East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-19
The Great WISCONSIN Tornado.

had npthing 70 say al any former pro-
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The Great WISCONSIN Tornado.
5000 900 Worth Of Property Destroyed
Hundred Injured.
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From the Laerose (wis) Republican
The terrible calamity that has fallen
upon the people of Vernon county,
Wisconsin, will appall the stoutest
heart, In an instant fifty families
were thrown from happiness andcom-
fort into grief and adversity About
! O'Clock in the afternoon of Thurs
day, june; 29th,, two, angry looking
clouds approached each other from
the north and south, and naet at a
short distance west of the village of
.viroqua, Vernon county, Wisconsin.
Tho people watched the threatening
events with deep ,solicitude. When
those two forces came in contact, they
[whirled off at a tangent, and moved
in an ,easterly direction and passed
through the very heart of the beauti-
full village, carrying death, destruction
and danger in their progress. In a
moment, about fifty buildings were
demolished and scattered to the winds,
seventeen persons killed, and about
one hundred men, women and children
injured, The hurricane continued
eastward in its course and it is yet
unknown where its havoc ceased. =
For several miles east of Niroqua
| it destroyed everything in its course.
The total destruction of ofrproperty is
estimated at two hundred thousand
dollars. The citizens of Viroqua and
the surrounding country have done,
and are doing, what they can to re-
lievc the. distressed but it is an
emergency that appeals-so the prompt
benoyolcnce Of the citizens of this and
other places. Hon. j. b, Priest,
District Attorney, and James, Loury,
ESD, County Treasurer of Vernon
county, are in LaCross to-day, as del
egates frorn the citizens meeting, over
which Colonel s. NJ Rusk presided,
soliciting aid from this and other local
tiles in behalf of the needy sufferers
We are indebted to District Attorney
Priest for the following particulars,
which are given; without exaggeration,
and as the real facts Of the case: ,,.
rHn KILLED AND WOUNDED AT yIRoouA.
The following persons were killed
and injured by the terrible hurricane
at Viroqua on Thursdayiafternoon;.
]. G.. Barstow and wife killed
Mr.. Drake, the father of Mrs. Bars
tow, aged "a years, and his wife, aged
IS years, are both fatally injured
Mrs. II. Dean, and her daughter, Mrs
Moon, were, killed, and DIR. Dean
severely, and perhaps fatally, injured
DIR. Wesdon's child killed, and DR.
and Mrs. Weldon and one child ser
verely injured. n xsa 5fi iino ba
Mrs, Lydia Gillett killed. Her
husband is in the army. She was al
the house Of Cyrus Gillett, and was
in the actlof shutting the door, when
a fragment of Graves building crush
ed in the door and killed her The
family of Cyrus Gillett, consisting OF
his wife and three children, escaped
uniniured by taking refuge in the
cellar ,Yhilo the house was entirely
carried away. :g1us,si q il 90 boz
John Gardner's wife and child badly
injured. The large two story frame
building in which they We're living
was raised up bodily forty feet into
1.-THE air, turned upside, down, dashed
into pieces, and the fragments entirely
carried away. f....-. D,a .q,,,
Mrs, Pnrdy and her children os-
capped by running with her children
from tho kitchen into the parlor. The
house was raised from the flooring
and carried away, and left her, and
her children sitting on the floor in
safety. i'.'' - 49,, ,;o,, l.;,s
Mrs Buckley fatally injured, and
her sister, Mrs. Allison, badly hurt.---
Mrs. Buckley was sick in bed at the
time. She was thrown against large
stone nearly three rods southward,
and parts of her bedstead were found
forty rods apart, southwest. T
Mr. -. NJ. Bennett, wife and mar
RED daughter, Mrs. Toujee, and two
children, went into a cellar. Three
horses in harness were blown into the
cellar, and upon the family. Mr..
Bennett was very seriously injured =
his leg broken and side bruised. Mrs.
Touje jee sliglltlyswounded, Mrs Bennett
Iand child escaped without serious
harm The vehicles to which the
! se.;srss ,;ec..;ss,rs were attached are not found,
+ J. Kaum and family were found a
considerable distance from the ruins
Of the house, and escaped with slight
Injuries to his wife and one child.
At the, school house, whiehT was
totally demolished, about half a mile
east Of the village, eight children were
killed, and all the others, including
the teacherand about twenty scholars,
were more or less injured. Many
other persons, whose names have not
been, reported, have received. fatal ini
luries, the precise effects of which are
yet unknown,o jon Vi sigf "ioahia
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