Red Wing: Sea Wing Disaster


Source News 1



  Type Newspaper Article
  Year 1890
  Source
St. Paul Daily Globe
  Size 64K

The St. Paul Daily Globe published this description of the wreck and the recovery efforts.



VERY CLIMAX OF HORROR.

The Tornado on Pepin's Treacherous Bosom the
Crowning Calamity of All Minne-
sota's Annals.

At Least One Hundred and Twenty lives Swal-
lowed Up by the Angry Waters of
the Fatal Lake.

An Appalling Sacrifice to One Man's Determina-
tion to Brave the Fury of a Storm
Irresistible.

Many Miles of River Line Plunged Into the Gloom
of Mourning for the Fearful Death of
Loved Ones Lost.

Red Wing Bowed Down With Grief and All Bus-
iness Forgotten in the Presence of the
Sublime Horror.

Lake City Under Martial Law, While the Brave But
Ghastly Work of Recovery
Proceeds.

Graphic Pen Pictures of the Frightful Descent of
the Storm King Upon the Ill-Fated
Sea Wing.

Endless Ages of Horror Condensed Into a Brief Half
Hour When Death Rode on
the Gale.


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