gen- 
 erous hands will rebuild all that we have lost. The roughest 
 storm a calm must soon allay. 
 
 "In all our work let all that is noble in human nature char- 
 acterize us. Let us write in letters of gold everlasting grati- 
 tude to the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Stillwater, St. 
 Cloud and all the towns of our state. May all that have 
 helped us in our affliction never taste of the cup of sorrow of 
 
56 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Avhicli ^ve have been obliged to drink, but may the fullest meas- 
 ure of peace, happiness and prosperity follow them in all their 
 paths of life. 
 
 "While the catastrophe may seem overwhelming in its 
 ■devastation, yet remember out of every twenty of our citizens 
 nineteen were preserved, and scarcely one passed through the 
 portals of death without the comfort and consolation of re- 
 ligion. Give not away to sorrow, then, but let willing minds, 
 ■with willing hands and willing hearts, start out and rebuild 
 the homes made desolate and the poverty stricken city. 
 
 "God is with us and noble friends are at our back. This 
 •congregation will rise up in the near future to its former 
 prosperous condition, and our little city is destined to rise 
 •out of the ashes with a brighter and better garb than it ever 
 wore in the past." 
 
 The ringing and courageous words of the beloved priest had 
 the desired effect. The weeping eyes were dried, and the 
 ■sorrowing faces brightened. Despair gave way to hope, sor- 
 row^ to joy, and the inspiration of the hour will do wonders in 
 helping the congregation of the church of the "Immaculate 
 Oonception" to face the future. 
 
 A MEMORIAL SERVICE— JUNE 20, 1899. 
 
 Tuesday morning, at 9:30 a. m., Rev. Dr. Degnan held 
 memorial services for the members of his parish who perished 
 in the storm. There was mass in the church, a sermon and 
 procession to the cemetery, where the burial services were 
 read. 
 
 All I^ew Richmond were interested in the fate of Thomas 
 McNally. He was one of the popular young men of the town, 
 a clerk in Thompson's clothing store, and known by everybody 
 who traded in !N"ew Richmond. He was terribly injured in 
 the storm, but calmly worked for an hour or more rescuing 
 dead and dying. But he had to give up finally, and when 
 the doctors, ten or twelve of them, examined him, the verdict 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 57 
 
 was unanimous that he had to die. But he refused to die at 
 once, and since then has been defying death with a nonchal- 
 ance which is never failing. 
 
 ''How are you feeling, Tom?" asked Father Degnan when 
 he visited him on the 18th of June. 
 
 "Oh, pretty well," he replied. "I am comfortable and I 
 have an angel of a nurse." 
 
 "Tom, I hope you haven't been making love to her," ad- 
 monished the priest, with a twinkle in his eye. 
 
 "Well, I made a few passes at her," Tom admitted, and 
 added, by way of explanation, "She's stuck on my looks." 
 
 As his nose is spread over most of his face and his head is 
 otherwise demoralized, it can be surmised that he was intent 
 on having his little joke. The sentiment was general that 
 death should be content with his harvest of the past week and 
 spare Tom McNally. 
 
 The light fingered folks came with the crowd on the 18th, 
 on the Wisconsin Central. The Omaha refused to bring the 
 crowds to the still suffering city. The pickpockets were on 
 hand, but the efficient detectives, Howard and Lawrence of 
 Minneapolis, Chub Elliott of Eau Claire and a plain clothes 
 man from Milwaukee, rendered their intentions ineffectual. 
 
 Menomonie is represented here with fifty men and teams 
 ready to go to work this morning (June 19th, 1899), and 
 helpers from other towns came. Hudson supplied hundreds 
 of valuable and tireless men and women helpers. 
 
 E. E. Gatchel, a druggist, put his store at the service of 
 New Eichmond. He has been drawn upon for unlimited 
 drugs and surgical supplies. The Eau Claire men went home 
 after a week of faithful and intelligent work. Others re- 
 placed them. Governor Scofield arrived on the 20th. Illness 
 kept him away, but he had a faithful representative in Major 
 Doyon. 
 
 The different views taken by the various pastors who occu- 
 pied pulpits on the 18th (Sunday) of the causes for the pres- 
 ence of a cyclone in !N^ew Richmond : 
 
58 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Ill nine i)iil[»its here ( M iiiiic;i])olis) yesterday the cyclone was 
 
 the subject of the sernioii. The general sentiment exjDressed 
 
 was that it was a mysterious dispensation of Providence, but 
 
 the Eev. Joseph ^[oran, of the Episcopal Church, said it was 
 
 the devilish Avork of an unkncnvn power and not the act of 
 
 God. 
 
 ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY. 
 
 A bold attempt to rob the vault of the Manufacturers' Bank 
 was made during the night. William Thompson, the teller of 
 the bank, gave the following account of the affair : Shortly 
 after midnight the young man whom he had hired to watch the 
 vault during the night heard a man slide down beside the 
 vault. He waited a minute and saw him set down a small 
 satchel, from which he began to take burglar's tools. He 
 turned a dark lantern on the door of the vault and began his 
 nefarious work at once. The watchboy, instead of running 
 to call the guard, commanded the man to halt and started for 
 him with only a clul) in his hand. He just succeeded in 
 reaching the robber and dealing him one blow over the head 
 when the fellow picked up his kit of tools and took to his 
 heels. The boy followed him, but did not succeed in over- 
 taking him before he got outside the lines. A complete de- 
 scription of the burglar was given the police here, and the 
 Twin City detectives were working on the case. They be- 
 lieved they were on the track of the fellow, and had hopes of 
 capturing him before night. It was thought that he was one 
 of the men working on the ruins during the day, and changed 
 his clothes at night for the daring attempt to reach the money 
 in the vault. 
 
 With the exception of the above desperate attempt on the 
 bank, the city has been comparatively free from crime, except 
 petty larceny and the pilfering of doiiK>Hs]iod bnihUng-^ out- 
 side the lines of the militia. 
 
 Considerable complaint was heard about the action of people 
 su]-»posed to have been connected with the circus on the night 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 59 
 
 of the storm. The circus drove their wagons out of town early 
 next morning, and it is reported that they contained hundreds 
 of dollars' worth of property taken from the stores immedi- 
 ately after the storm. Mr. Ben Powell tells how an attempt 
 was made to rob him by an unknown man. Mr. Powell was 
 pinned doAvn in the ruins of the Powell & Lounsbury fancy 
 goods store. A friend was trying to dig him out, but went 
 away to get more aid. A stranger volunteered to take his 
 place, but as soon as the friend left he went through Mr. 
 Powell's pockets. He took out a tobacco pouch from his 
 trousers, and finding it was not a purse, replaced it. Mr. 
 Powell had a large roll of money in a long leather book in his 
 inside coat pocket. With one arm which was free he managed 
 to keep the fellow from getting this before help arrived. 
 
 The death of Willie Hughes, a bright lad of some 12 yearg, 
 eldest son of Mr. William Hughes, a most learned and esteemed 
 lawyer of this city, was much lamented. The boy came for 
 his father, bringing an umbrella, as a light rain was falling. 
 He reached his father's office, and both hurriedly began to 
 descend the stairs, hand in hand, when the wind hurled the 
 boy from his father's side. That was the last of the amiable 
 lad seen alive. Four days later, a few charred bones were 
 found and identified by a peculiar garter buckle which he 
 wore at the time. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Greaton, a lady 92 years of age, was 
 found dead after the cyclone had passed. She was calmly 
 lying on the bed, and must have died from the shock. She had 
 been a very beautiful and interesting character. 
 
 The city of l^ew Richmond had an excellent mandolin 
 orchestra of six pieces, and fortunately all escaped alive. 
 After the cyclone, they were open for engagements. The 
 business manager is Mr. B. Sherman, a dentist here. The 
 other members of the orchestra are Misses Peters, Mable Todd, 
 James Reid, bookkeeper of ]^s^orthern Grain Company, and C. 
 PI. Todd, jeweler. All the gentlemen of the party had very 
 
60 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 narrow escapes, and lost all their business property, and some 
 their homes. 
 
 There are many stories of miracnlons escapes. Miss Maud 
 Tatro was rescued just a moment before the flames reached 
 her. She was caught in the debris of the Hicks & Co. store, 
 where Mr. Hicks lost his life. Edward Keith, traveling agent 
 of Dore & Redpath, St. Paul, dug his way out from the cellar. 
 He was near Miss Tatro and went to work to save her. He 
 was injured himself so that it was impossible to work fast, 
 but succeeded in forcing out her body, all except the right 
 foot. He called to three men who were passing, and they all 
 went to work. The building was over half burned. Maud 
 was perfectly conscious, and a moment more her clothing would 
 have been afire. It was decided to pull her out, even if the 
 foot was jerked off. Charles Lambdin, George Ball and Joe 
 Blair had come to Mr. Keith's assistance. They gathered the 
 young lady in their arms and with a terrible jerk brought her 
 out. All the ligaments of her foot were torn loose. Imt she 
 was otherwise uninjured. 
 
 SOUVENIR FIENDS. 
 
 HUNDREDS WERE IN SEARCH OP MEMENTOES OF THE NEW 
 RICHMOND DISASTER. 
 
 The souvenir fiends, of whom there were hundreds, took every- 
 thing within reach, from silver spoons to infants' shoes, and it 
 required every effort to preserve property where all lines were 
 obliterated. Thirty extra deputies from members of the Hud- 
 son city guard left by special train for New Richmond on the 
 evening of the 15th. General Boardman of Hudson assumed 
 charge of the militia. Sheriff Greene of the corps of deputy 
 sheriffs.- 
 
 A number of crooks were driven off. The third carload of 
 supplies from Hudson was sent to New Richmond the 15th. 
 Supplies kept pouring in. The same day a $2,000 check was 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 01 
 
 sent from Minneapolis. It gladdened the people of the 
 stricken city. It required several thousands to remove the 
 debris in search for the dead. Three hundred men were en- 
 gaged in this duty all day the 15th. Dead animals were being 
 buried and sanitary measures enforced by the different offi- 
 cials. Report claims that the clearing away of the debris 
 alone cost $9,716.69. A petition had been circulated through 
 the county, as provided by law, calling for a meeting of the 
 St. Croix county board to help the sufferers. Money was 
 much needed at this time. It soon came. St. Paul and Min- 
 neapolis, besides the smaller cities of Wisconsin, and also of 
 Minnesota, soon came to the rescue. Consult the report at 
 the end of this work. 
 
 NEW RICHMOND'S THANKS. 
 
 The citizens' committee of Xew Richmond wired the fol- 
 lowing to the Associated Press: 
 
 "Our committee rejoices in generous contributions : ^lin- 
 neapolis citizens, $2,000 ; J. H. Allen & Co. of St. Paul, $5 ; 
 Viroque, Wis., $100; Madison, Wis., $200; St. Louis, Mo., 
 one contributor, $72 ; St. Cloud, Minn., $500 ; J. J. McCardy, 
 St. Paul, $200 ; Mannheimer Brothers, St. Paul, $200 ; Omaha 
 Railway Company, $1,000 and free transportation of supplies; 
 many other contributions which it is impossible for us with 
 our present organization to acknowledge in detail. We wire 
 these thanks to the Associated Press and wish to say that it 
 will be impossible for us to promptly thank the various donors 
 in the future from Xew Richmond, but that B. J. Price, the 
 member of the committee at Hudson, Wis., will acknowledge 
 all contributions from there." 
 
 The 14th of June, 1899, was called, in a special manner, 
 "ITew Richmond's Day of Mourning." Thirty-two victims 
 were buried. Sad-faced women, children and men, down whose 
 furrowed cheeks tears were running, followed their dead from 
 the Catholic Church to the cemetery in the rear. All the 
 
62 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 afternoon the mournful procession kept up. Sometimes there 
 were a dozen coffins at a time, one close behind the other. 
 Hardly time was left for a few tears before the coarse clods 
 covered the coffins of the loved ones from view. There is still 
 a large number of unburied dead. Coffins failed to arrive. 
 To-morrow the burials will continue. 
 
 There was one little white coffin. In it lav a child of 
 about two years, and a baby of a few months, each with marble 
 faces, and here and there a bruise on their little heads. Thej 
 were placed against the altar of the church, and photographed, 
 and then laid to rest. 
 
 A solitary, worn old man, with the tears streaming down 
 his cheeks, followed the coffin of Walter Farrell to its grave 
 and knelt down in the deep grass in agony as the coffin disap- 
 peared from view. In another part of the graveyard a mother 
 and lier daughters knelt by the coffin of the husband and father 
 so suddenly dashed from their side, and they refused to be 
 comforted. Thus it was. 
 
 Over at the Congregational ( 'hnrch, the steeple was smashed 
 almost to kindling wood, and it^; boll, whicli liad ining so many 
 times, lay buried in the ruins. The windows were blown out, 
 and a portion of the roof gone. This church was also turned 
 into a morgue. In the iutcricr, piled on n table, were loaves 
 of bread close beside coffins. Cushions lay on the floor with 
 pieces of broken boards and dozens of coffins. The adjoining 
 room was fitted with ini]^rovised slabs supported on the up- 
 turned bottoms of chair-i, and on these slabs lay the bodies of 
 people sacrificed to ^roiiday's stoi-ni. 
 
 CLEAR LAKE. 
 
 Xear Clear Lake tlioro were marvellous esca]')es. The same 
 storm that destroyed Xew Tviclnnond swept through Clear 
 Lake, destroying the homo of ^Tr. Sam Olson, killing him 
 instantly, fatally injuring his wife and his son Avas badly 
 hurt. Adjoining his place was tho home of Torgor Torgen- 
 son. This also was comi)lotoly <lomi>lishe<l. but tho family, 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 63 
 
 who had taken refuge in the cellar, escaped injury. JSText was 
 the home of J. C. Walsworth. He and his family escaped 
 death in a marvelous manner. The family had taken refuge in 
 the cellar, and was scarcely in when the house was lifted off 
 and destroyed. Mr. Walsworth, who is the general agent for 
 a farm machinery company, had a number of mowers and 
 binders and rakes on the premises, and a number of these were 
 blown into the cellar, completely filling it; but every member 
 of the family of seven escaped with scarcely any injury. 
 
 Next was the home of William Lewis. The house, with 
 its barn, was destroyed. A large town hall next met the same 
 fate. iSTorth of this about a mile and a half were the homes 
 of John and Reuben Hale. Both, together with the barns 
 and other farm buildings, were leveled to the ground, and a 
 Mr. Rozenquest seriously injured. Mr. Fred Kennetz's home 
 was the next. Everything he o^vned was demolished, and Mr. 
 Kennetz killed. 
 
 The home of Mr. P. L. Taylor, one mile north of town, was 
 also bloAvn down, and Mr. Taylor very badly injured. Di- 
 rectly west of the village, the home of Hans J. Johnson met 
 the same fate. The family lost everything. The school- 
 house, two miles north of town, was blo^\^l to atoms, and the 
 home of Mr. Grant, forty rods in the rear, destroyed. 
 
 East of the toAvn the storm was also terrific. One family, 
 whose name has not been learned, had the greater part of the 
 house lifted over their heads, but the family of six were unin- 
 jured. The father was blo"s\Ti twenty rods, and when he recov- 
 ered his feet was surprised to find a son deposited alongside of 
 him. Both went towards the" house to meet the mother with 
 three children, looking for a refuge. The large barn of John 
 E. Glover at WilloAwille was destroyed. Many horses and 
 cattle were killed. 
 
 At least fifteen families are homeless and some are abso- 
 lutely destitute. Barns and windmills are blown down on 
 nearly every farm in this vicinity. Many people are in need 
 of immediate assistance, and a movement in that direction was 
 
64 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 begun. A telegram was sent to Gov. Scofield, calling his at- 
 tention to the state of affairs, June 15th. 
 
 The crew working in the refuse of Patton k Carey's drug 
 store, in the east side of the basement reached a large door 
 which had fallen fiat on top of John Wells, killing him imme- 
 diately, but protecting the body from mutilation, except by 
 the weight of wall piled on top of the door, which crushed the 
 life out of the promising lad. John was the 17-year-old son 
 of a farmer, Mr. Charles Wells, Erin Prairie. 
 
 Two stores away, about fifteen minutes later, the crushed 
 body of Jacob Schumacher of Stillwater, was found. He had 
 worked on the farm of John Harrington, eight miles south 
 of New Richmond. Mr. Schumacher was 35 years of age, and 
 sought refuge in Cullen & Greeley's from the storm, where he 
 met his death. He was identified by his clothing. His face 
 was mashed so as to be unrecognizable. Friends telegraphed his 
 brother, Mr. M. Schumacher of Stillwater, but the remains 
 being too badly decayed for shipment, were buried here. 
 
 APPEAL FOR A CHURCH— THE BAPTIST PASTOR WITHOUT A 
 HOME OR PLACE OF WORSHIP. 
 
 jSTew Richmond, Wis., June 16. 
 
 The following letter tells its own tale : 
 
 Editor St. Paul Dispatch: Your readers may care to hear 
 from the pastor of the Baptists in this sorrow-stricken place. 
 The cyclone has blown away our liouse of prayer and left us 
 with nothing but our block of ground and $150 of debt. We 
 have eighty-five members in the church and as many members 
 of our Sunday school. The city is in ruins. About a hun- 
 dred persons are in their graves. Tlie total property loss is 
 thought to be not less than $2,000,000. There are more than 
 4,000. people in this town and district. We have the only Bap- 
 tist Church within eighteen miles. If we could have $1,500 
 we could build a suitable house of worship, and do a noble work 
 for God and for the salvation of men, and in doing it extend 
 prinr-iplos Ba])tistfi have been willing to live for, and for which 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 65 
 
 many have been ready to die. Who will help us now in our dis- 
 tress ? I, with my wife and child, a girl nine years old, were in 
 our house when it was blown away. It took all we had in the 
 world except the light clothes we wore, so we were left penniless, 
 but wc trust in God, who will save us out of onr distress and 
 make us glad according to the years wherein He has afflicted us, 
 and in which we have seen evil. Till then we pray in faith and 
 work in hope. Any help for church building may be sent to J. 
 D. McLeod, pastor, or George Johnson or William Norton, 
 deacons. 
 
 EEV. WILLIAM WILKINSOI^. 
 
 Courtesy St. Paul Dispatch. 
 June 16th. 
 
 DEALING OUT JUSTICE. 
 
 Impromptu Court Established at New Richmond. 
 
 One of the most curious sights in this !N'ew Richmond is the 
 court of justice established between two of the lunch tents at 
 headquarters. Early this morning there were twenty men in 
 the guard house who had been rounded up during the night and 
 about daylight. Judges Hough and ^McClure, two aged jus- 
 tices of the peace of Wew Richmond, were sent for, .and a big 
 dry goods box set up on end for the impromptu bar of justice. 
 One by one the accused were brought before this curious tri- 
 bunal. Justice Hough presided. A big legal-looking ledger 
 opened out before him, and his aged form and gray beard mak- 
 ing him a conspicuous figure amidst all the bustle and hurry 
 at headquarters. At his side, on another cracker box, sat Jus- 
 tice ]\re01ure, who acted as clerk. Half a dozen of the culprits 
 before the court were soon discharged, nothing having been 
 found against them worse than refusiug to stop when ordered 
 by the guards, or attempting to get through the lines. Where 
 there was any evidence of pilfering against the accused he was 
 given a liberal sentence. 
 
 "One of the accused claimed he came to buy up damaged 
 goods. He was accused of trying to roll up and carry off some 
 
66 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 copper wire fallen from the poles of the local electric light 
 company. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or spend forty 
 days in the county jail at Hudson. He is still in custody. An- 
 other of the accused claimed he was only helping the former 
 and Avas given thirty minutes to leave town. Another man 
 was given thirty days in jail for petit larceny; a lady's cape 
 was found on his person ; another was discharged, and the rest 
 were charged with vagrancy and each given thirty minutes to 
 get out of town on penalty of thirty days in jail." 
 
 Such was the condition of ISJ^ew Richmond four days after 
 the terrible calamity. — Author. 
 
 "A CYCLONE STORY VERIFIED BY AN AFFIDAVIT." 
 
 'New Richmond, Wis., June IG. 
 
 Probably the most astounding story regarding freaks of the 
 New Richmond cyclone is that related by Wm. McShane, given 
 below : 
 
 "New Richmond, Wis., June 16, 1899. 
 
 "About the first of April, when I took the storm windows off 
 my house, I put seven of them in an upright piano box, placed 
 at the end of a chicken coop at the south side of the yard. I 
 then securely nailed on the front of the box with ten-penny 
 nails so that there was no opening to the box. I passed the 
 box five or six times a day, so that I am confident it was there 
 in the same condition Monday night, June 12, before the cyclone 
 struck. Mrs. McShane escaped the storm in a neighbor's cel- 
 lar. When she came back to the house immediately after, she 
 noticed the windows lying on the ground. 1 found the seven 
 windows with their double glass, turned around endwise and 
 stacked up evenly on top of each other. Not a pane of glass 
 was cracked, and the piano box had been torn entirely off ; pieces 
 of the box I found scattered about the yard some distance 
 away. The chicken-coop was uninjured. (Signed.) 
 
 "W. McSHANE." 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this IGtli dav of June, 
 1899. 
 
 "J. B. MINER, Notary Rnblic, Ramsey County. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 67 
 
 Courtesy St. Paul Dispatch. 
 
 "New Richmond, Wis., June 16. 
 
 "The city is today rising from its ruins. A repair depot 
 has been established at headquarters in a separate tent. It is 
 in charge of a committee headed by A. W, Bosworth. Lumber 
 and material for temporary buildings are being supplied to the 
 merchants here, and already a half dozen stores have the walls 
 up. The bank of 'New Richmond was the first to be rebuilt. 
 Ward Williams has secured lumber to begin the new frame 
 store for dry goods on his old site. Martin Lynch started a 
 building for machinery. Wm. Fitzgerald, grocer, and Fred Bell, 
 butcher, have temporary shops underway. Charles McCarthy 
 has another grocery building started. There are dozens of 
 others who are being supplied with lumber. Many have opened 
 their shops in barns around the outskirts of demolished ruins, 
 and others in their houses, where they arc fortunate enough 
 not to have lost both house and store. 
 
 "Wholesale merchants in the Twin Cities, Chicago and Mil- 
 waukee are sending word that goods ordered will be supplied 
 at once on their credit. The generosity of jobbers saved the 
 city. Xew Richmond is in the heart of one of the finest agricul- 
 tural districts in Wisconsin, and has a large potentiol wealth in 
 the soil. Although most of the merchants here were bankrupt, 
 they receive unlimited credit and will be able to re-establish 
 themselves in most cases. Neiv merchants luill not he welcomed 
 here hy the jobbers, every advantage given the destitute who 
 have lived here." 
 
 June 16. The two largest relief trains that have yet come to 
 the city arrived at daylight. One from Hudson with 350 men 
 in cliarge of John Munsey, of the Omalia shops; 250 employes 
 in the shops are sent by the company with this party. The 
 other 100 are collected from the sawmill of Major G. P. De 
 Long, who is also here with the party. The party is organized 
 in squads and is now at work on ciic ruins. Tliey were brought 
 in on a long train of box cars. 
 
68 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 The other relief party is from Stillwater, and contains sixty 
 men in charge of W. T. Perlee and John Parker, foreman. The 
 party is equipped with a complete lumberman's camping out- 
 fit, and has been located south of the ruins. The relief com- 
 mittee today telegraphed the mayor of Stillwater for 100 more 
 tents to house the laborers here. These organized parties of 
 laborers will do much to clear up the ruins in the next few 
 days, and attention can then be given to rebuilding in earnest. 
 
 CORPORATIONS WITH SOULS. 
 
 Too much cannot be said in praise of the lofty motives which 
 prompted the refusal of the railroad companies to run excursions 
 to New Eichmond while the people were still digging for the 
 dead and missing. It has been said that "corporations have 
 no souls," but here are two corporations that give the lie to that 
 time-worn adage : The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma- 
 ha and the Wisconsin Central railroads. With the first news of 
 the disaster, General Manager Scott, of the Omaha road, set in- 
 stantly to work getting up and fitting out a relief train. He 
 did not wait to learn what was wanted, but took everything 
 he could get hold of and before the sun rose on the scene of the 
 disaster he was there with his relief. Following this was a 
 cash contribution of $1,000 by the road, and every facility that 
 it could place at the disposal of the stricken town, including 
 laborers to assist in the search for the dead. 
 
 When the news of the disaster had been thoroughly spread, 
 letters began to pile into the offices of the two roads entering 
 New Richmond, making iiiquirios about excursion trains. Here 
 was an opportunity for the companies to make \\\) what they 
 had lost by the cyclone. But the companies have steadfastly 
 refused to comply with these thousands of requests, and will 
 run no excursions, at least until the horrors have been somewhat 
 abated. By that time public interest will have been largely 
 suspended and the "show" will not draw. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 69 
 
 It is indeed refreshing to note the existence of such a senti- 
 ment in hearts whicli arc supposed to be ruled only by cold 
 commercialism. The people of New Kichmond, and, indeed 
 those of the whole country, will note it as a radical departure, 
 and one which is of distinct credit to the companies making it." 
 
 These acts of unequaled generosity on the part of the rail- 
 road corporations should long remain gratefully remembered 
 in the niinds and hearts of New Richmond people. — Author. 
 
 GOVERNOR SCOFIELD'S THANKS. 
 
 Gov. Lind this afternoon received the following telegram 
 from Gov. Edward Scofield of Wisconsin: 
 
 "I desire through you to thank the people of St. Paul and 
 Minneapolis, Stillwater and other cities of your state, for the 
 assistance you have rendered to the suffering people of New 
 Richmond. The reports that have been made to me by my 
 personal representative of the work of Minnesota people, assures 
 me that your citizens have been most prompt, efficient and 
 generous in their efforts to succor the stricken city. Wiscon- 
 sin appreciates the noble efforts of her sister state," 
 
 ETERNITY FULL OF SURPRISES. 
 
 "All that you and I are responsible for is doing our duty. 
 Our's is the seeding, and God alone beholds the end of what is 
 sown. How do we know how much good we accomplish when 
 we do any good thing or utter any truth in love? Eternity 
 will be full of surprises to us. Wait and see." — T. L. C. 
 
 JUNE 20— THOMAS McNALLY'S CONDITION. 
 
 Thomas McNally promises to surprise the physicians by re- 
 covering. When he was examined by Dr. Epley shortly after 
 the cyclone he was pronounced as good as dead. Besides hav- 
 ing a piece of board run into his head at the bridge of the 
 nose, a number of his ribs were broken and crushed in to the 
 extent that they lacerated his lungs. After examining him, 
 
70 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Dr. Epley ordered him propped \ip in bed, stating that he wonld 
 likely live three or fonr hours. Bnt the noble-sonled yoirng 
 man refused to die per programme, and no^v has every chance 
 to i-ecover. He has since been treated by a n\miber of physi- 
 cians, who wei-e mnch surprised that he is i-eeovering. 
 
 The young man has been fully conscious at all time? ?iuce 
 he was injui-ed, and has insisted that he would recover if he 
 could only receive good and skillful medical txeatment. When 
 first told that he could not live more than a few horn's., he took 
 charge of his private papers, arranged them to suit himself 
 and laid back to await the end. He insistei.1 that if it did come, 
 it would be caused by the failure of the physicians; that he 
 had a chance to live. He admitted that he does not know ex- 
 actly how he was injured. He was in front of Williams' store 
 when the storm came on. He was picked up and hurled into tiie 
 air, being caught by the over-hanging a^vning. He held to 
 the iix>n rod a moment, and was theji hurled high into tlie air. 
 When he came down the large splinter was buried in his head. 
 This he pulled out and worked with the rescuers for some min- 
 utes. WTiile crossing the street the second hard wind came, and 
 he was struck full in the breast by a large plank. This dis- 
 abled him. Xow he is quite recovered. 
 
 CROWDS AT THE SCENE. 
 
 "Reporters can never tell the story, nor can cameras com- 
 pletely picture the scene.'- was the remark on a thousand tongues 
 yesterday. 
 
 People may have imagined that ncAvspapers esag^rated the 
 horror of the devastation in Xew Richmond : that the focus 
 and perspective obtained by clever artists had magnified the 
 ruins. All who have visited and witnessed the scene in the de- 
 stroyed town are of one opinion — "exaggeration is impossible." 
 
 "The passenger train on the Wisconsin Central pulled out of 
 the Union depot, with nearly 400 people on K>ard who held 
 tickets to the unfortunate Wisconsin town. Six coaches were 
 filled. The platforms under the great sheds were found to 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 71 
 
 be a living mass of anxious hurrying people, struggling to get 
 on what they believed to be the only train that would carry 
 them to the scene of devastation. A few, only, could crowd their 
 way into the coaches. The annuoncement that another train 
 was waiting in the yards to carry everyone to the desired des- 
 tination, was greeted with loud cheers. 
 
 "The section of the regular train carried twelve coaches, and 
 every one was filled. It was conservatively estimated that 1,000 
 people went from the Twin Cities to New Richmond. As the 
 train neared the scene of destruction, passengers began to 
 gaze with deepest interest from the car windows. Only one 
 house on the road showed that a wind storm had prevailed. 
 It was about three miles from the city and had been only 
 slightly damaged. As the train reached the outskirts of the 
 town the faces at the windows assumed an expression of sur- 
 prise. There was visible hardly a sign of the destruction 
 which every one had expected to see. The steeple of the Cath- 
 olic Church towered above the little forest trees. Fine resi- 
 dences were standing in small groves of oaks and elms. Barns 
 and other buildings were covered with roofs that had not lost 
 a shingle. It seemed that the stories which have thrilled and 
 shocked the civilized world during the past few days were 
 wild fancies of a disordered brain. Slowly the engine pulled 
 the train through the outskirts of the city. It had almost 
 reached the depot. Then suddenly it all burst on the view of 
 the anxious passengers. They had entered the path of the tor- 
 nado. The ruins were before them. The ruins from which 
 the dead and mangled bodies had been removed, from which 
 scores of bruised and bleeding people had miraculously escaped. 
 The horror of it was almost paralyzing, even to the people 
 who had expected to witness an unparalleled scene of desola- 
 tion. As the passengers disembarked, they saw not alone the 
 ruins of homes and business blocks, the bands of crape around 
 weather-beaten, dusty heads ; the swollen eyes of tearful women ; 
 the quivering lips of strong men, and the sad wondering faces 
 of children, — all these told of shattered hopes, — of broken 
 hearts, — of desolate hearthstones — of new-made graves!" 
 
72 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 It was not a crowd of vandals or of curious sight-seers that 
 went out from the Twin Cities, that day. Among the thousand 
 people there were many who had relations or friends in Xew 
 Richmond. There were others who went to otfer aid to the 
 unfortunates. There were also those who went only to view 
 the ruins, but in their hearts there was sympathy and commis- 
 eration. It was a crowd remarkable for its quiet and orderly 
 demeanor. Everyone moved about as if solicitous for the feel- 
 ings of the homeless and bereaved, as if anxious to find an op- 
 portunity of lending some slight aid to the needy, and to avoid 
 causing the slightest annoyance or trouble to those whose bur- 
 dens were so heavy. 
 
 The main part of the city was enclosed by rope fences, and 
 guarded by soldiers. Only those who had a definite purpose in 
 visiting this portion of the ruins were permitted inside the 
 lines. Passes were issued to all whose friends or relations had 
 suffered death or misfortune in the catastrophe, and to those 
 who had business within the proscribed territory. The thor- 
 ough organization of the local relief committees, and the cour- 
 teous way in which they listened to requests and answered ques- 
 tions created a deep impression on the visitors. 
 
 INJURED AT ST. PAUL— TWO TRAINLOADS ARE BROUGHT FROM 
 NEW RICHMOND. 
 
 Sad scenes as the unfortunates leave the cars. 
 
 One man dies while being carried on a stretcher. 
 
 Tlie trains bearing the persons injured by the Xew Rich- 
 mond cyclone arrived. A deputation of physicians, composed 
 of Doctors J. H. Brimhall, A. B. Anker, Burnside, Fulton, 
 Coon, W. Davis, C. L. Greene, J. O. Cavanaugh and Dr. 
 Charles Haas, the clever young physician from Dayton's Bluff, 
 St. Paul, were at the station to meet them. 
 
 Preparations had been made to carry the wounded imme- 
 diately to the hospitals, and ambulances from St. Joseph's, St. 
 Luke's, the city and county hospitals and the Ducas street, 
 Margaret street. Rondo street and Central station patrol wagons 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 73 
 
 were waiting. The train was in charge of Dr. Bacon, chief of 
 staff of the special train which left Monday evening (June 12, 
 1899). Doctors Ball, Dunning and Kelly, assisted by Misses 
 Kelly, Gallagher, Loftus, Christensen and Keogh — (nurses 
 from the hospitals.) The wounded were at once transferred to 
 stretchers and carried to the ambulances in which they were 
 transferred to the hospitals. Thirty-two of the wounded came 
 on the first train, and the sight was pitiful. Every variety of 
 injury seemed to have befallen those in the doctors' charge, and 
 blood-stained bandages and gaping wounds testified to the serious 
 nature of the injuries of many of the patients. Some were un- 
 conscious when removed from the train, and the doctors stated 
 that there were several who could not live through the day. 
 
 A FATHER'S GRIEF. 
 
 The scenes at the depot were saddening in the extreme. As 
 a stretcher was carefully lowered from the train an old man, 
 gray-headed and feeble, followed closely through the crowd. 
 It was Mr. F. Jennings of 'New Richmond, one of the oldest 
 settlers of the city, who attended his only son, who was crushed 
 under a fallen wall. The young man lay quite still, his eyes 
 closed, and breathing with difficulty. The stretcher was car- 
 ried to the end of the platform and lowered on a baggage 
 truck M'hich stood near by. A physician who had been assist- 
 ing the old man carefully drew the sheet from the young man's 
 head and felt his pulse. 'He is dying,' he said in a low tone to 
 the father. The old gentleman clasped his son's hand and tried 
 to speak, but words failed. Tears stood in his eyes, and on the 
 young man's face the pallor of death was visible. The younger 
 turned his head and smiled feebly, and almost in a whisper, 
 bade his father farewell. A moment later he had passed from 
 the land of the living, and the old, man threw his arms over 
 the rough bier, and sobbed in the bitterness of his sorrow. 
 
 A second train, bearing the wounded, arrived soon after the 
 first. The same preparations were made as on the first train, 
 and the wounded were taken to the several hospitals to be 
 cared for. 
 
74 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 HIS FAMILY GONE. 
 
 Among the wounded was Hon. Lawyer S. ]^. Hawkins of 
 New Richmond, one of our most esteemed citizens, suffering 
 from severe internal injuries and a lacerated dangerous flesh 
 wound in his leg. A reporter leaned over his cot as it reached 
 the ambulance and asked his name. The man was suffering 
 greatly but courteously replied, and with cheerfulness, evidently, 
 forced : 
 
 "Hawkins, sir; I am badly hurt, but it don't much matter. 
 My wife, my two daughters and my son were all killed in the 
 same place. They are all gone; all of them." In the next 
 stretcher brought to the ambulance lay a cousin of the wounded 
 man. Miss Maria Hawkins, suffering from severe injuries about 
 the head and internal injury. (The history of the Hawkins 
 family will be in its proper place. ) 
 
 A noticeable feature of the wounds borne by the patients 
 is that in almost every instance the faces of the wounded bore 
 innumerable small cuts and lacerations, as if they had been 
 subjected to a flaying, which was caused by flying splinters dur- 
 ing the cyclone. 
 
 A large number of the patients are suffering from broken 
 arms and limbs, and a still larscer number from severe cuts and 
 bruises about the head occasioned by falling debris. 
 
 Dr. Ohage, commissioner of health, has taken charge of the 
 work and yesterday had a large force at work distributing sup- 
 plies and working among the destitute. 
 
 FIRE UNDER CONTROL. 
 
 The Are in the ruins of the wrecked buildings was a most 
 lamentable feature of the misery that had fallen upon the peo- 
 ple of N^ew Richmond. 
 
 The fire engines of St. Paul promptly responded to a call 
 for help. Engine company No. 6 was sent, also engine com- 
 pany No. 1 1 arrived and did good service. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 75 
 
 A large number of the wounded were cared for in Stillwater 
 and Hudson, and no more were sent to St. Paul, as the hos- 
 pitals in the latter city were overcrowded. 
 
 STATE WAS SOMEWHAT TARDY. 
 
 On the first relief train to reach New Kichmond was Con- 
 gressman John J. Jenkins of Chippewa Falls. It was largely 
 through his efforts that the work of rescue progressed as rapidly 
 as it did, and his energy it was that secured for the city so 
 much in the way of supplies and outside aid. It is a notable 
 fact, however, that it was not the aid of the state of Wisconsin 
 which first came to the unfortunate city. St. Paul and Min- 
 neapolis were among the first to respond with the needed aid. 
 
 ISTo doubt Congressman Jenkins did his very best. He was 
 very earnest in his appeals to the governor ; for two strong ap- 
 peals he made. Why was the governor of Wisconsin so tardy ? 
 Late in the afternoon of the second day he sent his representa- 
 tive to act for him in regard to what it was best to be done. 
 The latter spent the afternoon looking over the situation ; and 
 the poor people continued in their intense suffering. 
 
 Dear St. Paul and Minneapolis, too much praise cannot be 
 given your noble people ! May God keep all evil far from 
 you. May you neyer experience the calamities that befell New 
 Richmond ! 
 
 A GENEROUS OFFER FROM ST. PAUL. 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Severance, when she heard of the suffering among 
 the injured at New Richmond, called on Mayor Kiefer and 
 offered her residence, 589 Summit Avenue, as a temporary hos- 
 pital. Owing to the action of the city hospitals, it was not neces- 
 sary to make use of the offer. 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Severance, daughter of the brave and distin- 
 guished General Harriman, comes of a noble, hospitable race; 
 and it was ill health which obliged her to retire to a sanitarium 
 at that time, or she would have gladly accompanied the relief 
 committee to New Richmond to render all the assistance in her 
 power to alleviate the suffering of our people. 
 
76 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 KILLED BY CYCLONE JUNE 12, 1899. 
 
 The following is a list of the known dead, killed in the 
 cyclone, June 12, 1899 : 
 
 W. W. Bixby City 
 
 Michael Blatz Stillwater 
 
 Miss Cora Butler City 
 
 Bernard Brockbank City 
 
 Essie Brockbank City 
 
 Harold II. Bigelow City 
 
 Karl Brown City 
 
 Charles Berce City 
 
 Walter Brown Eichmond 
 
 Dominic Barrett Richmond 
 
 Lottie Bridge Star Prairie 
 
 Mrs. Cosgrove City 
 
 William Callahan Richmond 
 
 E. J. Carey City 
 
 Mrs, C. Cameron Pewaukee 
 
 Miss Mary Cuff Jewett Mills 
 
 John Casey Richmond 
 
 Nettie Clough Emerald 
 
 Henry Dunbar • City 
 
 Mrs. Henry Dunbar City 
 
 Josie Brockbank City 
 
 Effie Engstrom City 
 
 Roy Engstrom City 
 
 Anthony Early City 
 
 Miss Kate Early Richmond 
 
 Fred Early City 
 
 Patrick Early Richmond 
 
 Michael Early City 
 
 Walter Farrell City 
 
 Colonel C. F. Fowler City 
 
 W. S. Gould City 
 
 Mrs. Sallie Greaton City 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 77 
 
 Mrs. John Gillen City 
 
 Ole Gunderson Eiclimond 
 
 Patrick Golieen Stanton 
 
 Mrs. S. N . Hawkins , . . . City 
 
 Miss Evangeline Hawkins City 
 
 Miss Nellie Hawkins City 
 
 Walter Hawkins City 
 
 Mr. J. B. Hicks City 
 
 Mason Hollenbeck City 
 
 Archie Hollenbeck City 
 
 Willie Hughes City 
 
 Mrs. D. Heffron Richmond 
 
 John Henry Richmond 
 
 M. Harrington Richmond 
 
 Miss Lillie Hennessy Erin 
 
 Mrs. G. Hurd Richmond 
 
 Patrick Henry Cylon 
 
 Hjalmer Johnson City 
 
 Frank Jennings Richmond 
 
 Matilda Johnson Alden 
 
 Patrick Keating Cylon 
 
 Donald Kelly Stanton 
 
 Carl Earson Baldwin 
 
 Anton Legard City 
 
 Ida Legard City 
 
 Miss Vinnie Lambdin City 
 
 Mrs. J. H. W. Lewis City 
 
 Frankie Lewis City 
 
 Mrs. James Link City 
 
 Frederick Michel 
 
 Mrs. John McClure — City 
 
 Miss N"ellie ^McGrath City 
 
 Lillie McGrath City 
 
 Baby McGrath City 
 
 ;^^iss Edna McMahon City 
 
 Mr. Thos. P. Martin City 
 
78 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Miss Mary Monihan Hudson 
 
 Thomas McCabe City 
 
 Timothy I^oonan City 
 
 Mr. Patrick ISTewell Stanton 
 
 Mr. John jSTeitge Deer Park 
 
 Mr. iS^els N'elson Alden 
 
 Henry O'Connell Kichmond 
 
 Mr. John G. Patton City 
 
 Dwight Porter Stanton 
 
 Miss Katie McKinnon City 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Parden City 
 
 John Pryor Richmond 
 
 Alvin Eosebrook City 
 
 Mrs. Alvin Posebrook City 
 
 Miss Cora Rosebrook City 
 
 Miss Laura Ring ; Erin 
 
 George Ring Erin 
 
 John Ryberg City 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Rowe City 
 
 Mrs. James Shady Richmond 
 
 Irene Shady Richmond 
 
 Florence Shady Richmond 
 
 Reynold Shady Richmond 
 
 Mr. George Stack City 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Stack City 
 
 Thomas Stack City 
 
 Jacob Schumacher Stillwater 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Stevens City 
 
 Thomas Stevens Erin 
 
 Charles F. Talmadge Stanton 
 
 James Vail City 
 
 John Wells Richmond 
 
 Stephen Wells Richmond 
 
 Lester Wallen City 
 
 Willard Wells City 
 
 John Wills Erin 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 79 
 
 Patrick Wills Erin 
 
 Miss Gertie Wears Richmond 
 
 Miss Abbie Williams Citj 
 
 Hazel Williams City 
 
 Unknown dead 9 
 
 The remains of 117 were recovered, but it is the firm con- 
 viction that many more perished ; for the intense heat prevented 
 manv from being exhnmed. The heroic rescners could not do 
 impossibilities. The town \\'rs full of strangers to take in the 
 circus. Many never returned, and friends would prefer draw- 
 ing the curtain of oblivion over the manner of their dreadful 
 deaths. 
 
 Xew Richmond still mourns the loss of husbands, sons, 
 daughters, wives and sweethearts. The generous public min- 
 istered to their physical and financial ills ; but the hand of God 
 alone can soothe the anguished feelings. 
 
 Mrs. T. Martin, a young wife and mother, is one of these. 
 She heard the awful roar of the cyclone, and with her child 
 and lier servant escaped to a spot beneath the stairway in the 
 cellar. 
 
 The first great roar was over; their home was swept away, 
 and debris of every description had been thrown all around 
 them, but they were uninjured, and escaped and started across 
 the fields to her father's home, ^Er. T. Phillips, about a half 
 mile distant. Then came the second terrible wind, and the 
 two women and the child were thro%\ai to the ground ; bruised 
 and bleeding, the mother, with her babe in her arms, and the 
 servant arose and made their way to their destination, where 
 the young wife moaned for her husband, whose mangled re- 
 mains were not found until Friday morning. Mr. Martin was 
 much esteemed by his acquaintances as a congenial good fellow, 
 possessing many engaging qualities, which endeared him to all 
 who knew him. 
 
 The Xicollet hotel furnishes an incident of peculiar pathos. 
 Miss Katie Mclvinnon, daughter of the landlord, was found 
 
80 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Avilli lit-r luinds faiscJ ;i-< it" to wiirtl otV a blow. vSliortlv aftor- 
 wai\ls luT liltli> sistor IJcrllia was takni out. VUo latt(>r was 
 only sliii'litly injurcHl, aiul as she ii'a/od upon the liioloss form 
 of lior sister, slio oxclaimod in lier nnseltishness, *'01i. wliy 
 conlihri 1 have Iuh'U lakoii and Katie spared I 1 am a little 
 girl and slu" was a yonnii' liuly, and sneli a eomfort to papa and 
 mamma."" Miss Katie MelviniK^n was (piite a good mnsieian 
 for a girl oi" tifteen years. 81ie \\as the j)iipil of Professor Bar- 
 ratt. and lu' had her well advaneed in idassieal mnsie. On the 
 day of tlu^ storm the tlan^hter of the ]n*ofessor, Lena, a girl 
 yeai-s, was ]ilaying W'ith the children of "Mrs. McKinnon, 
 when the roar of the cyclone frigliten(Ml tluMii. Lena Barratt 
 and Bertha hnrriedlv ran nnder a marhle top table which stood 
 in tlu^ ]>arlor, and both children were nninjnretl. 
 
 1 ho]>e to bi' excnsed by my readers if 1 ref(?r once more to the 
 Stack family. The bodies of Mr.and "AFrs. George Stack and 
 child were found ueiw the Stack residenee by the rescuers. ]\rr. 
 Stack had his child clasped tightly in his arms, and the little one 
 crouched closely against him. as if in nun'tal temn-. 
 
 MR. GRANT BOARDMANS EXPERIENCE. 
 
 (iraut IJoardnnin, head miller in the Xew Kichmond roller 
 mills, was at the mill when the storm struek. A\'hen it passed 
 he ruslu'd towards his Ikmuc six l)locks away, which led through 
 the ]»rincipal street of the town, lie was eom]ielled to close his 
 ears to the cries of anguish on all sides, for his heart was with 
 his family. Before he reached houu^ he met his wife, heard 
 that all were safe, kissed her. lliankcd (lod. and rushed back 
 to the assistance of those who had cried out to him. lie rescued 
 Fred Hawkins, the eldest son of the already atlliete<l ^Ir. Haw- 
 kins, referred to in a former chaiiter. and was hurrying to 
 (4her .scenes of disastei- when he heard a wonuiu's voice calling. 
 It was '^^l•s. Vn'Uo E. Aldrich, buried under the ruins of her brick 
 building. Mr. B<^ardman pulletl luu* through a hole which 
 seeme<l too snuill to admit of tln^ i)assage of a child. She 
 manaiicil to tell liiin that l,a\\\cr Ilan'\- Smith was also bui'ied 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 81 
 
 close i)_v. ITo, too, was taken out. There was still another man, 
 hut all efforts could not lift the weight which lay upon his leg 
 and held him fast. ITo prayed them in God's name to cut off his 
 leg', with saw or ax — anythinii', for lightning' had struck and 
 igiiitefl some of the comhiistihlc matter in the (h'l)ris, supposed 
 to be a gasoline tank in the ruins of a hardware store, and the 
 flames spread rapidly. The heat of the tlanies was growing 
 more and more intense, and the jtoor fellow pinned doANii felt 
 their tiei-y hreath; liut iJoardiiiaii was foi'eed to leave, and 
 never did he in liis life pertoi'iii a liardcr hisl,-. 
 
 EXPERIENCE OP" MR. THOMAS HEFFRON. 
 
 Mr. ireHV<»irs e\])erieiice is almost jjast helief ; hut those who 
 have seen the awful power of the cyclone and believe in God's 
 mercies aud miracles must credit the story. ^Ir. Heffron was 
 driving through Main street, holding lightly to his horses' reins, 
 Avhen the storm struck; the horse and buggy and ^Ir. Ileffron 
 were picked from the street, carried through the air over sev- 
 eral dwellings and set down u|)on the street again with liorses 
 and man unhurt, and the buggy free from damage. 
 
 MR. WILLIAM HILLIERS EXPERIENCE. 
 
 Some were nnwilliug witnesses of the eyelone's work — among 
 them was !Mr. W. Ilillier. lie was hun-yiiig to his home, and 
 was in sight of it when the cyclone was upon him. lie threw 
 himself down in the school yard, clasped the trunk of a tree 
 and lay there holding firmly. ITe saw the air filled with flying 
 debi'is. horses, cattle, dogs; fought off a nmaway team with 
 his undjrella, was hit witli a fiyin,<>' boai'd, but esca])ed from 
 it all with (tnly a slight I)ruise. 
 
 MR. W. F. McNALLY AND MR. M. P. McNALLY'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 The escape of W. F. McXally and his brother, M. P. Mc- 
 Xally, both expert lawyers of the town, borders on the marvel- 
 ous. Their oflice was over Patton k Carey's drug Store. Both 
 gentlemen were absorbed in their books, not being aware of the 
 
<i THE XBW R1CKSK>ND CYCLONE. 
 
 vVBoitt^ stv>rtKk iwsklil tW dneutVaitts: rv»&r wj^ruev! litem of dau- 
 
 wasi tv> be t!t^ fate^ to die tot!:\ 
 ^wr^fe aiQsa<>i$« tu> !;be :>5r^ets Mrith %}» briok 
 
 -r. W. ^' ^' ^: ■ '^ ■ _ :> 
 - > f*?v 
 
 a;;< - -. \rae^ j^ were attxk>tt^ w 
 
 ... \ ..: .^_.^,, , , ■-■ '• -.. -... I rhe 
 
 i. >lv --ace 
 
 po6*^ ~ «ee«pe. W. F* ^e^albr cv^oM *« wadlu atatd he 
 
 lilt tfte ^<f>iaJI> Er^>cfieer^ — f«r tfcere are toear oi ibeBot- 
 
 / - ' The 
 
 -« d«- do«tM(Sv t&e UH3Ee of ifce ejeloae^ jiisc 
 
 •i jcsoersv — oa* tJ 
 
 ^aj* ror 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE S3 
 
 liie il<:'^\■(^J»aIX:'rl^ oi xjie aav i^.-jj w^i-ac - .v 
 
 inadequate to express the sorrow. - - and h' ^ 
 
 dition of tlie citizens of New Riehjoiond- Hundreds were with- 
 out homes, and but for the prompt assistance of friends would 
 be huii^rv and naked. There was scarcely a home in this once 
 happ\-, jjrosperous little city but was a home of mourning. Yet, 
 though homes and hearts were broken and crushed^ thev were 
 not insensible to the touch of human 1 - come 
 
 from every side. It came, indeed, like t. — -„^ . j_aes&en- 
 ger from heaven, to many, and there is a healing in its toueh- 
 The tenderest. holiest feeling in the nature of these people was 
 stirrer! by the kindly s^•mpathy and _ - ^ -' - ~ at- 
 
 tentions that have been j>aid. A - _ :>n 
 
 would have to be wTitten in letters of gold, as it is engraved on 
 the hearts of the people of Xew Richmond. 
 
 It is too often felt that this is a cold, unsympathetic world, 
 but this occasion has taught the citizens of Xew Eichiaond that 
 in all the world there is nothing more grand or touching than 
 the noble gener<:»5ity and sympathy of human hearts. It comes 
 like a revelation of light and hope and cheer after the awful 
 darkness and terror o£ a day never to be forgotten by those 
 who witnessed it. As this cyclone and its awful results can 
 never be clothed in language . ^ — ^ ' riptive. neither 
 can the manifold kindness and . ^ uie from neigh- 
 
 boring cities and towns be possibly expressed. Xothing has 
 been forgotten or overlooked that could c<:»ntribute to the com- 
 fort of the people. Every one has been attended to as well as 
 possible, and, while the kind friends have done everything but 
 give back life and health, they can never estimate the great good 
 they have done. It would \.>e impossible not ' _ ' r some 
 c*:»mfort. enc<:»uragement and hof»e f r<:»m the p. : _ t . _ . efforts 
 of these thoughtful ones who have come or sent help and sym- 
 pathy. Kind helpere left, and the little city had to face the 
 future: had to take up their broken lives that can never be 
 the same again: but so long as life exists, the memory of the 
 kind hearts and helpful hands who have aided the people of 
 
84 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 New Kieliinoiid will never be effaced, but be a legacy of faith 
 and trust in the iioliility nf the American ])eople." 
 
 MRS. L. TORNOWS EXPERIENCE IN THE TORNADO. Jl'XE 12TH. 
 
 ■'^Monday, I arose early with the intention of having my 
 family Avashing out on tli(^ elothes line in good time, although 
 I seemed to be strangely impressed with a heavy, unaccountable 
 feeling of sadness. Then it occurred to me that I had frightful 
 dreams during the night, and {)erhaps that was accountable for 
 my depression. However, I worked liai-(l all day till 4 o'clock, 
 and feeling more than usually fatigued, 1 rested on the lounge 
 for a short time. J'hen I arose, changed my gown and pre- 
 pared for supper. The darkness attracted my attention and 
 made me feel uneasy. It continued to grow darker, and the 
 air was calm. Then a light rain fell, followed by a little 
 hail. Still the darkness continued to increase, so that I was 
 obliged to light lam})s. Sup]>er was pre})ared and table set, 
 when my daughter Stella, aged tifteen years, called my atten- 
 tion to an immense black cloud which was rapidly approaching 
 New Richmond from the southwest. Glancing out the win- 
 dow, I saw the dreadful black monster approaching. In color 
 it resembled the smoke issuing from the smoke-stack of a loco- 
 motive of a train, yet more dense, emitting tire on the edges, 
 writhing, twisting, and throwing everything upwards, so one 
 could see things rapidly whirling through it. Then I knew we 
 were in the utmost danger, (billing to the children, I said, 
 'Let us go to the cellar, quick." .My son, Willie, a lad of 18, 
 came I'unning in the door at the same time, and taking my 
 youngest child — a 5-year-ol(l boy — by the hand, and grasping 
 a lighted lamj) off the table, we hurriedly gained the cellar. 
 As Ave reached the bottom, the cyclone was upon us. A piece 
 of board flying through the cellar window broke the lamp chim- 
 ney in my hand. I threw the lamp down and it was extin- 
 guished. I clasped closer my little Chester, for the terrible 
 roaring increased in loudness. I raised my hands and eyes 
 to Heaven in that awfnl moment. i>ra\ina': 'O, mv God, save 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 85 
 
 US ! Save us !' Then something struck me. I fell over and 
 lost consciousness. The first thing I remember when my senses 
 returned was little Chester moving at my side. Then came 
 the awful thought that we were about to be killed. In my 
 extreme anguish, I cried out : 'Oh, my God, the worst is not yet 
 come I' My son Willie sprang to my side, saying: 'O, mamma, 
 are you hurt (' ITe was uninjured, and helped me to extricate 
 myself, for 1 was pinned duwn by my clothing, which had to 
 be partly torn (ifi" in order to be freed from the tind)er piled 
 around me. 
 
 "'My daughter Stella, poor child, fared the worst. She was 
 iKit x'isible, coverec] up in debris ])ile(l alxive liei'. Xot hearing 
 any soiind, or answer to our repeated calls, we concluded she 
 Avas killed. Willie tore away the boards and rubbish, and 
 saw one of her feet protruding, so he worked for bare life, and 
 finally uncovered his unconscious sister. She was badly hurt, 
 but recovered, and at this writing is a happy school girl. 
 
 "When Stella thinks of what she passed thr<mgh, she can 
 scarcely think it can be real. A wall and brick chimney fell 
 upon her. The stones of the wall were on her head. When 
 they were searching for her, they walked over her head, crush- 
 ing the stones into her flesh, causing her exquisite torture. 
 They had to literally raise the stone wall in certain parts of 
 the cellar in order to extricate her. Her face was fearfully 
 cut. Both eyes were injured, especially the left eye. The 
 doctor ordered continual applications of hot water cloths to the 
 wounds. Her right arm was also injured. Yet she recovered 
 rapidly, but shudders at her experience in the cyclone." 
 
 DR. GERAIM) AXI) AflSS KEUCLKR. 
 
 Dr. GERARD AND HIS NIECE, MISS VIRGINIA BEUCLER. HAVE A 
 THRILLING EXPERIENCE ON THE NIGHT OF .JUNE 12TH. 
 
 ]\riss Beucler gives a very lucid description of what she saw 
 of the cyclone, as follows : 
 
 'T had some work to do which required daylight to do it 
 W(dl. Tt was my intention to accomplish this work that after- 
 
86 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 noon, 1)11 1 the growing darkness rendered it impossible. So I 
 thonglit 1 wonld prepare sni)per earlier than usual. When 
 about to sit to the table, the thought occurred to me to look out at 
 the weather, for a strange roaring noise appeared to me unac- 
 countable. So I went to the door with that intention, and it 
 was well I did, for on opening the door, I saw an inunense 
 black cloud, encircled in flames of fire emitting from the edges, 
 approaching from the southwest and quite near us. Shutting 
 the door, I called to uncle to come and look. When he saw it, 
 he knew wdiat it meant, and hastily cried, 'To the cellar, 
 quick !' We reached the cellar in safety and were saved. It 
 certainly was an inspiration to go to the door wdien I did, for 
 doubtlessly Ave would both have been killed. Certainly uncle 
 could not have escaped severe injury, for on the place where 
 he sat at table a large beam had fnUcn. The southwest wing 
 of tlu^ house was badly wrecked, the roof being swept off, and 
 the hea\y rain pouring in from all parts. But we were satis- 
 fied that sufficient of the house was left to accommodate and 
 ahelter the dying and wounded that were brought in to us. 
 XeighborSjWhom we knew, conversed with but a short time be- 
 fore, brought in bleeding, dying! Uh, it was dreadful! Such 
 an experience I hope will never be my lot to witness again." 
 
 Mr. Cliris. Casanova, one »»f ihe ])i'o])i-ietors of the Casanova 
 Brewery, Hudson, Wis., also had a ilirilling experience in the 
 cyclone. This gentleman had a \'ery narrow escape. He and 
 his familv, consisting of an amiable wife and two most inter- 
 esting children, made New Riclnnond their home, whence he 
 took his regular tri])S to his brewery in llutlson in the interests 
 of l)usiness. 1I(» carried on a business here, in wliicli lie was 
 associated with Mr. ('onrad. The latter leaving for supper, 
 'Mv. Casanova remained, conversing with several gentlemen. 
 Suddenly observing the growing darkness, but believing it to be 
 bnt a heavy storm, which would pass over as usual, he felt no 
 alarm. Presently the unusnal roaring noise began, and, in- 
 creasing in loudness, he jumped uji, saying to liis friends he 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 87 
 
 Avoiild look out the door. It was well lie did, for he saw the 
 dry goods store of Ward Williams falling. Waiting to see no 
 more, and calling to the gentlemen to follow him, he rushed 
 down the cellar, followed by the others. They were not a 
 moment too soon. The crash came, and they were enveloped 
 in the debris. The walls of the falling buildings around them, 
 being of brick and crushing inwards, made it still more dan- 
 gerous for the imprisoned five men, who were almost suffo- 
 cated. But the cool, clear head of Mr. Casanova came to 
 the rescue, and five more victims were snatched from the death 
 list. He looked around for means of egress, but there was 
 none apparently, and they were in total darkness. In this 
 emergency, he glanced upwards, and noticed a dim light encir- 
 cling the water-pipe. He grasped the idea, procured a long 
 piece of board, and by much exertion succeeded in widening the 
 cavity around the pipe, until he elfected an aperture large 
 enough for his body to pass through. Then climbing the pipe, 
 he reached the aperture, passed through to the upper floor in 
 safety. Then calling to the others, and widening the breach, 
 he helped them up, and they all came through uninjured, and 
 sought their homes, with fear in their hearts for their loved 
 ones. But Mr. Casanova's usefulness and intelligence did not 
 stop here. Though his first thoughts were for his family, 
 what was his dismay Avhen he gained the corner of Second 
 street to find his home swept away. He was terror stricken. 
 Oh, God, liow fared it with his wife and children I Rushing 
 to where the house once stood, and peering down into the cellar 
 and perceiving no one there, he madly plunged into the rain 
 again towards Main street. There he paused, for a feeble wail 
 for help arrested his footsteps. Approaching the locality 
 whence the sound came, he saw a woman's form partly covered 
 in the ruins of a building. She begged for help, but how was 
 he to effect her rescue ? The debris was piled over her. She 
 lay beneatli and the beams were over her, except a small hole 
 the size of a liand. I'his he widened bv deo-rees, and draa'o'ed 
 her through. But she must have been severely injured, for 
 
88 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 she moaned piteously, aiul was perfectly helpless. Tie raised 
 her on his back, and following others willi similar liurdens, 
 carried her to the school-house, the nearest house left stauding. 
 It A\as some rods out of the evclone's path. There he left her 
 and returned to contiimc liis frenzied search for his family. 
 He was ill; he felt feverish. Tlie cold rain and exposure was 
 telling on him. But on he ran, from house to house, that were 
 spared outside the cyclone's i)atli. At hist he found them at 
 .Mr. E. O. Kaye's home. They were safe and uninjured. 
 
 Mr. Casanova's family consists of his amiable wife and 
 two lovely, interesting children — a little daughter, Mary, aged 
 8 years, and little Frankie, a most lovable and clever child of 
 4 years. ISText day Mr. Casanova removed his family to Hud- 
 son, wdiere he purchased a mansion some time previously. 
 There he will reside permanently wdth his family. 
 
 DEATH OF MISS ABBIE WILLIAMS. 
 
 ]\[iss Abbie Williams, only child of Mr. O. J. Williams, 
 one of our hardware merchants, lost her life under the most 
 distressing circumstances. She was out driving on the after- 
 noon of the 12th, Avith Mrs. C. Cameron of Pewaukee. Seeing 
 the storm approaching, they both went into tli(^ store for shelter, 
 ^fr. Williams, observing the ominous a].|>('ai';iiic(' of the weather, 
 and the increasing darkness, growing still denser, suggested 
 descending to the basement. Pi-esently the roaring noise ar- 
 rested their attention, and Mi-. Williams, seeinii- the danger, 
 called the ladies to follow him to the cellar, or basement. Ab- 
 bie was facing the front door, looking out, bnt hastened to 
 obey her father. The father was already down, and the ladies 
 half-way on the stairs, when the stdi'iii struck them. They 
 were throAvn down and cru^he<|. The father had a ])roken 
 arm. They lay wonn<le<l, but he conld not exii'icate them or 
 himself Avith one hand. Fire broke oui. \\'ci-e they dea<l when 
 that fire reached them? The father said yes. lie ought to 
 knoAV, for he was with them. lie Avas rescued, bnl not they. 
 Their remains wei'e t'oimd later, bni-ned to a crisp. Siu'row- 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 89 
 
 ing parents, how my heart aches for you! This pen tribute 
 I am about to offer to her memory ; please accept it in the spirit 
 with which it is given. 
 
 Miss Abbie Williams was a kind-hearted, generous young 
 lady; happy in her surroundings; kind to animals, who all 
 loved her. Her horse was her friend and loved her well. She 
 could not be unkind to any living creature. Being for years 
 an only child, and the darling of her parents, who gratified her 
 every wish, she grow up naturally of an independent character, 
 which many regarded as levity. But she was misunderstood 
 by those who did not really know her, or could not appreciate 
 her guileless, frank disposition. She was regardless of public 
 opinion. She did what she thought was right, and cared little 
 what others thought. She loved, and was kind to her friends, 
 and was happy in herself. Such was dear Abbie Williams, 
 and her lonely parents have my sincere sympathy. (The Au- 
 thor.) 
 
 MRS. A. G. BOEHM'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 "The morning of the 12th of June dawned on New Rich- 
 mond, it appeared to me, as usual, without any particular 
 change of weather noticeable. We arose at the usual time, 
 prepared our simple breakfast, I going to church to perform 
 my devotions, as was my custom ; Mr. Boehm to his shop. Be- 
 fore we parted, however, at breakfast, he informed me of his in- 
 tention of driving to Star Prairie in the afternoon, immediately 
 after dinner. Ah! if he did, we would never, probably, have 
 seen each other again. But as the hours passed, the weather 
 changed for the worse, becoming variable. An ominous dark- 
 ness overspread the heavens ; little eddies of wind would raise 
 the dust of the roads occasionally; then again all would be 
 intensely calm. It became quite sultry for a time. Gollmar 
 Brothers' circus was in town. ]\rr. Boehm asked me if I cared 
 to go. I answered, 'No.' He said, 'You had better go ; it will 
 be some amusement for you, but I cannot go ; we are very busy 
 just now in the shop. Here is money, and take a neighbor 
 
90 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ladv witli Vdu and (nijoy voursclt'. Wni seldom go out here.' 
 I told him that 1 had my (»\Uiiig already this moriiinc as far 
 as the rhiirch. That sntHeed ft)r me. Then we parted. 
 
 "I Mii'inii tlic forenoon T praeticed on my piano, little think- 
 ing it was for the hist lime I phiccd my i:<il<l watdi iijxm it, 
 in order not to exceed tlie lime riMpiired to make due ])repara- 
 tions for dinner. My watch, a valnable one, with a l)ox of 
 jewelry, 1 never ex])ect to see again, though several times liberal 
 rewards have been offered through the jiapers. My piano, 
 well, it shared the fate of others, that is, the handsome case was 
 a complete wreck, but the interior mechanism, that is, the 
 sounding-board, etc., were uninjured. But the company from 
 wdiom T purchased the piano, the Cable Piano Company, has 
 boomed that up, so there is no further need of my laudations 
 here. 
 
 "During dinner Mr. Boehni remarked that he feared a rain 
 storm Avould prevent his driving either to Star Prairie, Deer 
 Park or Clear Lake, a distance of twenty miles. Still, if the 
 weather changed, he would certainly go. But, instead of be- 
 coming more favorable during the afternoon, the darkness in- 
 creased, and occasionally I would lay down the book I was 
 reading, and go out to scan the weather. 1 could see Mr. 
 Boehm doing the same from his shop door. Tie seemed very 
 often out at the door, anxiously looking at the clouds, yet little 
 anticipating the awful catastrophe soon to follow. It was 
 about 4:30 p. m., but I thought it was an hour later. I began 
 to prepare supper. I lighted tlic him])s in tlic dining-room and 
 sitting-room, for the ominous darkness grew still (hirker, and 
 the air was calm and sultry. I v.'ondered why ]\Ir. Boehm did 
 not come to supper. I glanced at the clock and was surprised 
 to find I was calculating an lionr in advance of the true time. 
 Then I looked once more at the weather, and a fearful dread of 
 something seemed to impress me. Once more I looked at the 
 ch)ek. It was ten minutes to six. That was the last time. 
 The darkness became more intense. Presently a roaring noise, 
 resembling heavy freight trains passing o\■^']• a bridge, arrested 
 
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THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 91 
 
 my attention. As we lived near the railroad, I first tlionglit 
 it was an nnusually heavy train, bnt the noise grew still louder, 
 too lond for a train, even on that evening, and a terrible pre- 
 sentiment of some unknown evil took possession of me. 
 
 ^'Ifresently Mr. Boehm came dashing in at the door, and 
 violently throwing it open, followed by his two dogs, crying 
 out: "To the cellar, to the cellar, quick! quick!' I said to 
 him. quite calmly, 'Why, Albert, is there any danger V 'Dan- 
 ger,' he replied, 'Yes, yes, a cyclone is upon us ; to the cellar, 
 quick I' We extinguished the lamps, and hurriedly descended 
 to the cellar, he leading, I following. He placed himself in 
 the southwest angle of the cellar, and drew me to him. Then 
 I realized for the first time in my life that we were in the pres- 
 ence of death. Oh, hoAv fervently I prayed aloud that God 
 would spare the town and people ! Mr. Boehm stood silent, 
 with his teeth clenched. Then came the cyclone ! I knew by 
 the terrible roaring noise the calamity was upon us. Mr. 
 Boehm bowed his head calmly, and spread his arms over me. 
 In a moment it was upon us, in the most terrific, wildest fury. 
 I heard the glass in the windows above us on the main floor 
 breaking, crushing, as though an immense force was pressing 
 it to powder. Then I glanced up for an instant, and saw the 
 little cellar window to our left disengaging itself from the foun- 
 dation, by some invisible giant force, and the shallow masonry 
 falling around us. Some stones from the foundation fell over 
 us, and bruised Mr. Boehm's arms. One large rock, about a 
 foot square, came tumbling over us, and Mr. Boehm received 
 it on his head and arms, receiving slight flesh wounds. Then 
 all was over. It was enough — all I ever wish to see or experi- 
 ence of the dreadful work in close quarters of a cyclone. 
 
 "AMien I emerged from the covering of Mr. Boehm's arms, 
 it was to find us standing in the cellar, with no roof but the 
 awful canopy of the heavens over us, and the rain pouring 
 down in torrents. I was thinly clad and in my bare head. We 
 were both saturated, for the cold, penetrating rain had no 
 mercy. Tlio tomporntnre fell several degrees, leaving us cold 
 
92 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ami sliivcriug. I,<i(ikiii<; around for means of egress from the 
 cellar, for the staii-s were in pieces, helping to swell the debris 
 oil the cellar iloor, we found there was nothing but an eight- 
 bj-four plank on which to climb. By that we gained the upper 
 surface. What a sight met our sraze when we left the cellar! 
 'J'lic wlidle t<iwn was down. ()iir neighbors' homes were gone. 
 Our pretty home lay one mass of debris. Where were the 
 poor animals ? One dog, the brown spaniel, Xellie, a most 
 faithful, pretty creature, was crushed beneath a couch, under 
 which she took shelter. The other, a black, silky-haired, of 
 rare breed, with a rcn-ord, wa^ saved in some unaccountable 
 way. 
 
 ''Mr. ]>o(»hm, on viewing; the wreck of his household goods, 
 said: 'Well, all is gone; we must begin life's work over again.' 
 Then, turning to me, said : 'Come, you must not remain under 
 this downpour." T was shivering with cold, and thought: 'Did 
 I escape dealii in llie cyclone to die of lung tronltlc later ^ My 
 thin sli])])ers were saturated, so I hastily crossed tlic lawn 
 towards Dr. Gerard's residence, which partly escaped demoli- 
 tion, but the roof of the left wing was l)lown away, and the 
 doctor and his niece were endeavoring to cover the parts most 
 exposed, to prevent the whole house from being flooded. After 
 exchanging words Avith them, we ]3assed to Mr. Bartlett's resi- 
 dence. The latter was much dila])idated. 1'he southwest side, 
 most exposed to the storm, contained a large bay-win<low, which 
 was wrecked, the water coming througli the broken panes. The 
 bay-windo\v was an extension of the back parlor, the furniture 
 and decorations of which were rare and vahuilde. The cupola 
 was swept away, so lliat the rain came pouring ihroiigh. Mr. 
 Boehm recovered one of our carpets, an art rug, without a 
 seam, which covered the vacuum, from wdiich the cu])ola was 
 torn off, thus preventing the house from being deluged. 
 
 "Then the second cyclone oi- wind storm came on, wliicli lasted 
 far in the night. Then could he heard the wnil of anguish 
 from the town two l»locks away — the ncu'ghing of horses fright- 
 ene<l, woniide(l, looking for their masters. Tlic |ieo|)le, 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 9a 
 
 wounded, dying, crushed, came in, carried on doors or boards. 
 Oh, the sight of those dear, stricken sufferers! That awful 
 night, no tongue can tell! Ko pen can describe it! Mr. and 
 AFrs. Bartlett did their utmost to make the sufferers as com- 
 fortable as possible. Her moquette rugs were rolled up, laid 
 on the floor, and the wounded laid upon them. The beds, on 
 account of the removal of the cupola, Avere w^et, and unfit for 
 use, or they would be utilized for the sick. One young girl 
 from Fargo, avIio was on a visit here, w^as brought into Mr. 
 Bartlett's. She was apparently helpless. A long wound across 
 her forehead, just above her brows, was bleeding profusely. 
 Her T took charge of, but the chimneys being all down, we 
 could not get warm water to bathe the wounds of the sufferers. 
 So I washed them with cold water, and made them as easy as I 
 could. One of the actors from the circus was brought, in and 
 laid on a (-(Mich in Mr. Bartlett's bedroom. He had three ribs 
 broken. Mv. Boehm did all ho could for him. The Gollmar 
 Brothers (circus) had a salaried physician engaged, who fol- 
 lowed the circus, and attended the wounded members during 
 their illness after the cyclone. There were five members of the 
 circus injured, including one of the Gollmar brothers (pro- 
 prietors). Doctors arrived the next day and the wounded were 
 attended to. Most of them were removed to the hospitals at 
 St. Paul. 
 
 "Mrs. Bartlett Avas niucli worried over her son Lawrence, 
 who Avas expected home that evening from Princeton University, 
 X. J. She natiirally thought he must be on the road some- 
 Avhere, and hearing of washouts and other dire calamities caused 
 by the scA^ere storm Avave then rife over other localities, but not 
 so severe, nor in tlie form of a cyclone. Still, her motherly 
 instincts Avere much tried and tested during that awful night 
 and next day. "We remained at Mr. Bartlett's residence three 
 days. Then a kind friend came from St. Paul, looking for 
 me — went to the church, which was used for a morgue after the 
 night of the cyclone, to find me. She looked at the faces of the 
 dead, but not identifying mine, returned, and finally, by in- 
 
94 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 quii-ies, found me. 'Come with me/ she said, 'Come with me 
 home.' How was I to accomplish this? I had no clothes fit 
 to travel in. But one kind lady lent me a hat, another a skirt, 
 and thns I was ready, eqnipped to leave the scene of destruction. 
 I did not like to part from my j^oor Albert. Poor fellow, I 
 left him searching among the ruins of his once happy home. 
 With a lonely, desolate heart, I accompanied my dear, kind 
 friend to St. Paul. There I remained two months. Mr, 
 Boehm came to see me three times. Miss Beucler kindly took 
 charge of a few souvenirs of the cyclone for us, and I returned 
 to my present home of two rooms, to remain indefinitely. What 
 sad changes overtake us mortals in this world ! 
 
 ''T am writing the 'History of the Tornado' in a corner of 
 one of these rooms. Will things ever be better for those who 
 liaA-e lost all, I wonder ? But why repine ? I might truly say 
 with the poet: 
 
 " 'Mam needs but little here below, 
 N'or needs that little long.' '' 
 
 MRS. JOICE'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 This lady received severe wounds, as well as a terrible ner- 
 vous shock, from which she is slowly recovering. She tells 
 the following: 
 
 "I was preparing supper on the evening of June 12th. 
 The rest of the family were in the parlor, engaged in con- 
 vei-sation with my sister-in-law, Mrs. Casey. The latter arose, 
 and opening the door to look out at the storm, called my two 
 daughters, Nellie and ]\[ayme, to look, and they hurriedly 
 called me to see the peculiar, threatening cloud. I told all to 
 go into the cellar immediately ; it was certainly a cyclone. My 
 sou, Edward, then ran for liis father, who was in his place of 
 business. The boy kept crying out to everyone he met, 'A cy- 
 clone, a cyclone !' The cloud meant a cyclone. He had just 
 entered the building when the cyclone struck it. He was 
 swe])t by the force of the wind from the door (which he had 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 95 
 
 just opened half way) across the building. He drew his coat 
 over his head to protect it. His escape was most miraculous. 
 His pockets were filled with broken glass and he was unable 
 to move, for various articles were piled around him. He could 
 hear the people calling for help, and he also called loudly for 
 assistance. They heard his cries, and dug him out. In doing 
 so they found he was lying between a wall and a stove, and 
 a binder, which had been thrown in from the outside, was 
 close to him, with its blades so near, that if he moved in 
 the least he would surely be lacerated. He escaped all injury,, 
 however, except a slight scratch on his hand. 
 
 "At home we were not so fortunate, at least, not I. When 
 we were going to the cellar, I sent the rest before me. There 
 were twelve of us in all. I was on the third step, in the act of 
 descending, when the cyclone struck. The house was lifted 
 up and carried off, then dashed to pieces. I was thrown down 
 and covered with debris. They helped each other out of the 
 cellar. T was extricated from my smothered position, and 
 frightened the others, for my face and shoulders were covered 
 with blood. My head had been literally scalped, the deep flesh 
 wound reaching around my head. My hair was cut off, and for 
 many months I was incapable of much physical action. We 
 lost all we possessed, but time will, with God's help, restore us 
 part of the comforts we lost in the cyclone." 
 
 THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OP MR. AND MRS. MARK 
 
 CASEY. 
 
 "The 12th day of June, 1899, will be a day never to be for- 
 gotten ! It was not a pleasant morning, still nothing was notice- 
 able till the afternoon. It became sultry and very calm for 
 a time. Then a darkening gradually developed. It increased 
 as the hours went by, and a peculiar rain fell. The drops were 
 large and far apart. The rain was succeeded by hail. The 
 hail stones were as large as small eggs, and, like the rain, fell 
 far apart. The darkness continued increasing. Then heavy 
 clouds formed. My servant called my attention to them,. As 
 
96 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 she seemed very nervous and anxious and called me several 
 times to look at the clouds, I arose and complied with her re- 
 quest. Still I did not think the matter serious, though the 
 cloud looked very dark and threatening. I had been reading 
 some time previously of the terrible nature of a cyclone, which 
 greatly impressed me at the time. ^Vow I distinctly recalled 
 it to mind. I remembered it stated the cyclone gave warning 
 by a ])eculiar terrorizing roaring noise. Xo noise, at present, 
 w^s heard. Still I was uneasy, and the supper being in prog- 
 ress, I anxiously awaited the home-coming of Mr. Casey. 
 Presently he came, wanting his supper immediately, for they 
 were busy in the store that day, as he had more customers than 
 usual, on account of the circus being in town. lie did not 
 appear much concerned regarding the a2)proaching storm. I 
 said to him, looking at the clouds at the same time, "I feel sure 
 we will have a cyclone.' He said, '^STo; let us have supper. I 
 must return to the store.' I looked again ; this time I heard 
 an unusual sound, low at first, like an incoming heavy train, 
 then increasing in loudness, which arrested the attention of all 
 of us. I said, 'Mark, let us go to the cellar; we are going to 
 have a cyclone.' I repeated it three times; he still seemed 
 incredulous. Then my sister, Mrs. William Hughes, came in 
 with her two youngest children. The eldest, poor boy, went 
 to his father's office to accomjxmy the latter liome, bringing him 
 an umbrella. He was never seen alive again. We all went 
 down cellar, the servant first; in all, ten porsons. I was the 
 last. When I reached the lowest ste]:), I was struck with some- 
 thing and thrown on the floor, but in a safe corner. The cy- 
 clone struck in all its fury. The house and its contents were 
 carried a short distance, then smashed to pieces. All escaped 
 injury but myself. I had a bruise on my shoulder. Sufficient 
 of the collar stairs were left so that we ascended after the cy- 
 clone passed on. The rain came and we looked about for a 
 place of safety. We saw Tawyer and Mrs. Oaks, whose home 
 met the same fate as ours, lying prostrate on the ground. He 
 had one arm around liis wif(\ the otlici' grasj)ing the trunk of 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 97 
 
 a small tree. I'he second cyclone or wind storm came up, and 
 ]\Ir. Oaks called to iis to come where they were and lie down flat, 
 face downwards ; we would have a better chance of safety. We 
 did so, I clasping my baby boy, Mr. Casey covering in his arms 
 our Bessie. Thns we lay for some time, the desperate wind 
 howling and tearing over us, and the rain falling in torrents. 
 The lowering temperature chilled us, and the children were 
 screaming, so we concluded to go under cover somewhere. We 
 saw part of Mr. A. Tobin's home standing, and we made for 
 that, but the rain was coming through the windows, and the 
 cellar was no protection against it. So we went across the 
 street from ]\Lr. Tobin's to Mr. Knight's. It, too, was badly 
 wrecked and the rain pouring in the windows, etc. We rested 
 there but a very short time, for Miss xVnna Donohue sent her 
 brother for us. The Donohue residence was not in the path 
 of the tornado, being on the outskirts of the town. There we 
 remained two weeks, meeting with every kindness and consid- 
 eration, for which we feel grateful." 
 
 ME. WM. FITZGERALD, SUPERVISOR. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. WM. FITZGERALD HAVE A BITTER EXPERIENCE 
 IN THE CYCLONE OF JUNE 12TH. 
 
 ^'Having a w^ell-stocked grocery store on Second street, near 
 Main, and doing a fair business, they prepared for the 12th, 
 being 'Circus Day.' The farmers were expected in town in 
 large numbers, which was verified. Many of the latter took 
 the occasion to come in and pay their bills, and purchase more 
 goods to take home with them, after the circus. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fitzgerald, having a large connection of friends and relatives 
 in and around jSTew Richmond and surrounding country, ac- 
 commodated a large number during the day, many of them 
 attending the circus. The near relatives had returned to sup 
 with the Fitzgerald family and tlien drive home later, for they 
 all ko]it good teams of horses. The circus was over for the 
 afternoon at H p. ni. 1'liore was to l)e a dance that night after 
 
98 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 supper. ^lanj from out of town were to remain for that. 
 My God, what foolish mortals we are! Our lives, how like that 
 of the butterflies, live but for the existing sunshine of the hour, 
 forgetful of the icy hand of death so near ! How heedless we 
 mortals are! 
 
 MRS. FITZGERALD'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 "After 5 o'clock I noticed that the darkness was steadily 
 increasing, and it was becoming very sultry. Yet we never sus- 
 pected danger. Mr. Fitzgerald felt more anxious as the dark- 
 ness increased than I did. There were thirty-three persons in 
 our house and store at the time. Soon I heard the roaring noise 
 and went to the front door to ascertain tho cause. I even went 
 out on the sidewalk. I still did not think there was danger. 
 The black cloud, a few minutes before six, looked very heavy 
 and threatening. Then the roaring noise grew louder, and 
 the cloud seemed close upon us. Presently I saw the walls of 
 Patton and Carey's drug store, on the opposite corner, falling. 
 Then I felt we were in danger. I rushed in, shut the door, 
 saying, 'Save yourselves, a cyclone, a cyclone, is upon us !' Two 
 men, one my brother, came rushing in, and as they passed me, 
 told me to leave there (for I was standing near the large front 
 window of our store) 'that the glass might fly.' 
 
 "My sister Nellie and a young lady friend were piously on 
 their knees, praying, thoroughly frightened. I told them to 
 seek a place of safety near us. We had no cellar to go to. My 
 brother ran to me, saying, 'Mary, we have always loved each 
 other most and played together, now let us die together.' He 
 threw his arms about me, but looking over my shoulder, to my 
 horror I saw my little 4year-old nephew standing on the coun- 
 ter, unconscious of danger. I rushed and snatched him off, 
 and placing the child between us, we embraced again, my 
 brother and I, and the cyclone was upon us. We had crouched 
 behind some barrels. Mr. Fitzgerald happened to be near a 
 kerosene barrel. This was thrown over and smashed, and the 
 contents throA^ni over him, so that he was quite saturated with 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 99 
 
 the fluid, which penetrated his eyes, causing much pain. The 
 cjclone passed on its deadly mission, leaving us homeless. It 
 had swept everything before it, but we had reason to be thankful. 
 'Not one was injured in our building. Mr. E. J. Thompson, 
 the proprietor, was saved by going under his counter. We oc- 
 cupied the east side of his building. We ran away, after the 
 cyclone for shelter. Although the cyclone leveled everything, 
 many things of value lay among the ruins. The money till, 
 containing about $100, was robbed while we were seeking 
 shelter. Well, we simply lost all, even to our clothes." 
 
 MISS CLYDE JAMESON'S EXPERIENCE, WITH THAT OF HER 
 MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, MRS. B. C. B. FOSTER. 
 
 "My grandma was sitting on the porch of our residence the 
 afternoon of the 12th of June. She observed the rapid changes 
 in temperature, and when the afternoon was waning and the 
 darkness growing denser she remarked that she had seen many 
 a cloudy sky and many clouds, but never anything like this. 
 This cloud was certainly very different from anything she had 
 ever witnessed before. My grandma is 81 years old. 'It must 
 be a cyclone,' she said. 'Call your mother to come and look/ 
 I ran up stairs. Mother called me hurriedly. I came down, 
 and both told me that a .cyclone was coming, and that we must 
 go to the cellar. As I was passing through the hall, I observed 
 on the hall-rack my collarette, which I took with me. Mother, 
 for some unaccountable reason, snatched up a light mattress, 
 and grandma had her shawl. Thus equipped, we gained the 
 cellar, but not a minute too soon, for the cyclone struck and 
 can-ied off the new addition we had built, smashing in the 
 old part under which the cellar was, where we took refuge. 
 But none of us were hurt. The cyclone, by breaking the 
 foundation of the old part of the house, opened a way for us 
 to get out, and we availed ourselves of it after the cyclone 
 passed. I was going out first, when mother called me to help 
 grandma. In doing so, I observed mother's mattress, under 
 which .she crouched in the collar, tliickly weighted with 
 
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100 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 stones. These I speedily removed and liberated mother. Then 
 we went to Mr. Knight's, but there, though full of ])eople, it 
 was far from being a place of safety. The windows were 
 broken, and the rain pouring in. We stayed there but a short 
 time, and finally took up our abode with our cousin, Mr. Har- 
 vey Law, and on the 1st of August removed to our present 
 home." 
 
 CLYDE JAMISON. 
 
 MRS. WM. JOHNSON, OF FIRST STREET, NEW RICHMOND. 
 
 In the gray of the morning, after the cyclone had passed, a 
 small, slight figure might be seen, with shawl drawn over the 
 head, from under which a pale, anxious face, with downcast 
 eyes, walked slowly in the direction of the center of the town, 
 where the greatest amount of damage was done. It was Mrs. 
 William Johnson. She was going on her errand of mercy. 
 This little unassuming, lady did much for the sufferers, and did 
 it long. The injured were well nursed and cheerfully cared 
 for at her home. The convalescent were also welcomed, and 
 remained her guests for many months. Miss Lewis, whose 
 shattered arm, after the most skillful treatment by Dr. Gun- 
 ning of St. Paul, had to be finally amputated by the latter 
 physician in order to save her life, was for weeks the guest of 
 Mrs. Johnson during her convalescence. 
 
 My relations with Mrs. Johnson were of the most friendly 
 nature. Meeting her for the first time at the home of a mu- 
 tual friend, ver^- soon after my arrival in iSIew Richmond, our 
 acquaintance ripened into a sincei'e friendship, wdiich increases 
 as time goes on its journey. I found in this lady, which i> 
 rare in these days of the "Almighty Dollar," a great detach- 
 ment from the things of earth and a just estimate of the value 
 of the gifts with which God has endowed us, considering them 
 placed at our disposal to be dispensed for the happiness of 
 others. Though the Johnson family escaped the cyclone, as 
 their pretty home was not in its path, yet they had, a few 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 101 
 
 years ago, their crucial period. A lovely, pi'omising son was 
 lost to tliem by drowaiing accidentally. The shock to maternal 
 love was so great that were she less of tlie sincere Christian than 
 she is, she would certainly have succumbed. But she rose 
 superior to her calamity, and, thanking the Heavenly Father 
 for the bright good lad lie had left in her second and only son, 
 she goes about doing good in her own quiet way. 
 
 ]\rr. Johnson, the husband and father, and Mrs. Stark- 
 weather, the congenial, friendly mother of Mrs. Johnson, an 
 elderly lady of 84 years, live together in perfect harmony, dis- 
 seminating kindness and good will to all. Would that the 
 world possessed more of such beautiful characters. It would be 
 bettered bv it. 
 
 MR. THOMAS MULROONEY DESERVES PARTICULAR MENTION 
 
 HERE. 
 
 TUGS. F. MLLKOONEY. 
 
 He was appointed salaried secretary of the ISTew Richmond 
 Relief Committee, in place of Mr. Chamberlain, who resigned. 
 
102 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ill .•i.ii-ii|iiciirr of ill licnilli, I'll .1 line .".niji. M r. M iili'iM.iicv took 
 hoM uilli II will Jiiid rllicifiifv wliicli ^-avu iiiucli Halist'iiet iuii to 
 all coiici riird. Mr. -Miilrooiicv «li<l not oscaj)0 being a loaer 
 
 ill I he cNcloiir. llis sood stoH Main streot shnred tho fato 
 
 of ;ill otiici's, Itiit llis lioiiic was spared, and lie was lliankfiil. 
 
 llis lioiiii' life is ;i lia|i|iv oiir, llis family consisting of tiu 
 aniialilc and iiilclligcnt wife, who is tlic liappv motlior of three 
 lovely tliililreii, Iwo boys, aged respectively 1 I antl years, and 
 a baby girl id" 5 years. Tho office of Secretary of tl»e Relief 
 ( 'oiiiiiiillee, wliicdi Mr. Mulrooncy assumed, was no sinecure, 
 and lie laliored hard to luako it a success, so that his faith- 
 fiduoss and business (|ualitios gave inueli satisfaction, and were 
 (Inly ajipreeialed by all llie ttllier members of the Relief (Jom- 
 
 millee. 
 
 A I'lOlOliLIO TRinTTTE TO HOME PHYfllCIANS. 
 
 And oiir [thysiciaus, what of them? Ah! words aud pen 
 are mute! Jt seems to mo a moclvery to attempt to picture tho 
 lieioism, self-denial and wWvv forgotfulness of self wddch char- 
 acteri/.ed our loeal |iliysicians on the aw^ful uigiil <d' . I line 12th, 
 189U! As far as I have learned, and 1 have unule careful re- 
 search, |)r. l\rcl\eon was the lirsl in the lield ; the tirst to 
 re>|io!id lo ihc cmII of duly; (he \\y>[ to answer the awi'nl wail 
 of ihe dead and dying. hoetor Kiia|i|t was tliei-e, too, doing 
 his best with a maimed hand, which he stuauetl to forget ho had, 
 in his zeal to help the wdiinded. Hut Doctor Wade, where 
 was he!' lie was in the eoiintry, live miles southeast of the 
 city, making an ollicial visit, when the jonindo swept o\er I he 
 fated town. The fact of his ahsence gave rise to the rumor 
 which was tidegraplie(] far and wide that he was killed. To 
 the sincere joy of many, he arrived on the scene t liree (piarters 
 ol an hour after tiie disastei-, and dri\iiig as near home as ])os- 
 sible, he sen! his team into the country for ludp and ran honu;. 
 Here he found all the a\ailable space packed with the wounded, 
 about niiieleeii persons. Mrs. Wade had already dressed sev- 
 eral td' tlie sniVerers with surprising skill and delicacy, making 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 103 
 
 them as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. The 
 doctor, seeing how things were progressing, and giving general 
 directions what to do for each one injured, without waiting 
 for refreshment or rest, though wet through, ran to the assistance 
 of Dr. McKeon among the other sufferers. And there they 
 worked as no doctors ever worked before. Every few moments 
 
 Db. McKeon. 
 
 Stretchers, doors, boards and every available piece of timber on 
 which a human being could rest were carried in, freighted with 
 bleeding and dying victims, and laid at the feet of the doctors. 
 Dr. Epley happened to be the only one of the four physicians 
 who was fortunate enough not to have lost that night, his entire 
 
1()4 TllK NlOW UUMIMONI) ("VCI.ONK. 
 
 otlii'i- ;iiul its viihinltlf i-oiiU'iits. Ilr. at least, liad insi ruiiieiits, 
 l)aiulai;i's ami sedatives to relieve. 'Die other doctors were 
 luiiulieapped for want of these, hut made up for their loss hy 
 their zeal and menial resources. Dr. Wade had a small supply 
 ol" instrumenls and niedii-ines al llie Insane Asylum, of which 
 he was the visitiui; physii'ian. Tlu'se hel})s he procnred, hcing 
 glad lo lia\e Ihcm to utilize at such a critical time. 
 
 W litii 1 \ i>i|('(l llic hospitals in St. I'aiil, a few days aflci- our 
 poor stilVerors wore located thoro, they were very grateful to 
 houio physiciaus for all thoy did for theui. Thoy said to uie: 
 "Did they not save our lives'^ Wo would have bled to death 
 were it not for them." \'es, they enthusiastically eulogized our 
 local physicians for their skill ami i;cn lioness in th(> treatment 
 of their wounds. They Avero hnish in their praises. 
 
 When Dr. McKeon was asked lor his experience on I lie nii;lit 
 of the iL'tli id' -lune antl days following!,-, ho replied, very mod 
 estly: ".My life dnrin<;' the lirst two weeks following the cy 
 clone was a total hlank. I know I worked amidst the horr(»rs 
 that snrronndi'd me." lie paused ahrnplly. llien remarked 
 (piielly: "1 can say no more." Then he added calmly, looking' 
 steadily at uie : "Hut Dr. Wade is a hero! lie did noble 
 deeds during that awfnl lime. \'es. Dr. \\'ad(> is a lrn(> hero!" 
 he I'epealed. 1 saw he did not wish to speak furllier. and mv 
 time was short. So I passed out. relK'cling oi\ the compara 
 tively unknown, y(>t wt)nderful possibilities for good eoiilained 
 in the human lu'arts that surround us. 
 
 Yes, 1 belie\'e the physicians are the real heroes! How 
 much more deserving are they of the title than those on whom 
 it is so frequently but erroneously bestowed! Which is the 
 greater hero — the one who heals the bleeding wounds, or the 
 one who bai'barously u\ak(>s them? Doctor Perren of Star 
 Prairie douatcMl the most of his services for two weeks, and 
 nuiny of the sntl'erers feel a life-long gratitud(> for all he did 
 toi- them ill their extreme need. In another chapter 1 will 
 s|)eak id' our visiting physicians. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. lOf, 
 
 McNALLY BROTHERS. 
 
 Among the many .sufferers were two of our most prominent 
 aii(J clever citizens — f.awyers W. F. and M. P. McNally. 
 These j^entlernen suffered much in the cyclone of June J2th. 
 They had their office over Patton & Carey's drug store; when 
 the cyclone struck, these they lost. The pathetic incidents re- 
 gai-ding their brotherly love for each other during the terrible 
 tornado I have recorded elsewhere. These gentlemen lost every- 
 thing their office contained- — their furniture, library, briefs, 
 etc., and by a miracle only were their lives saved. They were 
 severely injured. The elder brother, J^awyer W, F., had his 
 ankle crushed and his knee injured, the latter most seriously, 
 which necessitated careful nursing for months. Lawyer M, P. 
 MeXally had his spine injured, his jaw and left arm. He, 
 too, was an invalid for some time, but, rapidly recovering, 
 plunged into the vortex of business. Men of brains were 
 needed to help out the bankrupt, ruined city of N^ew Richmond, 
 and the MciSrally Brothers came to the rescue. May they ever 
 use their 1;jh;nt.s for tlif; wclfarn aiul \iii\)]i\i\<-~~ of llioir f'^llow 
 beings ! 
 
 A VERY SINGULAR EXPERIENCE OF MRS. ANDREW BROWN- 
 FREAKS OF THE CYCLONE. 
 
 The jX'CiiJiar experience of Mrs, Andrew Brown might be 
 questioned, were it not for the substantial proof in evidence. 
 
 The Brown family, consisting of the parents and sevei-al 
 daughters, lived for many years in a frame house, corner Arch 
 and Second streets. The father, Mr. Brown, is a contractor 
 and builder. At the time of the cyclone he was in Eau Claire, 
 erecting a school-house, Mr. Brown's home contained no cel- 
 lar, which proved a painful loss U) the family, as the cellar vva« 
 the most secure place of refuge. When the cyclone struck the 
 residence, the family fell amidst the ruins of their dwelling. 
 y\r>. Brown suffered most, her injuries being most severe-. 
 
106 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 One of the daughters was severely injured, but more rapidly 
 recovered than the mother. The latter was injured seriously, 
 and suffered much, but the strangest part of all seems to be 
 that three coins, consisting of a ten cent piece and two penny 
 pieces, were found by the doctors embedded in the fleshy part 
 of her arm. Of course, the coins were extracted. The lady 
 recovered, and the coins were eagerly sought for as souvenirs. 
 To account for this strange incident, Mrs. Brown was for a 
 time at a loss. However, she learned on investigation that 
 similar coins were in the pocket of a pair of pantaloons up- 
 stairs, belonging to her son, and by an almost incredible eccen- 
 tricity of the cyclone, the coins must have become dislodged 
 and blown into Mrs. Brown's arm. But there they were, as 
 Doctor Epley can testify, who attended the injured lady, and 
 who possesses the identical ten cent piece of silver that was 
 extracted from her arm. Mrs. Brown was obliged to have the 
 services of an experienced trained nurse, yet her recovery was 
 slow. The nurse has one of the penny pieces, and her daughter, 
 Mrs. Kallaman of Star Prairie, has the other. 
 
 EFFECTS OF THE CYCLONE ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
 
 There was something very remarkable in the actions of ani- 
 mals previous to the storm in ISTew Richmond. They seemed 
 without exception, as far as I could learn, to be unrestful, ner- 
 vous, and incapable of being quieted, though cared for and 
 petted more than usual. 
 
 There was a Jersey-Holstein cow, the property of Mr. Jas. 
 Link. This fine animal kept up a continual mowing for days 
 previous to the cyclone. The writer, who lived near, spoke 
 of the unrest of the animals, particularly of the cattle, and 
 the frequent neighing and whinnying of the horses, as un- 
 usually impleasant. And there the matters rested, as not worth, 
 a thought, likely. 
 
 One very large St. Bernard dog, also the property of Mr. 
 Link, exhibited more than ordinary uneasiness. The faithful 
 animal showed more affection than usual, particularly towards 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 107 
 
 his mistress. The animal left home a few hours before the 
 cyclone struck, and returned safely the day after. The poor, 
 faithful "Judge" returned to find his master's home in ruins, 
 and to seek in vain for his dead mistress. 
 
 I learned that over thirty dogs left their homes like "Judge" 
 a few hours before the storm and took refuge under an embank- 
 ment out of the path of the tornado. Next day the poor dogs 
 were seen returning, a few at a time, with heads low on the 
 ground. Likely they were forced by hunger to leave their 
 retreat. Those that did seemed to be seeking their lost owners. 
 
 The havoc among horses was very great. It was said that 
 upwards of 360 dead horses were buried by the committee 
 appointed for the purpose. Cattle, also, were killed in great 
 numbers. Many of these animals were not killed instantly, 
 but in the name of humanity the poor, suffering creatures were 
 shot to put an end to their sufferings. The maimed and wound- 
 ed animals suft'ered so patiently, yet so intensely, that it was a 
 pitiful sight to see them. One fine bay horse stood near the 
 ruins of our home, in a pool of blood; in his hip a ghastly 
 wound about ten inches long, and deep, which he endured 
 meekly with lowered head and partly closed eyes. I went over 
 to him, saying: "Poor animal, you too have suffered with the 
 rest of us." The poor dumb thing looked with such a pathetic 
 expression in those beautiful large brown eyes, then lowered 
 his head again and partly closed his eyes. I went away and 
 left him there, with another pang at my heart. Soon I heard 
 the report of a revolver, and the poor beast's sufferings were 
 past. The St. Paul police arrived and speedily put an end to 
 the sufferings of many of the maimed creatures. 
 
 The effects of the cyclone on fowl were grotesquely painful. 
 Whole flocks of chickens could be seen alive, denuded of feath- 
 ers. Poor little things began picking for food in their usual 
 way, apparently not inconvenienced by the loss of their natural 
 covering. Again, one would see hens, deprived of th^r 
 feathers only in part. One old hen was going around quite 
 lively, with one side completely denuded, the other side cov- 
 
108 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ered as usual. Due fine Mufti had only the feathered rutHe 
 peculiar to the breed, which was entire, but the rest of her 
 once fine plumage was scattered, probably to the four cardinal 
 points of the heavens. 
 
 CATS. 
 
 Cats also acted with apparent foreknowledge of coming 
 events. A much-prized ^laltese would be seen going to the 
 door occasionally from early morning on the 12th, looking up- 
 wards and around her; then would return, mewing, to some 
 member of the family. Thus continuing in the greatest ex- 
 citement until the cyclone passed. Mrs. Dr. Knapp had a fa- 
 vorite feline which was remarkably sagacious. On the after- 
 noon of the 12th of June, the faithful animal was very restless; 
 would pull his mistress' gown when the latter was seated read- 
 ing; seemed to want her to come with him, and exhibited un- 
 usual agitation. Mrs. Knapp, not divining the cause, spoke 
 and petted the animal, but to no purpose. The cyclone struck, 
 and pussy's uneasiness was explained. 
 
 THE CYCLONE SOUVEiYIK. 
 
 "WHAT I AM ABOUT TO RELATE TO YOU, MADAM, IS FOUNDED 
 ON FACTS, IF IT'S NOT ALL FACTS."— SUCH WAS THE PRE- 
 LUDE TO THE FOLLOWING ANECDOTE. 
 
 "Good-bye, my dearest. I promise you I will be back as 
 soon as I can, for you know well how reluctant I am in leaving 
 home and you, darling." "I am sure," she responded, "biit 
 think how lonely I'll be until you return. But, Allan, the 
 newspapers are full of the sad results of that fearful cyclone 
 that so completely destroyed that pretty little city of Wiscon- 
 sin, New Richmond, I think it's called. Does your train take 
 in that unfortunate town ? If it does, get off and view it, and 
 tell me all about it on your I'cluru. It may be possible that 
 the newpapers exaggerated." 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 109 
 
 "Yes, my train passes that town. I will act on your sug- 
 gestion, and perhaps bring home a cyclone souvenir, if I am 
 allowed to get one." ''Thanks, for your thoughtful kindness, 
 but wait a moment," and whispering in his ear, "Allan make a 
 liberal donation to those stricken ones. They must need it. 
 We have plenty and to spare. Besides, we have no children to 
 leave it to when we are gone. Let us give while we are living, 
 then there will be no quarelling over it after our deaths, which 
 I hope will be far distant." 
 
 "Good idea, my little sage, a bright idea ! You always speak 
 to the purpose, Mary. I will consider your proposition," and 
 in a low voice continued, "will act upon it." 
 
 They parted, waving hands to each other, until each loved 
 one was lost in the distance. 
 
 Allan Morton was making a business trip West in the in- 
 terest of some mining shares, of which he had considerable 
 stock. The mines were showing up good dividends lately, and 
 his presence was necessary, as the company intended making 
 further developments. His home in the East was some dis- 
 tance from the station, so he urged the driver to good speed, as 
 his train was nearly due. From the carriage window he looked 
 once more in the direction of his beautiful mansion, murmuring 
 to himself, "My angel wife seems always thinking of the wel- 
 fare of others. When God takes you, my sweet wife, the poor 
 will lose their best friend in these parts. But may that calam- 
 ity be averted many long years hence. I would be a lonely 
 sinner without her." 
 
 As he drew up to the station, the train was waiting. Bidding 
 his driver good-bye, he boarded the train, took his seat, looked 
 around for some familiar face to greet, but being disappointed, 
 spread out his newspaper and was soon interested in its contents. 
 
 On rushed the train. It was the passenger limited, but with 
 instructions to stop at New Richmond, Wis., the tornado-rav- 
 ished district, in order that tlie passengers who wished might 
 take a view of the dreadful havoc of the recent cyclone. Yet 
 there were others on board ^vhoso ivitorost was of more vital 
 
110 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 importance than mere curiosity. Here and there were seen 
 tear-stained faces; heads lowered in deep thought; others rest- 
 ing their heads on their hands in that tired, desolate way that 
 bespeaks calm despair. Still there were many anxious only 
 from a morbid curiosity to satisfy themselves of the awful work 
 of the elements. 
 
 How slow even a train travels when one is laboring under an 
 awful suspense ! There was a daughter who was obliged to 
 seek employment at a distance to help to keep at home the 
 children at school ; a son who had left his native to^^^l against 
 his parents' wdll. He wished to see the outside world ; it had 
 fascinations for him which must be satisfied. ^NTow he returns, 
 on hearing the fatal news of the c^'clone ; but where are those 
 dear parents ? Perhaps cold in death. Oh, if he could but ask 
 their forgiveness, and tell them how sincerely he repented of 
 Lis folly ! Thus it was ; all seemed but too painfully anxious 
 to reach their destination ; to know the worst. But the train, 
 faithful to duty, sped on its journey. As it neared the un- 
 fortunate city, it was painfully evident that the direful ac- 
 counts were not exaggerated. At last they drew up to the sta- 
 tion, and the awful reality of the deadly work of the cyclone 
 burst upon their view. No pen can depict the terrible havoc 
 that presented itself to the gaze of the horror-stricken passen- 
 gers on that Wednesday morning after the passage of the worst 
 cyclone in the history of the country. As the crowd passed 
 out, Mr. Morton passed through them unnoticed. It would 
 take something very remarkable to attract attention from the 
 dreadful scene before them. The crowd scattered, going in 
 groups of twos and threes, some individuals strolling off alone. 
 Among the latter was our friend, sauntering on by himself, 
 too much preoccupied with the incidents of the occasion to think 
 of aught save his grewsome surroundings. He walked slowly 
 and cautiously over the piles of debris, the ruins of once com- 
 fortable homes and active business establishments, for New 
 Richmond did much business in early days, and was noted for 
 its pretty, picturesque homes, surrounded by numerous lofty, 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. Ill 
 
 full-grown trees, once the pride of the towt^, and from which 
 it derived its name of the "Garden City of Northern Wiscon- 
 sin." On he went with a fascinating gaze, viewing ruins upon 
 ruins, meeting anxious-looking, pale-faced men, intently bent 
 on removing the debris, seeking for the remains of loved ones 
 beneath. 'No one noticed the stranger who wore such a pre- 
 occupied, sympathetic look. How could one, for all were sym- 
 pathetic. So he passed on until he came to a pile of ruins 
 which had the appearance of being once a handsome dwelling. 
 Before it he paused, for he seemed to hear, or fancied he did, a 
 scarcely perceptible wail from beneath the boards. He list- 
 ened attentively, and he distinctly heard the low, weak wail 
 of an infant. Yes, he heard it once more. He was convinced 
 this time. What was he to do? He thought first to call for 
 help. Could he alone rescue the object that uttered that wail ? 
 While deliberating, for it was only for a moment, he felt as- 
 sured that some human being was beneath that pile. Then, 
 acting on the impulse of the moment, he threw off his coat and 
 began with a desperate will to remove the loads of debris ob- 
 structing the object of his search. Carefully and lightly, he 
 removed those boards that he thought might be nearest the 
 human being. He was not deceived, but joyfully recompensed, 
 for there to his astonished gaze lay a young child, exhausted and 
 moaning piteously. He hastily extricated it from its rough 
 surroundings, and felt its pulse. It was very weak. Then he 
 examined its light clothing, and to his satisfaction it appeared 
 dry, though above and around, the dreadful cyclonic rain had 
 soaked everything that lay on the surface. The child's escape 
 was miraculous. It owed its preservation to some boards lying 
 obliquely over the little one, shielding it from the down-pour 
 which followed (like a cloud-burst) the cyclone. He looked 
 about for something in which to wrap the poor little creature, 
 but nothing presented itself as suitable. All was wet of the 
 household wreck, very wet. He glanced at his stylish, expensive 
 coat, and in a moment it was covering the poor babe. Then 
 his own appearance in his shirt sleeves occurred to him. Again 
 
ho llivMiiiiu ho wiMiKl iuvostigjUo idrtlu'r; porluips lio oouKl tiud 
 soiuo ohio to tho idontily o( (ho I'liiUl. No omo \vn!« nosir. Thov 
 IkuI p!^s^JO^^ to llio olluM- siilo ol' llio (own. Si\ hiviiiii' tlio poor 
 b;ilu^ down, lu^ boiian lo so;u\'h <\'\\] uioro luiiuHolv (or (ood nnd 
 51 drv souiotliiuu" to tako tlio \A;wc o\ his foal. llo was ropaid 
 in liis search, t"or smoral ariiidos ot" woman's apparol hiv t'ohhni 
 noallv in ai\ niMnrnod drawi r ot' a t-hitVonior. pl^^looto^l hy sonio 
 phanks. riio artiolos in tho drawer \\eri> piM't'eetlv vlry. lie 
 ea^\ially e.\au\ined the iiarnients, sehvtinsi" a thick woohMi shawl, 
 which made him ejacnlaie. ",1 iwt (he thinii." Taking' i( out 
 ot' i(s fields, shaking; it les( i( miulu he ihe least damp, then, 
 placing it comt'ortahly aronnd (he chiKI, lai»l i( in a clean place, 
 wliile he speedily drew on his coa(, t'eelinii' more at ease at liis 
 ap}varance. Hn( instandy his (luniiih(s \-i>ver(ed to the poor 
 hahe, which he ("eared wonld die hel'orv^ he Cimld procure food, 
 lie was alarminl. tor he examined minutidy (he ]^ale, drawn 
 t'eadires ot' (he child, lie (riMnhled. Was (he wee (lung just 
 savevl. really dying ^ (.\M(hl he no( save i( ( ImK i( seem^nl so 
 emacia(ed and s(ill. IK^ seari-hed t'nrduM-. dunking he might 
 tiiid some food, hiu t'ound a more gn'wst>me sight. l\>r (here 
 \mder the ruins o( (heir home lay presumably (he dead parents 
 v>f d\e child, for even in deadi he \.'o\\\d (race (he resiMublanco. 
 Considering l\u' a momeni wha( was hes( to he doni^ in order 
 to save (he lil'e o{ (he chiKl hv prov'iu'ing ("ovhI, and (ha( immo- 
 dia(ely. ("or (he child was surely s(arving (o deadi. Hn( how- 
 was he (o oh(ain i( '. lie was perjdexed. A( (his jiuuMure (he 
 roar ol' a (rain coming ("rem (he wes( was ht^arvl. The diought 
 tlashcil upon him. autl he vowed he would i>n( i( into execution. 
 "\ will (ake \\io hahe home (o Mary, provided i( does not die 
 on mv hands het'i>re 1 reach her. This will he (he 'souvenir' 1 
 ]nvuused her. t^h! it" i( is m^t too far gone! How 1 hope it 
 uuiy live!" Kvery odier cv>nsidera(io)i was forgo((en, in (he hope 
 of saving (he child anil bringing i( home. The business ho loft 
 home for. his nrci'ssary presi>nri> a( (h»> mining otUce, all —all 
 forgv((eu in his anxiety (o save (he li('e ol" (he child, ""i")!!, it it 
 is onlv >av.'.l ! How 1 hi>pe i( may live!" Such were his 
 
THE NEW KICHMON/; CYC/.ONE. 113 
 
 thoiijifhtH. With the poor iamtHhtufs ^>a^^; carefully oA'dH^fA In 
 hjH arrriH, ho rriado (\'\rcA^\y for tho Htaiion hito, for tho Htation 
 shared the fate of llie re?it, J/Ooking down at hirnn^df, or rather 
 at hiH carefully carried burden, he exclaimed aloud : '*Well, by 
 Jove, 1 do look rnoHt comical, carrying thin poor kid, like a full- 
 fledged nurbery maid." ile abruptly haUjcA in hia briiik walk, 
 refl<^;ted for a moment; then he ^Imu^A around and the dread- 
 ful traccH of the deva»tation around him Ht/mdUA his thougbtn, 
 and he murmered softly: '^ A])\H:'driiu<-j-M to the winds. I will 
 save and guard you, prx^r little thing, with my life. You have 
 Uen given into my hand» by the Supreme I:^;ing, and I do but 
 hope you will l>e spared t/; c^^rnfort us and fill the gap in our 
 happy but childleHH liven I" Thi-i Holihyjuy wan brought t/^ an 
 end by arriving at the station. 
 
 The ea.st-bound passenger loomed in sight, for the train he 
 came on had long since passed on to its destination. But trains 
 were coming in from east and we«t, bringing provisions and 
 succor t/^ the poor cyclone sufferers. So ^Ir. A. Morton, with 
 his burden, fpjietly Ix^arded the train going east, and no one 
 seemed t/^ f^estow a single glance on him. Every one was too 
 busy at that awful time. O bless^^d humanity, how beautiful 
 you are in your charity! He with his burden was ry;mfortably 
 seated and the train pulling out, when he unwrappe^l the little 
 waif, with a great fear at his heart. He looked closely at it. 
 It seemed sleeping, likely soothed into rest by its change of 
 position. Poor little thing, lying so long under the boards! 
 He laid his hand on its white forehead, and t/j his infinite; sati.«j- 
 faction the child of>ened its large brown eyes with a look of 
 inquiry, and smiled. That '^if-AXU-A the destiny of the child. 
 He wondered where the child could obtain nourishment in the 
 quickest interval of time. The conductor came ujy at that mff 
 ment with the faintest look of inquiry at the polished gentle- 
 man's strange burden. Mr. Morton whisjKjred to him, "A sou- 
 venir of the cyclone." No questions were asked. Then he re- 
 quested him for God's -mke to pr«^X'ure A^jinf: ff^A, for the p^x>r 
 child wa-i ^-tarvinir. The kind he;) r ted cf,{\f\uf:U,r ;j?'-erited. liud 
 
Ml T\\\<) MOW l{l.ll\)»\NP »'\ritiM.' 
 
 MnoK povtor o««n\c» nl<M>f} wiili tuilK l!ui i) whm >^>M. rui.l ihov 
 o«M\r>\>l(o«l, tn)<l ll»o\t»il\( i( WiMiM ho l\o(l«M' Wfumod, MM (ho olnM 
 >vwa v\ill>o\i( food r<o loMn; i( \\o\il(l \\o \\\\\vo liKolv tt» njjroo with 
 iln i«(ouu>oh. \\h>oh iu\i'( ho vo\'\ \\o;»K I»moK v\im\I iho porlov, 
 ttWil with (l>o {U<1 ol' II rt|\ivi( huup hoM(<nl (h(> u\ilK. mm. I. \\i(h ;» 
 orrtoKor, hrou^l>( it to (ho rttj\)\inp. h;«h(V \\\\ Morton t'olt h\U 
 too m'!\t«M'nl iu\«l tn>H(»<l iho ohliniui)!' poi'tor. 'V\\o\\ i« mnnll toM 
 Kpootit'wl \v»<i*^ivfM\ n\ (lv«t. (how M^tuM :» !Hmm1I inimidtv ;\.h\u\\iK 
 (fMv«l, till tiM!»ll\ it I'oU Mnloop. 'Pho hoho rto.>t\ uwakouotj. ov.'U 
 n\»i ww'xo too.!. h\it thov I'ofU'Oil ,Hivii\»;' it o\y\\ too luuoh o(' (ho 
 \V«v\n n»>IK. \\\\{\\ (ho \i(,Mli(v o(' (lu< M(o\n!\ol» \V(«f« rtvXot'tMl, Not 
 t\ \\k^\\\i\\\ i\u \ o( !>ppo;no>l on (hi' ^\'o»\o Nouo \\o((' oi» (ho oj»v. 
 1m»( r»ou\<' \\o(U>l oo\\\o o\\ '.urolv ;>( (ho uo\( ;i(:Uiot». thov (ho\it»h(. 
 \\ on\<M» know (ho wjuUm o(" ohihlr«M» no iiwioh h«*((iM- (h;n\ n»on. 
 It nootno.l »>\«N\"o mjHwwmI (o (hou\ 
 
 Th«' \vhi:»(h> Mow, Tho (lrf<( !«({Uiou \v«h n»{«oho»l j«{(ov loov- 
 iuji Now Kioh»\\»*\\»l, Tho {Vi\\\\ :i(oppoil; tivo pn!>r>on^\MN honnlovi 
 rtt thir* MttUion. !U\hM>>^ (ho\\\ ;« liwlv w>(h n runiUl Ivu o(' nho\»t 
 tU'O Vx^«rx> ImU lho\ (ooK mojU;* no;»v (ho ilooc (ho\ on(oro«l. 
 whilo tl»o horo \\\' o(»r -tkotol^ wus* ;>( tho opposito owA How ho 
 Km\»;,>^1 t'ov iM?*tr\»oti»M»s to 0!»rt» (ov [\\o oluUl, \ os. ho wms 
 |\lo{>:»o»l to r.oo thiU s(nn\u>^ l;i»l\ hv\!>r<l tho OfU". Thov iniifht 
 Kvow»o wo<p>{\i\\(o<r v^ho w>>uM rot\»lov hiu\ ;.oi\\o .Mssi;»(;u>»'o in 
 ^tv»^{n^l (o hi?« ohju>^\^ ; lni( how wns ho (v> »u;»ko hiu\sol(" ;u\vi his 
 \V{n\(> k\\ow»\'^ Uo (houi>-h( {»iS,{\i(\ o(' \\w o«m\«1uo(o»- ; ho wvniKl 
 W tl»o mo»li«tor, llo wx>nhl pnns \\\\\\ t»> t!>k»' tho (ioko( t'nMW 
 t.l\o Irt^t «rriv«l, Mo w«h uo( n»is(nko\\. Tl^o oo»\\l\»o(or tor (ho 
 iitssM\*l tiu\o wj\s «ppo{>lo\l to. Ho kin«Uy lis(o\\o»l (o Mv. Mv>r 
 ton's »>T^p\os( th.'it tho liulv sliouKl U^ ;>ppo!>lo»l t\> ;>uvl \i\l"oru\0\i 
 ot" (ho s\t\\rt(io\\ v>(' luu\sol(' ;»\\»1 ohilvl . (h;»( h\s oh!U'>»>^ wjis (ho 
 \\mIv s\»vvi\\>r ot" t\ uA'Mwo who W{>s killo»l i»\ tho o\oKm»o M 
 Kow )\io))U\ou\l, oto- Tlio \\M\*l\\ot\>r t"\»l(illo»l his inissioii. 
 l*t^vHtM\tK tl»o l!»\K'?» t«oo i>ss\M\vo\l rtu oxpixvisivMi «M \n(ouso in 
 tnwv^t, Sho ijhuu^sl k>ok to wliotv tho !»\i\\i»vt of o\M\vo»'Srt(\\>»\ 
 \V{«:t soattnl wi(l\ (ho \'luM ; (hon {M\v»o. whispot^nl ;» t\'\\ wv^wi* 
 
IIU'-'. NKW ffHIMMONf) C.yCl.ONK. 115 
 
 to the gt;iitl«'rriaii hosido hor, firriil<<l fit li<r lit.tlo son, Hfid, stofuly- 
 iii^ licrsclf, wulkod flown t^ Mr. MV»rt.oii nud Jiis ifitemstirig find. 
 
 I lion fi c(>r(\'\{\\ {\ci\uf\]ul(ii\(u>, ft[>rfin^ np, f.xf)]Hnfit,ioTia took 
 (ilficc, Jiiid tlio. niotJiorly inatinrts in ^ood Mrs. i»owlos woro 
 nronsc.d. Shn took tlio. little on*', sfivv to its nor.ossHry f.orn- 
 fofts find I'ondo.rr.d fill tlio fissistfinfo poBsiMo, I'.nt tlio |i<»or 
 rliild Ktood in need of n (dningo of gfirrnonts. Wlnit wns to l>o 
 'lono i Onr friorid told tlio Ifidy tinit inonf^y was no object. All 
 llifit. it r-oiild |»rof,iirf would ho fit lior disposal, ('onld .she {>ro- 
 ciiro tlio. nooo.ssfiry olotliin^, slio, rni^lit iitili/,o, finy firrioiint for 
 tlio, rolio.f of tlio child. 
 
 Mrs. Ilowlos and ffimily, consisting of lifw Imshfind, son find 
 two stndo.nts, nopfiows of the forrnor, woro. ^oin^ sixty inilos 
 down tlio, lino ho.foro, tlio-y would roach thoir dostination. 'f'hus 
 niany Ikmu's wonld olapso hoforo thoy (tonid loavo tho train. Tho 
 damp olothifi^ on tho f)Oor child noodod irnrnodiatc rcrnoval. 
 What ooiild thoy do? Whilo, thoy woro con joctnrin^, anotho.r 
 -tation wfis reached. It was tfie liandsorno and f)rosperou.s oity 
 
 f Unds/jn, fmito ft lar^e place, and young children's clothing 
 conid oasily ho [»rocured thfiro, iJut how were they U> ho gotten ? 
 Tho train wonld not stop ion^ onoiigh to flo tho, purchasing, 
 lie ooiild not do it alorif;, and ho. was roluctant to part with the 
 good ,Mrs. iJowIos. Whilo, in this ornergency, tho train stopped, 
 and .sorno, ladies got on hoard at Ifiidson, and woman's wit came 
 to the rosciie. It ne.ver fails in a dilo,mma, especially in ono 
 lioro children are concerned. .Mrs. I'.owlos si/.ed np the new- 
 
 '>mers as .s/)f>n as they were seated, and said "Wait," and hack 
 iifi tfio fiislo she wont to the la<lies, and in hor womanly way 
 inado known the wants of tho suffering child. The new group, 
 
 lio majority of whom were ladies, Ixy.ame at once most int/;T- 
 tod, find grips and satchels were immodiately opened, and as 
 I wo of the jadios wore accompaniod hy small ohildro.n, tlio nood- 
 fnl arti(dos wero soon j»roduc^;d, and willing hands and kindly 
 hearts were rfrady to snccor the hahy's needs. So Mrs. fiowlcs 
 marched hack to Mr. .Mort'^)n with a half do/fin ladies hringing 
 "" ''"■ ••'•ar fn fi few rhomonfs hahy's dfirrift clothing wa.«* 
 
116 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 removed, an J drv. warm garments were substituted. The little 
 one was now made as comfortable as possible, and the original 
 proprietor was minus for the time being of his charge, each 
 lady vying with the other to nurse and care for the cyclone child. 
 Mr. Morton, relieved of his charge, and finding his hands free, 
 carefully packed away in a paper the original baby clothes, 
 which he tJionglit his duty, for reference and proof, if at some 
 future period relatives might trace and lay claim to the child. 
 Then for the first time the thought occurred to him that later 
 on, after he and his admirable wife had lavished their wealth 
 of affection on this unknown child, relatives might trace its des- 
 tination, claim it, and their prior claim of kinship would de- 
 prive them of the fostered darling, and perhaps break their 
 hearts. Ah, yes, trouble might come, but that could not be to 
 take or even claim the poor child, for would it not have died 
 were it not for him ? Did he not see its poor dead parents ? 
 He reflected for a nmrnent. Would it not have been better to 
 have made known his find and delivered the child up to the 
 proper authorities of the place ? But who were in authority ? 
 All seemed chaos in that ruined city. Pie found the babe ; 
 he intended to do well by it, as if it were his ovm child. Then 
 if the proper authorities came to claim it, he would deliver it 
 up and think no more about it. Yet that was impossible. 
 
 Why was it that the matter-of-fact Mr. Morton grew so sud- 
 denly attached to the child ? The child lay in his arms but a 
 few hours. That solved the mystery. His arms had never 
 encircled an infant's form before. All his fatherly instincts 
 were aroused. He weaved in his mind vast possibilities for the 
 future of that child. He was rich. But now he would take 
 still greater interests in his monetary speculations, for the boy 
 would bear his name. Such were his thoughts. 
 
 The news spread around the car, somehow, that he was the 
 child's uncle; that its parents were killed by the tornado; that 
 he went to seek for his relatives, and found only this poor little 
 waif, nearly dead from neglect and starvatinn. He was ])leased 
 at the tni-n of affairs. "Let that ]^ass cni-reut," he tliought ; 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 117 
 
 "partly true, yet the main point is false. i did not circulate 
 the rumor, and no one suii'ers by it. Let it stand," lie thought. 
 He was far from displeased. He' rather rejoiced at the turn 
 evencs took. 
 
 The train rushed on to its destination. Passengers came on, 
 his "souvenir," as he called it, lay calmly sleeping in good 
 Mrs. Bowles' arms. All seemed serene. But to his intense 
 mortification he became lionized by all in the car, as the "hero" 
 of the cyclone city, avIio came from the ]^ast, seeking his rela- 
 tives, digging for them beneath the ruins of their home and 
 coming across this child alive. If it were not for his timely 
 assistance, this interesting babe would be numbered among the 
 dead, etc. So matters were at this high state of temperature, 
 when ^Irs. Bowles announced, with tears in her eyes, that the 
 next station would be their destination, and they would have to 
 part. She carefully laid the sleeping babe in Mr. Morton's 
 arms, giving him instructions how to care for it the rest of the 
 journey. He cordially thaidvcd her, feeling she had been to 
 him a sincere friend in need. She on her part felt doubly 
 repaid, like all generous souls, by the good oflices she was able 
 to render. Having obtained each other's addresses, she said 
 she would write first, for she took an interest in the dear child, 
 etc. Thus they parted, lie clasping her hand, saying, "I will 
 never forget your kindness, Mrs. Bowles, and hope you and my 
 wife will meet in the near future." The group of five went out 
 at the station. But what appeared strange to him was that 
 other ladies coming on along the line at various points were 
 made acquainted with his situation, and he was thus promptly 
 relieved of his charge. Though he protested, they insisted. 
 This time he was reluctant to part with the child from his shel- 
 tering arms, but the gentlemen Avith whom he was conversing 
 intimated to him that it was l)est to let the ladies have their 
 way. They undei'stood how to care for the youngster better 
 than be did, etc. So he was obliged to submit. B\it, happily, 
 the poor, worn out liabe slept on. Poor wee thing ! The warm, 
 drv clotiiinc nnd frcrnu'iit nonrisliniont so<')n sliowed it? bene- 
 
118 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ficial effects on the child, aided by a good constitution. The 
 waif was fast regaining its wonted vigor. Mr. Morton was well 
 pleased, and he had much reason. Friends sprang up on every 
 side, anxious to assist him in caring for the babe. His anxiety 
 and solicitude had long since vanished. He felt his journey 
 west was guided by a higher power than mere accident. The 
 man was a consistent Christian, but no zealot. He believed 
 in living and let live. So, at ease with himself and those 
 around him, wherever he went, Allan Morton was a favorite. 
 
 Even on this journey, and the peculiar circimistances con- 
 nected M'ith it, he made, as usual, his life-long friends. But 
 the journey was a long one, and the nights more or less dis- 
 turbed, jet the man quietly submitted, and the luxurious palace 
 sleeping car he occupied obviated many difficulties and incon- 
 veniences. The black porter, Davy, was of much assistance to 
 him during the nights on the journey. 
 
 The child, his one thought, was well cared for, and the little 
 fellow showed remarkable vitality and gaiety of spirit before 
 they reached their journey's end. They were now drawing near 
 to his home. How pleased Mrs. Morton would be at his prema- 
 ture arrival ! How agreeably surprised at the veritable ''sou- 
 venir!" x\t least, he reflected, he kejDt one promise sacred in 
 his life. Would all things turn out for the best in the future ? 
 "Quen sabe !" 
 
 At last the turrets of his pretty home on the banks of the 
 Hudson River, well called the "Rhine of America," appeared 
 in sight. How pretty they looked in the sunshine ! He had 
 built his villa on an eminence that commanded a view of the 
 surrounding country, and which could be distinctly seen from 
 the train as they approached the rural station. On leaving 
 the train, he stepped into his own carriage, which awaited him 
 by direct order of a telegram sent in advance. How surprised 
 Mrs. Morton will be, he thought. But no less suprised was 
 James, the coachman, as he welcomed Mr. Morton home. He 
 scrutinized the carefully carried bniulle so gingerly handed him 
 to hold, while j\[r. Morton stepped in and took his seat, and still 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 119 
 
 further surprised was James when the former smilingly asked 
 him to return him his boy. Taking the little fellow from 
 James with an air of ownership, and settling himself com- 
 fortably among the cushions, he unwrapped the child, who 
 crowed, reaching out his tiny hands, greatly to the amusement 
 of Mr. Morton and James, the latter standing gazing in speech- 
 less wonder on the pair, till quietly aroused to duty. 
 
 At last the vehicle was in motion and drove smartly to the 
 villa. Slowly driving up the avenue to the hall door, he per- 
 ceived Mrs. Morton standing awaiting him. With a glad look 
 of surprise on her calm, handsome face at liis short absence, 
 which was quickly replaced by speechless inquiry, when, alight- 
 ing from the carriage, he placed in her arms the smiling, pretty 
 babe. "This is your cyclone souvenir, Mary. I'll tell you 
 all about it when we go in." Thus, suiting the action to the 
 word, he caressingly laid his hand on her shoulder, and the 
 happy trio walked into the drawing-room. There the promised 
 explanation took place. There Mrs. Morton was made ex- 
 tremely happy when she clasped to her bosom the pretty, brown- 
 eyed child, saying: "You will be my own darling. God has 
 placed you in our hands, whom death alone shall part." Then, 
 both standing up, by a sudden impulse, raised their hands and 
 eyes to heaven, saying: "For the sake of your departed par- 
 ents, whoever they may be, we will guard and cherish you, and 
 train you to be a good man, as they doubtless would have 
 done who were so suddenly snatched out of life by an awful 
 death. As we do by you, poor babe, may it be done to us 
 hereafter." Then, continuing, and raising her eyes to heaven, 
 she quietly said : "Oh, parents of this dear little child, if you 
 have power to be near us, witness our devotion and affection in 
 the education of this child thus placed in our hands ! May God 
 spare you sweet babe," and kissing the rosy lips of the child, 
 she whispered, "My cyclone souvenir ! My lovely cyclone sou- 
 venir!" We leave them in their happiness, and reluctantly 
 turn to complete our sad "History of the Tornado." 
 
120 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 MRS. H. W. FINK'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 "Alxait ;") :4-r> p. in. 1 Imd prcparod siijtpcr, ami. remarking 
 tlic increasing darkness, I, willi one of my daughters, went on 
 the porcli to look at the weather. Towards the southwest we 
 looked, and saw two clonds coming simultaneously from that 
 direction; one green, emitting various rays of the same color; 
 tlie other a copper color. For a moment I tlioniilit if was sun- 
 set, but again 1 remembered that it was June and the sun did 
 not set till 8 p. m. Presently I noticed a black cloud, and all 
 three seemed to join together. Then immediately the roaring 
 noise was heard, growing louder and louder as it approached 
 nearer the town, and 1 saw pieces of sticks, wood and other 
 things flying in the air, and a clot of mud fell on my hand. 
 When Elsie saw the clouds; she said : 'Oh, niannna, it is a 
 cyclone! Come to the cellar.' Just then my youngest daugh- 
 ter, Frida, who happened to be out, suddenly made her ap; 
 pearance, and Elsie said to her: 'It is time for you to come 
 in; wo are going to have a cyclone.' With that, we three 
 rushed down the cellar, not a moment too soon, for the door 
 of the latter shut with a slam as the last of us were on tiie steps. 
 We stood against the south wall of the cellar, my daughters 
 standing on either side, each embracing an arm of mine very 
 tightly. The awful roaring grew louder, completely overwhelm- 
 ing every other thought but Ihat the end of the world had come. 
 Aflei' the noise ceased we emerged from tlie cellar to find the 
 whole front of our home torn away. The rain was sweeping 
 in torrents down over the front stairs like the rapids in a river. 
 
 But, my God, where were Mr. Fink and my other daughters ! 
 Ida and Agnes were with their father at the store on Main 
 street, and all ]Main street was level with tli(> ground. Wc^ 
 naturally came to the conclusion all were killed, and to add to 
 the scene of horror I saw the lire lea]>ing from place to place. 
 Fire had broken out in Mr. O. J. Williams' hardware store, 
 and Air. Fink's store was next to his. liuaiiine, if von will. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 121 
 
 iny dreadful tiijprchciisious ! Frida, as soon as released from 
 the cellar, started to nni down town to ascertain the fate of 
 her fatlier and sisters. Meeting ('harles Nelson, who work(Ml 
 for ]\Ir. Fink, he told her that her fatlier was not killed. He 
 really did not know, merely guessed, for he did not wish to 
 frighten the poor child. However, Mr. Fink and daughters 
 were saved and did their best to save others." 
 
 THE NARROW ESCAPE OF MARTIN STROMMEN OF STAR 
 PRAIRIE. 
 
 Mr. Strommen drove into New Richmond eight miles to see 
 the circus, and when the storm threatened he left the circus 
 grounds and went down town. He was standing on the east 
 side of Main street, not far from the Hagen Opera House, when 
 the storm came upon him, and he saw bricks flying through the 
 air. .He made a dive for the nearest doorway and that is all 
 he knew for three hours. 
 
 When he recovered consciousness, it was pitch dark. By his 
 cramped position, he knew he was under a lot of debris. There 
 was a terrific weight on his feet and arm. His position was 
 such that he (Mjuld tidl turn over on his hack, and he was 
 compelled to lie with his face in the dust of the cellar. How 
 long he lay there he did not know. The next thing he remem- 
 bered was hearing some one above him chopping and sawing. 
 There came shouts, to which he made answer. In another half 
 hour the rescuers reached him, liaving been comj)elled to throw 
 aside tons of bricks and debris. His injuries were found to be 
 slight, notwithstanding the manner in which he had been buried. 
 Had he fallen a foot either way, he would have been crushed 
 to death, for Ole Gunderson's body was taken out not two feet 
 from where Mr. Strommen lay. Mr. Gundc^rson had been 
 crushed out of human shape. Mr. Strommen thiid<s he was 
 under the ruins five or six hours before being rescued. 
 
 T have endeavored to depict faithfully the awful mortality 
 caused by the cyclone, in a general way. In detail, I hav^c con- 
 
122 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 fined myself to the principal cases. It would take a much 
 larger volume than this will be to indite them all. So I hope 
 none will be offended at omissions. 
 
 A FEW FREAKS OF THE CYCLONE. 
 
 Judging from the stories of those who passed through the 
 cyclone, and from the results as I saw them early next day, 
 there is no place safer than another unless it be at the bottom 
 of a well with a five-inch cover over the top. There seemed to 
 be a pathetic fate in store for those who ran for shelter and 
 imagined themselves safe. Thinking themselves immune from 
 harm, death seems to overtake them the first. Many ran into 
 the open, saying, "We are safe here," only to be killed. Others 
 ran from the open into strong and well-protected buildings, cry- 
 ing, "Come in out of the danger," and were crushed lifeless 
 the next moment. 
 
 The awful picture as was presented the next morning, before 
 scarcely a hand had time to throw aside the shivered tim- 
 ber, made one stop and ask very earnestly: "Where would I 
 fly? How could I save myself?" It was the most terrifying 
 picture of power imcontrollable ever seen in this part of the 
 country. The city men who saw the havoc had a habit of 
 asking one another the next few days: "What do you think 
 would happen should a cyclone like that strike one of our big 
 down-town steel office buildings. Woiild it stand ?" After see- 
 ing the effects of such power, the answer comes very quickly, 
 "No." The building is not made which can stand it, for the 
 power of a vacuum is an absolutely unkno"\vn quantity. 
 
 Like almost every catastrophe of its kind, it presented queer 
 inconsistencies and freaks. Here was a great strong house, 
 which had stood two score winters, reduced to kindling wood, 
 with not one piece left standing on another. It was an awfully 
 desolate ruin, and for aught I know there might have been a 
 still, dead form under the pile. As we stood looking at the 
 wreck, there came a clucking sound from under a pile of boards, 
 and tlicn a hon, surrounded by at least a dozen peeping, flut- 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 123 
 
 tering, fuzzy little chicks, came out into the sunlight from one 
 of the crevices. Utterly unmindful of the strangeness of her 
 surroundings and showing no fright or dismay, the hen set 
 about to scratch food in the good old way. 
 
 There is a singTilar, but an absolutely true story of a watch 
 which went through the cyclone. The timepiece, which has 
 been under fire and is now a veteran, was an old one of strong 
 build. When the storm struck, the owner, whose name is Bry- 
 ant, forgot all about his valuables in the hustle for safety. The 
 watch was in the drawer of a bureau. After the blow was 
 over, Mr. Bryant found himself almost without a scratch and 
 went back to view the house. He found nothing but a land- 
 scape. He began to search about the ruins early the next morn- 
 ing, and here comes the funny, but true part of it. In the bot- 
 tom of an unbroken pickle jar were the works of the watch, 
 ticking away, while the silver case could not be found. 
 
 Sometimes the cyclone would bound up in the air fifty feet 
 from the ground, and then suddenly plunge forward. The point 
 of impact was always the spot of unusual havoc. Sticks and 
 beams were carried along almost on an even keel until one of 
 these downward plunges would take place, when they would be 
 inclined at an angle of 45 degrees, and hurled against the earth. 
 Here might have been seen another evidence of the fury of the 
 cyclone, for frail sticks were driven six inches into the ground, 
 while scantlings were impaled to such a depth that they could 
 not be pulled out with two hands. These sticks all entered the 
 earth at about the same angle, and were often so thickly strewn 
 that it presented the appearance of an abatis. It was these 
 flying spears and lances which made life so hazardous in the 
 open, and gave a man no place in which to seek safety. 
 
 POWER OF THE CYCLONE ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. 
 
 Picture to yourself the marvelous fury of a power which 
 can drive wisps of hay straight into and through the hard sur- 
 face of telegraph poles. This remarkable aftermath of the 
 cyclone was seen by scores of people. Over near the ruins of 
 
124 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Eev. Mr, TuU's house was the remnant of a telegraph or elec- 
 tric light pole, sticking about six feet out of the ground, tilted 
 over at a sharp angle by the storm. In the side, facing the 
 direction from which the storm came, was the business end of a 
 common garden hoe, driven two and a half inches into the pole, 
 M'hile around the hoe were a half hundred short wisps of hay, 
 driven not less than an eighth of an inch into the wood. Many 
 were buried so deep as to break when pulled out. 
 
 The action of the storm on the trees in some respects was 
 curious. The twisting effect could be seen here more clearly 
 than in anything else. Think of the power which, in the 
 twinkling of an eye, twists off trees twelve inches and more 
 in diameter, and then, after stripping one branch from another, 
 carries the minute fragments for miles. The power must have 
 been blistering, for it even stripped the trees of bark. 
 
 The effects of the cyclone on the animals that have passed 
 through and escaped has been lasting, especially noticeable in 
 horses and dogs. The former become quite unmanageable in 
 a windstorm, giving indications of unusual fear. Dogs hov/1, 
 whine, and if outside will seek a hiding place for safety. An 
 ordinary storm gives the most intense concern and fear, not 
 only among the lower animals, but we poor sufferers of New 
 Richmond are in constant dread of the elements.. This fear 
 and insecurity are shared alike by men and animals. I have a 
 little dog, and on the least indication of a change in the weather 
 approaching to high wind, "Tess" will carry her head low, go 
 to the door, make the usual sign to go out, and when in the 
 open will snuff the air, walk around, facing the four cardinal 
 points, showing signs of much fear and uneasiness. 
 
 The storm of Wednesday, August 23d, 1899, during those 
 two hours of the wildest disturbance of the heavens, which 
 frightened many of us in N^ew Tlichmond, who had gone through 
 and survived the terrors of the cyclone of June 12th, that wo 
 thought we were again in the utmost danger, poor "Tess" must 
 have thought so too, for the poor animal was in the most abject 
 fear. Crouching at her master's feet, then burying her head 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 125 
 
 in his arms, breathing and trembling so piteously that she 
 eoiild be distinctly heard in the next room. That Wednesday 
 morning, during the awful storm of wind, rain and intense, 
 vivid flashes of lightning, the station at Jewet Mills, five miles 
 from New Richmond, was destroyed by lightning setting it on 
 fire. And the oldest inhabitants who were born here did not 
 hesitate to say it was the worst rainstorm and of longest dura- 
 tion — nearly three hours — they had ever witnessed in this coun- 
 try. Of course, the cyclone was a cyclone or tornado, and bore 
 no resemblance to an ordinary storm, no matter how severe. 
 Yet I do hope never to see such a storm again. 
 
 The effects of such a storm on the weak and nervous must 
 be very trying. The ISTew Kichmond people seem to me to have 
 wonderful recuperative powers. Of course, at this writing 
 there is still a quiet steadiness of purpose possessing them. 
 The terrible tornado and its results will never be eradicated, 
 at least, from the hearts of the more thoughtful, yet there are 
 others whose buoyancy of spirits will lift them above all past 
 sufferings; though not forgetting, still will not let the past 
 influence their social pleasures. It may be well for one to 
 belong to the latter class. But for the most part the tornado 
 will be the hete noir of their lives. 
 
 EXPERIENCES OF PHYSICIANS MORE IN DETAIL MAY PROVE 
 INTERESTING TO THE READER. 
 
 Doctor Wade was on a sick call five miles from NTew Rich- 
 mond when the cyclone struck. On his return about forty-five 
 minutes after the catastrophe, without waiting to ask questions, 
 for he knew the answer lay before him in the ruins of his home 
 city, he threw his horse's reins to Mr. Brickley, who was nearest, 
 and hastened home to see if his wife was safe. On the way he 
 saw the ruins of his well-appointed office, and all his surgical in- 
 struments destroyed. On arriving home, he found Mrs. Wade 
 a busy woman, comforting and assisting fourteen or fifteen 
 persons who had sought shelter and aid. In the doctor's ab- 
 sence, she bound up wounds as well as circumstances permitted, 
 
126 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 and prepared places for the sufferers to rest. When he ar- 
 rived, she turned over the patients to him. 
 
 As visiting physician of the County Insane Hospital, he had 
 some surgical instruments and medicine there. He procured 
 these, which were of invaluable aid to him. And, not waiting 
 for food or rest, ruslicd out to tlie aid of T)r. McKeon. To- 
 
 Dr. F. Wadk. 
 
 getlier tliey workctl all ihat terrible night, the next day and 
 the next night, Avithmit intermission. One would be heard 
 telling the other to desist and take some rest. And the invaria- 
 ble reply was always: ''Yon need more rest than I do." Thus 
 they worked, and I may truthfully say, as no physicians worked 
 before. (,^al]ed here and there by the sufferers, binding wounds 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 127 
 
 here, then a hurried visit to the other end of the town to set 
 broken limbs, or pass their skillful judgment on some uncon- 
 scious but loved one, hovering between life and death. Such 
 was the work of our devoted physicians. Doctor Perrin of 
 Star Prairie, a town five miles from iSTew Kichmond, was soon 
 on the scene. He worked hard and skillfully among the suf- 
 ferers, and deserves our grateful thanks. 
 
 It was Doctor Wade who recognized the bruised, bleeding 
 form of Walter Hawkins, the 12-year-old son of the Hon. S. K. 
 Hawkins, Mdien brought in after the cyclone. The poor boy's life 
 was ebbing quickly aAvay, and he soon succumbed to his injuries. 
 He was the youngest son of Mr. Hawkins, and the fourth of 
 his family who was killed in the tornado. 
 
 Mr. John McCoy, director and cashier of the Bank of ISTew 
 Eichmond, was picked up with a broken leg by the rescuers, and 
 laid on Dr. Gerard's porch. Mr. McCoy was suffering in- 
 tensely. The compound fracture was between the knee and 
 hip. Dr. Gerard's house being full. Dr. .^IcKeon thought it 
 less painful for the suffering gentleman to remain on the 
 porch, whence he could be more easily i-emoved to his home. 
 After the doctor administered a hypodermic injection sed- 
 ative, ]\Ir. McCoy was carried home, whence Dr. Wade attended 
 him, afterwards being his family physician. I might mention 
 here a few facts wliich I think worthy of imitation. 
 
 The McCoy mansion was not in the path of the tornado. It 
 w^as fortunate it was spared, for Mrs. McCoy was confined to 
 her room on the second floor, her babe being only two days old. 
 When the suffering gentleman was brought home, he learned 
 that the house was crowded with the cyclone refugees. He gave 
 orders that every assistance, as far as possible, should be given 
 them — everything in the house should be at their disposal. But 
 good Mrs. McCoy had already anticipated his wishes, and the 
 housekeeper and trained nurse were kept l)usy making the suf- 
 ferers as comfortable as possible. Sueli are the McCoys of 
 Xcw Jvichmond. 
 
12^ THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 But without the timely assistance of the physicians many 
 could not have lived till morning. As it was, three died at 
 the McCoy residence that niglit, though the kind host and 
 hostess did their best. 
 
 Mr. E. J. Thompson's pretty home was spared, and many 
 took refuge there after the cyclone, and there the physicians 
 attended. The latter seemed ubiquitous that night. 
 
 Mr. Harry Smith had that night also a very close call. 
 He was in the Aldrich drug store when that building fell, and 
 he fell with it, covered with debris. He was rescued most 
 heroically by Mr. Grant Boardman, manager of the flour mill. 
 LaMwer Smith sustained a broken arm. 
 
 MR. A. P. BIXBY OF STAR PRAIRIE, WIS. 
 
 It would be a serious omission on my part were I to forget to 
 indite here the lasting gratitude of jSTew Richmond sufferers 
 towards Mr. A. P. Bixby, president of the Department Store 
 Company, Star Prairie. This gentleman, with a magnanimity 
 unprecedented, laid the contents of his store at tlie disposal of 
 the physicians for the relief of the sufferers. It contained, 
 among other goods, surgical dressings, gauzes, the purest brands 
 of whiskies and brandies, approved of by the medical faculty for 
 medicinal purposes. 
 
 It must be remembered that not a single store was spared 
 by the cyclone in Xew Richmond, from which to obtain the 
 slightest article. Hence, conceive the value of such a gift. It 
 proved a veritable mascot to the stricken town, and incidentally 
 saved many valuable lives, for several hours had transpired be- 
 fore the outside world except Star Prairie was aware of the 
 terrible disaster. 
 
 Again, Dr. AVade's far-sightedness was very materially 
 brought into requisition in the disposal of these gifts to the 
 dying and wounded. Ah, who can tell of the many blessings 
 poured forth on the heads of these noble men by the sufferers ! 
 And these physicians, working amid a thousand difficulties for 
 their relief, did they in their zeal think of reward; of requital? 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 129 
 
 Oh, no! It would be their last thought. But the survivors? 
 Do they gratefully remember Doctors Wade and McKeon? 
 Time is short. Let not these good physicians go home to their 
 eternal reward without letting them know that at least you grate- 
 fully remember them. A^'hy, in the olden times the very pagans 
 would erect marble tablets in the heart of the city of Rome to 
 conunemorate less noble deeds than those so heroically done by 
 your local physicians on the night of June 12th, 1899. Then, 
 dear survivors, be grateful to your friends who befriended you 
 in your hour of bitter need. ''As you do unto others, so shall 
 it be meted unto you." 
 
 DEATH IN THE CYCLONE OF MRS. C. CAMERON, OF 
 PEWAUKEE. 
 
 In the sad death of this lady all agree that a very beautiful 
 character was lost to a host of admiring and loving friends. 
 Mrs. Cameron, as Miss Etta Clapp, taught for many years in 
 the public schools of St. Paul. In this capacity she was very 
 successful. Loving and being loved by her pupils, she gained 
 unusual ascendency over their young minds, directing them by 
 her wisdom and tact for the betterment of their future lives. 
 
 On leaving her home in Pewaukee, she bade good-bye to a 
 fond husband, as she supposed but for a brief time. She in- 
 tended making a short visit with her sisters, Mrs. S. Boardman 
 and Mrs. Gillespy of [N'ew Richmond, thence proceed to St. 
 Paul and finish her visit out there with the rest of her relatives 
 and friends, then back home again. But God ordained it 
 otherwise. 
 
 On the afternoon of June 12th, jiist fifty minutes before the 
 cyclone struck, she, accompanied by Miss Abbie Williams, went 
 out shopping, but seeing the storm approaching, hurriedly left 
 the store of W. T. Williams, with the intention of reaching 
 Abbie's father's place of business, O. J. Williams. Arriving at 
 the latter, they saw the people rushing for the basement. They 
 hastened ^vith the rest, and remained about midway on the 
 stairs, for those in advance hesitated to proceed further, for 
 
130 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 the darkness was total, and the basement appeared so black that 
 it was tliought best not to venture further. The tornado was 
 upon them, and the ladies fell crushed beneath the debris. Aft- 
 erwards, the burned remains of this attractive lady, with those 
 of ]Miss Abbie Williams, were recovered and given over to 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. C. Cameron arrived on the third day after the catas- 
 trophe, quite unconscious of his wife's fate. He certainly 
 thought she was safe with friends in St. Paul, and the cause 
 of his coming to JSTew Kiclnnund. he said, was a strange, uneasy 
 feeling, which he could not account for, and which he could 
 not shake off. This uneasy feeling actuated his coming, for he 
 heard nothing of the cyclone, the telegraph wires being down. 
 His actions were totally unaccountable, even to himself, for 
 was not his wife, according to the arrangements she made, in 
 St. Paul 'i When the poor gentleman learned of the fate of his 
 wife, it was heartrending to witness his grief Mrs. C. Cam- 
 eron was niece of Attorney General Clapp of St. Paul, and 
 granddaughter of the late brave soldier. Colonel Benjamin. 
 
 A FEW WORDS FOR THE REV. MR. ADAMS, PASTOR OF THE 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, NEW RICHMOND. 
 
 The effective, yet quiet, silent, unobtrusive energy of Rev. 
 ]\lr. Adams" was conducive to the relief of much suffering. This 
 gentleman sought out the bashful, retiring sufferers in their 
 temi)orary refuges, insisting on tlirii- giving a statement of the 
 tkings most wanted i)i their ])rcscnt needs. 
 
 He did not only render most valuable assistance to the af- 
 flicted of his own congregation, but scattered his beneficence 
 on many outside his own ehnrch, who will ever feel most grate- 
 ful, and always keep a warm ^pol in their hearts for the Rev. 
 !Mr. Adams, and his amiable and acconi|dislic(l wifc^ and family. 
 'i'hi> gentleman'^ dmrch was partly wi-ecked. The belfry was 
 thrown down and smashed to pieces, but the bell escaped unin- 
 jured ; tlie bell that rang so often for prayers. This church 
 served as 'a morii'ue duriiiii the <lavs follow! iii; the tornado. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 13J 
 
 REV. MR. TULL, PASTOR OF THE M. E. CHURCH. 
 
 This reverend gentleman was a heavy loser in the cyclone. 
 He, like man}^, lost virtually everything he had of earthly goods. 
 But he and family were saved, and he was grateful. His 
 church, corner Arch and Second streets, was swept away by the 
 storm. It was literally smashed into fragments. He was not 
 discouraged. He quietly worked and waited, and at this writ- 
 ing a new church has been built, the finest in Kew Richmond, 
 at a cost of $8,000. It is a frame , built in the form of a Greek 
 cross, ornamented with stained glass mndows, which has a very 
 pretty effect on the interior, especially when the sun shines. It 
 is otherwise embellished and finished oft' very tastefully. It 
 contains a fine pipe organ witli double banks of keys. Mr. 
 Tull is very popular with all classes of people in the various 
 denominations. 
 
 DEATH OF THE WIFE OF THE HO^^ S. N. HAWKINS. 
 
 SHE WAS KILLED IN THE CYCLONE OF JUNE 12TH, 1899— 
 TRIBUTE TO A DEPARTED AND DEAR FRIEND. 
 
 "Little did I think on the evining of June 11, 1899, as I 
 stood conversing with Mrs. S. ]S[. Hawkins that I was taking 
 my last farewell of her. How little we know of what is to 
 come ! In twenty-four short hours behold the change ! In that 
 time I lost a beloved wife, all our property and many loved 
 friends, among the latter our dear friend, Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 "We spent many a pleasant evening with her and her family, 
 and I can assure you that next to mourning for my dear wife, I 
 mourned and regretted the untimely death of my friend, Mrs. 
 Hawkins. We can better express our feelings on this occasion 
 by quoting a few passages from her memoirs, written by her 
 husband, as follows: 
 
 JOHN McCLURE. 
 
132 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 HON. S. N. HAWKINS' TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE'S MEMORY. 
 
 "In addition to what has been stated above by a friend of 
 my family, I may be pardoiicil if 1 ndd a few words as an 
 offering or tribute to the memory of a good and faithful wife, 
 who always stood by me in the shadow as well as in the sun- 
 shine. She became my wife at the early age of eighteen years, 
 when life's rosy morn was just 1)l(M(inino- before her, and so 
 
 Hon. S. N. Hawkins. 
 
 faithful and constant in her afl'cc'ti(m for me that I may truth- 
 fully say that her memory is without blot or contamination, so 
 that it becomes an exquisite tn^isui-o — an inexhaustible source 
 of ])ure refreshment. 
 
 " 'The leaves of incinory seem to make 
 A mournful rustling in tlic (hirk.' 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 133 
 
 "Washington Irving has well said : 'ISTo man knows what 
 the wife of his bosom is — no man knows ^vhat a ministering 
 angel she is — nntil he has gone with her through the fiery trials 
 of this world.' 
 
 "Jeremy Taylor has so well expressed the qualities of a good 
 wife that I adopt his language, as being expressive of the quali- 
 ties of my dear departed one: 
 
 " 'A good wife is Heaven's last best gift to man — his angel 
 and minister of graces innumerable — his gem of many virtues — 
 his casket of jewels — her voice is sweet music — her smiles his 
 brightest day^ — her kiss the guardian of his innocence — ^her 
 arms the pale of his safety, the balm of his health, the balsam 
 of his life — her industry his surest wealth — her economy his 
 safest steward — her lips his faithful counselors — her bosom the 
 softest pilloAv of his cares — and her prayers the ablest advocate 
 of Heaven's blessings on his head.' 
 
 "My good wife had all those good qualities and they were 
 freely bestowed on me." 
 
 "I wish I were where Maggie lies, 
 
 For I am sick of lingering here; 
 And every hour affection cries: 
 
 Go and partake her humble bier! 
 
 "I wish I could! For when she died 
 
 I lost my all; and life has proved 
 Since that sad hour a dreary void — 
 
 A waste unlovely and unloved. 
 
 "O. Maggie! how cheering was thy ray! 
 
 All pain before thy presence flies. 
 Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away 
 
 Where'er thy healing beams arise. 
 
 "Still let thy love point out my way; 
 
 "What wondrous things thy love hath wrought. 
 Still lead me, lest I go astray. 
 
 Direct my work, inspire my thought; 
 And, if I fall, soon may I hear 
 Thy voice, and know that you are near." 
 
 -Copied from the Republican Voice, New Richmond, by a friend of 
 the family. 
 
134 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ''Mrs. Hawkins' life was a busy one. Mr. Hawkius was so 
 busily engaged with his professional pursuits and political and 
 official business that he was, of necessity, away from his home 
 a goodly share of the time, and ^lie had to take charge of the 
 family and household matters, and in caring for friends who 
 came from time to time to congratulate them upon her hus- 
 band's success, as well as to wait upon them in a social way. 
 
 "She was also engaged in numerous other works, such as 
 church committees, relief committees, receptions for the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
 Modern Woodmen, Odd Fellows, and various other organiza- 
 tions that her husband belonged to. So well did she perform 
 her part, that her husband often said he owed his success to her. 
 
 "She was for several years an officer in the W. C. T. U., a 
 member of the ISIew Richmond Library Association, Woman's 
 Relief Corps, a Daughter of Rebekah, Ladies' Aid Society, be- 
 sides retaining her meml)ership in all the societies of the Cath- 
 olic Church, to which she belonged. 
 
 "Her greatest forte, liowever, appeared to be at home, look- 
 ing after the educational interests of their children. With the 
 exception of the trips she took with her husband, including a 
 trip to the World's Fair, Chicago, a few short visits among her 
 own friends, she was always to be found at home. She had 
 taken a course of study in medicine, and although she never 
 practiced her profession, yet she took charge of her own family, 
 and oftentimes alleviated the sufferings of her neighbors in a 
 neighborly and charitable way. 
 
 ^'She was regarded as a model housekeeper, and her friends, 
 who were legion, very often assembled and were entertained 
 in a hospitable manner under the beautifnl shade trees on their 
 spacious lawn. She was a true Christian in the broadest sense 
 of the word, and although a devoted member of the church of 
 her choice, her warm and devoted friends were to be found 
 in every society. Slic and lici- Im^bnnd were the recipients of 
 invitations from all classes of peo])le without reference to race 
 or creed, an<l it is. ])orha])s, not too much to say tliat no woman 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 135 
 
 in the city of Xew Richmond has been missed from all the com- 
 mittees, from all social gatherings and benevolent work as 
 mnch as Mrs. S. N". Hawkins. 
 
 "On the fatal day of June 12th, 1899, she went down town 
 to do some shopping, accompanied by her daughters, aged 18 
 and 15 years respectively, and by her husband's niece, a young 
 woman of 25 summers, and the last that was seen of them, the 
 four were hurrying home, when the fatal storm overtook them 
 and they were immediately killed. The youngest son, 12 years 
 old, was also killed, and the mother and three children were 
 buried in one grave. 
 
 ''She has gone to her final reward, but the memory of Mrs. 
 S. N. Hawkins will ever remain bright as a guiding star to her 
 numerous friends, not only in the city of 'Rew Richmond, but 
 throughout the entire St. Croix Valley." 
 
 JOH^ McCLURE. 
 
 The writer of the above tribute is one of ISTew Richmond's 
 most respected citizens. A civil engineer by profession, in 
 good business times he was in much requisition here, and in 
 course of time had acquired an easy competence. Happy in 
 his home-life, with his amiable and gifted wife and clever chil- 
 dren, life had for him much sunshine. But, as he himself 
 expresses it, "A great change came." The cyclone robbed 
 him of wife and property, and now the good gentleman is 
 comparati\'ely alone — alone with his fond memories of the 
 past. And thus it will be till God will call him to join his 
 dear wife and friends in Heaven. 
 
 Mrs. Sophrona McClure died on the 14th of June, 1899, 
 from injuries received in the cyclone on June 12th, in St. 
 Barnabas Hospital, Minneapolis. She was mother of Mr. John 
 McClure, merchant, University avenue, Minneapolis. 
 
 MRS. D. H. MENNEIR'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 "The supper was ready — the family were seated at table, 
 all except my daughter, Emma. Observing the premature 
 darkness increasino-, T thou2:ht T would look at the weather 
 
136 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 before I sat down. So I went out on the porch, which faced 
 the southwest, and our house being built on an eminence, I 
 could have a good view for some distance of the surrounding 
 country. I will never forget the awful picture of the heavens 
 as I gazed. O, would it were only a picture! But, as the 
 world knows, and we poor sufferers in particular, it was a 
 dreadful, unearthly reality. The clouds, varying in color, had 
 the appearance of a gigantic octopus, emitting through it vari- 
 ous tints of green and yellow, as the cloudy tentacles would 
 expand and contract as it moved towards us. Then from these 
 clouds a third, of quite a different color and shape, seemed to 
 be suspended, and reaching to the earth. The color of the 
 latter was a blue-black abov«, but as its funnel-shaped part 
 grew narrower as it touched the earth, it was very black and 
 dense, resembling the smoke issuing from the smoke-stack of an 
 engine. The whole atmosphere seemed infused with a green- 
 ish-yellow haze, the effect, I presume, of an imusual surcharge 
 of electricity. Then the roaring, grinding noise was heard, 
 and the monster was approaching. I went quickly into the 
 house and called Mr. Menneir to come and look. He did so, 
 and pronounced it a cyclone, telling us to go to the cellar. 
 But I said, 'Emma is not here.' 'ISTo matter,' he said, Sve 
 mnst go without her.' Presently my frightened Emma came 
 running and screaming into the house. I was so paralyzed 
 with fear for the child that I could not speak. TTor father 
 called her and she joined us in the cellar. 
 
 "We had electric lights all through the house, and it was 
 one of the saddest things imaginable to hear the bursting of the 
 electric lamps with a dirge-like sound, one after the other, in 
 the different apartments, and all over the town. It appears 
 to me now, after the lapse of many months, when I can calmly 
 consider these events, that even inanimate nature was appealing 
 to the God of nature for help, or wailing their own funeral 
 dirge. 
 
 "The cyclone struck, and our home was in ruins. Mr. Men- 
 neir's business was ruined, two valuable horses killed outright, 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 137 
 
 and many others in the stable injured. My right arm was 
 seriously injured, and after many months of treatment is still 
 feeble. Our loss in property was very great, but we are thankful 
 our lives were saved. My daughter Emma had a narrow escape 
 on her way home, being blown away fifty feet at a time, but 
 as the terrible wind, the forerunner of the cyclone, blew m 
 the direction of her home, it accelerated her presence at home 
 in the right time, so that in consequence her life was saved, for 
 which we feel grateful." 
 
 EXPERIENCE OF MR. JOSEPH BRASS. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Brass and family were sufferers in the cyclone. 
 Their home, with all it contained, was swept away. But, with 
 intelligence and forethought that few possessed at the critical 
 time, he wisely constructed a safe place for his wife, two sons 
 and himself. He procured some boards, two by eight-mch, 
 laying them slantwise against the southwest wall of the cellar. 
 Into this improvised cave the family entered. The tornado 
 struck. From above ground the rocks from the foundation 
 came tumbling over them, but falling on the slanting board 
 roof above them, rolled down the incline to the floor, without 
 
 doing any harm. 
 
 When they emerged from their hiding place and saw the 
 large rocks and heavy timber that had bowled over them, filling 
 the cellar with debris, they were thankful to God for the pre- 
 caution inspired at the right time. Mrs. Brass saw the cyclone 
 coming, and describes its appearance much in the same words 
 as others who saw the monster within a certain distance. But 
 being a lady of intelligence and an artist, I was solicitous to 
 obtain her experience. Yet it varies little from many others. 
 It, with many others, confirms the fact that the nearer the tor- 
 nado was to New Kichmond, the blacker and more virulent it 
 
 appeared. 
 
 ■^ew Kichmond, being encircled by shade trees, either as 
 nature placed them or planted by man, obscuring the view from 
 a distance, so that many only observed an ominous darkening, 
 
138 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 or an electrical atmosphere. The valuable description given 
 by Mrs. D. H. Menneir is owing, to a certain extent, to locality 
 and to close, intelligent observation. The Menneir residence, 
 standing on an eminence, commanded a distant, circular view 
 of the town and its environs, thus enabling this lady to view 
 uuobstructedly for a certain distance the sublime grandeur of 
 the vapor or cyclonic clouds which rendered such gigantic de- 
 struction on the 12th of June, 1899. 
 
 AN EPISODE OF THE BRASS FAMILY. 
 
 When the Brass family took refuge in the cellar, they left 
 two favorite cats above to meet the tornado. After they had 
 emerged from the cellar, the sons lamented the loss of their 
 favorites. They immediately began searching the ruins, and 
 there, to their surprise, they found the pussies alive, but one 
 had a leg broken. Mrs. Brass, commiserating the sufferings 
 of the poor animal, asked some one to shoot it to put it out of 
 suffering. Later on a young doctor from St. Paul saw the cat, 
 and pleaded for it as a souvenir. It was gladly given him. 
 He cured the feline, and at the present date puss is a happy 
 tabby with the kind-hearted physician. 
 
 MR. HENRY KANE'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 !Mr. llciwy Kaiio, a young gentleman of uinisual intelli- 
 gence and ci'ndition, and one of ]*^ew Kielimond's most re- 
 spected citizens, fills the office of Clerk of the Public School 
 Board, and otherwise makes himself a useful member of so- 
 ciety. He has kindly contributed his valuable experience to 
 the "History of the Tornado," June 12th, 1899. I prize this 
 addition to my book above all others. Those outside of New 
 Richmond may ask the reason why. My answer is: This 
 learned recital of truthful experience in the awful cyclone 
 emanates from the pen of a gentleman totally blind. The fol- 
 lowing speaks for itself: 
 
 "The day on which the tornado occurred was an ordinary 
 June day. It was mostly clear and warm, but not sultry. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 139 
 
 It was characteristic iu this that slight exercise easily resulted 
 in fatigue and excessive perspiration, due no doubt to atmos- 
 pheric humidity approaching the point of saturation. Shortly 
 before 6 o'clock p. m. there occurred a slight shower, accom- 
 panied with some hail. The hail clinked against the east 
 window, which indicated that a slight wind was blowing from 
 the east. Apprehending the approach of a storm, I stepped 
 to the door to investigate. The rain had ceased and the sun 
 was shining. Although I intently listened for premonitory 
 storm sounds, I heard none. The air was vibrant with the 
 customary town noises, somewhat increased by country visitors 
 to the circus. On every side could be heard the sharp calls 
 and merry laughter of happy childhood. 
 
 "I returned to the room and for nearly half an hour en- 
 gaged myself with my thoughts, until my attention was at- 
 tracted by a peculiar sound coming from the southwest, which 
 I then supposed to have been produced by an aiiproaching 
 train. However, I then noted that tlie sound differed radically 
 from any that I e^'er knew a train to make. Being blind, I 
 am in the habit, perhaps, of analyzing sounds more carefully 
 than do those who see. It may be useful to record the differ- 
 ence between tornado and train sounds, which I detected five 
 minutes before the storm struck the city, as many \\-ere lured 
 into fancied security and possibly to death by sup])osing the 
 sounds of the approaching tornado to have been made by a 
 moving train. A heavily laden freight train w^hen under rapid 
 motion produces an uneven, jarring, vibrating sound, mingled 
 with a confused mass of lesser sounds, pitched in a higher key, 
 having somewhat the effect of echo or over tones, the entire 
 ensemble of sounds changing rapidly in volume and intensity 
 as the train moves over and through the media of differing 
 accoustic properties. The sound produced by the approaching 
 tornado was a dull, deep, even, sullen, grinding sound, which 
 for five minutes grew in intensity and volume continuously 
 along a crescendo, until it reached its stupendous climax of 
 appalling fury as it fell upon the doomed city. 
 
140 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ''After first hearing these premonitory tornado sounds and 
 referring them to a moving train, they passed into my sub- 
 consciousness for about three minutes, and I again returned 
 to my thinking. xVt the end of this time the sounds became 
 of such a character as to command my complete consciousness, 
 and to rivet my attention. Every faculty of my mind was 
 tasked into intense activity. Instantly, as if by a telegraphic 
 impress, the thought cyclone flashed on my mind, and the word 
 flew to my lips in a way that startled my own ears. 
 
 "Before I had time to secure an erect position, I was excitedly 
 calling to my mother, an elderly lady who was the only person 
 then at home with me. Receiving no answer, I moved rap- 
 idly from room to room in search of her, but I searched and 
 called in vain, for she was not in the house. I next went to a 
 western porch, and judging from the horrible sounds I thought 
 the tornado was almost upon us. Again several times I shouted 
 in desperation. At last T was successful ; she answered me, 
 her voice and hurrying footsteps coming to me from 
 the direction of the barn, a hundred feet away, where she had 
 been gathering eggs, quite unconscious of the approaching dan- 
 ger. In less than two minutes the barn she had left was blown 
 to fragments, and the greater portion of it was never found. 
 While she was coming, I had a moment to investigate the 
 nature of the approaching storm. Ordinary storm sounds 
 come to me from a large are of the circle described bv the hori- 
 zon. All the sounds of this storm came to me from a single 
 point in that circle. I then knew by the contracted area from 
 which this enormous mass of storm sounds reached me that a 
 tornado was lashing the earth to the southwest, and if it pur- 
 sued its customary course our city was directly in its path. I 
 went towards my mother, seized her and literally dragged her 
 over the porch and through several rooms into the cellar. Leav- 
 ing her -^^ath the injunction not to move until I returned, I 
 went back to close up the house and put out the fire. In the 
 last named matter I was foiled by my own stupidity. There 
 being no water in the pail, and not having time to draw it 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 141 
 
 from the well, the thought never suggested itself to me to use 
 that in the kettle which was on the stove. Before returning 
 to mv mother in the cellar, I went out and listened carefully 
 to the sounds of the approaching tornado, which were horribly 
 accentuated by the perfect calm about me. Not a breath of 
 air was stirring. To the grinding sounds already described 
 there were now added other sounds. I could now hear a fright- 
 ful roariu": of enormous proportions and of unvarying inten- 
 sity and volume. In the upper air above this, there was a 
 tremendous bellowing of appalling magnitude, which gained in 
 intensity and volume as it orchestrated up and down an irreg- 
 ular and variable tonal scale. From the center of the sound 
 area there was emitted a pulsating or puffing sound, coming 
 at regular time intervals that seemed to make the earth quiver. 
 This sound would perfectly suggest the puffing in unison of a 
 thousand locomotives, laboring up a steep grade. The heavy, 
 piTl sating puffing, coming at regular time intervals, gave the 
 entire sound mass a rhythmical effect. It were as if nature 
 had for a moment colleagued with Satan to condense the pent-up 
 din and tumult of hell into one vast, discordant symphony. It 
 was a sublime and appalling manifestation of nature's stu- 
 pendous forces. Spellbound with awe, I stood as if rooted to 
 the ground. Nor did I move imtil I heard three crackling 
 sounds. I then knew it had reached the outskirts of the city 
 and had begun tearing the buildings to shreds. The crackling 
 noise had now become frightful and continuous. I knew the 
 tornado was sweeping everything in its track and was coming 
 directly towards me. 
 
 "I took one soul-devouring survey of the conditions about 
 me, which I could, since I thought it might be the last, and 
 then I fled. The tornado was within forty rods of me. I 
 could hear a whirring, buzzing sound as if it resulted from an 
 ■uneven rotary motion. 'Not a breath of air was stirring. The 
 sun was peacefully shining and the air was warm, but not hot. 
 
 "As I hurriedly descended the cellar stairs, I paused by 
 the opened cellar window an instant and listened. It was 
 
142 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 still calm. Just then tlie first air movement reached me. A 
 seething current of air rushed by mv face, hissing as it went 
 like steam escaping from the safety valve of a locomotive. 
 Forthwith, the din and tumult and fury of the tornado was 
 upon us. The sounds were not the sounds of wind that man 
 had ever heard. They were voices, titanic voices, expressive 
 of every shade of demoniac ])assion. They might have been 
 the raging voices of demons on the day of judgment, contending 
 among themselves for mastery and dominion over the forfeit 
 of a sin-lost world. 
 
 "Above our heads, the frame structure, like a huge drum, 
 trembled and vibrated from the impact of a storm of brick, 
 timbers and broken boards, that were hurled against it. Some 
 of the missiles penetrated the structure witli a deafening crash 
 of destruction. In less than two minutes the tornado had 
 passed. During this time the temperature seemed to hav^ 
 fallen at least thirty degrees. A perfect calm had returned 
 and it lasted three minutes. !N^ot a sound at first was to be 
 heard. It seemed as if hell had been paralyzed. The tor- 
 nado had scarcely passed when my mother and myself took a 
 position on a front porch with the view of making ourselves 
 visible to my absent sister, if perchance she had escaped death 
 and attempted to return. In an instant an unknown man 
 rushed by, shouting as he passed : 'Riclnuond is destroyed. 
 Hundreds are killed.' I was certain <>f that already. In 
 another instant, from a point one block and a half to the west 
 there floated over the perfect calm to me a flood of sounds that 
 will never fade while memory survives. I could distinctly 
 hear the groans of agony and the shrieks of despair, which 
 came from those who were crushed and imprisoned beneath the 
 wrecked buildings, while on every hand could be heard the 
 shouts of dismay and terror of those who Avere rushing to the 
 rescue. Unable to respond to the piteous calls for help, I 
 became unable to endure them longer. I was about to leave the 
 porch when my ears caught a new sound which made the blood 
 stand in my veins. I waited and listened. From every point 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 143 
 
 in the Avestern horizon there came storm sounds, not so various, 
 but equally frightful, as those which came from a single point 
 in the southwest just before the tornado. The earth trem- 
 bled as if a billion buffaloes were galloping over a bushy plain. 
 It roared as if a thousand wagons were tumbling from the sky. 
 The rapid increase in the intensity and volume of the storm 
 sounds Avarned me that the second storm was approaching at a 
 frightful speed, many times greater than the progressive move- 
 ments attained by the tornado that had just passed. The vio- 
 lence of the air movement accompanying the tornado was not 
 due to its progressive motion, but was due to a spiral rotary 
 air movement around the peripheral surface of the tornado's 
 funnel. 
 
 ''The second storm came from the west, shifting slowly to 
 tJie southwest during the twenty minutes of its progress. Its 
 movements were direct, and its velocity was incalculably great. 
 It was accompanied with torrents of cold rain, which did not 
 ?eem to gravitate, but moved horizontally with the wind in 
 sufTocaling excess. Again we fled, but t^ie velocity of the storm 
 V, as so great that before we reached the cellar we were enveloped 
 in the deafening roar of rain and wind. 
 
 '"'The blackness of night produced by the storm now added 
 gloom to horror. We succeeded in reaching the cellar. I 
 stood by the east cellar window, listening to the tumult with- 
 out. In an instant a group of four persons passed near the 
 vrindmv. Tlieir presence was made known to me by the wild 
 wailing of an old Irish lady and the dismal lamentations 
 of two others of the grouj). The fourth, a young lady of sev- 
 enteen, with marvelous coolness, was directing the others 
 through the awful storm to my home, the first place of partial 
 shelter left standing by the tornado. They had crawled out 
 of the ruins of a wrecked home near by. One, a young man, 
 Avas fatally injured in the head ; another, a young woman, 
 knew her kindred to be dead or buried somewhere in the ruins 
 behind her. T hurried above to let them in, but they had al- 
 ready entered tlirough the unfastened door. Leading the way 
 
144 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 in the darkness to tlie cellar, I descended first, calling the 
 others to follow. The old lady partially descended and then 
 refused to go further, blocking the narrow passage so as to pre- 
 vent the descent of the others. To all my entreaties to her to 
 hurry, she obstinately replied. 'Sure, weren't we nearly kilt 
 in the last cellar Ave war in, and what is the use of going in 
 another V Pull her down, Mr. Kane ; I Will push her,' came 
 the incisive command from the seventeen-year-old. I instantly 
 executed the order. 'Kow. help Cousin Willie,' said the girl, 
 'he is hurt.' T carried him down. 'Now help Maggie,' again 
 spoke the intrepid girl. 1 helped the dazed and grief -stricken 
 Maggie to descend, and then turned to assist the seventeen- 
 year-old, who was the last to descend. Five minutes before, 
 in the cellar of the wrecked house from which they escaped, 
 this same girl had thrown herself upon the prostrate body of a 
 fifteen-year-old brother to protect him from flying missiles. 
 We were scarcely in the cellar when another group came, car- 
 rying with them an injured woman in a semi-conscious state. 
 She was brought into the cellar. She, and a grandson who 
 was killed in her arms, were pinioned by the timbers of a 
 wrecked building. She was moaning piteously. The young 
 man, who was fatally injured, was patiently and quietly suf- 
 fering until he became slightly delirious and made several deter- 
 mined efforts to get away from his cousin and myself. 
 
 "The old Irish lady, who was scarcely scratched, after hav- 
 ing fed her curiosity upon the novelty of her new situation, 
 now broke in with her splendid Irish lungs into a full chorus 
 of manufactured woe. Being Irish myself, I recognized her 
 sonorous grief to be the same that wakes are made of, and 
 knew it would subside with physical exhaustion. But while it 
 lasted it vied with the gloom and contending elements to make 
 our cellar refuge hideous. 
 
 "For half a dozen hours I could not loosen my grip on the 
 injured young man, fearing that he might rush out aad lose 
 himself in the wreckage and the darkness. As the storm 
 abated, other injured were brought in up stairs. One of these 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 145 
 
 was an unconscious joung woman, who for hours writhed in 
 violent physical convulsions. For a time the circus man who 
 brought her in kindly cared for her. I now had more on my 
 hands than a blind man could well care for. All who were 
 able left the house to search for missing friends and relations 
 when the storm subsided. 
 
 "I was now growing anxious about my sister, who was ab- 
 sent from home, watching by the bedside of a sick cousin about 
 a half mile distant. I did not suspect at the time that a 
 heavy steel bridge, weighing many tons, had been blown upon 
 the bank of the river, thereby rendering it impossible for her 
 to reach home by the direct way. In the midst of the second 
 storm, she crossed the river on a Avind-swept railroad bridge, 
 from which she was being bloAvn like chaff into the water 
 below, when she was seized by the strong arm of an unknown 
 man, rushing in an opposite direction, who unceremoniously 
 landed her, and rushed on his way. i\iter losing her way 
 several times amid the ruins and darkness, she succeeded in 
 finding her way home, and passed the most of the night in 
 caring for the injured until they were removed to more com- 
 fortable quarters further from the path of the tornado. 
 
 "My home stood, yet it was practically a wreck. The water 
 poured in torrents through huge rents in the roof. The wind 
 rushed wailing through its windowless sides. Broken scantling 
 and rafters protruded from walls, partitions and ceilings. The 
 world without could be seen through apertures made by flying 
 missiles. The floors were strewn with glass, brick, mortar, 
 lath, broken boards and filth. Doors were shattered or torn 
 from their hinges. Furniture and bedding were a complete 
 jumble. 
 
 "From leafless trees and branchless limbs the morning war- 
 blings of the birds came to me. Their caroled greetings to the 
 morn that ushered in such sights of woe and ruin seemed an 
 anachronism. Yet even their notes were plaintive, sad and 
 requiem-like. Despite these harbingers of day, in the early 
 dawn, spreading a comforter on the ruins upon the floor, I laid 
 
14G THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 down, without undressing, and drew a comforter over me, for 
 my nerves yearned for rest. I pondered over life's mighty 
 problem, and amid the seeming evils that engulfed us ques- 
 tioned the mysterious ways of God with men, and had for 
 answer, 'There is no evil excepting sin.''" 
 
 HENRY KANE. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Help me. Father, with Thy blessing. 
 
 For to-day I need it sore; 
 Help me in this work I am doing, 
 
 Guide my hand and brain to struggle, 
 
 Aid me! help me! evermore. 
 I am poor and needy always, 
 
 But just now it seems the worst; 
 
 Oh, the load upon my shoulders seems too heavy 
 
 My Lord of Hosts! 
 
 I have no friends to help me upwards, 
 All seem bent upon my fall; 
 None to counsel, none to guide me. 
 
 Gracious God, and is this all? 
 Thou has promised, in Thy mercy, 
 
 To help the needy and the sad; 
 Thou wilt not fail me, in this life-struggle? 
 
 Best comfort — make my sad heart glad. 
 
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THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 147 
 
 NEW RICHMOND SCHOOLS. 
 
 The cyclone did comparatively little damage to the school 
 buildings, and the high school building served as a hospital 
 and supply station during the summer. The loss of taxable 
 property made it impossible to raise the usual school tax, and 
 the lack of homes made many think it would be unnecessary, 
 as the school would be very much smaller in attendance. The 
 teachers of the year before stood ready to make sacrifices, and 
 it was planned to start the i^chool with a smaller and run it 
 for a shorter year. When school opened, the high school en- 
 rollment was larger than ever, and the grades about the same. 
 In the meantime the relief committee and the teachers of the 
 state came to the rescue and made it possible to run the school 
 for the regular time and up to the usual standard. 
 
 New Kichmond has always possessed a well supported school. 
 The enrollment for years has been above 90 per cent, of the 
 school population. Very few towns of New Richmond's size 
 can boast a high school enrolling 150 students. The average 
 daily attendance was 136. The enrollment in the grades was 
 423. The corps of teachers is as follows: 
 
 Professor John Callahan, Principal. 
 
 Miss Freda J. Williams, Alice P. Kasson, Elmer W. Waite, 
 Assistants. 
 
 Miss Ellen J. Powers^ Eighth Grade. 
 
 John W. Smith, Seventh Grade. 
 
 Minnie McDonald, Sixth Grade. 
 
 Miss Addie McCabe, Fifth Grade. 
 
 Miss Sarah McNally, Fourth Grade. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Beebe, Third Grade. 
 
 Mabel Todd, Second Grade. 
 
 Julia Johnson, First Grade. 
 
 New Richmond people are especially happy in the possession 
 of Professor John Callahan as principal of the public schools. 
 This efficient gentleman is very popular with all classes, but 
 
148 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 more particularly with his pupils, who never entertain the 
 slightest doubt but that he is the right person in the right place. 
 Their home, fortunately, escaped the catastrophe of June 
 12th, not being in the path of the cyclone. It was thrown 
 open immediately to receive the poor sufferers. There they 
 met with every kindness and consideration, and there many 
 remained for weeks, the welcome guests of the generous pro- 
 fessor and his amiable wife. 
 
 EXPERIENCE OF F. W. FINK AND DAUGHTERS. 
 
 The thrilling experience of ]\Ir. Y. W. Fink and daughters, 
 Ida and Agnes, are told by the latter, as follows : 
 
 "Before the catastrophe occurred, papa went to the door and 
 saw Mr. Hicks conversing with a traveling man. Papa noted 
 the appearance "of the weather, and said: 'We are going to 
 have a cyclone ; come to the cellar.' The back of the store 
 faced the west, and on our way down the cellar I paused to 
 look out of the baek window. As I did so, I saw the black, 
 funnel-shaped cloud liovering over our shed. We reached the 
 tornado struck, and that loud, all-absorbing noise was inde- 
 scribable. It ])assed, and we were saved. But papa's fine store 
 was demolished. Before papa went down the cellar, he saw 
 sticks and missiles fiying in the air, the result of the demolition 
 of the Omaha depot. 
 
 '"Emerging from the cellar, with the intention of hastening 
 home, for we thought mamma and our two younger sisters were 
 probably killed, we heard some heart-rending groans proceeding 
 from the ruins. Turning to investigate, we again heard them, 
 and ol)served ^Mr. Ilicks, whose store was next to ours on the 
 south, lying with a heavy brick cliimney across his body. We, 
 that is, Ida and I, rushed to remove it. Of course, we could 
 not. Papa, coming up at that moment, and calling Mr. Con- 
 stance to his aid, they succeeded in liberating the limbs of Mr. 
 Ilicks fi-oni the weight of the chimney. But on closer ob- 
 servation we observed that the gentleman was covered with 
 blood. 'Who is it V said Ida, for he was so bruised that he 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 149 
 
 was unrecognizable. 'Hicks/ replied the dying man. Then, 
 to add to the horrors of the dreadful scene, fire had started in 
 O. J. Williams' hardware store, just north of ours. Mr. Hicks 
 must be removed. Papa and Mr. Constance again essayed to 
 lift the poor gentleman, but he sadly said, 'Let me alone,' 
 These were the last words he spoke. A door was found among 
 the debris and Mr. Hicks was carried home to his family, where 
 he soon breathed his last. As papa was again turning to follow 
 us home, Sydney Foster called him to come to his assistance to 
 carry Mr. John McCoy to a safe place, who was helpless with 
 a broken leg. The fire by this time was gaining ground. Mr. 
 McCoy being a large man, it was no easy matter. But they 
 succeeded in placing him on Doctor Gerard's porch, where Dr. 
 McKeon attended to him. Ida and I, in the meantime, made 
 for home, but we were not destined to reach it as soon as we 
 wished. We lost our way, making an unconscious detour, in- 
 stead of the usual short distance. Passing the Eosebrook home, 
 which lay in ruins, we saw Cora and Josephine lying near a 
 tree. The former was apparently motionless. The latter had 
 her knees drawn up. Cora died from the effects of her wounds, 
 but Josephine recovered. We arrived home at last, to find 
 mamma almost broken hearted with grief and suspense, think- 
 ing papa, Ida and I were killed. Here, too, we found our fine 
 home in partial ruins. The front portion was swept off as 
 precisely as if it were divided for a purpose. Mamma and my 
 two younger sisters were saved in tlie cellar. We were all 
 saved, for which we feel grateful." 
 
 L. A. BAKER'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 Mr. L. A. Baker, cashier and manager of the Manufac- 
 turers' Bank, was a hard-worked man in the cyclone days. Be- 
 ing a somewhat heavy loser ; his fine stables and southwest por- 
 tion of his residence was swept away by the tornado, yet the 
 greater portion remained. This he threw open to the public 
 to be utilized by the Relief Committee for the distribution of 
 supplies. !Mrs. Baker left tlio day aftor the cyclone for her 
 
150 Till-: NKW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 fiitlK-r's lioiiu', "(ildvcrdalt'," a large estate owned bv the latter, 
 about two miles trioii New Ivifliinoiul uii the south. 1 am in- 
 formed ]\[r. -1. K. (Jldvcr was a very heavy loser by the tornado. 
 The loss was mostly in valuable cattle, horses, etc., for "Glover- 
 dale" appeared to be in the path of the storm. 
 
 On .Mr. P)aker's s])aci(»ns lawn the state militia from Chip- 
 pewa Falls })itehed their tents the day after the catastrophe. 
 The supply cars from St. Paul and utlier points stopped oppo- 
 site the Baker house to deposit their supplies. Here a iimnber 
 of homeless citizens were nourished with a plentiful supply of 
 hot coffee and good bread, sent in abundance from the sur- 
 rounding country. 
 
 SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO, FROM THE PEN OF PROFESSOR 
 .JOHN CALLAHAN. 
 
 (Courtesy of the Republican Voice. Curtailed.") 
 
 June 12th, 1899, is a never-to-be-forgotten date in the minds 
 of any who were in ^ew Kichmond. The day in part gave no 
 indication of the terrible experience we were compelled to 
 face before its close. Gollmar Brothers' circus was to be the 
 attraction for the afternoon and evening, hence the large num- 
 ber from the country. 
 
 At 5 o'clock a light rain was falling, followed by a light hail. 
 About o'clock the people were' gathering at their homes for 
 supper. A few could be seen watching the clouds, which looked 
 threatening towards the west. A few minutes after G many 
 heard what they supposed to be the roar of a heavy freight 
 train on the Omaha, which comes in from the southwest, and 
 along the track of which the storm passed. 
 
 A few minutes later the first person to view the awful havoc 
 crawled out from the wreck! There lay otir once beautiful 
 city, a mass of ruins from the southwest to the southeast. Not 
 a building in its path left standing. His first thought, and 
 of those who followed, was that several hundred people were 
 killed. How could anyone be in the storm jiath and still live? 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 151 
 
 Fire broke out immediately. In a few minutes the rain fell 
 in torrents, thus checking the flames, which otherwise must 
 have swept over the entire district, destroying life that time 
 permitted to be saved. For a time most of those who came 
 upon the scene were wild with anxiety, running hither and 
 thither, crying and calling for fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters 
 or other relatives. 
 
 Those whose neives were stronger or were hardened by the 
 awful necessity began an effort for the rescue of those injured 
 in the ruins. For some time help was scarce and the need of 
 it seemed limitless. Here were men and women pinioned 
 down by timber, and fire rapidly coming in their direction; 
 others buried under several feet of debris, cut, jammed, bruised, 
 bones broken, in all manner of conditions, to whom, while not 
 insensible, every moment was an age. I*^ight came on. There 
 were few tools and few lanterns, but those who were able did 
 what they could to rescue the injured. They were carried to 
 the nearest houses, where all that circumstances would permit 
 was done to relieve them ; but our home doctors were few, and, 
 besides, they had no instruments nor drugs. 
 
 As the terrible night wore on, help kept coming in from 
 the surrounding to-\vns and villages. The doctors from Hud- 
 son, Roberts and Star Prairie were here by 11 o'clock. In the 
 meantime messengers had been sent to find the nearest tele- 
 graph office and wire the nearest cities for help. About 1 
 o'clock a special came in over the Central from Eau Claire and 
 Chippewa Falls. On board were several doctors, the first to 
 arrive from outside the county. About 8 next morning a spe- 
 cial arrived from St. Paul, bringing relief of every description, 
 especially that needed to care for the injured. Later in the 
 day a fire engine arrived from St. Paul and the fire was gotten 
 under control, ^ext day the St. Paul police took charge of the 
 ruined district and rendered valuable service until the state 
 militia arrived from Chippewa Falls. 
 
 As the work of rescue progressed, the estimated list of dead 
 fell ffraduallv from several hundred to less than one hundred 
 
152 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 and tweuty-live. The continual surprise seemed to be the 
 number who came through alive. It seems beyond belief the 
 experience of some who still live. A majority of those in the 
 district covered by the storm went into cellars. Some went 
 because they saw their danger, but a greater number are un- 
 able to tell why they went. They had never gone to a cellar 
 in a storm before, but in this case the thought came so sud- 
 denly that it was carried out and no analysis attempted until 
 too late. 
 
 As time moves on, the terrible experience of those concerned 
 will be softened till it appears like a terrible nightmare of some 
 distant dream, to be recalled whenever the weather conditions 
 so order it. Another thing that will long be remembered by 
 most of us is the prompt and thorough assistance we received. 
 There has never been a time, and at present we doubt if there 
 is another country, where the cries of distress are responded to 
 as promptly and as thoroughly as at present in this country 
 of ours. It indicates that the world is growing better, despite 
 the prophecies of pessimists to the contrary. 
 
 AID FROM FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. 
 
 The members of the different civic societies did nobly in 
 contributing to the aid of their suffering brothers. Every 
 society represented in the city had aid from outside. Perhaps 
 the Masonic order received the greatest amount, as each mem- 
 ber of the order in the state was assessed $1, Avliich amoimted 
 to between $10,000 and $12,000. This sum was apportioned 
 among the cyclone sufferers of that order. 
 
 The Eastern Star also contributed a sum to their incnibers. 
 The Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah gave a goodly 
 sum, with which proceeds the Odd Follows purchased a hall. 
 The Good Templars sent about $700, which was put in a hall. 
 The Workmen and the Woodmen also remembered their af- 
 flicted brothers. The Catholic Knights and Foresters gave 
 liberally to the fund. The Knights of Pythias, Grand Army 
 of the Eepublic, Medical Societies, Hotel Association. Omaha 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 153 
 
 and Wisconsin Central employes and printers of the state con- 
 tributed to their brethren. The difl'erent churches each re- 
 ceived substantial aid, which was highly acceptable. 
 
 ST. CROIX COUNTY INSANE ASYLUM. 
 
 Wisconsin has two state insane asylums, one at Oshkosh, 
 containing 600 patients; the other at Mendota, containing 500. 
 There are twenty-seven additional insane hospitals in full oper- 
 ation, and one in the course of erection. The other seventy 
 coimties commit their insane to such county hospitals as are 
 nearest them, and pay for their maintenance at each institu- 
 tion the sum of $1.50 per capita per week. The state con- 
 tributes to these hospitals a similar sum for each individual's 
 care. The actual cost per capita for feeding, clothing, etc., in 
 St. Croix County Insane Asylum, located near iSFew Richmond, 
 was $1.28. 
 
 The St. Croix County Insane Hospital, one of the model 
 institutions of Wisconsin, is the latest addition to the number. 
 It was built three years^ ago, upon one of the most commanding 
 sites. The total expense w^as about $81,000. The farm is 
 one-half mile wide and a mile and a half long. The main 
 building cost $54,000. It can accommodate 14jO patients-. At 
 present it has 78 males and 60 females. That the diagiiosis 
 given by the experts is not always correct, is. proven by the 
 fact that twelve patients w^ho were sent to the county hospital 
 from the state institution as incurable are now out on parole, 
 having recovered from their malady. All are reported doing 
 well. Another fact that has been demonstrated is that pre- 
 vious experience on the p^rt of the person assuming control 
 of an insane asylum is not absolutely essential. When Mr. 
 T. D. Wheeler and his wife, who is matron of the establish- 
 ment, assumed control, they were without previous experience, 
 but gifted with a good stock of common sense. They easily 
 accommodated themselves to the best methods in vogue. They 
 found it the best method to study the individual's preference 
 for employment and of the utilization of it to the comfort and 
 
154 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 content of the patient. The major part of the work, both 
 indoors and out upon the farm, is performed bj the patients, 
 many of whom are under the natural delusion that thev own 
 the place, and hence exert all their energies to make it suc- 
 cessful. There are thirteen hired assistants who superintend 
 affairs and who earn their salaries. 
 
 The farm produces more vegetables and grain than the in- 
 mates and the stock can consimie, hence is a source of profit. 
 
 T. D. WHhtl.Ek. 
 
 Among the products last year were 5,410 pounds of butter, 
 all of which was eaten by the patients. The farm produced 
 23,000 pounds of beef and pork last year, and almost wholly 
 supported the inmates. Sugar and coffee are the two staples 
 which it cannot grow. It has been proven that plenty of easily 
 digested food contributes more than anything else to the re- 
 covery of the insane, and hence in all the .state and county 
 hospitals this essential element in reclaiming the wandering 
 intellect receives careful attention. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 155 
 
 There is no resident physician at the asylum, but Doctor F. 
 S. Wade of New Richmond is under contract to visit the hos- 
 pital and attend to all sick calls when his services are required. 
 The health of the patients is almost uniformly good. As a 
 precautionary measure, separate wards in both the men's and 
 the women's wings of the building are set apart, which can be 
 isolated in case any contagious disease should make its appear- 
 ance. — Minneapolis Times. 
 
 Supt, Wheeler and twelve inmates of the asylum came to 
 town directly after the storm, and did heroic work in rescuing 
 the dead and wounded. They remained in town nearly all 
 night, and did a great deal of good in saving life and property. 
 All work that awful night was doubly appreciated, and the 
 injured will ever remember with life-long gratitude those who 
 assisted them and extricated them from their perilous positions. 
 
 NEW RICHMOND ROLLER MILLS. 
 
 The large flour mill owned by the New Richmond Roller 
 Mills Company was very badly damaged by the tornado. The 
 managers, however, procured a large number of millwrights 
 and were grinding flour again, as usual, within two weeks. 
 We understand that every order on their books on June 12th 
 was filled at this mill, their customers preferring to wait for 
 the flour manufactured at this mill rather than have them filled 
 at outside mills, although the management gave them that 
 privilege. This speaks well for the product of the mill and 
 shows what can be accomplished in a short time by energy and 
 push. "Victory" and "Shakespeare" still hold the boards as 
 the most popular flour in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. 
 
 THE MAYOR OF NEW RICHMOND'S THANKS. 
 
 "We wish most ardently to thank all who helped us in that 
 disastrous time, June 12th, 1899. We thank the clergymen 
 who ministered so faithfully to our dear ones the last sad, sol- 
 emn rites; grateful to see how in that time of dire calamity 
 no thought of creed or denominational line hindered their 
 
156 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 heroic efforts. We thank all who opened their homes, both 
 here and elsewhere ; all who gave material aid, material shelter, 
 clothing, food and house furnishings ; everyone who gave sym- 
 pathy, love and prayers ; all hospitals whose doors were opened 
 for Our wounded ; all physicians, surgeons and nurses ; everyone 
 who furnished medicine and bandages or in any way tried to 
 assuage sorrow and alleviate suffering. 
 
 We thank all railroad officials who did so much for us, fur- 
 nishing free transportation for people bringing needed help 
 from abroad, succor in our calamity; the telegraph companies 
 for delivering free all messages ; and all charitable and benevo- 
 lent organizations that so generously sent goods and money; 
 every order for the exemplification of their work by repre- 
 sentatives and all benefits conferred ; great army of laborers 
 for the toil, time and strength given; all the merchants who 
 bestowed commodities with such lavishness. We thank that 
 great number of good women who proved so serviceable in our 
 urgent need ; those who did efficient work on Sunday commit- 
 tees; the editors, reporters and entire newspaper staff of the 
 various papers for disseminating the news. We know that we 
 received much practical help because of notices of the storm 
 in different publications. The express companies for deliv- 
 ering all packages free ; the soldiers who came to guard prop- 
 erty; our state officials for whatever help they gave. To our 
 sister states who gave in such a munificent manner, we can 
 only say that words are a poor medium through which to ex- 
 press our heart-felt gratitude. 
 
 THOMAS W. WEARS, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 APPLE RIVER POWER COMPANY. 
 
 In 1897 the Apple River Power Company was organized and 
 an electrical power transmission plant erected by Dr. F. W. 
 Epley, its president and general manager, since which time 
 the whole of that magnificent power stream has been at 
 the disposal of New Richmond industries. Power is devel- 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 157 
 
 oped at Somerset, about eight miles west, brought to this city 
 on three jSTo. 5 copper wires, and sold to manufacturers in 
 quantities to suit, from one-eighth to five hundred horse-power, 
 at rates only a trifle above, and in a form impossible to water 
 power, inasmuch as the power circulates wherever a wire can 
 be strung. The advantages of this power system place New 
 Richmond in the front rank as a manufacturing center or city 
 of beautiful modern homes. It enables the city to furnish 
 electric lights to its people at rates actually less than kerosene 
 light can be had, and the purest, most wholesome water from 
 its wonderful artesian well. This well is drilled through a 
 flinty rock and from an eight-inch hole furnishes 600 gallons 
 per minute of pure artesian water, sufficiently soft for all house- 
 hold purposes. The city owns and operates both light and 
 water plants. 
 
 PEOPLE'S TELEPHONE EXCHANGE COMPANY. 
 
 On the first of November, 1898, the People's Telephone Ex- 
 change Company opened a new exchange. This was totally 
 destroyed on the 12th of June. It has been rebuilt by Dr. 
 Epley, and was formally reopened on the 12th of November, 
 just five months after its destruction, with seventy-five sub- 
 scribers. This new exchange is modern in every respect, serv- 
 ice continuous, night and day, and its business subscribers have 
 free toll service to Hudson, Stillwater and Pierce county towns. 
 
 ALL GIVE RELIEF. 
 
 The one thing that gave courage to the disheartened people 
 after the storm at first and made then think that there was 
 something in life still worth living for was the prompt and 
 generous manner in which the people generally rushed to the 
 rescue. Within a few hours after the storm, relief came pour- 
 ing in from Hudson, Stillwater and St. Paul. The citizens 
 of Hammond, Hudson, Roberts, Baldwin, Stanton, and in fact 
 all the neighboring towns, flocked into the ill-fated city and 
 took off their coats and went to work. They dug among the 
 
158 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ruins and rescued those who were still buried there; they gave 
 of their means and everything at their disposal to relieve the 
 sufferings of the wounded and comfort the distressed. 
 
 Organized bodies of men were sent from Stillwater, Eau 
 Claire, Chii3pewa Falls, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Menom- 
 onie, fully equipped to take care of themselves, , and they did 
 heroic work. The members of the Red Cross Society could be 
 seen going about like angels of mercy, administering to the 
 wants of the afflicted. The Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis 
 Railway Company not only sent a gang of men to assist in 
 cleaning up the debris, but placed their road at the disposal of 
 the stricken city. This the Wisconsin Central people did also. 
 The Western Union Telegraph Company tendered the free use 
 of their line, as did the different express companies. Columns 
 of space might be shown, telling of the generosity of the dif- 
 ferent people and corporations above mentioned. Sufficient it 
 is to say, however, that everybody appeared to be willing to do 
 everything in his or her power, and spared neither themselves 
 nor anything at their disposal in relieving the distress of the 
 people. AVe tender all our grateful thanks. 
 
 THE SCANDINAVIAN ELEMENT. 
 
 The Scandinavian element nobly distinguished itself on the 
 night of the storm, and days afterwards. They turned out to 
 a man, coming over the river that night, remaining under the 
 terrible torrents of rain, searching for the unfortunates and 
 carrying them on their backs to a place of safety. 
 
 Across the river, in the Third Ward, the majority of the 
 ISTorwegians are located. They were spared in the tornado of 
 June 12th,. 1899. They are characterized as an honest, peace- 
 able and industrious people, preferring to gain their living by 
 slow but sure means, knowing that "Honesty is the best policy," 
 rather than plunging haphazard, according to the present busi- 
 ness mode of the day. They showed on the night of the 12th of 
 June and days following their quiet, gentle but firm character 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 159 
 
 ill tlicir iiutiriiig work for the roliof of the wounded and im- 
 prisoned in the debris. They cared little for the approbation 
 of the lookers-on or of visitors. The kodak-; of the latter could 
 but sketch the JSTorwcgians, stooping to a man, in their vigilant 
 search among the ruins for suffering humanity. 
 
 Yes, the Scandinavians worked like lici-oes. From disinter- 
 ested i)arties I ascertained that at least rifty more victims of 
 the cyclone might be added to the death list, were it not for the 
 tinielv efforts of the Xorwecian contiiioenr. 
 
 HO.N O. \V. MOSMEK 
 
160 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 A FEW OJ- TIM': I'KOMINENT CITIZENS OF 
 NEW IIICIIMOND. 
 
 HON. O. W. MOSHER, ASSEMBLYMAN FOR THE DISTRICT IX 
 THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 
 
 Mr. Mosher was ni)[)uiiit<'J ('liainiian of the Kclict" ( 'oin- 
 mittee, and in that capacity has worked day ami night, ad- 
 ministering affairs with keen jndgmcnt and cxecntive skill. 
 At the present writing Mr. and ]\[rs. Mosher are traveling 
 in the South. Later they will go to Enrope, and tak>' in the 
 World's Fair at Paris before their return to New iiieliiiioud. 
 
 MAYOR WEARS. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Wears, Mayor of the city of New Richmond, 
 has made a good, efficient magistrate. His term of office came 
 under most trying circumstances. The terrible cyclone that 
 wiped out the town must have greatly added to the perplexities 
 of his position. Yet his strict honesty of pnrpose and moral 
 integrity has earned for him the respect of all classes. 
 
 F. W. BARTLETT. 
 
 F. W. Bartlett is a retired bankt'r and one of New Rich- 
 mond's most resi)ected citizens. Mr. Bartlett is a son of the 
 famous "Father Bartlett," one of the pioneer residents of the 
 place. The subject of this short sketch is a gentleman with 
 whom it is a pleasure to converse; refined and rallier serious 
 of manner, a student of history and well read, possessing all the 
 characteristics of his English progenitors. The English 
 branch of the Bartlett family still reside on the ancestral es- 
 tate, and retain the title of baronet and knight, ranking with 
 the nobility of the empire. The American branch of the fam- 
 ily is more numerons in the Eastern states than those in the 
 West. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 161 
 
 The father of the subject of our present sketch came to the 
 West, alone, in the early days, and settled down in New Rich- 
 mond. There is, so far as I have learned, a peculiarity about 
 the collateral branch of the family in this country. They are 
 said to be so truly and thoroughly American that they ignore 
 all claim to the titles and honors which the English branch 
 still so proudly retain. 
 
 Mr?. Bartlett (nee Miss Mary Stuart, of Pennsylvania), is 
 quite a remarkable person. With an academic training, im- 
 proved by long years of deep, intelligent reading, principally 
 of the best literature and current events of the day, yet withal 
 so amiable and unassuming that in consequence she is a general 
 favorite with all classes. And a gentleman casually remarked 
 to me after the cyclone : ''Mrs. Bartlett is the best woman in 
 Richmond." Such was the sweeping assertion. Her fine char- 
 acter showed itself in its true light on the fatal night of the 
 disaster and days after in the kind, considerate treatment of 
 the poor sufferers. 
 
 That awful night Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett threw open the 
 doors of their residence to their liomeless neighbors and wel- 
 comed them in. And in they trooped, with their wet, soggy 
 garments clinging around them, ruining the dainty Moquette 
 carpets over which they passed. But no notice was taken of 
 these lesser things on that fearful night. Humanity was suf- 
 fering, bleeding. The elements outside were raging. Life 
 and death seemed so closely allied, that all thought seemed 
 banished but the awful present. In this juncture, the good 
 people of the house gave all the aid that could possibly be 
 given in such an emergency. The people suffering felt this 
 when they sought shelter under the Bartlett roof. The writer 
 was one of these, and can truthfully say that the kindness 
 meted out to the sufferers on the night of the cyclone cannot 
 be expressed. 
 
 The Bartlett mansion Avas a partial ruin itself. The bay 
 window on the west side was shattered, and the parlors, with 
 their costly furnishings, suffered damage from storm and rain. 
 
162 TIIK \i:\V KU'llMOXl) CYCM.OXl']. 
 
 I lie ciipiihi \v;is Mown oH llic ronl'; cli i iinicvs ulso; liciicc no 
 \\;irni wnrcr. wliicli \\;is >o iiiucli iicctli'd to w.isli llic w uniKlcd. 
 
 Tilt' r;iin came pourinu' llivouuli the ;!|>('rtiirc Ict'l li\- llic rc- 
 ni(t\'al of till' cniiola. riic nonliwcsi wiiiii- was lilown otT ilio 
 loundal ion, and ollior casnallics loo nnnici'on^ \<< niciilion. 
 
 Ml'. I'.arllotrs loss in the tonnido was c-liniatoil al $l(>.n(l(). 
 
 I lie I)artl('t1 ianiilv direct consists of the parents and two sons. 
 
 Idle (ddt'T is a iiradnate (d* Vrineefon ( 'ollciic atter wliidi lie 
 spent two Years in l''nro|ic in siud\- and tra\(d; tlicncc he l»e- 
 camc^ a niini^tcr of ilic ( 'onerepitional ("Inircli. and ai |ircscnt 
 writinii' has inenndienev at Princeton, where he is hteated. The 
 vonnii'er son, n lad of se\'enteen years,, is slill ]>nrsnin>i his stud- 
 ies at Princcion ( 'olleu'e. 
 
 A MORAl. IXCIDENT OF 'llll': TOHXAIH). 
 
 A curious feature which llie tornado seemed to eup'nder in 
 the nunds of ijie sti'ickeii ones, and which dexcloped in a 
 jieculiar fashion, hy the actions <\\' many persons, was the total 
 disr(\<iard for the ownership of propert\. Many whose homes 
 were at the disposal <d' their less fortunate neiiihhors had uiveu 
 fre(d\" of tlu'ir lumsehold i^oods — such as dry chithiiii:, linen, 
 etc. \'et the recipients, hy a Strang' ine<insistency, woidd ii'o 
 into the \arious looms and help ihemsehcs. ( )f course, no 
 i|Ue>tions were asked; no hindi'am-e \\a> made. It >eemed to 
 he taken as a propei' course of e\-en1s. Dnt afterwards, when 
 people relurne<l to their normal condition, those arti(des lor the 
 most |)art were carefnlK and liratiduljy returned to the owners. 
 
 From this we mii:hl infei' than when the mind i> lahorini^ 
 untler some i:feat excitement with concent rat ixcne^.- ot pur- 
 p<tse, as, for instance, to presei'X'e one's life ;ii ;dl hazards, to 
 the <letriment ol' surroundiuiis, one can -carcely he htdd rc- 
 s|ioiisilile for theii' exterioi' action-. 
 
THK NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 163 
 
 ANDREW DENEEN. 
 
 Ml'. Andrew I)('ii('('ii, (Hic of oiir iiioist suceesst'ul iiicrchaiits, 
 iiari'owly escaped death by being covered by his counter, iindfer 
 which lie sought refuge. His name appeared in the list of 
 dead in the first issues, hut hiter was correcteih Mr. Deneen, 
 wife aiul tive children, reside in their pretty home on the south 
 side of the city. Tn the awful night of the 12th of June his 
 home was spared, but his tine general store shared the fate of 
 others. After the cyclone passed, his faithful wife rushed out 
 in the raging storm, and by her superhuman efforts succeeded in 
 rescuing her husband from the ])iles of debris heaped upon 
 him. lie was badly injured, but at the present writing is 
 doing business in his new store (built on the old site) the same 
 as ever, to the heartfelt satisfaction of his many friends, with 
 whom Mr. Deneen is a great social favorite. (Author. ) 
 
 DR. FRANK EPILY. 
 
 Dr. Frank Epily, ISTew Richmond, is no ordinary man. He 
 has proved himself a zealous benefactor. He was instrumental 
 in most of the enterprises (of which Xew Richmond can boast) 
 for the improvement of our city. His exertions will be more 
 fully ai>|)rcciatc(l when it is understood that his l>road, ad- 
 vanced theories met with much opposition from his townsiuen. 
 Yet, when tlTese "\"erv theories, put in ]iractic(', proved wonder- 
 fully beneficial to the community at large, the people found 
 that in Doctor Epily they possessed more than a skillful 
 physician in their midst. He was a legislator of much mental 
 ability. For instance, his energv and untirinii' perseverance 
 brought to us the electric lia'ht ])lai!t referred to in another 
 chapter; also the city water works. But more esnecially the 
 Catholic community owes to Dr. Kpily their magnificent chime 
 of bells, although the gentleman is not a member of their re- 
 ligion. Dr. Epily's family consists of wife and tive children, 
 two l)oys and three girls. 'J'lie older son is at present a student 
 
164 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 in a medical Tiniversity, and his amiable wife and daughters 
 render most nsefnl service in varions acts of social benevolence. 
 
 (Anthor.) 
 
 MRS. J. BARRETT. 
 
 Among the many ladies of jSTew Kichmofld who did mnch 
 for the alleviation of suffering on the fatal night of June 12th 
 was Mrs. John Barrett. This lady's home, on the corner of 
 Third street, two blocks east of Main, where the tornado did its 
 worst, did not escape the ravages of the storm. Yet it was par- 
 tially habitable, and there crowds flocked in their distress. 
 As they expected, they were received and welcomed by the 
 good lady, who placed everything necessary at their disposal, 
 making the homeless and wounded as comfortable as circum- 
 stances would permit. 
 
 Mrs. Barrett's family consists of a son and daughter. The 
 latter was still a student in her last term at St. Joseph's 
 Academy, St. Paul, when the cyclone struck the town of her 
 birth. Her brother, John Barrett, was on Main street when 
 the crash came. As a result, he sustained some serious bruises, 
 but owing to youth and vitalit}^ he rapidly recovered. Yet his 
 widowed mother was for many hours in a state of uncertainty 
 regarding the fate of her only son. But Mrs. Barrett, the good 
 Christian that she is, did not allow her intense anxiety to ap- 
 pear, or interfere with her duty for the comfort and consola- 
 tion of others. And finally, when her beloved son was brought 
 home wounded and bleeding, she quietly divided her time wait- 
 ing on him and the rest. Such is but one of the many speci- 
 mens of our ISTew Richmond women in the hour of the most 
 intense emergency. 
 
 MR. T. H. MEATH. 
 
 Erin Prairie possesses a hero among heroes in the person 
 of Mr. T. H. Meath. This gentleman on the terrible night of 
 June 12th, after the tornado did its worst in its deadly course, 
 leaving mangled humanity prostrate amidst the horrors of the 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 165 
 
 most intense suffering; this brave man, forgetful alike of self 
 and other considerations, with one supreme thought uppermost, 
 rushed to the rescue. There he worked, dragging out the im- 
 prisoned victims from beneath the timbers on that deadly 
 night. Suffice to say he was instrumental in saving and helping 
 forty-eight persons, who otherwise might have perished niis- 
 erably. It must be remembered that the exposure of the res- 
 cuers was very riskful. The rain ])Oured down like a cloud- 
 burst after the cyclone passed over. Every living creature 
 was drenched in a few moments. Yet it did not extinguish 
 the horrible fire which was gradually but surely seeking its 
 victims beneath the combustible debris. Hence the superhu- 
 man efforts of the brave rescuers, regardless of singed hair and 
 eyebrows, a burned hand or foot. To them the rain was rather 
 a blessing, though chilled through by the lowered temperature. 
 But why proceed ? My pen is too feeble to indite such noble 
 deeds as were performed by such men as T. H. Meath and 
 others on that fatal night. They are surely recorded in 
 Heaven. And in Heaven they will be adequately rewarded, 
 where nothing is hidden or forgotten by the all-seeing eye of 
 our Heavenly Father. 
 
 MR. M. FRISK. 
 
 ]Mr. ^r. Frisk, president of the Bank of New Richmond, lost 
 tAvo liouses bv the tornado. This gentleman resides in Mer- 
 riam Park, St. Paul. His family at present consists of an 
 amiable wife and four clever daughters. Mrs, Frisk is a 
 sister of ]\Ir. Johnson of New Richmond. The latter gentle- 
 man laments the loss of a promising son, Hjalmer Johnson, 
 in the cyclone. Mr. Johnson's place of business was unfor- 
 tunately in the direct path of the tornado, and there his son 
 was killed June 12th, 1899. 
 
 "TOO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE." 
 
 \ most respectable elderly lady, far advanced in years, and 
 always remarkable for her good common sense, had. a most 
 
166 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ]M'ciili:ii' cxpcriciicc ;intt'(|;iriiii: tlic (•;il:is(r()])lic. One <l;iy. 
 while sun'(»uiRle<l liv her children nml <;r;iiKh'hihlreii. iiinl 
 evcrvthing' going on ;is usual, uniliin;^ apiiarciitly to ntti-iict at- 
 teutimi from the crdiuarv enurse (if e\-ents; suddenly the o]d 
 lad\' heeame extremely exeitech exclaiming aloud that "a fearful 
 storm was raging in their miiUt ; it was there; the roof was 
 being taken over their heads; the house was in ruins." 'riien 
 she would move away, drawing her skirts to one si<h', saying 
 Mater was delnging the surroundings. Then again, reseating 
 herself, tliongli still excited, began nnmipnlating her tingers. 
 as if winding up silk on a spool, which she said she was doing. 
 She a))j)ealed to the family, and seemetl much surpriseil that 
 they did not see what sh<- di<l. When they endeavored to calm 
 her, thinking on account of her great age she had fallen asleep 
 and had had a had dream. But she was firm in hei' statement 
 of what she saw, saying it was no di-eam, hut a reality. The 
 sequel proved, though strange as it may appear, that the old 
 hidy's statement or dream, if \<n\ will, was to transpire hut a 
 few days later, exactly as she had told them. 
 
 ANOTHER PECl'LIAR INCIDENT. 
 
 A famil\- lixing n^ai- the llapti>t < 'hurcli, seeing the cyclone 
 coming, made a.ll haste for the cellar. The entrance to the 
 latter was huilt in the old fashioii'Ml way a ti-ap-d<ior with an 
 iron rinu' suid< in the wood to raise it up. The family tle- 
 scended, with the exception <d" oiie young lady, who, when ahuul 
 to descend with them. I'emendiered something of value she 
 prized highly, and (piickly pi-ocuring the object she was in 
 search of. i'etui-iie(l to the cellar doer. This she fonnd shut 
 down so tight that the raisino- (,f it hy the ring was luyond her 
 strength to acconi|)lisli. She pulled and ])ulle(l, hut to no })nr- 
 pose. it resisted all her elfoi-|s. .\t last the tornado was upon 
 hei', sweeping the house away and. the young lady with it. Slie 
 was later extricated from the ruins in an nnconscitnis state. 
 But the strangest ]»art of the story is that she liad the iron ring 
 of tlie tra])-door hi'udy gras|)ed in her hand. I'rom llie ahove 
 fact, draw your own inferences. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 16 
 
 MR. JOHN SAKRISON. 
 
 .Mr. .Inliii Saki'ison of |)(ci- Park, a town on the Omaha, 
 ah(.\it twelve miles n<ii-th of IJichnionil. Iliis gentleman was 
 appointetl a memlx-i- of tlie I tiformatiuu ( 'ommittee, for the 
 purpose of making careful record of the actual condition, past 
 and present, of each famil\- that suffered los^ bj the cyclone, 
 ^^fr. Sakrison showed his good judgment and executive ability 
 in the records \\-hicli he made, and gave licneral satisfaction all 
 round. A brief sketch of this gentleman's home life might not 
 be irrelex'aut liei'e. Mi'. Sakrison married Miss Lena Fink, 
 cousin of ]\rr. II. W. Fink of Xew IJiclimond, a very amiable 
 lady, much loved by her friends and neighl)oi-s. Two children, 
 a bov and a girl, live to bless their home. 
 
 Hon. O. H. I.ngram, E.\u Cl.\ire. 
 
168 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 DEER PAKK. 
 
 Mr. T. A. Malum, general storekeeper of Deer Park, ^vas 
 among the first from outside to come to the assistance of the 
 stricken city of New Richmond. He kindly sought for those 
 witli whom he was acquainted, and offered his assistance in the 
 best possible manner. 
 
 One gentleman, who had lost everything in the cyclone, and 
 saved his life only by hair's breadth in his cellar, informed me 
 "that after three days and nights of hard work in a desultory 
 way for the afflicted of the town, he felt that a bath and change 
 of linen would be an improvement to his personal comfort." 
 But where and how M^as such a luxury to be obtained ? The 
 cyclone ran away with his own supply of linen. Wliere was 
 he to get more? ISTot a store was left in the fated city, and 
 money he had none. Just then he thought of Deer Park, a 
 town tAvelve miles distant, and good Mr. Malum. Putting his 
 thought in execution, he boarded a train for the little town, 
 and arrived safely at Mr. Malum's general store. Suffice to 
 say, before he left his toilet was made and his personal appear- 
 ance much improved. , "T Avas converted from a shabby cy- 
 cloner into a fashionable dude." 
 
 Mr. T. A. Malum rendered much valuable service in tliose 
 cyclone days, not only to the sufferers in his vicinity, but to 
 all who came within his reach. Thev.will not soon forget their 
 kind benefactor, Mr. T. A. Malum of Deer Park. 
 
 GRATEFUL THANKS TO GENERAL AND PARTICULAR BENE- 
 FACTORS WHO HELPED THE SUFFERERS IN THE TORNADO 
 OF JUNE 12TH, 1899. 
 
 Kind benefactors, we thank you — we thank you in general 
 and particular for all you have done for us ; for helping us to 
 raise up once more from out the ashes of our stricken city. 
 You all did so much for us — so very much, out of the gener- 
 osity of your hearts, which was of such vast, material help in 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 169 
 
 ouv hour of bitter need. Yet to our individual losses it seems 
 but a ''drop in the bucket." Such it has proved to the writer 
 of these few pages. Though for that drop she feels grateful. 
 I will therefore take this occasion to render my special thanks 
 to most particular benefactors of St. Paul. 
 
 ST. PAUL COMMERCIAL CLUB. 
 
 The first, most beneficial general benefactors, of whom the 
 majority of ISTew Richmond sufferers cannot speak but with 
 feelings of intense gratitude was that noble body of gentlemen, 
 the St. Paul Commercial Club. In the effective efforts of this 
 organization, the greatest amount of real assistance has been 
 accomplished with the least amount of money. The executive 
 ability, as shown throughout, by Mr. C. P. Stine, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Beardsley, etc., are most noteworthy. Such a man as Mr. C. 
 P. Stine is rare to find. This gentleman is by nature possessed 
 of most generous and kindly impulses. With these gifts of 
 the heart are combined a courtesy and thoughtfulness of man- 
 ner which is irresistible, thus placing at once the recipient of 
 favors at his ease, making the latter feel that he is rather con- 
 ferring a favor by receiving, than the former by bestowing. 
 Such is Secretary Stine of the St. Paul Commercial Club — well 
 adapted for the position he occupies. His conferres showed 
 their usual good sense and judgment in placing such a man in 
 the capacity of secretary of this most essential and thorough 
 organization — a bright example of the refinement and truly 
 Christian civilization of our illustrious American people. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. BEARDSLEY. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beardsley, co-workers of Mr. Stine of the 
 Commercial Club in the cyclone days, deserve a special recogni- 
 tion here for their faithful work in the cause of the sufferers. 
 The delicacy and tact with which they executed their mission 
 will not soon be forgotten by our people, especially those who 
 had the happiness of their acquaintance. We trust to greet 
 them under more favorable circumstances, and thank them for 
 their disinterested kindness. 
 
170 THE NEW RICHMOND rV(M>ONE. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. MEALEY. 
 
 .Mr. Mcalcv is one of St. I'liuTs most successful drv goods 
 mercliaiits — one wliose white liair tell-; the tale of close appli- 
 cation to l)usiness and nnremittini>' assiduity to all its details. 
 This <i'ent]('ni:ni. notwithstanding' a lifetime spent in the cares 
 of l)usines> and duty, is still in h:ii'iic>>. 'riic subject of my 
 pen, toii'ethei' with the co-o])erati(>n <d' lii> aniial>lc ami g'en- 
 erous M'ife, did much in an nimstcntat i<ius l»nl effective manner 
 in relieviiiii- the sntterers. i'he lady herselt took the train for 
 Xew Kichnmnil when the news of the terril)le catastrophe was 
 contifUKMl. Then. aft(U' viewini>' the dead at the ini[)rovised 
 m(»ri>ue to see if her friends were not amon<2; the u})turned, 
 silent faces, she renewed her search till she found them : hroti^'ht 
 one of the ladies back with her to St. Panl, clothed and enter- 
 taine(l her with every possible attention and kiiuliiess, knowing 
 M-ell there was no requital in this sul)dunary sphere, for the 
 j)i'cs(iit at least, for all the worldly possessions of her guest in 
 Tiichmond were scattered to the four winds of licaven by the 
 devastating cyclone. Such indi\iilmil knowledge of good 
 hearts tempts one to enter mot-c into .Ictail and describe, as 
 far as my feel)le ])en will ]»ei'mit, the inner life of such beau- 
 tiful characters. But not here. This book is but a summary 
 of the sad events of the cyclone. Sad, if you will. l)ut the 
 writer did not make them so. She would gladly have written 
 on a different theme — of prosperous, haj)py Xew iiichmond. 
 instead <>i' recording the horrors of the death-dealing tormido 
 of June li'th. 1S99. 
 
 PROFESSOR AND MRS. SIEP. 
 
 l*rofess(»r Siep of St. Paul, bookkeeper in the nlliees (d' 
 the Xoi-thern Pacific, was another IxMud'actor whose miuK! was 
 not recorded. lie and his clever, kind hearted wife did more 
 real good than man\- whose names and their Hgures appeared in 
 print. The |>rofessor is a university man of superioi' Mnropean 
 scholarship — as linguist, luathematician, etc. — yet withal sim- 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 171 
 
 ]ilc ill his tastes, and a real friend of liuinanirv in every pos- 
 sible way where his influence can extend. Happy in his home 
 life, with his beautiful and promising young son, his amiable 
 wife, and pleasant surroundings, Professor Siep is, compara- 
 li\-cly speaking, a iiKist hai)])y man. 
 
 MRS. STARKEY. 
 
 ]\lrs. Starkey, the efficient and attractive wife of Mr. Starkey 
 of F;ui([uier street, St. Paul, gave liberally to the \e\v Kicli- 
 jnond pe()i)le. 8h(» receives otir sincere thanks. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. SPATES. 
 
 Dr. P. W. Spates of St. Panl was among the first U> arrive 
 in the desolated city, to tender his services for the relief of the 
 sutl'erers. He sought old acquaintances, and was agreeably 
 disappointed that he did not find them among the dead or 
 wounded. The doctor remained all day, and gave substantial 
 aid in the form of a donation, to be disposed of at the discretion 
 of the recipients. 
 
 Dr. and ^frs. Spates (the latter a very amiable lady; a mem- 
 ber of the famous Schubert ( 'Inb, also an active worker in the 
 church to which she belongs, and a general favorite with all) 
 occupy a handsome residence, c(n-ner (y])rcss and Fau- 
 <|iiier streets. Their two fine children are in every respect 
 worthy of their parents. We hope to meet the good doctor 
 under more favorable circumstances. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. BINDER. 
 
 Dr. George Binder of St. Panl was ;il>o early in the tield, to 
 tcMider his services, and remained, ready for any emergency. 
 Dr. Pinder, so well known on Davton's Pilnfl'. where he has 
 ])racticed for manv years, and where his patients are legion, 
 is a ]»racti('al. energetic gentleman. His amiable, jittraetive 
 wife is a great favorite with all wlio know her personally. She 
 most thoughtful l--- befriended the sntferers of Xew Pichmoud, 
 who will not <o:ni foi-oct liood Mrs. Hinder. 
 
172 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 MISS AKERS. 
 
 Miss Akers of North street, St. Paul, is also grate- 
 fully remembered for her substantial aid. We sympathize 
 "with her in the recent loss of her esteemed father. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. VARNEY. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Varney of Park Kapids, whose very great 
 kindness will long be remembered. These good people, at the 
 time of the catastrophe, resided for the summer in St. Paul, 
 but returned to their pretty country home in Park Rapids, 
 Minn., Avhere they will permanently reside, to the regret of 
 many St. Paul friends, with M^hom they were always special 
 favorites. The sterling qualities of this lady and her husband 
 must be known to be appreciated. 
 
 GIFT OF BOOKS FROM MRS. HUBBARD. 
 
 The writer avails herself of the present to return thanks for 
 two boxes of books — the thoughtful gift of Mrs. Anna Davis 
 Hubbard, 93 Cambridge avenue, Macalester Park, St. Paul. 
 This gift is highly prized, for the cyclone made a clean sweep 
 of all libraries, both public and private, in ISTew Richmond, 
 which happened to lie in its devastating progress. The writer, 
 being one of the heaviest losers in this respect, has lost a well- 
 stocked library, containing some rare works in the vernacular, 
 and in also several foreign languages. The loss to the owner 
 means a total privation, as it is imposible for many of these 
 works to be replaced. Hence, the gift of books coming so soon 
 after the loss under such circumstances must be a real Godsend,, 
 and is duly appreciated. The donor, being a well-read lady 
 herself, as well as possessing many other attractive accomplish- 
 ments, has the advantage of residing in the midst of literary 
 neighbors, the park being the site of Macalester College ; hence 
 an appreciable refinement pervades the neighborhood. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 173 
 
 The Hubbard family consists of the parents, and three of 
 the sweetest, most attractive and prettiest young misses that one 
 could meet with in any country. The eldest, not yet out of her 
 teens, is of a gentle, modest, retiring nature, and, excuse me if I 
 say so, as beautiful as a dream. Her accomplishmients are 
 many. Among the latter cooking and housekeeping rank high. 
 I had the pleasure of testing a specimen of her culinary 
 ability at a luncheon tendered some esteemed friends and my- 
 self, after the cyclone, and I assure you it was above the ordi- 
 nary. This 3'oung lady, that evening, presented me with a 
 painted porcelain plate, her own work, as a beginning, as she 
 kindly termed it, for my new housekeeping. As you may 
 imagine, I prize my gift. The other two misses are models 
 after the same pattern, and most interesting little ladies. The 
 Hubbard home has many rural attractions, besides the above 
 referred to. With spacious grounds, shaded with beautiful 
 trees, open-air exercise being the fashion, one's life here is a 
 paradise. Then the attractions in the rear, or poultry yard. 
 There were incubators, and hundreds of little chicks running 
 about the yard, five splendid dogs, pet horses, and, to crown all, 
 the funniest, human-like monkey, with the most pleasing mon- 
 key expression on its humanish face I ever saw. The thought 
 struck me, as I watched its pranks, could there be anything in 
 the oft-reiterated Darwinian theory of the "Tost link ?" There 
 was food for reflection. The lateness of the hour compelled us 
 to withdraw from these attractions, and with reluctance we 
 parted from our amiable friends and boarded the car for the 
 city, thinking there were many pleasures in life, after all. 
 But then, alas ! my thoughts reverted but too soon to the terrible 
 scenes I had left behind in New Richmond, the mourning city. 
 What a change! 
 
17-t THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 ('OXCLl'SIOX. 
 
 Ill clt.siiiii the •ilistorv (if tlic 'l"ni'ii;i(l(.,'" June 12tli, 1S!H,>, 
 iheru ;ii'c niniiv ii,tci'c>i iiii; cxixTiciiccs I ;iiii obliged to omit, 
 either tliroiit>li iioii-:ic([ii;iiiit;iii<-c wiih the piirties coiieerned, or 
 iiiv inability, foi' olivicms reasons, to I'cacli lliciii, and lastly 
 the ('X])erieuces of many coming in too late for elassitication and 
 insei'tion. This state of things 1 sincerely regret; hut my 
 time heing liniiled and neces>ai'il\' devoted to carcd'ul research, 
 for I ha\'e Itd't nothing undone to obtain facts in every case. 
 Sometimes information would be given by ])ersons more or 
 less biased in .favor or against some particuhir pt-rsons or or- 
 ganizations. Suffice to say, the testimony (d' these 1 imariably 
 rejected, no matter how fascinating the recital woidd be to the 
 majority of my readers. Thit Avheii 1 olttained assurances of 
 such facts from sources on whom 1 could \-i'\\\ then I eagerly, 
 took possession of them, es}H'ci;illy when the >ame facts came 
 from a phirality of persons, who had nothing in common with 
 each other; then I was apt to arrive at just conclusions regard- 
 ing the matter in liand. Therefore, jn^t and trii(\ T trust, 
 will be the recital of the awful events herein coniaiiieil. at least 
 the pi'inci|)al events of the Avorkings of the cyclone, .lime 1:2th, 
 lM>!t. ji may ])ossihly contain a few eri'ovs. which was iieyond 
 my |tro\'ince to axcrl. l"i>r these, n\' coinx', I am ih'I respon- 
 sible. ( 'oiise(|iiently, 1 hope my readers will be lenient towards 
 me. wlii'n 1 l(dl iheiii I lia\(' written this book with the most 
 scriipiilon> impartiality, ^ix'ing honor and credit l<> whom if 
 was t\\U' : bringing to lii;|it for an example I^t other- to imi- 
 tate many <d ihe amiable '|ii;dilie~ of disposition and character 
 that I had indi vi<lnall\' remarkeil in persons whom oihers 
 seenied not to obser\-e, some <<( whom are still blesseil with lite, 
 whih- iiol a few are li'one l.i llieir etei'iial reward. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 175 
 
 AX INTERESTING INCIDENT TOO GOOD TO LEAVE OUT— HE 
 GAVE HIS ONLY DOLLAR— MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. 
 
 » 
 
 ■'Is the mayor iu?" asked a brigiit-lookiug little lad, as he 
 stood on his tip-toes and looked over the desk at Miss Kriedt, 
 the mayor's assistant secretary. 
 
 "Xo, he is not in jnst now; do you want to sec; him per- 
 sonally ^" 
 
 ''Yes, nm'am; I want to see him." 
 
 "'Is it anything I conld do for you V 
 
 "1 dou't know. I have a dollar that I have earned cleaning 
 bicycles, and I want to give it to the ])oor people at !Xew Rich- 
 mond, where the cyclone was." 
 
 ■'Well, yon are a good litle boy, indeed; and if yon think 
 you would like to send the poor people your dollar, I will take 
 it for you, and give it to the mayor." 
 
 "Yes, nni'am." And the little eight-year-old handed the 
 secretary his only dollar, the dollar ho had earned by cleaning- 
 bicycles. 
 
 ''Is there nothing you would rather do with your money 
 than to give it to the cyclone sufferers?" asked Miss Kriedt. 
 
 "Xo, ma'am; I thought at first I would put it in the bank, 
 and then I thought 1 would spend it, hut I decided it would 
 be better U) send it to the poor people who liaveu't any homes." 
 
 ''And will you tell me youi- uaiue?" 
 
 "Willie Scholtz." 
 
 "And where do you live, Willie?" 
 . "'I live at No. 2314 Xinth avenue south." 
 
 Then the little fellow went out of the may<n'''s office without 
 a ('(Mit of money, but his face looked radiantly happy. He 
 liad coiitriKutcd his mite for the sake of those who are suffering. 
 He felt tlic li;i|)|u'u('ss th:i1 always couies to him who performs 
 a generous deed — those who do all they can for their fellow 
 men. 
 
 Such beautiful examples are suliicic nt to convert a sordid 
 world. Tf oue eoidd follow the after career of Willie Scholtz 
 
176 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 it would seem a paradox if he did not become an extraordinarily 
 good man, and make his mark in whatever sphere of life he 
 may fill. It is refreshing to record such exemplary incidents 
 in this advanced stage of acquisitiveness! 
 
 A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF NEW RICHMOND. 
 
 In concluding my recital of the grewsome events contained 
 in the first part of this work, I do not think it would be irrele- 
 vant, for the benefit of my readers, to introduce a brief synopsis 
 of the history of our city. The site chosen for the future city 
 of iSTew Richmond was simply perfect, showing the good judg- 
 ment of the pioneers in those first days ; a level country, thickly 
 wooded Avith valuable and magnificent trees ; a never failing 
 river of pure water, flowing through the town, affording alike 
 benefits to the citizens as well as supplying water poAver for 
 the running of a flour mill, a saw mill, etc; a rich farming 
 country, wisely chosen by claimants of government grants, 
 taken up by the earlier settlers of the country, and now under 
 a high state of cultivation and a source of wealth. 
 
 Thus the farmers in course of time could conuna)id high 
 prices for their produce, especially during the good times, and 
 as a natural consequence they became independent and could 
 dictate their own terms. The next generation reaped the bene- 
 fit of the harvest sown by their fathers, and so on. This state 
 of things all told on tlio future of I^ew Richmond. It became 
 the chief center for the farmers to bring in their grain and ship 
 it by the railroads that passed through the place. Banks had 
 already been established for the business convenience of the 
 people. 
 
 Then the genious of Hon. O. W. Mosher, assemblyman, built 
 the first elevator in iSTew Richmond, wliich materially lessened 
 the cost of transportation for the farmer, and proved advan- 
 tageous to the grain merchant, Mr. O. W. Mosher being presi- 
 dent of the Northwestern Grain Company. Mr. J. E. Glover, 
 Jr., established a sawmill, employing a number of men during 
 the summer season. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 177 
 
 But other towns iu course of time sprang up around Now 
 Richmond. If they were nearer the farmers did not hesitate 
 to transfer their trade to them, to the detriment of the older 
 town. And as the people sfrew wealthy, they preferred city 
 wares and goods, for the Twin Cities were not far distant, and 
 they had a better selection, etc. All these changes injured 
 business in New Richmond. The few wealthy ones were in- 
 different. They liked New Richmond for the beauty of its 
 location; the magnificent trees; the calm serenity by which 
 they were surrounded and said among themselves, "This 
 is a lovely resident town ; we will abide here in 
 quiet and rest. We will keep out those noisy factor- 
 ies; they bring in such a rough element with them. 
 We will have it also a prohibition town. It will 
 save our young men," etc. Vain dreamers ! Accordingly, 
 pretty homes were built. But the old adage, I think, will fit in 
 well here, "Man proposes, but God disposes." Such it seemed 
 in course of time of a few years. The sons and daughters of 
 the medium class, as they finished school, were obliged to seek 
 other towns and cities to obtain employment. These towns and 
 cities were not prohobitionists. These towns and cities encour- 
 aged factories and industries, hence the employment given. 
 Cojitact with the "rough" element was unavoidable, but it 
 would be less dangerous for the youth to mix with it under the 
 watchful eyes of parents at home, and guarded by their sage 
 advice, than away from the parental roof, among strangers. 
 So it would have been to the advantage of the youth at home 
 to have the industries in their town. 
 
 But, again, this calm, beautiful New Richmond, this lovely 
 resident town, was soon to meet with one of those visitations of 
 nature which would almost instantaneously change the beauti- 
 ful resident town into a chaotic district of horror. "Man pro- 
 poses, but God disposes!" 
 
 In conclusion, thus let us all take warning by the past; let 
 us submit humbly to the will of our beneficent Redeemer, know- 
 ing that nothing happens witliout His permission for our souls' 
 
178 THE NEW RICIIMOXD CYCLONE. 
 
 greater iiuprovcineiit. It' the tonuulo uf June 12tb was sent 
 for a punishment, then let us take it as such, and thaiik the 
 Omnipotent Creator for sparing us here longer while others 
 A\'ere taken away, whose lives seemed so indispensable, so gentle 
 and kindly in their intercourse with others, shedding a halo of 
 ])eaee and gtxxl will amon^' brethren. For the latter it was a 
 blessing in disguise. Their short moment of amazed agony was 
 followed by joys that will ueA'er end. Row little we know of 
 the mysterious ways of God ! But for us who were left our 
 duly lies before us — to love God ami our neighbor as ourselves; 
 to work out our own salvation in this land of exile, and calmly 
 await the last call to a better life, where, in the words of St. 
 Paul, '^F.yc hath not seen, nor ear hath not hoard, nor the heart 
 of man cannot conceive the joys that await the blessed in 
 Heaven." 
 
 THE END. 
 
REPORT 
 
 . . OF 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
 
 APPOINTED TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR RELIEF OF 
 SUFFERERS BY THE 
 
 Cyclone at New Richmond, 
 
 WISCONSIN, 
 
 AND IN ST. CROIX, POLK AND BARRON COUNTIES, 
 • JUNE 12th, 1899. 
 
 HONORABLE EDWARD SCOFIELD, 
 
 GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, 
 January 30, 1900. 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 181 
 
 EXHIBIT A. 
 
 SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Cash received from United States, except Minnesota and 
 
 Wisconsin $4,752.55 
 
 Casli received from Minnesota 49,854.18 
 
 Cash received from Wisconsin 65,043.08 
 
 Cash received from parties whose addresses are unknown. . 262.31 
 
 Donations of lumber, brick, furniture, clothing and labor.. 16,547.70 
 
 Licenses, and sales of meals and refreshments 946.31 
 
 Total receipts $137,406.13 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Cash aid given to 76 persons to rebuild dwellings. $32,376.91 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . $750.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to 21 persons to repair dwellings. 2,52-2.59 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 400.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to 74 persons to refurnish dwell- 
 ings 7,908.54 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 300.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to 41 persons and firms to rebuild 
 
 stores 14,547.01 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 700.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to business men who did not own 
 
 store buildings 16,447.66 
 
 (Gi'eatest amount given to any one person.. 800.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to 23 cripples 6,525.27 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 850.00) 
 
 Cash aid given to property losses in the country — 
 
 To 47 persons in St. Croix county district. . . . 7,100.00 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 600.00) 
 To 78 persons in Polk and Barron county dis- 
 tricts 4,535.00 
 
 (Greatest amount given to any one person. . . 200.00) 
 
 Temporary relief, provisions 4,558.18 
 
 Temporary relief, shelter 758.55 
 
 Temporary relief, repairs made by committee. . . . 2,201.24 
 
 7,517.97 
 
 Outfitting (stoves, furniture and clothing) 9,603.18 
 
 Undertakers' bills 1,027.20 
 
 Hospital and doctors' bills for 123 patients 3,665.54 
 
 4,692.54 
 
182 THE N1<:\V lUCHAlOND CYCLONE. 
 
 City of New Rioliinond — 
 
 Bridge $1 .495.73 
 
 Tower 2,430.59 
 
 Power house 2.065.85 
 
 City schoools 2,024.05 
 
 Electric liglit 3,500.00 
 
 Miscellaneous 340.92 
 
 ?n.857.H 
 
 Clearing away debris 9.716.69 
 
 Administration expense 1,544.80 
 
 Balance on hand (to be paid to destitute parties 
 
 and to cover expense of report) 510.83 
 
 Total disbursements $137,406.13 
 
 EXHIBIT B. 
 
 STATEMENT OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF 
 
 CYCLONE SUFFERERS. 
 
 PROM THE I'NITRD STATICS (KXCB^PT MINNESOTA AND WIS- 
 CONSIN). 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 San Diego— S. H. Clough $10.00 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Chicago — Ben Bonsteht $3.00 
 
 M. J. Carpenter 10.00 
 
 Electric Appliance Co 5.00 
 
 F. D. Fuller 25.00 
 
 German-American Ins. Co 100.00 
 
 N. W. Harris 100.00 
 
 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co 100.00 
 
 Marshall, Field & Co 50.00 
 
 National Fire Ins. Co 200.00 
 
 W. J. Neahr & Co 5.00 
 
 H. H. Porter 100.00 
 
 Spaulding & Merrill 25.00 
 
 Harriet Z. Weeks 1.00 
 
 E. W. Wick ware 10.00 
 
 C. H. Morse 500.00 
 
 $1,234.00 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 Indianapolis — E. A. Atkins $99.85 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 183 
 
 IOWA. 
 
 Ashton— Bank of Ashton $12.00 
 
 Dubuque— W. H. Day 100.00 
 
 Fayette— W. A. Hoyt 10.00 
 
 Kenoitt — Chas. K. Lackerson 5.00 
 
 Milford— C. Forstenson & Co 1.00 
 
 MIC'HIGAX. 
 
 Detroit — W. H. E. Emerson $5.00 
 
 Ironwood — Andy Monahan 1.00 
 
 Kalamazoo — Citizens $75.00 
 
 Cliildren 2.00 
 
 77.00 
 
 Sturgeon River— H. J. Thenstan 4.00 
 
 Ypsilanti— D. M. Summivan 30.00 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 Fulton — A. C. McManaway $1.00 
 
 Nevada — Check 50.00 
 
 St. Louis— H. F. McCune $5.00 
 
 Grand Lodge Elks' Convention . . 500.00 
 
 Post Dispatch 72.00 
 
 577.00 
 
 NORTH DAKOTA. 
 
 Aldin — T. G. Pyal $1.00 
 
 Church's Ferry— Citizens 106.50 
 
 Fairmont — M. W. Ballard 5.00 
 
 Fargo — City Council $500.00 
 
 Citizens 509.00 
 
 1.009.00 
 
 Gilby — Modern Woodmen 3.00 
 
 Grand Forks— J. W. Scott 5.00 
 
 Oakes — Mrs. Nichols and others 2.25 
 
 H. S. Nichols 1.50 
 
 3.75 
 
 Tov.-er City— Citizens 26.00 
 
 $128.00 
 
 $117.00 
 
 $628.00 
 
 MONTANA. 
 
 Butte— Senator W. A. Clark $500.00 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Brooklyn— Oscar Pfeiffer $25.00 
 
 Irvington — Helen M. Gould 250.00 
 
 New York City — Cappell, Maitland Co 250.00 
 
 $525.00 
 
 $1,159.25 
 
184- THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. ' 
 
 Alleghany — W. J. Jameson $5.00 
 
 Pittsburg— W. S. Kinnell 10.00 
 
 Pittsfield— W. T. Dalrymple 25.00 
 
 Philadelphia — Franklin Sugar Refining Co 25.00 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 Newport — Sarah M. Pratt 
 
 SOUTH DAKOTA. 
 
 Brookings — Brookings Land & Trust Co $5.00 
 
 Elkhorn— Citizens 20.60 
 
 Sioux Falls — Citizens ' 84.85 
 
 White Rock— N. N. Powell 10.00 
 
 VERMONT. 
 Barre — McMillan & Stephens 
 
 WASHINGTON. 
 
 Sprague — A friend 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 Cash $10.00 
 
 H. A. Taylor 100.00 
 
 U. S. Treasury Department 30.00 
 
 Total from United States (except Minn, and Wis.) .... 
 
 CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MINNESOTA. 
 
 Alexandria — Citizens 
 
 Austin — Citizens $68.00 
 
 Dr. A. M. Lewis 10.00 
 
 Benson — Citizens 
 
 Blaine — Farmers 
 
 Blue Earth City— D. S. Hall $100.00 
 
 Ball game 64.75 
 
 $65.00 
 
 $20.00 
 
 $120.45 
 
 $5.00 
 
 $1.00 
 
 $140.00 
 
 1,752.55 
 
 $268.95 
 
 78.00 
 
 115.00 
 
 10.75 
 
 164.75 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 185 
 
 Brainercl — Citizens $212.25 
 
 Brownton— I. O. 0. F 10.50 
 
 Cannon Falls— Citizens 91-00 
 
 Chaska — Moravian congregation 17.02 
 
 Cold Springs— Citizens 100.85 
 
 Cordova— Wm. Mohler 13.00 
 
 Cottage Grove — Citizens $114.65 
 
 John Zech 2.00 
 
 Duliith— M. N. Berg $2.00 
 
 John G. Brown 25.00 
 
 B. P. Crane 25.00 
 
 Johnson & Moe 15.00 
 
 Judge Moer 5.00 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Pettibone : . . . 2.00 
 
 Readers Skandinaven 4.03 
 
 Readers Skandinaven 7.32 
 
 116.65 
 
 85.35 
 
 Dundee— Camp M. W. A $5.00 
 
 I. O. 0. F 5.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 Dodge Center — Citizens 45.45 
 
 Echo— Citizens $53.25 
 
 M. W. Harris 25.00 
 
 78.25 
 
 Fairfax — Citizens 36.05 
 
 Fairmont — Citizens $16.00 
 
 Citizens 35.00 
 
 Science church 19.10 
 
 70.10 
 
 Faribault — Minnesota School for Feeble Minded.. 42.20 
 
 Farmington — Citizens 176. #0 
 
 Fergus Falls— Steve Buhler 5.00 
 
 Frazer — State Bank 1.00 
 
 Hamilton — Merryman Co 25.00 
 
 Hancock — Citizens 25.75 
 
 Harris— Ladies' Guild 25.00 
 
 Hibbing — Village council 10.00 
 
 Hutchinson— Citizens 100.00 
 
 Kasota — Citizens 60.70 
 
 Lake City— Citizens $150.00 
 
 J. Manning 25.00 
 
 175.00 
 
 Lake Crystal — Maggie Wood 1.00 
 
 Lakeport — Citizens 25.50 
 
 Lamberton — Citizens ' $50.00 
 
 German Lutheran church 16.75 
 
 66.75 
 
186 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Le Roy — Citizens $39.75 
 
 Le Siieur — Catholic church $9.00 
 
 Citizens 130. Id 
 
 139.10 
 
 Litchfield— Mayor 100.00 
 
 Little Falls— Citizens 200.00 
 
 Luverne — Citizens 113.30 
 
 Lyle — Citizens 41.75 
 
 Madelia — Citizens 126.20 
 
 Mankato — Citizens $4.00 
 
 Directors National City Bank 33.00 
 
 Fire Department 50.00 
 
 87.00 
 
 Mapleton — Citizens 92.22 
 
 Marine — Citizens 48.00 
 
 Melrose — Treasurer 50.00 
 
 Merriam Park — C. F. Fitzgerald 1.00 
 
 Minneapolis — A. H. Adams $2.00 
 
 Base ball game 348.80 
 
 N. H. Bell 1.00 
 
 W. S. Benton 50.00 
 
 Board of Trade 2,700.00 
 
 Champlin Camp No. 10. W. of World 10.00 
 
 Citizens 4,800.00 
 
 Citizens 774.02 
 
 C. A. Couch 1.00 
 
 Crystal Lodge 28.85 
 
 F. H. Davis 10.00 
 
 W. T. Decker 5.00 
 
 Elks' ball game 355.25 
 
 First Unitarian Church 17.01 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Abner Harkness 5.00 
 
 A. C. Heck, Mgr 5.00 
 
 W. C. Hullson 5.00 
 
 International Food Co 25.00 
 
 E. B. .Johnson . 2.00 
 
 L. H. .Johnson 10.00 
 
 .Jobbers 1,800.00 
 
 .Journal 144.55 
 
 .Journal and others 460.05 
 
 Journal list 213.39 
 
 Jjctter Carriers, Branch No. 9 42.50 
 
 Lillibridge, Bremner Co 10.00 
 
 Lumbermen 1,371.00 
 
 C. M. McCoy 5.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 187 
 
 Minneapolis — (Confd) : 
 
 Minnesota State Band 
 
 Miss. Valley Lumberman's list 
 
 Minneapolis Plow Works 
 
 Minneapolis Produce Exchange 
 
 Mt. Sinai Com. Knights of Malta. . . . 
 
 .1. B. Nelson 
 
 N. W. Nat. Bank employes 
 
 T. C. Paine, Agent Soo Line 
 
 J. W. Pray 
 
 W. A. Ramsey 
 
 Retail Grocers' Association 
 
 Royal Arcanum, Minnehaha Council. 
 
 John J. Ross 
 
 S. B. Sarles 
 
 Caroline Sewell 
 
 J. S. Sherrill 
 
 R. AV. Schimmel 
 
 J. L. Smith 
 
 Armstrong Taylor 
 
 Times lists 
 
 Tribune lists 
 
 H. A. Tuttle, Mgr 
 
 C. P. Walton 
 
 H. K. Weatherby 
 
 C. E. Williams 
 
 L. D. Williams 
 
 Monticello — W. S. Demelle. . . . 
 
 Morris — Citizens 
 
 Mountain Lake — Frank Balzer 
 J. D. Schroder 
 
 New Auburn — G. A. R 
 
 Samuel L. McNeil. 
 
 New Paynesville — Citizens . 
 Chons Lodge 
 
 $448.1.^) 
 
 .55.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 40.00 
 
 11.15 
 
 3.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 15.00 
 
 1.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.90 
 
 1.50 
 
 5.00 
 
 1.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 181.50 
 
 231.28 
 
 5.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 $1.00 
 1.00 
 
 $10.00 
 5.00 
 
 $33.50 
 12.10 
 
 New Prague — Citizens $159.75 
 
 Karl Bros 5.00 
 
 New Prague Flouring Mill Co 50.00 
 
 New Richland — P. 0. Sunde. 
 
 New Ulm — B. H. Johnson. . . . 
 
 Mayor 
 
 $25.00 
 200.00 
 
 $14, 
 
 415.90 
 
 25.00 
 
 159.31 
 
 2.00 
 
 15.00 
 
 45.60 
 
 214.75 
 10.00 
 
 225.00 
 
188 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 North Branch— H. Matthews $100.00 
 
 Norwood — Citizens 42.75 
 
 Owatonna — J. W. Crane 1.00 
 
 Palmyra and Hector — Lutheran Churches 100.91 
 
 Pennock — Swedish Mission Church 6.80 
 
 Pipestone— G. W. Nash 17.00 
 
 Plainview — Citizens 58.00 
 
 Preneborg — Dutch Reform Church 32.25 
 
 Red Wing— Citizens $564.00 
 
 Geo. F. Cogl 10.00 
 
 574.00 
 
 Redwood Falls— Citizens 80.25 
 
 Renville — Citizens 53.00 
 
 Rochester — Base Ball Game $9.00 
 
 Citizens 500.00 
 
 M. Heffron 10.00 
 
 519.00 
 
 Rosemount — Citizens 00.00 
 
 St. Charles— N. Kiefer 50.25 
 
 St. Cloud— City Council $500.00 
 
 Modern Woodmen 15.00 
 
 Women's Auxilliarv 380.87 
 
 895.87 
 
 St. James— Citizens 200.00 
 
 St. Paul— L. S. Armstrong $5.00 
 
 O. O. Bergman & Co 15 00 
 
 Francis B. Clarke 100.00 
 
 Mary Collins .50 
 
 Mrs. John Churchill .50 
 
 City Council list 797.10 
 
 City Comptroller's ]i?t 4 rfi'.;:! 
 
 T. J. Edwards 10.00 
 
 G. F. Gifford 10.00 
 
 Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., St. Paul Conv. . . 100.00 
 
 ' James J. Hill 2,500.00 
 
 Junior Pioneer Association 50.00 
 
 Jobbers' Union — 
 
 Abbott Bros $25.00 
 
 J. M. Bach & Bro 10.00 
 
 P. C. Bisbee 5.00 
 
 Cash 1.50 
 
 Employes of Gordon & Ferguson 10.50 
 
 L. Epstein & Son 10.00 
 
 Farwell, O., K. & Co 250.00 
 
 Finch, Van S., Y. & Co 250.00 
 
 Fonda & Peterson 10.00 
 
 Foot, Schultz & Co 100.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 189 
 
 St. Paul— Jobbers' Union (Cont'd) : 
 
 Otto Gersting 5^.00 
 
 C. Gotzian & Co 250.00 
 
 Gordon & Ferguson 250.00 
 
 J. W. Griggs 5.00 
 
 J. H. Allen & Co 500.00 
 
 Geo. Benz & Sons 100.00 
 
 Brown, Treacy & Co 25.00 
 
 W. J. Dyer & Bro 25.00 
 
 Griggs, Cooper & Co 250.00 
 
 C. R. Groff & Co 25.00 
 
 Guiterman Bros 100.00 
 
 P. R. L. Hardenburgh Co 50.00 
 
 C. W. Hackett Hardware Co 100.00 
 
 Hart & Murphy 10.00 
 
 Kellogg, Johnson & Co 100.00 
 
 Kerwin & Melady 25.00 
 
 Koehler & Hinrichs 25.00 
 
 W. H. Konantz 10.00 
 
 Adolph Lando 5.00 
 
 Lanpher, Finch & S 250.00 
 
 Lindeke, Warner & S 250.00 
 
 J. Mathies 5.00 
 
 Nicols & Dean 100.00 
 
 North Star Candy Factory 5.00 
 
 Northwestern Lime Co 25.00 
 
 Noyes Bros. & Cutler 250.00 
 
 Ogden, Merrill & Greer 50.00 
 
 L. P. Ordway 25.00 
 
 McKibben & Co 100.00 
 
 Powers Dry Goods Co 250.00 
 
 Price & Bobbins 25.00 
 
 J. H. Roach & Co 15.00 
 
 Ryan Drug Co 10.00 
 
 St. Paul Lime & Cement Co 5.00 
 
 St. Paul Rubber Co 25.00 
 
 St. Paul Stove Works 40.00 
 
 Seabury & Co 100.00 
 
 G. Sommers & Co 100.00 
 
 Sternberg & Gottschall 25.00 
 
 Scheffer & Rossum 50.00 
 
 Tarbox, Schlick & Co 50.00 
 
 Towle Syrup Co 25.00 
 
 S. Weise & Co 10.00 
 
 Western Land Co 25.00 
 
 M. C. Tuttle 5.00 
 
190 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 St. Paul — .lohher.s" Union (Cont'd): 
 
 Western Supply Co $25.00 
 
 Union Mattress Co 25.00 
 
 L. L. May & Co 10.00 
 
 Wm. McMurray & Co 50.00 
 
 McCormick, Behnke & Co 50.00 
 
 H. G. Neal 50.00 
 
 $4,517.00 
 
 Mannheimer Bros 100.00 
 
 Omaha Railway 3,743.37 
 
 Pioneer Press list 6,402.67 
 
 Red Cross Society 306.85 
 
 D. C. Shepard 1,000.00 
 
 Standard Oil Co 100.00 
 
 P. Stoltz .50 
 
 Teachers 239.25 
 
 Teachers' Association 12.00 
 
 G. S. Wieseman 10.00 
 
 Thos. Wilson 50.00 
 
 H. M. Youmans 2.00 
 
 St. Peter— Citizens $243.75 
 
 .James Mason 1.50 
 
 Royal Arch Masons 25.00 
 
 $24,771.47 
 
 270.25 
 
 St. Thomas— Catholic Church 10.00 
 
 Slayton— B. Weed 10.00 
 
 Sleepy Eye — Citizens 100.00 
 
 Stillwater— Relief Fund: 
 
 Main and Water streets north of 
 
 Chestnut $463.25 
 
 Main and Water streets south of 
 
 Chestnut 364.50 
 
 West of Main street 259.35 
 
 Wm. Sauntry 300.00 
 
 Wm. Sauntry rafting employes. . . . 85.75 
 
 St. Croix Lumber Co 150.00 
 
 St. Croix Lumber Co. employes... 223.00 
 
 East Side Lumber Co 100.00 
 
 E. Side Lbr. Co. officers and emp. 184.75 
 
 R. W. Turnbull & Son 100.00 
 
 R. W. Turnbull & Son employes... 175.00 
 
 St. Croix Boom Co. employes 264.60 
 
 Hersey Lumber Co 50.00 
 
 Hersey Lumber Co. employes.... 95.75 
 
 First National Bank 100.00 
 
 First Nat. Bank, officers and emp. 35.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 191 
 
 Stillwater— Relief Fund (Cont'd): 
 
 Minnesota Moicantile Co $1UU.0U 
 
 Minn. Mectl. Co. officers and emp. . 20.00 
 
 Staples-AUee Mill Co 35.00 
 
 Staples-Allee Mill Co. employes... 61.25 
 
 Stillwater Mfg. Co 35.00 
 
 Stillwater Mfg. Co. employes 39.50 
 
 Hersey & Bean, office 80.00 
 
 State Prison, officers and guards 64.00 
 Minn. Thr. Mfg. Co., officers and 
 
 employes 61.00 
 
 Lumbermen's National Bank 50.00 
 
 Lumbermen's Nat'l Bank emp... 10.00 
 
 Court House 30.00 
 
 Gazette's list 64.00 
 
 Mosier's list .' 32.00 
 
 Never's dam employes 25.50 
 
 Oak Park 26.10 
 
 South Stillwater 26.90 
 
 Ladies' Social Circle 25.00 
 
 Stillwater Red Cross Aid 10.00 
 
 American Express Co. (rebate).. 5.00 
 
 Unclassified 80.50 
 
 Proceeds of entertainments: 
 
 The Grecian Princess 222.90 
 
 Epworth League 55.00 
 
 O'Donnell Orchestra 45.00 
 
 Red Rose and Tiger Lily 17.05 
 
 Festival, Miss McRae and others 11.50 
 
 Catholic Order Foresters 25.00 
 
 Modern Woodmen 25.00 
 
 Odd Fellows 25.00 
 
 Baptist Church 20.00 
 
 J. G. Brown 25.00 
 
 Total cash contributions. .. .$4,303.15 
 Deduct cash paid for labor, lum- 
 V)er and supplies for New Rich- 
 mond (See Exhibit "C") 2,104.14 
 
 $2,199.01 
 
 Relief fund, additional 140.32 
 
 Samuel McClure 50.00 
 
 $2,389.33 
 
 South Stillwater — Ind. Order of Foresters 10.00 
 
 Taylor's Falls— T. K. Shandard $10.00 
 
 Smith Ellison 100.00 
 
 110.00 
 
192 
 
 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Ulm— C. Paulsen 
 
 Villard — Citizens 
 
 Wabasha — Walmsha Roller Mills Co 
 
 Wadena — Citizens 
 
 Wasioga, Town — Citizens 
 
 Waterville — Modern Woodmen 
 
 Wells — Business men $60.50 
 
 Citizens 2.00 
 
 West Concord — E. A. Bardon 
 
 Windom— Citizens $22.10 
 
 Figi Club 58.00 
 
 John Hubbard 5.00 
 
 D. N. Weed 5.00 
 
 Winona — Winona Lumber Co $50.00 
 
 Empire Lumber Co 150.00 
 
 Laird, Norton & Co 100.00 
 
 Winnebago City — Star Light & Rebekah Lodge. . . . 
 Worthington — Citizens 
 
 Total cash contributions from Minnesota.... 
 
 $30.00 
 76.00 
 50.00 
 
 125.75 
 
 25.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 G2.50 
 1.00 
 
 90.10 
 
 300.00 
 
 60.00 
 
 153.00 
 
 $49,854.18 
 
 CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WISCONSIN. 
 
 Akan. Town — Citizens 
 
 Almond — F. .1. Frost and neighbors " 
 
 Alden— Citizens 
 
 AUentown — Citizens 
 
 Alma Center^ — A farmer 
 
 Altoona — Citizens 
 
 Amboy — Citizens 
 
 Amery — Village of 
 
 Amherst — Citizens 
 
 Antigo — Citizens 
 
 Appleton — Citizens $780.00 
 
 A. W. Patten 200.00 
 
 A. .J. Pederson 1 0.00 
 
 .1. Ryan 2.50 
 
 Arcadia — Business Men's Association $35.00 
 
 M. P. Massuel 1 0.00 
 
 .las. Wedland 1.00 
 
 $18.70 
 
 27.00 
 
 13.00 
 
 17.00 
 
 11.25 
 
 38.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 300.00 
 
 110.75 
 
 145.50 
 
 992.50 
 
 4r>.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 193 
 
 Arkansaw — Citizens $30.00 
 
 Armstrong Creek — P. Shay 5.00 
 
 Ashland— T. Bardon and others $600.00 
 
 D. E. Richter, collection on Ry. Ex. train. 50.30 
 
 650.30 
 
 Ashland Junction 3.25 
 
 Athens— Citizens 60.00 
 
 Augusta — Citizens 286.60 
 
 Baldwin— Citizens $205.50 
 
 J. Norman 2.00 
 
 207.50 
 
 Balsam Lake — Citizens 56.00 
 
 Baraboo— Citizens $327.35 
 
 Commercial club 20.00 
 
 Employes C. & N. W. Ry. shops 21.50 
 
 368.85 
 
 Baraboo— Town 18.35 
 
 Barron— Citizens $100.00 
 
 Ladies' Mite Society 25.00 
 
 125.00 
 
 Bayfield— Order Eastern Star 55.00 
 
 Isaac H. Wing 500.00 
 
 555.00 
 
 Beaver Dam — Citizens 200.00 
 
 Beloit — Citizens $205.00 
 
 Rosenblatt & Son 10.00 
 
 215.00 
 
 Berlin— Citizens 226.50 
 
 Beuna Vista, Town — Citizens 89.90 
 
 Birnamwood — H. Kuckuck $2.00 
 
 Van Doren & Andrews. 10.00 
 
 . • — 12.00 
 
 Black River Falls — Citizens 261.00 
 
 Bioom. Township — Citizens 54.30 
 
 Bloomer— Citizens 53.25 
 
 Boanlman — Mrs. .Jane Cashman $0.50 
 
 Lincoln Henry 1.00 
 
 1.50 
 
 Borth— A. Borth 13.00 
 
 Boscobel — Citizens 40.00 
 
 Boyceville — Wm. G. Morley 16.31 
 
 Boyd — Citizens of 128.20 
 
 Bristol — Citizens 15.00 
 
 Broadhead— City of 67.50 
 
 Brookfield — Methodist Episcopal Church 6.00 
 
 Brothertown — Citizens 5.00 
 
 Burkhardt — Citizens 73.00 
 
194 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Butternut — Paul Kanieberg $43.00 
 
 Cadot— Harper & Uehough 3.90 
 
 Cady, Town— Citizens 39.28 
 
 Calamus, Township — Citizens o9.4o 
 
 Cambria — Citizens 95.00 
 
 Carrollton — Fred Hassick 10.00 
 
 Cascade — Citizens 15.86 
 
 Cedar Falls— Subscription 50.30 
 
 Cedar Grove — Citizens 100.00 
 
 Centraila — I.,adies' Aid Society 10.00 
 
 Chilton — Citizens $107.00 
 
 Base ball 158.20 
 
 265.20 
 
 Chippewa Falls — Rev. K. Behrends $16.50 
 
 Citizens 890.74 
 
 A. B. McDonald 246.85 
 
 R. D. Marshall 25.00 
 
 1,179.09 
 
 Clark County— A. Shaver 1.00 
 
 Clintonville— T. T. Tolkin 168.52 
 
 Cylman, Township — Citizens 32.25 
 
 Colby — Citizens $67.11 
 
 Relief Corps 10.00 
 
 77.11 
 
 Cold Spring, Township — Citizens 65.10 
 
 Colfax— O. G. Kinney 102.00 
 
 Columbia — Welsh Church 6.50 
 
 Columbus — Citizens !f1.(i(t 
 
 O. Sanderson 1.00 
 
 Cumberland— Citizens $648.22 
 
 Andrew Stall and others 29.00 
 
 101.0* 
 
 677.22 
 
 Cylon — Sidney Hawksford $1.00 
 
 T. .1. Lee 5.00 
 
 6.00 
 
 Dane County — Citizens 139.58 
 
 Darlington— Citizens 102.00 
 
 Dayton — Citizens 31.85 
 
 Deerfield — Citizens 89.85 
 
 Deer Park— Otto Neitge $1.00 
 
 Ed. Sakrison 10.00 
 
 .John Sakrison 10.00 
 
 21.00 
 
 DePere— Titzlaff & Co 2.50 
 
 Downing— A. H. McCabe $10.00 
 
 .1. E. Trigg 5.00 
 
 $15.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 195 
 
 Douglas — Presbyterian Church $6.56 
 
 Durand — Citizens 275.50 
 
 Eau Claire — Olive Allen $1.00 
 
 A. A. Cutter 25.00 
 
 Citizens $843.45 
 
 Red Cross Society 264.00 
 
 $1,107.45 
 (Deduct cash paid for supplies and 
 labor for New Richmond, see 
 
 Exhibit "C") 437.74 
 
 669.71 
 
 Eau Claire Light & Power Co 25.00 
 
 Elks 50.00 
 
 Fourth of July Boxes 6.23 
 
 Albert Gunderson 5.00 
 
 0. H. Ingram 500.00 
 
 C. W. Lockwood 25.00 
 
 Mrs. Mary Carson McGrath 100.00 
 
 Alex. Meggett lO.OO 
 
 Wm. J. Starr 25.00 
 
 G. Walker 5.00 
 
 L. L. Williams 33.00 
 
 — 1,479.94 
 
 Eau Galle— Citizens 2.75 
 
 Edgerton — Citizens 156.00 
 
 Elba— Citizens 30.00 
 
 Elk Grove— District No. 8 13.00 
 
 Elkhorn — Citizens 213.50 
 
 Ellsworth— Citizens $128.25 
 
 A. Combacker 25.00 
 
 153.25 
 
 Elroy — Citizens 102.85 
 
 Erin — D. Reddin and others 210.55 
 
 Fairfield, Town — Citizens 29.80 
 
 Fall River — Camp Royal Neighbors $10.00 
 
 Columbia Camp, M. W. A 20.00 
 
 Citizens 23.00 
 
 53.00 
 
 Fennimore — H. H. Earl 1.00 
 
 Fond du Lac — Citizens $150.25 
 
 Mayor 217.00 
 
 Fort Atkinson — Citizens $131.25 
 
 German M. E. Church 5*00 
 
 367.25 
 
 136.25 
 
196 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Fountain City — Gate receipts $3.70 
 
 Fox Lake— D. J. Hotchkiss list 118.00 
 
 J. L. Townsend 10.00 
 
 28.00 
 
 Fox Lake. Town — Citizens 8.88 
 
 Freedom, Town — Citizens 37.45 
 
 Freeman, Village — Citizens 6.50 
 
 Galesville— Citizens 85.25 
 
 Glen Haven — Citizens 19.00 
 
 Glenwood — Citizens 211.95 
 
 Gotham — Citizens 41.75 
 
 Grand Rapids — Mayor 63.00 
 
 Grantsburg — Citizens 77.25 
 
 Green Bay — Citizens $194.00 
 
 Employes Green Bay & W. Ry 108.50 
 
 Geo. J. Greene 50.00 
 
 G. Kustermann 5.00 
 
 — 357.50 
 
 Green County — County Board 500.00 
 
 Hammond— Village $400.00 
 
 L. W. Gilbert 1.00 
 
 L. O. Hanson 1.00 
 
 Hartford— Citizens $150.75 
 
 German Lutheran Church 5.00 
 
 402.00 
 
 155.75 
 
 Hartland— Citizens $27.50 
 
 Spaulding picnic 15.00 
 
 Sunday School 3.04 
 
 45.54 
 
 Hayward — Citizens 552.30 
 
 Helvetia— J. H. Leuthold 5.00 
 
 Herman — Citizens 72.75 
 
 Hersey — Women's Relief Corps 11.45 
 
 Hilbert— Mary McMullen 100 
 
 Holland — Citizens 79.66 
 
 Hope, Township — Citizens 26.00 
 
 Hortonville— C. H. Baake 32.30 
 
 Hudson— J. R. Agnew $10.00 
 
 L. Ainsley 10.00 
 
 O. W. Arnquist 25.00 
 
 H. C. Baker 50.00 
 
 Chas. Bradley 10.00 
 
 N. C. Bradley 15.00 
 
 W. J. Baxter 15.00 
 
 Allen Beggs 10.00 
 
 Samuel Beggs 5.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 197 
 
 Hudson — I Conid » : 
 
 G. W. Bell $15.00 
 
 P. Q. Boyden 10.00 
 
 Bunker Picture Fund 11.00 
 
 S. W. Campbell 100.00 
 
 F. J. Carr. Vefnle Mac excursion 9.10 
 
 .T. A. Chinnock 5.00 
 
 J. E. Corbally 5.00 
 
 H. Cuddebach and others 10.00 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Egbert 5.00 
 
 Mrs. Isaac Flett 5.00 
 
 J. A. Frear 25.00 
 
 E. E. Getchell 10.00 
 
 L. G. Greene 10.00 
 
 Jas. Haddow 5.00 
 
 W. A. Hall 10.00 
 
 D. E. Hanna 5.00 
 
 E. W. Helms 50.00 
 
 Henry Hemzel 2.00 
 
 E. B. Heritage 5.00 
 
 John Hodgins 2.00 
 
 D. Hoffman 9-63 
 
 C. E. Holden 3.72 
 
 0. W. Holmes 2.00 
 
 Z. G. Holmes and pupils 70.55 
 
 D. Humbird 50.00 
 
 H. L. Humphrey 50.00 
 
 H. K. Huntoon 10.00 
 
 A. E. Jefferson 100.00 
 
 Jerome B. Jones 15.00 
 
 Mrs. Kastor -75 
 
 M. Kelly 3.00 
 
 Peter Knaft 2.00 
 
 M. Knapp 3.00 
 
 Geo. Martin 25.00 
 
 E. F. Oliver 100 
 
 Louis Ostby 5.00 
 
 C. W. Porter 100.00 
 
 Rebekah Lodge 42.60 
 
 C. A. Sampson 5.00 
 
 Carrie Silliman 5.00 
 
 W. H. Thorn 3.12 
 
 Jas. Walker 20.00 
 
 Wm. Whewill 5.00 
 
 L. C. Wilcox 2.00 
 
198 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Hudson — (Cont'd » : 
 
 J. H. Winginder $5.00 
 
 W. C. T. U 25.00 
 
 Chas. Young 5.00 
 
 T. F. Young 1 5.00 
 
 Pauline Yoerg .' 25.00 
 
 City of Hudson 16.25 
 
 $1,073.72 
 
 Hurley — Citizens 105.75 
 
 Independence — Base ball $45.00 
 
 Citizens 21.73 
 
 66.73 
 
 Ida— Citizens 19.15 
 
 Iron River— Citizens $75.00 
 
 Employes Lea-Ingram Lumber Co 109.19 
 
 184.19 
 
 Janesville — Citizens $95.60 
 
 C. P. Jacobs 2.00 
 
 Mayor 138.00 
 
 235.60 
 
 Jefferson — Citizens 265.40 
 
 Jefferson County — County Supervisors 1.252.45 
 
 Jensen — Welling Bros 1.00 
 
 Johnson's Creek— Y. P. S. C. E 7.50 
 
 Juneau— Base ball $189.00 
 
 Citizens 65.25 
 
 Chas. Christiansen 5.00 
 
 258.25 
 
 Kaukauna — Citizens 115.25 
 
 Kendall — Citizens 57.65 
 
 Kenosha — Evening News $60.00 
 
 News Fund 517.25 
 
 577.25 
 
 Kiel— Citizens 50.00 
 
 Kinnickinnic — Ladies' Aid Society 24.30 
 
 Knapp— Citizens 126.19 
 
 La Crosse — Citizens $465.00 
 
 Deaf and Duml) School 15.75 
 
 Mayor 800.00 
 
 Mary B. Quigley 5.00 
 
 1.285.75 
 
 La Crosse County — County Hoard 500.00 
 
 La Fayette, Town — Citizens 2.25 
 
 La Fayette County — School distiicts 798.57 
 
 Lake Geneva — Citizens 103.50 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 199 
 
 Lancaster— Citizens $272.35 
 
 La Valle— Citizens $100 
 
 Klett 100 
 
 ^ 2.00 
 
 Lebanon, Town — Citizens 128.65 
 
 Leeds— Congregational Church 32;00 
 
 Lenovia — Epworth League -^^ 
 
 Lima, Town — Citizens 25.25 
 
 Little Falls— Citizens $28.50 
 
 O.S.Lee 1-00 „„ ^^ 
 
 29.50 
 
 Lodi— Mrs. P. Richards 2.00 
 
 Lincoln, Town— P. N. Christianson, Chairman 100 
 
 Lomira, Town — Citizens 92.72 
 
 Lone Rock — Village .• 8.25 
 
 Lowell, Village — Citizens 13.75 
 
 Lusk— Citizens 91-00 
 
 Madison — American Thresherman $25.00 
 
 Base ball game 126.90 
 
 C. V. Bardeen : 10.00 
 
 C. Bliss 100 
 
 Citizens 1,473.27 ' 
 
 Governor Scofleld 100.00 
 
 City Council 200.00 
 
 Judge E. Dodge 25.00 
 
 1,961.17 
 
 Magnate, Rock County— Citizens 27.40 
 
 Maiden Rock — Beverly White 5.00 
 
 Manitowoc — Citizens 308.10 
 
 Marinette — Citizens $76.00 
 
 Collected by Chief of Police 65.50 
 
 Columbia Hive No. 4 14.37 
 
 Chas. Gerhauser 1.00 
 
 S. Goodman 2.00 
 
 Theo. H. Hebbeck Co 50.00 
 
 Laureman Bros 76.63 
 
 Merryman & Co 135.00 
 
 • Menomonie Boom Co 300.00 
 
 A. P. Scheldt & Bro 10.00 
 
 Arthur B. Toan 2.00 
 
 732.50 
 
 Marshall and Medina — Citizens 92.00 
 
 Marshfield— Citizens $215.00 
 
 Louis Larrule 35.98 
 
 Woman's Order Foresters 10.00 
 
 260.98 
 
200 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Martell— Citizens $48.15 
 
 Mason — Citizens 250.50 
 
 Mauston— City $100.00 
 
 Relief fund 44.55 
 
 144.55 
 
 Mayville — Citizens $159.38 
 
 Turnverein (j4.00 
 
 203.38 
 
 Medford — Citizens 189.50 
 
 Menasha — Citizens $233.75 
 
 Jos. L. Fieweger 10.00 
 
 E. D. Smith 100.00 
 
 343.75 
 
 Mellen — Citizens 57.25 
 
 Menomonie — Citizens $1,000.00 
 
 Citizens 360.44 
 
 A. R. Hall 25.00 
 
 1,385.44 
 
 Menomonie Falls — D. J. Droigkamp 21.87 
 
 Merrill — Citizens 216.75 
 
 Milwaukee — F. F. Adams Tobacco Co $100.00 
 
 C. P. Bacon 50.00 
 
 Ball game and contributions 3,276.54 
 
 W. J. Boyle's List — 
 
 Benice Aarons $0.25 
 
 Academy of Music 75.95 
 
 Geo. W. Atwell 5.00 
 
 A. Leo Auger 5.00 
 
 Miss Blanche Bates 347.05 
 
 Bay View, Battle Cong 33.75 
 
 C. E. Benedict 10.00 
 
 Mrs. L. V\ . Boyer 5.00 
 
 Brewers' Association 500.00 
 
 Builders' and T. Exchange 81.50 
 
 Burdick & Allen 10.00 
 
 A. Burnham 1.00 
 
 Caldwell Young Peo. Soc 13.00 
 
 H. H. Camp 25.00 
 
 J. Cargill Bros 2.00 
 
 A. Carlsrud 1.00 
 
 Cash from various parties 40.50 
 
 D. W. Chipman 5.00 
 
 Clerks and carriers A. B. & C. . 65.25 
 Collections from W. J. Boyle and 
 
 friends 30.80 
 
 H. Cordes 5.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 201 
 
 Milwaukee— W. J. Boyle's List (Cont'd) : 
 
 F. W. Craig $5.00 
 
 Jno. F. Cramer 25.00 
 
 Nye Crossman 1-00 
 
 Chas. Damnling 1-00 
 
 J. S. Davis 2.00 
 
 Jos. Desert Lumber Co , . . . 50.00 
 
 Dever Bros. & Co " 10.00 
 
 Edw. Dewey ^-OO 
 
 Druggist Picnic 24.28 
 
 Rev. P. H. Durnin 5.00 
 
 H. Endris 5.00 
 
 W. S. E. & S. E. E 6.00 
 
 Wm. Fizett 16.00 
 
 Rev. Thos. Fagan 35.00 
 
 Foster Lumber Co 25.00 
 
 Ger. B'op Church S. School 10.00 
 
 Ger. Evan. Church, 13th and 
 
 Chestnut streets 20.00 
 
 Grace Pres. Church S. S 3.00 
 
 C. H 5.00 
 
 Herman Heyn 1000 
 
 Mrs. Hodgson 5.00 
 
 L. C. Holton 5.00 
 
 Horicon, D. C. Van Brunt 146.00 
 
 J. Huennekins 100 
 
 L O. 0. F. No. 296 10.00 
 
 Isaac Lodge, I. 0. B. B 10.00 
 
 Iroquois Club 80.00 
 
 Joys Bros. & Co 25.00 
 
 Gen. Chas. King 10.00 
 
 W. G. King 5.00 
 
 Thos. Koeechner 5.00 
 
 August Kressen 5.00 
 
 Wenner Kroeger 5.00 
 
 F. E. Krueger 10.00 
 
 Rev. A. J. Kuchin 5.00 
 
 Ladies of Ivanhoe 10.00 
 
 Lemonade stand, 27th & Cedar.. 3.25 
 
 B. Leidersdorf 10.00 
 
 Walter E. Lewis 25.00 
 
 Little girl 50 
 
 Mrs. E. B. Ludington 5.00 
 
 John D. McLeod 5.00 
 
 F. C. Manchette 10.00 
 
 Wm. Marks 5.00 
 
202 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Milwaukee — W. J. Boyle's List (Cont'd): 
 
 Mathews Bros $1U.00 
 
 R. C. Meddaugh 2.00 
 
 Mrs. E. Meyer 5.00 
 
 Milwaukee Turnverein 10.2.5 
 
 Chas. Milzer 5.00 
 
 G. Stanley Mitchell 10.00 
 
 Geo. W. Mitchell 10.00 
 
 Model Laundry 5.00 
 
 Mutual Benefit Society 5.00 
 
 Master Walter Nathan 2.00 
 
 Mrs. E. G. Neiaham and family. 50.00 
 
 News Publishing Co 15.00 
 
 J. S. Norris 5.00 
 
 W. P. O'Connor 2.00 
 
 Hon. Otjen 10.00 
 
 R. Painter 10.00 
 
 G. Patek 5.00 
 
 Pawling & H 25.00 
 
 People's Tailor Co 10.00 
 
 H. M. Pillshury 15.00 
 
 Miss Ella A. Pinch 2.00 
 
 Plainfield Village, by President. 73.00 
 
 John Pritzlaff Hardware Co 50.00 
 
 Prospect Hill Dramatic Club. . . . 5.00 
 
 Jeremiah Quinn 10.00 
 
 Railway Branch, Y. M. C. A 14.00 
 
 F. Reitbrock 10.00 
 
 J. H. Rogers, Madison 5.00 
 
 Roundy-Peckham 25.00 
 
 Jos. Rudolph 1.00 
 
 Thos. Rutledge 5.00 
 
 Saturday Evening Club 25.00 
 
 Ed. Schuster 15.00 
 
 A. G. Sexton 5.00 
 
 Geo. Shrine 5.00 
 
 W. H. Simpson 5.00 
 
 Mrs. Saul Smith 5.00 
 
 C. P. Spooner 10.00 
 
 Hon. John C. Spooner 150.00 
 
 H. G. Stary 10.00 
 
 Wra. Steinmeyer Co 25.00 
 
 Herman Stern 20.00 
 
 Students and Teachers Spen- 
 
 cerian College 16.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 203 
 
 Milwaukee — W. J. Boyle's List (Cont'd): 
 
 Mrs. F. C. Suits $2.00 
 
 Albert Trostel & Sons 25.00 
 
 Mrs. Anna M. Tweedy 20.00 
 
 J. G. Wagner 25.00 
 
 C. Wahl 10.00 
 
 J. Willmer 1 0.00 
 
 Weisel & Co 10.00 
 
 West Star Council W. A. P. A.. 5.00 
 
 John Whaling . . ! 10.00 
 
 Whitnal & Rademaker Co 25.00 
 
 J. L. Williams 1.00 
 
 Williams Bros 10.00 
 
 Wisconsin Telephone Co 1,000.00 
 
 J. E. Wright 5.00 
 
 Arthur Young 15.00 
 
 Grace A. Young 5.00 
 
 A. Zoller 5.00 
 
 General Zwietusch 5.00 
 
 Chamber of Commerce List— 
 
 Geo. H. Ackerman 5.00 
 
 American Malting Co 25.00 
 
 M. H. Anderson 1.00 
 
 J. Arocena & Co 5.00 
 
 Anton Asmuth 10.00 
 
 E. P. Bacon • 25.00 
 
 Edw. Barber 5.00 
 
 H. C. Barnard 10.00 
 
 L. Bartlett & Son 25.00 
 
 Baumann Bros 5.00 
 
 Carl Baumann 10.00 
 
 Bell Commission Co 10.00 
 
 Berger, Crittenden Co 25.00 
 
 G. A. Bergland 1 0.00 
 
 John Black 25.00 
 
 W. E. Black 5.00 
 
 Wm. Bothe 2.00 
 
 E. H. fiottum 15.00 
 
 W. J. Boyle 25.00 
 
 John Buerger 25.00 
 
 J. F. Burnham 5.00 
 
 E. A. Butterworth 1.00 
 
 J. W. Bradley 25.00 
 
 D. M. Brigham 5.00 
 
 Brockway & Son 20.00 
 
204. THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Milwaukee — Chamber of Commerce List (Cont'd) : 
 
 Henry Broeg $5.00 , 
 
 J. A. Bryden 5.00 
 
 W. E. Carter 10.00 
 
 Alfred L. Cary 10.00 
 
 Cash 15.00 
 
 Central Grain & Stock Co 5.00 
 
 G. W. Chandler 10.00 
 
 Chapin & Co 10.00 
 
 C. M. Cottrill 20.00 
 
 S. G. Courteen 10.00 
 
 Cudahy Bros. Co 25.00 
 
 W. T. Diirand 5.00 
 
 Robert Eliot 25.00 
 
 R. P. Fitzgerald 10.00 
 
 VV. E. Fitzgerald 10.00 
 
 Jas. G. Flanders 15.00 
 
 A. Flentzheim 5.00 
 
 John Foley, Jr 5.00 
 
 Mrs. Jane Follinsbee 5.00 
 
 C. E. Freeman 5.00 
 
 A friend 5.00 
 
 Jacob E. Friend 20.00 
 
 E. W. Friese 1.00 
 
 Gee & Knowles 10.00 
 
 John S. George 10.00 
 
 Gibbs & Joys 5.00 
 
 Geo. W. Goes 5.00 
 
 E. W. Goodrich & Son Co 10.00 
 
 Hadden-KriiU Co 10.00 
 
 Jas. Haddan 1.00 
 
 M. E. Hamlin 5.00 
 
 John Haiman 1.00 
 
 H. C. Herbst 5.00 
 
 Henry Herman 5.00 
 
 E. D. Hinckley 5.00 
 
 B. B. Hopkins 10.00 
 
 Hotel Pfister 25.00 
 
 C. D. Howard 1.00 
 
 Samuel Howard 15.00 
 
 F. M. Hoyt 5.00 
 
 S. B. Humphrey 1.00 
 
 P. C. Kamm 1.00 
 
 C. W. L. Kassuba 10.00 
 
 Chas. L. Kiewart 25.00 
 
 Kirby House 10.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 205 
 
 Milwaukee — Chamber of Commerce List (Cont'd) : 
 
 P. J. Klein $5.00 
 
 Max Kottelet 5.00 
 
 F. Kraus & Co 25.00 
 
 Robert Krull Commission Co. . . . 10.00 
 
 Carl Landsee 1.00 
 
 W. J. Lang.son 5.00 
 
 C. E. Lewis 5.00 
 
 Lnll-Franke Grain Co 20.00 
 
 W. P. McLaren 20.00 
 
 C. Manegold Mill Co 25.00 
 
 G. W. Marling 5.00 
 
 Glenway Maxon 5.00 
 
 B. K. Miller. Jr 25.00 
 
 Milwaukee Elevator Co 50.00 
 
 Milwaukee National Bank 10.00 ' 
 
 Mil. Odontological Society 15.00 
 
 Mohr-Holstein Com. Co 15.00 
 
 National Distilling Co 25.00 
 
 Herman Nunnemacher 5.00 
 
 W. H. Osborne 20.00 
 
 Owen & Bros. Co 5.00 
 
 Paine Bros. Co 25.00 
 
 H. J. Panly 5.00 
 
 A. J. W. Pierce & Co 20.00 
 
 Plankinton House 25.00 
 
 Prinz & Ran Mfg. Co 10.00 
 
 Raymond Pynchon & Co 20.00 
 
 Chas. Quarles 10.00 
 
 J. V. Quarles 15.00 
 
 ^^'. E. Radtke 5.00 
 
 M. .J. Rankin & Co 10.00 
 
 Republican House 10.00 
 
 Rialto Elevator Co 10.00 
 
 C. C. Rogers 10.00 
 
 E. W. Rogers 2.00 
 
 Rosenberg & Liebemann 5.00 
 
 Geo. H. Russell .j.Oo 
 
 Ryan, Ogden & Bottum 10.00 
 
 Jas. Sav.'yer 5.00 
 
 Schaeffer Bros 5.00 
 
 Chas. Schley 5.00 
 
 Schlitz Hotel 5.00 
 
 Alex. Schmidt 5.00 
 
 Mrs. H. G. Schmidt, Berlin, Ger- 
 many 5.00 
 
206 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Milwaukee — Chamber of Commerce List (Cont'd): 
 
 Andrew T. Shea $5.00 
 
 Jas. Siddel 5.00 
 
 A. A. L. Smith 15.00 
 
 T. W. Spence 5.00 
 
 Fred Steinmueller 1.00 
 
 Jos. Stolz 5.00 
 
 Jas. H. Stover 5.00 
 
 D. Suess 5.00 
 
 S. W. Tallmadge 25.00 
 
 E. W. Ten Winkle 1.00 
 
 L. Teweles & Co 5.00 
 
 W. H. Timlin 5.00 
 
 Tracy & Co 20.00 
 
 H. A. J. Upham 10.00 
 
 D. Vance & Co 25.00 
 
 J. H. Van Dyke 25.00 
 
 Wm. D. Van Dyke 10.00 
 
 E. P. Vilas 15.00 
 
 E. C. Wall 10.00 
 
 Benj. M. Weil 10.00 
 
 Wis. Malleable Iron Co 25.00 
 
 Wis. M. & F. Ins. Co. Bank 10.00 
 
 Wisconsin National Bank 50.00 
 
 W. H. Wolf 10.00 
 
 A. T. Wright 5.00 
 
 Geo. J. Zimmerman 5.00 
 
 A. C. Zinn 10.00 
 
 Merchants' & Mfg. Ass'n List — 
 
 Abel & Bach Co 25.00 
 
 David Adler & Sons Co 25.00 
 
 E. P. Allis Co 550.00 
 
 American Fine Art Co 10,00 
 
 Jno. Berth Co 10.00 
 
 Chas. Baumbach Co 25.00 
 
 Beals, Torrey Co 25.00 
 
 Wm. Becker Leather Co 25.00 
 
 H. M. Benjamin Coal Co 5.00 
 
 Wm. Bergenthal Co 5.00 
 
 Victor L. Berger 1.00 
 
 J. V. Beyer 5.00 
 
 A. L. Boy»ton 5.00 
 
 J. B. Bradford 25.00 
 
 Edw. Bradley 25.00 
 
 Brand Stove Co 25.00 
 
 A. Breslauer & Co 5.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 207 
 
 Milwaukee — Merchants' & Mfg. Ass'n List (Cont'd) : 
 
 A. C. Bridges $10.00 
 
 Bimde & Upmeyer 10.00 
 
 Burnham Bros 25.00 
 
 Cash 30.00 
 
 T. A. Chapman Co 25.00 
 
 E. W. Coleman for Milwaukee 
 Herold 25.00 
 
 Concordia Fire Ins. Co 50.00 
 
 Cream City Hat Co 25.00 
 
 F. Dohmen Co 15.00 
 
 Drake Bros. Co 10.00 
 
 Elkhart Lake, Laun Bros 10.00 
 
 D. G. Espenhain Co 10.00 
 
 . Filer & Stowell Co 25.00 
 
 F. N. Finney 10.00 
 
 First National Bank 200.00 
 
 Wm. Frankfurth Hdw. Co 25.00 
 
 Friend Bros. Clothing Co 25.00 
 
 Oliver C. Fuller 5.00 
 
 Fuller- Warren Co 25.00 
 
 A. F. Galium & Son 10.00 
 
 W- Gender 25.00 
 
 Germania Publishing Co 25.00 
 
 Gilowsky-Newman & Co 10.00 
 
 Gimbel Bros 25.00 
 
 E. R. Godfrey Co 10.00 
 
 Goll & Frank Co 25.00 
 
 Goodrich Transportation 25.00 
 
 Aug. Greulich Co 3.00 
 
 Gugler Lithograph Co 10.00 
 
 A. A. Hathaway 5.00 
 
 Hect & Zummach 5.00 
 
 M. Heimann & Co 10.00 
 
 Geo. H. Heinemann & Co 25.00 
 
 C. Henneke Co 5.00 
 
 Hoffmann Billings Co 10.00 
 
 I. C. Iverson Co 15.00 
 
 C. R. Jackwitz 1.00 
 
 Jerman, Pflueger Co 15.00 
 
 Johnson Elec. Service Co 25.00 
 
 B. J. Johnson Soap Co 25.t)0 
 
 Kalamazoo Knitting Co 15.00 
 
 J. H. Kewdale Sons Co 15.00 
 
 Knauber Lithograph Co 5.00 
 
 Koch & Loeber Co 10.00 
 
208 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Milwaukee — Merchants' & Mfg. Ass'n List (Cont'd): 
 
 Landauer Co $25.00 
 
 Lindermann & Hoverson Co.... 10.00 
 
 Lindsay Bros 50.00 
 
 E. Eldred Magie S. M. Co 10.00 
 
 Mahler, Albenberg Co 10.00 
 
 Manville Covering Co 20.00 
 
 E. Mariner 10.00 
 
 Marshall & Ilsley Bank 100.00 
 
 F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Co 25.00 
 
 Meineke Toy Co 10.00 
 
 A. D. Meiselbach 10.00 
 
 Mil. Brass Mfg. Co 5.00 
 
 Mil. Cold Storage Co 25.00 
 
 Mil. El. Ry. & L. Co 300.00 
 
 Mil. Gas Light Co 200.00 
 
 Mil. Harvester Co 25.00 
 
 Mil. Mfg. Co 10.00 
 
 Mil. Mechanics Ins. Co 25.00 
 
 MiL Rice Mach. Co 10.00 
 
 Milwaukee Sentinel 100.00 
 
 Mil. Trust Co 25.00 
 
 Morawetz & Co 10.00 
 
 Nat. Enam. & Stamp Co 100.00 
 
 Nat. Exchange Bank 100.00 
 
 Nee Ska Ra Min. Spring 5.00 
 
 H. Niedecken Co 10.00 
 
 Northwestern Furniture Co 5.00 
 
 N. W. Malleable Iron Co 25.00 
 
 O'Neil Oil and Paint Co 15.00 
 
 0. L. Packard M. Co 10.00 
 
 Patek Bros 5.00 
 
 H. C. Payne 100.00 
 
 Pfister & Vogel 50.00 
 
 Pfister & Vogel Leather Co 25.00 
 
 C. F. Pfister 20.00 
 
 Wm. Plankinton 25.00 
 
 J. W. K. Pratt 5.00 
 
 C. Preusser Jewelry Co 10.00 
 
 John Rauschenberger Co 10.00 
 
 Rich Shoe Co. employes 38.35 
 
 Rockwell Mfg. Co 20.00 
 
 Rohlfing's Music House 20.00 
 
 Romadka Bros. Co 10.00 
 
 Rundle-Spence Mfg. Co 25.00 
 
 Sanger Handle Bar & Plating 
 
 Co 5.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 209 
 
 Milwaukee — Merchants' & Mfg. Ass'n List (Cont'd): 
 
 Sargent & Borup $10.00 
 
 John Schroeder Lumber Co 25.00 
 
 Geo. J. Schuster 10.00 
 
 Schwaab Stamp & S. Co 5.00 
 
 Second Ward Bank 100.00 
 
 Shadbolt & Boyd Co 10.00 
 
 Sheriff's Mfg. Co 10.00 
 
 B. Skidmore, Jr 10.00 
 
 C. J. Smith & Sons Co 25.00 
 
 Smith, Thorndyke & B. Co 25.00 
 
 John C. Spencer 15.00 
 
 A. Spiegel Co 10.00 
 
 Standard Paper Co 15.00 
 
 Stark Bros. Co 10.00 
 
 H. Stern, Jr. & Bro. Co 10.00 
 
 Straw & Ellsworth Co 25.00 
 
 Suelflohn & Seefeld 25.00 
 
 B. Uhrig Fuel Co 25.00 
 
 U. S. Envelope Co 10.00 
 
 Vilter Mfg. Co 10.00 
 
 Wadhams Oil & Grease Co 10.00 
 
 West Side Bank 10.00 
 
 . M. H. Wiltzins & Co 15.00 
 
 Geo. Zeigler & Co 25.00 
 
 Zimmermenn Bros. C. Co 5.00 
 
 Herman Zohrlaut Co 10.00 
 
 Total $9,133.68 
 
 (Less paid for supplies sent di- 
 rect to New Richmond, see Ex- 
 hibit "C") 183.68 
 
 $8,950.00 
 
 T. H. Bowles 25.00 
 
 Chain Belt Co 10.00 
 
 Howard Morris 100.00 
 
 N. W. Mutual Life Insurance Force 303.25 
 
 No name 10.00 
 
 Western Lime & Cement Co 25.00 
 
 Wisconsin Central excursion 56.25 
 
 H. F. Whitcomb 105.00 
 
 Widow's Mite 1.00 
 
 F. C. Winckler 10.00 
 
 $13,017.01 
 
 Minong — Citizens 11.00 
 
 Mondovi— Citizens 221.50 
 
210 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Monroe — Base ball game $105.70 
 
 Citizens 293.45 
 
 I. 0. 0. F 60.00 
 
 $459.15 
 
 Mosel, Town — Citizens 55.25 
 
 Mosinee — Citizens 310.75 
 
 Muscoda — Citizens 19.20 
 
 Neenah — Citizens $564.75 
 
 Presbyterian Church 27.46 
 
 592.21 
 
 Neillsville — Citizens 125.00 
 
 Nepenskun, Town — Citizens 54.85 
 
 New Glarus — Citizens 147.45 
 
 New London — Ball game $45.00 
 
 Isaac Hanson 1.00 
 
 Knapstein & Co 10.00 
 
 56.00 
 
 New Richmond— Bertha Bell $40.00 
 
 A. W. Bosv/orth, Jr 12.75 
 
 Licenses and lunch counter contributions 113.45 
 
 County Asylum employes 54.00 
 
 Found on street 92.44 
 
 J. D. Kinne 3.00 
 
 Lunch counter 15.00 
 
 O. W. Mosher 1,000.00 
 
 Jessie M. Smith 10.00 
 
 Richard Williams 5.00 
 
 ■ 1,345.64 
 
 Oconomowoc — Citizens 139.40 
 
 Oconto — Oconto Lumber Co 100.00 
 
 Oconto County — County Board 200.00 
 
 Olivet— J. R. Clark 9.30 
 
 Omro— Citizens 56.00 
 
 Orion, Town — Citizens 26.15 
 
 Osceola Mills— Citizens $405.00 
 
 Wm. S. Koch 5.00 
 
 C. E. Mears 5.00 
 
 C. H. Oakey and others 68.25 
 
 Oshkosh— Citizens $1,651.16 
 
 W. C. Hibbard 12.00 
 
 Third Ward , 85.60 
 
 Children Y. M. C. A 1.50 
 
 Osseo — J. Jj. Linderman $25.00 
 
 Gus Hanson 1.00 
 
 Peter Peterson 1.00 
 
 483.25 
 
 1,750.26 
 
 27.00 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 211 
 
 Oxford — Presbyterian Church $25.44 
 
 Palmer — Citizens 42.50 
 
 Palmyra — Caroline Curline $25.25 
 
 Citizens 25.75 
 
 51.00 
 
 Pardeeville — Citizens 59.00 
 
 Pepin County — County Treasurer 140.60 
 
 Phillips— Citizens 174.35 
 
 Pine Grove, Town — Citizens 10.00 
 
 Plattville — Citizens $342.55 
 
 F. Kragg 25.00 
 
 367.55 
 
 Pleasant Valley — Citizens $119.70 
 
 School District No. 3 9.10 
 
 Plymouth— Citizens $100.00 
 
 G. G. G. Society 10.00 
 
 Portage— Citizens , $132.00 
 
 T. E. Wendes " 10.00 
 
 R. B. Wentworth 5.00 
 
 128.80 
 
 110.00 
 
 147.00 
 
 Portland, Town — Citizens 80.10 
 
 Prairie du Sac — Citizens 149.50 
 
 Prairie du Chien — Citizens 41.00 
 
 Prescott— Citizens $133.25 
 
 Fire Company No. 1 25.00 
 
 S. F. Minier 2.00 
 
 160.25 
 
 Pierce County — County Board 200.00 
 
 Princeton — F. Sargent 2.00 
 
 Racine— Citizens 1,724.13 
 
 J. E. Davis 5.00 
 
 G. N. Fratt 365.0 
 
 No. 1700 Prospect street 5.00 
 
 2,099.13 
 
 Randolph — Base ball club $6.00 
 
 Cheerful Workers 41.00 
 
 ' 47.00 
 
 Randolph, Town — Citizens 6.00 
 
 Reedsburg — Citizens 193.00 
 
 Rice Lake — Citizens $150.00 
 
 Fourth of July Oom 50.00 
 
 G. A. R 10.00 
 
 L. J. Noble 10.00 
 
 220.00 
 
 Richland Center^Citizens 225.60 
 
 Ripon — Mrs. Hammistar $6.00 
 
 Citizens 160.00 
 
 166.00 
 
212 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Rhinelander — Alex. McRae $5.00 
 
 Woman's Club 123.25 
 
 River Falls — Citizens $550.00 
 
 C. F. Foster 5.00 
 
 D. F. Pamedstone 15.00 
 
 W. H. Proctor 5.00 
 
 J. T. West 1.00 
 
 Roberts — J. H. Kinsey $6.44 
 
 C. Odekeck 1.00 
 
 S. B. Osgood and others 91.75 
 
 A. Turner 1.00 
 
 Shell Lake — Citizens $27.23 
 
 W. B. Curtis 25.00 
 
 $128.25 
 
 576.00 
 
 100.19 
 
 Rusk — Citizens 104.75 
 
 Rosendale — Citizens 21.00 
 
 St. Croix Falls — Citizens $50.00 
 
 Olson & Isaacson 10.00 
 
 Rebekah Lodge 26.00 
 
 86.00 
 
 Sanborn — City Council $25.00 
 
 Ladies' Social Club 10.00 
 
 35.00 
 
 Sand- Creek — Box 15 1.00 
 
 Sauk City — Citizens 63.25 
 
 Scandinavia — Lutheran Church 50.25 
 
 Seymour — Citizens 230.75 
 
 Sessex — Richard Weave 10.00 
 
 Scott — Citizens 8.50 
 
 Shawano County — Citizens 524.00 
 
 Sheboygan — Citizens $309.50 
 
 Rev. J. T. Chynoweth and others 520.25 
 
 Grace Church 9.00 
 
 Dr. J. .Johnson 5.00 
 
 843.75 
 
 52.23 
 
 Sherman. Town — Citizens 70.10 
 
 E. C. Stratton, Chairman 15.00 
 
 85.10 
 
 Shields, Town — Citizens 47.00 
 
 Shiocton--Citizens 89.75 
 
 Shopiere — Magnet Camp 50.00 
 
 Somerset — Citizens $140.80 
 
 Alex. Gordon 12.00 
 
 Jos. Mars 1.00 
 
 153.80 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 213 
 
 South Germantown — Citizens $20.00 
 
 South Milwaukee — Ball game 110.13 
 
 Sparta — Citizens 50.00 
 
 Springfield — Citizens 44.00 
 
 Spring Green — Citizens 45.00 
 
 Spring Valley— Citizens 29.00 
 
 Spooner— Children 6.00 
 
 Stevens Point — Citizens $386.75 
 
 Catholic Foresters 10.00 
 
 Mrs. Marion C. Reton 2.00 
 
 Jas. Rice 1.00 
 
 399.75 
 
 Stockbridge — Citizens 25.86 
 
 Stoughton— Citizens $100.00 
 
 Stoughton Wagon Co 25.00 
 
 125.00 
 
 Shullsburg — Eastern Star $5.00 
 
 Relief Corps 11.75 
 
 16.75 
 
 Sturgeon Bay — Citizens 41.50 
 
 Sun Prairie — Citizens 163.30 
 
 Superior — Belt Line Eleveator Co 32.50 
 
 Sylvan, Town — Citizens 6.70 
 
 Theresa — Citizens 45.40 
 
 Thorp — Baptist Sunday School $3.00 
 
 Trustees 50.00 
 
 53.00 
 
 Tomah — Citizens 378.90 
 
 Tomahawk — Bradley Company 400.00 
 
 Troy, Town — Citizens 99.38 
 
 Turtle Lake — Citizens 50.05 
 
 Two Rivers — City 50.00 
 
 Citizens 253.55 
 
 303.55 
 
 "\Troqua — Citizens 150.00 
 
 Washburn — Citizens $981.59 
 
 Collections 350.00 
 
 1,331.59 
 
 Waterloo — Citizens 125.00 
 
 Watertown — Ball game $114.55 
 
 Citizens 202.00 
 
 316.55 
 
 Waukesha — Citizens 540.00 
 
 Waukesha, Town — J. S. Kaltes, Chairman 14.75 
 
 Waupun — Citizens 248.00 
 
 Waupaca — Citizens 221.00 
 
 Wausau — Citizens 1,136.74 
 
 Wauzeka — Citizens 52.25 
 
214 THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 
 
 Wavorly — C. P. Coon ' $10.00 
 
 West Bend — Citizens 117.25 
 
 Westby — Enoch Hehland 5.00 
 
 Westport, Town — M. H. Keefe, Chairman 10.00 
 
 West Denmark — J. P. Peterson 25.00 
 
 Westland — Citizens 8.00 
 
 West Salem — Leonard Tab^ude $10.00 
 
 Fred Henke 1.00 
 
 Andrew McEldonery 10.00 
 
 21.00 
 
 West Superior — T. J. Conme 454.00 
 
 Ladies' Mission Aid 12.00 
 
 Retail Grocers' Association 50.00 
 
 516.00 
 
 Weyauwega — Citizens 108.25 
 
 Whitehall — Good Templars $5.85 
 
 Happy Workers 10.00 
 
 J. 0. Melby 10.00 
 
 Modern Woodmen 20.00 
 
 W. C. T. U 20.00 
 
 Woman's Relief Corps 2.50 
 
 68.35 
 
 Willow, Town — Citizens 5.00 
 
 Whitewater — Citizens $150.00 
 
 Students and Faculty 70.00 
 
 220.00 
 
 Wilson, Town — Citizens 61.35 
 
 Windsor — Citizens 52.35 
 
 Wittenberg— Bank of 107.75 
 
 Wood County — Citizens 509.80 
 
 Woodland— Lutheran Church 23.25 
 
 Worcester — Citizens 25.00 
 
 Wyoming — M. E. and Congregational Churches... 5.00 
 
 York, Town — Henry Lange, Chairman 12.00 
 
 Zilman — Howard Allen 1.00 
 
 Total cash contributions from Wisconsin $65,043.08 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 215 
 
 CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PARTIES WHOSE ADDRESSES 
 ARE UNKNOWN. 
 
 A. M. Anderson $1.00 
 
 J. A. Arnold 1.00 
 
 Badger State Press 40.00 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Burdick 2.00 
 
 E. J. Carley 2.00 
 
 Cash 11-45 
 
 Check on Minneapolis 25.00 
 
 Chain letter .20 
 
 Daube, Cohn, Stein Co 5.00 
 
 Mrs. Dawson 1.00 
 
 Richard Dewey 10.00 
 
 Draft on Chicago 10.00 
 
 Draft on Minneapolis 75.00 
 
 Wm. Harker . . : 5.00 
 
 David L. Holbrook 100 
 
 In His Name • 5.00 
 
 In the Name of the Lord .25 
 
 J. D. Kauft 1.00 
 
 Dell King .50 
 
 F. M 5.00 
 
 J. H. Marks 5.00 
 
 P. H. Martin 10.00 
 
 R. P. Murray 1.00 
 
 No Name 1.00 
 
 Dr. J. A. Pratt 5.00 
 
 P. 0. Order 5.00 
 
 Oscar K. RUdolpff 2.00 
 
 C. F. Schroeder 2.00 
 
 C. A. Sherbeck 2.00 
 
 Dr. O. A. Strauss 5.00 
 
 Mrs. H. B. Strait 5.00 
 
 W. A. Tidball 1.50 
 
 H. B. Tillotson 10.00 
 
 Toomhauser Bros 1.00 
 
 Unknown 3.41 
 
 Peter Vilie 2.00 
 
 Total cash contributions from parties whose addresses 
 
 are unknown $262.31 
 
21G THE NEW RICHMONn CYCLONE. 
 
 EXHIBIT C 
 
 STATEMENT. OF CONTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN CASH RE 
 
 CEIVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE 
 
 RELIEF OF CYCLONE SUFFERERS. 
 
 Chippewa Falls — Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co., 
 
 lumber $189.61 
 
 Clothing, groceries, etc 900.00 
 
 $1,089.61 
 
 Eau Claire — Labor $295.13 
 
 Supplies from citizens 642.61 
 
 Supplies from Red Cross Society 1,000.00 
 
 N. W. Lumber Co., lumber 93.39 
 
 Daniel Shaw T^umber Co., lumber 141.40 
 
 2.172.53 
 
 Fairchilfl — N. C. Foster Lumber Co., lumber 178.12 
 
 Hudson— C, St. P., M. & O. Ry., labor $470.00 
 
 Hudson Saw Mill Co., labor 185.00 
 
 655.00 
 
 Iron River — Lea-Ingram Lumber Co., lumber. . . . 175.00 
 
 Itaska— C, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co., labor 470.52 
 
 Lake Nebagamon — Nebagamon Lumber Co.. lumber 127.31 
 
 Mason — White River Lumber Co., lumber 340.75 
 
 Menasha — Flour 6.00 
 
 Monomonie — Labor $257.60 
 
 Menomonie Press Brick Co., brick 100.00 
 
 Milwaukee — Groceries by Milwaukee Relief Com. . $183.68 
 
 Gem Milling Co., flour 50.00 
 
 .1. B. A. Kern & Sons, flour 50.00 
 
 Barnard Stern & Sons, flour 50.00 
 
 U. S. Flour Milling Co., flour 100.00 
 
 Western Lime & Cement Co., lime 84.00 
 
 Wisconsin Central Line, labor 600.00 
 
 357.60 
 
 1,117.68 
 
THE NEW RICHMOND CYCLONE. 217 
 
 Oslikosh — Coon-Brown Lime Co., lime $54.00 
 
 Rice Lake — Rice I.,ake Lumber Co., lumber 203.00 
 
 Sheboygan — Car of furniture 870.00 
 
 Shell Lake— Shell Lake Lumber Co., lumber 226.55 
 
 South Superior — Webster Mfg. Co., chairs 25.00 
 
 Unknown Parties — Lime $52.96 
 
 Lime 45.00 
 
 97.96 
 
 Sundry discounts allowed 32.35 
 
 Furniture and clothing from various parties, ad- 
 dresses unknown, estimated $2,731.10 
 
 Minneapolis — Janney, Semple, Hill & Co., hardware $32.45 
 N. W. Bedding Co., mattresses 62.50 
 
 St. Paul — Commercial Club: Furniture, clothing, 
 
 etc., estimated $2,203.53 
 
 N. P. Ry. Co., labor 516.00 
 
 Stillwater — Cash sent direct to sufferers $195.00 
 
 Supplies 405.80 
 
 Labor 1,243.39 
 
 Maintaining crev/ 313.98 
 
 Lumber 285.97 
 
 St. Croix Lumber Co., lumber 200.00 
 
 David Tozier, lumber 150.00 
 
 Crockery 9.00 
 
 94.95 
 
 2,719.53 
 
 2,803.14 
 
 Total contributions, other than cash $16,547.70 
 
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