The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-06

there are hopes OF the recovery OF all OF them
but four
A cnoo house, lnila east of The village was
blown away end eight children killed instantly
and five more died this morning Many were
killed and wounded west the village, but the
names or number ! have NOT yet learaed. The
portion of the country over which 1t passed s
a complete waste. and it will he impossible to re-
pair the fences to save The crops.
SUFFERER
We take the following additional partic-
ulars from the Lacrosse Republican,;
The following persons were killed and in
jured by the terrible hurricane at Viroqua
on Thursday afternoons:
j. G. Barstow aud wife killed. Mr.
Drake, the father Of Mrs. Rarstow, aged
eighty-four years, and his wife aged rs
years, are both fatally injured. Mrs. r.
Dean and her daughter, Mrs Moon, We're
killed, and DIR. Dean severely and per-
haps fatally injured. Dr. Weedons child
killed, aud DIR. and Mrs. Weldon and one
Child severely Injured. M FL -.
Mrs Lydia GilIet killed. Her husband
| is in the army. Che Was at the house Of
Cyrus Gillet, and was in the act of trying
TO shut the door when fragment of Mr..
Graves building crushed in the door aud
killed her. The family of Cyrus Gilett,
consisting of his wife and three children es-
capped uninjured by taking refuge i'll the
cellar, Will. the house was entirely carried
away .us t l Itat..- Tai .4 s..t...a
John Gardeners wife and child, badly in
jured. The large two-story frame building
in which they were living was raised up
bodily forty feet into the air. turned upside
down. dashed into pieces, and the fragments
entirely carried away. hfa .a4.3 .44a p
James Riley's wife and one child injured.
W. s. Purdys hired girl fatally injured.
Mrs Purdy and her children escaped by run
ming from the kitchen into the parlor. The
house was raised from the flooring and car
ried away, and left her and her children sit
ting Old the floor in safety. -r
Mrs. Buckley fatally injured, !. and her
sister, Mrs Allison, badly hurt. Mrs Buck.
ley was sick in bed at the time. She was
thrown against large stone nearly three
rods southwark, and parts of her bedsteat
were found forty rods apart southwark:
John Dawson, badly hurt, and his wife
considerably injured. Mr.. Dawson was in
the act of running from his store to his house
to protect his family when he was knocked
down by some fragment of a building
| Mr.. j. M. Bennett, wife and married
| daughter, Mrs. Toujee and two children
went into a cellar. Three horses and har-
nesses were blown into the cellar and upon
the family. Mr. Bennett was very seriously
I'M ured, his leg broken and side bruised
Mrs. Tonjee slightly wounded. Mrs. Ben
nett and child escaped without serious harm
! The vehicles to which the horses were at
| ia ched have not been found.
Miss Gardner was considerably injured
while in the Post Office building.
Register Whites wife and granddaughter
were fatally injured. and his daughter, Mrs
Davis badly hurt. Mr.. White being at hi
office in the Court House, escaped I'm
harmed, t~+ "l nv
Mr.. Robinson had an arm broken Will,
trying to keep a door closed, i'll the house
of II Lindsey. r@7-i.h'
j. Kasson and family were found con
siderable distance from the ruins of tn,
house, escaped with slight Injuries to hi
wife aud one child. Col. Berce's wife wa
severely injured, their child hurt and Phin
cas- Drake, who was in the employ. of Col
Bierce, was fatally injured Mrs. Bierct
was found lying between the crushed sides
of the building, several yards from wher,
the house stood.
Mr.. Geo. Goods wife was killed. and his
mother, between sixty-fve and seventy
years old, was seriously, and perhaps fatally
injured.
At the school house, which was totally
demolished, about half mile East of the
village, eight children were killed, and al
the Others including the teacher, and about
twenty scholars, were more or less injured
Many other persons, whose name have moi
been reported. have received fatal injuries
the precise effects of which are yet un-
| known