, 1873-07-08
THE WISCONSIN STORM.
Further Particulars Of the Terrible
Disaster on Green Lake.
Destruction Of Property in Green Lake,
Fond du Inc, and Sheboygan :,
Counties.

5OIIU Nv A~ut3 AlIA SuNAVtSAt1
Counties.
Tho Dlanstcr ut Green Lake.
Correspondence qf Tho Chicago Tribune.
DAnrroRp Wis.,, July I, 1879.
Our quiet 1ittlo villngo was to-day tho acono Of
dsastor that quickly turned the rejoicngs OF
the morning into mourning, mud filled many
households with The deepoRt grief.
Dartford is the ehire town of Green Lake
County, and tint village Is locatod ut tho nortl-
ern extremity OF tho
l,EAuTlruL H11EET OF WATER
from which tho county derives ita namo. Among
the arrangements for tho celebration of tho
nation's birthdny was picnic On tho eastern
shore Of tho lako, projected by temperance
society In tho town Of Ripon, 9 miles distant.
Tho morning oponcd cloudy, with tho appear
anco Of rain, which It waa hoped would 10 dssi-
patcd as tho day adyaucod and tho atrcots soon
wore an ASPECT Of gayety,-tho rural population
tlrning out III holisaya!iro, mid all looking for
ward to l1nppy day acrosH the lake, at Cullona
Point. Tho little Btoanor mado hourly trips,
and tho sal-boats aud othor small craft dottod
tho water at various points. Many unevontful
trips wore mado, aud numbers transferred to tho
picnic grounda.
Tho clouds continued to thickcn, however.
attended with tho peculiar, close atmosphere
that frequently portonds soyero blow; whom
suddenly, Mt about 10 o'clock,
THE STORM DnoHE WITH GREAT FunZ
upon tho like. The wind blew galo, twisting
limbs from strong oakn, md tho ran camo in
binding torrents, rendering it impossible to aoe
objects 20 feet dintaut.
q. i. pIorco's Hail-boat, containing twenty
Al ,f,.
shore. It was running very smoothly when tho
aquall struck it, with only tho ,nan-Bsl sot, and
the i1l.fatod passengers had no npprohensiona
Of danger until they suddenly without warning,
found themaolvos
s7RuouL1Na IN TIE WATER.
Tho boat rolled clear ovor, making almost 4
complete circuit, and resting on one odgo, whilo
its lato occupants clung to it's sidos md rigging
for such support as they could obtain, until req
cucd by tho steamer. Six Of those who wore
tnua procipitatod into tho water woro
NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
They woro as follows: Mrs. Carman, vito Of
tho Clork Of tho Circuit Court, lady much ho-
loved In this community, and hor aisscr, Mrs.
nuBaoll, Of Princeton, WHO WAS hore on q visit,
having daughter 10 years Of ago with hcr, who
was also drowned; Mrs. George Harding litt1o
Mantle Allen, tho eldest child OF tho Methodist
minister: md good Jonny olin, aged Il, tho
daughter of ono Of our most respectable citizons,
tho Rov. L. D. 0ln. sho was great fayorite
| in the village. and will bo sadly missed.
Mr. piorce purchased his boat-tho "H. B..
Harshaw "-in Oshkosh, short time ago, and
placed hor upon this lako within tho past month.
Poor Piorce did all in his power to rosoue his
passengers and would willingly give up his own
lifo would it avail to call back the dead.
TIE OTHER VICTIMS
Of this disaster, so far as known. arc Mr. Dlo1-
am, vito, and child, nnd Mrs. John Baird. These
persons waro in another saiIboat, tho " Ripon
airl,"-ownod by . gentleman in Ripon, and
managed by Norman Warnor. They Haw tho rain
approaching, and doserted tho sail-boat for a
row-boat in order to 60 ashore but the wind.
rising aoon aftor, swampod their frail craft. Had
they remained IN tho sail-boat, they might yet be
| hmou6 +he Living, aa 1t ronohod land in safety,
IT 1B FEARED
that other poraons nay hayo been lost, as sew
cral small boats hava driftcd nshoro without any
occupants. None OF the bodies have yet been
found. A general search will DO ma<lo for them
tomorrow, but tho result is uncertain, as tho
lake Ia very deep in some paccB, and it is fenrod
| eumo Of tho bodies will never be recovered, Y.