Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

quarter of a mile from Smiths. His
house, which was occupied by himself.
wife and six or seven children, and his
father and mother and brother, was lift
ed from its foundations and blown to
atoms. Mr.. George Spurgeon was not at
home at the time. The old gentleman
received injuries from which he died Oh
Friday; one child had its arm broken
in two places, and another its leg
broken. Outhouses, wagons, fences, etc,
| were blown to pieces, and a lot Of stock
was killed One wagon tire was found
some distance off detached from the wheel
and almost completely Strengthened out
| The feathers were blown from chickens
almost as clean as they could have been
| picked Two houses belonging to Jacob
Hooper, about quarter OF mile from
Surgeons, were next visited. MIR. HIS
| family occupied one and another family
the other. The houses were, like the
| others, completely demolished, but the
families escaped without loss of life One
of the houses was built of logs, which
were scattered in every direction. One
log was thrown across the bed in which
the children were lying at the time but,
| strange to say, the children were I'M
| harmed
The next place was the log house of An
| drew Brazell about quarter OF Il mile
| east. His wife and child were in the
| house The logs were scattered in every
| direction, and, as strange as it may seem,
both escaped serious injury. a large
granary filled with corn and oats was
scattered to the winds.
The next house blown down was that OF
old Mr.. Rosenbury, about half mile fur.
Their on Mr. r. had large family, who
were in the house; the storm came sud
denly, and almost before they knew il
the house was demolished. The family
all escaped with the exception Of 1t child
about seven months old, which was blown
from its mothers arms and dashed tC
pieces Household furniture, Out-houses
and everything of movable nature, to
tally disappeared, leaving the family en-
tirely destitute. Mr.. r. also lost lot O.
stock. Mr. F. Dumbauld, who is Master
of the Kansas State Grange lived on the
adjoining farm, and was the next sufferer
His house met similar fate to that of tht
others, and one of his children was killed
A large barn filled with tobacco was alst
blown down, and it, with its contents, is {
total loss The farm house of B. r. Ad
dis, John Frogg and Mr.. Gwinn were also
demolished. They were occupied by
their families, but we have not hearC
whether any of them were injured or not
The house Of widow woman by The
name of Hooper was also blown down
She had quite large family of children
one of whom was instantly killed, and an
other disappeared and has not yet beer
found. 1t is supposed the latter was
blown into the creek and probably
drowned Mrs Hooper had her arm
broken in two place. 1t is also rumoreG
that Mr. Saulsbury's house was blown
over and one Of his children killed 1t il
impossible at present to form any idea o
the extent of the damages. Suffice it t.
say that the portion of the country
through which the hurricane passed i!
completely laid waste, and the inhabitants
are in an extremely destitute condition
The storm excelled in fury anything VIZ
ever heard Of