, 1873-07-08
The Storm In Green Lake. Fond d1t
I41tc. and slleb0yXnn C0u.,tica.

From lhs ioud dt Lac Commonwealth, Juty5,
Tho indications OF y storm yesterday were not
particularly noticeable until nearly 10 o'clock.
Then, with startling snddonnoHa heavy black
clouds gathered in tho Woat, soutli, anil north,
It soon becAnle almost as dirk as night-so
dark that QUO could not 200 to road iu d car or
room. The roar Of tho coming storm was simply
doafening. Tho falling troeu, fixing foucog.
branches, aud tho .tnnbling srai;,, Before the
ntorn reached oao, constituted 4 sce,a that WA
we'll calculated to startlo tho strongest neryoa.
The terrible roaring could haye bton heard for
miles. Nothing llao it Wns oyor beiora heard ia
this part OF the country Tho rail- did not spol,
like any other storm tLut we ever bollc1a 1t was
iaoro like wator ruEhing over Z lrccilice. 1t
cano in great sheets, an: wllcn near Tic earth,
the wind caught them, anl spread thou in wild,
u.addenba confusion.
Up to thA limo We 1laya only heard Of tho
atorA.'a EaYugcs from Green Lake und Dartfo:tl,
IN Grcon Lake County. It took in lilo whplo
lake, n'll roaeho in both dlrectiona-llorth and
south-aeycral nsiloB. |. took IN the whole OF
Fond da hno County, bolng oyor a5 mi!en, hut
Tho Ereasost force OF tho storn: seemed to 10 on
strip or country reaching from Greon Lake to
10 m.los Gust Of Fond du Lac, aud ranged from
to 10 ulileB III Width.
Tho dentrl:t!on along tho track Of the aovor-
o6t portion OF tho storm il very great. uollses
aud barns, i'll large numbers. woro injured No
run no risk in saying that moi lcas tlan $50 barns
were more or loss injured in thu western part Of
lA6 county. hlahy VI thoM Wcro blown down,
ehlvered 10 spntaiB, and spread broadcast over
tho country. From others tho roofa only we,o
tAken away. 6on,o Of tlsesc woro carried 400 or
600 foot; not few Of them struck other build
inEs, doing norioua damage. Miles upon
miles lM of fenco waH blown down.
TAouEands Of trees between hero aud Nipon
wero upru0tetl, md rs many mora woro brokon
oif hon'o ubout tl'e middle, anil ollors noar the
branches 0r tho rooti. III come groves nearly
ali thu troaA Weso blown down. A largo propor-
lion Of the farnl.louHos WoAt OF ue we're sur
rounded by slato.trees. Tho tornado blow or,
Or toro up ny tho roots, nlauy OF theae troes,
aud, III many instances, tt.rew them upon lilo
dwellings. by this means many dwellings, woro
Injured, Some slightly, aome HeriouAly.
Tho grain wnB whipped to tho ground AZ
though henry rollor had passed. over II, To-
tiay tho wlsas ryo,. oats, corn, and all other
grain look M tl.ough recovery WAS very doubt
ful, yet 1t may bo too carly to giyo safe opiu-
The toWna Of nosenlalo, Ripon, n part Of e.
dorado. sprlngyalo, part Of Metouen, Lamnr-
tine, part Of 0akiield. and part Of tho town OF
Fond d.i l.ac, III tho wostorn and southwestern
part OF this county, suffered severely In damage
so barns, dwolllnga fencos, grain, and forests.
We cannot llrotend to giyo Individual losaoy, at
tha timo, for thu 1lmbor Ia too great
THE CITy
lilo terrible storm struck tho city about 40
minutes past 90, and with grcat fury. There is
not street III tue city without ita blowu-down