, 1873-07-08

HsA uotNtQ AulAlQus Ik HukV ~ AAAtAiAEt |
md dill not stand far from Tho ground I1aff
Of tllo roof waH blown of and carried solno |
distance. Tho building wus thrown from itA |
foundation and carried about IL foot, QUO cosnor
Mr.. j. Wiiilia1nn' now llouao, on tho corner Of
Hickory and Wost Division atroote, was blown |
from Its foundation, aud damaged to Il conBid-
ernhle e1tont The cl'imt,eya wore blown OIL n'u
flying. .psocoa from tho tr6ea Or o!gerhoro mado
$500.
4 dwelling on Dut1or street, belonging to r.
Fritz mud occupied by 3. II. hlarBhall was llttcd
from itu foundation. movcd about 51oot, and
loft In partly tipped over condition.
part OF tho city woro moved, and q fow barna
and emnI1or strnoturoH woro blown down
and shattered to pieces. Considerable damage
vas vas dono to y. g. 0reen'a promises. His gsr- ..
used, aud somo Of lis buildings woro harmod..
u. +. Mooro's two buildings on Most Divi-
sion atroct- tho first Oh tho loft hand sido bo-
yond tho bri1ge-wore torn from their founda-
Tlo furniture, dishoa, otc.. wore badly HInasllod.
Tho next to feel tlso fury Of tho destructive
element WIS tho A1il1ors' Elevator.
Nearly all tho roof was takon OF, giving the
pouring rain: n chance to reach tho wheat.
mad confusion, aomo striking and tearing down
trees, lumbor-piloB, and fonccB. Ono largo piece
Of tho roof struck Froy Drothcrs' Elevator, do
ing considerable dnmago, but not making any
amount Of water to damage tho grain, Of which
thoro was a considerable quantity Tho damago
to tho n1illore' Elevator will not fall short Of
3t.000 and 1t may bo moro Just how seriously
tlie grain is damaged is not got known. The Ia
Delio Wagon Works wero next struck. The tin
roofing was loosonod and torn off IN m inptant,
and with it considerable portion Of tho
boards, acantltng, and Other timbors. Ono
largo piece Of tho Tin and tho piece Of
ahs%s~ &,>rk4 %%3A3in 3}ntR ~
800 foot, and lautlod on John Donnell's
atoro, cornor Of Forest and Brooke etroetg. The
roof Of Donnoll's building was crushed In, and
tho goods considerably damaged BY tho rain.
Tho damage to this building can 10 repaired at
Dolle Worlsa waH thrown down. ami that and 2
considerable sharo Of tho roofing, wadled IN all
shapes, lioa in Forest street, near the bridge.
Tho damage to 'thoao works is quito gotious,
aside from tho loss OF the roofing.
Tho new post-oflco building, corner Of Forest
and Mncy strocts, was not overlooked. The
walls wero 10 or IL foot high. Tho tornado
sAirered the WoBt end Of tho south wall; and
scattered tho brick in tho ebaaement at tho south.
waB torn up. The water ran through, anu drove
Of tho largo panoH Of glass woro brokon.
Amory Block WAS not passed in silence. Two
NTH them tho net Of wire-work whlch' had hold
than. The tin roofing waa started, aud con-
siderable pioco Of it WAS rolled up.
Tho gable ond OF tho bnilling in which N1r.
Hitchcock has his music store aud Mr.. Huating
hta jowolry store WAS blown out and thrown into
tho street. -.
Hundreds Of eigns woro blown down Or brokon,
and thousands Of lghta Of glRBs were broken,
Wo cannot protond, at thla timo, to onumorato
tho buildings thus injured. -
Tho back part Of tho building occupied BY Mr..
Sutton, on Main near Eighth, sas torn to pieces.
Hundreds Of chimneyH, all ovor tho city, were
damaged moro or less. Many wero blown from
tho housoH.
THO dwelling Of Robert Monroe, on Boardman
street, in tho Third Word, waa thrown from ita
foundation. The family left it Immediately, and
soon otter tho building caught firo and was de-
stroyed.
barns in the western portions OF tho Fourth aud
Fifth Wards were moved from their foundo-
tionH, and not fow OF them aro seriously STINT
tered.
Thoro is not . garden in tho city that has
not received much. damage. Some Of the bcnt
are entirely ruined s-~
Haentzo's fower-garden and hot-beds, in the
eonthern part Of tho city, mo torn oil to pieces.
The loss ia SERIOUS.
What is known as 1ngraham's Grove suffered
to q remarkable oxtenf. Most OF tho trees in
this grove arc worry largo. Not loss tAan one
third Of them aro torn up by tho roots Or broken
OF. Sooros Of tho largest trees, sonao Of tLom
turned M nto sroda oubs If shsfe anu
dozen troeh In the large sroyo that entirely os-
caped. Many Of tho large trens about tho col
orcd n. =. Church, on I1enncpin slroot, arc
down. Carpenters Grove fared no batter.
wcrc blown down.
Tho Stock Growora' Aesociation have met with
serious loss. Tho tcnces about thoir grounds
are Hat, tho speakers stand ia blown oyer, and
many Of tho Bhotls arc down..
TOWN OF FOND Du Lac.
Tho southeastern part of this town was terri-
bly, scourged. Besides loycling thousands Of
acres Of crops an1 many miles of fonco many
valuable barns Woro blown down, aud seores Of
residences more or loss injured. All kinds Of
grain aro down,
Tho destruction in this town mas not as great
rs IN tho town of Fond du Lao, yet it was Beri-
ous.
The storm did much damage to crops in this
town, but did not blow down or uuroof many
buildings.
EDEN, ASHFORD, AND AUBURN
Not very full reports hayo been heard from
these towns, Yet what IL known loads III to bc-
lioyo that much harm las beon donc rlln1or
comes to tho effect that sovornl buildings wore
destroyed In the Village OF New Caysol. Thero
that thoy aro badly damaged in all tho towns
caIt ofuH.
Like Fond du Lao, Tho Town OF Empire suf-
fored aoyorely. hlany burma mud Hhoda woro toru
down, mud scores were u,sloufcJ. Frederick AI,
rholis 4; Co., at tho Gold Spring Farm, hnd =
large barn noagiy completed, at o. coat OF S2,Uuo.
Whom the Htor1n camo up 6oyon or eight porAonB
wore in it. When the barn commenced tipping,
they for their lives, and succeeded in gott!ng
out just ~ it wont ovor.' Some OF tho pieces Ut
this barn woro blown quarter Of milo. Wo
hear that two acltoul-honses wore blown down in
tllat town. Wo alao leal1, tint soma atook was
killed.
MAnnHFIELD, oScEOIA, ASn FOREST.
MRny OF tho extensive forests III these towna
hayo received sudden thinning uus; ,aycral
dwellings in Ala:sh:lu1I wero moved fro. their
foundations and unroofc1 as wero nuny Of the
bAruH.
LAKE nESEvUE.
This littlo lako, ono OF tho pretticst iu tho
West. WAS neyor mora thoroughly uhook up
Elghtcon OF twenty roraons russtud for tho boat
llouse wliou it comulencot raining. They hntl
been t,,arp Int short tla1o when tic wind lifted
t.s structure aud removed it. loaying tho poo
ple IN Tho driving storm. Ono 1aly, Miss
i.k bnt y.