, 1865-07-04
100000 WORTH OF PROPERTY DE-
STR0YED.


fF.pm thc La Crosse Hepnbtie1n, Ju!y1]
tie people Of Vernon county Wisconsin, viii
apI'ai the stontest heart In an instant flffy
families wire thrown from happiness and
comfort into grief and adrereitr. About
O'Clock in The afternoon Of Thursday June
s9th. two anery looking clouls approached
each other from the North and South, and
met ut a short distance West of the I'll.
laee Of. Viroqua. Vernon county, Wisconsin.
The people watched the threatening events
with deep s:licitudt. When those two forces
came In contact, they whirled off at a tau
gent and moved in an easterlt direction and
passed through the very heart Of the beau'i-
iul village, carrying death, destruction and
danger IN their progress. In moment,
about fifty buildings were demolished and
scattered to The Winds, seventeen persons
Killed, aud about one hundred men. women
and children injured. The hurr,cane contin-
ned eastward in It's course; and 1t Is get un-
known where Its haycc ceased.
For several miles east Of Ffroqna 1t de-
sttoyed cyeI5t thing In its course. Tie total
destruction OF property is estimated at two
hundred Thousand dollars. The citizens Of
viroqua End the surrounding country hare
done. and arc doing. nhat they can to relieve
appeals to the prompt benevolenre Of the
citizens Of This and other places. Hon. D. B.
Priest, District Attorney, aud James Loury,
ESD, County Treasurer Of Vernon County,
aIe in La Crosse to-day, as delegates from
tht c1t1zcE's meeting, over which Col. J. II.
othcr 1oco;l,;es In hehs1, 5r 4sa re..as s1,Fas
err. " nre inirhtrd n ~ nist,;ct @ S+tnnav
Priest fnr The fn11nsrirT ..-t,as,;,-. rh,ssy
are given Tithoni tIanc.r,tion' ana as tSa
real facts Of The .case. '4.e
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1.l@ AND "oeHDap ~ 'lAoQCA.
,,.a adT T., ,otiv",cs pelsens were kt!lfd and In.
1nlco y ne tcrtl6le hurricane 1t fttoqua On
1nutr"33 y a.S noo1:
t1s t.,har ~ H., w u.sat ~1e nHea. Mt; usakc,
~ "a ~: ~ t'iass na1sso"s aEea -ionf
~. ,;,,od na 20 ss S pe9 ~ yeass' are e9La a.
J4'Gy. IT, nts. ~. Gnn ;,i3o anu 9e1 uannga-
.er.1a's ns ~ rcrs Aua. 9tH99. M ". OGau
w.ean3,s ny n3,,fI ie9itca 4aS ~ nnJat n ,f!s
,rxsdon s', a ~ ntttJ anu ~ ;,aa a 'S'
NJ 1s;a I:;i,stt i;iIod H.. b,1sh.,a +.
t., ~ .-;"r ~" ,r,e ~ t;a boar T...s 20
E;,iatt ~ va 1T T. .I,a.t r. ~ " eu
ne Stor 1uo .rha+ ~ 1s asf t ". tayns r. euHs @
Era+ess hp,,d;n, c-.,sha5 r. ~ ~ dan.
srd t,1isd hS. ~. 1a,an, ~ ~ ~ ro 1uos
Elliott cnrs.etinr r1,3e ,r,,a a.s4 W es t.,
Sror @ snad su ~. " ~ W WY ~ taIas ch!
tho cei1oP <,.,.s1a 10y ~ .a.'a 1esoso II
~ Ina eclar' a' "ens 1ae oonSe was entirely eat-
f'ea Iha}.
;.,. vo1a ensapes Msa ,a. VIE aau cEuo. eadiy m
!u'e9. ane large tWo-stosg ifame building
y "Mca 11e5 were Living vas RAISED up bod
~ iof hct LILO Inc a1r, turned Upside
doWr, dathsd int PIECES, and the fragments
en1:Hiy ga.r1cc 1was.
:tGnite Kne} . lie and one child injured.
". = pnsd5's hired girl fatally injured.
Mrs, Pu1ay a1.t her <hid en- c.cs.,.ed by rue
nirg 1rcm the Kitchen in'o the Ierlos. The
house was raised from the 1otrlcs and car
rifd away, apd LEFT her and her Children sit
tirg on The floor in safetv.
Mrs. Buckley fatally l:;ju.ed, and her sfs-
ter, Mrs A1llscn, bsdiy hurt Ms. Buckley
was eick in hid I, the lima. She was thrown
against q Is:ge stons nj asly thtee rods s,uth-
wu,d, and paris Ct her bt ds:cal werr found
forty IT d. aIa.:, southwest.
john Dawson. badly burt, aud hts zIte con-
s;deiatly ittu:'d. Mr. DI~son WAS in the
act OF Tubplr. firm lis etorr to kis houss to
r1o:eet Lis fanny wien hs vas Knocked
d WI iv erpne ,1s:n,.:t OF { build M.
Mr.. J. II. Mun:tt. 1iEaud msfried daue1,-
ter, Mrs. Toujee and two chiltren, went IN.
to cellar, Three horses and harnesses Te.c
blown into The cellar. and uoou the family.
Mr. Bennett was ycty aefion,]y inIurel ia
Ieg! broken and side hruiscd.9 Nrs TouIre
slightly wounded. Mrs. Bennett and child
EEEAn without fFFfGus harm. The vahfr,1aa