Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16

well. Mr.. Mason was in the shop
and was Injured some on tho head.
Mrs. Hobbies house comes next. lie
was good Two story house. The
east wing was torn away and des.
troyed, and the main building is
banged up until nearly q wreck by
other timbers driven against it. The
next north was Joseph Jackaon's
house. 1t was blown entirely off the
floor and dashed to pieces against
Mrs. Hobbies house. Seven persons
were in it. Among them none are
reported injured except Mrs. jack
500, who is reported seriously hurt.
Oae son. Alfred, aged IA, was in Mrs.
Hobbie'a BARR milking her cow,
which he had engaged to do while
she was in Lancaster attending court.
The unfortunate boy there found in
slant death. Northeast from Mr..
Jackson's house, on the cross street,
Christian Andrews house was un-
rooted. East of the last named row
| OF dwellings there were no others un-
I'll we como to DR.. Kittoe's. some 200
yards distant. 1t stands there, but
is picture of ruin. The falling
and whirling timbers from other
buildings are driven into from every
| direction. 1t is unroofed and SILVER
ed until it has the appearance of be-
ing ready TO fall TO fragments. 1t
was partially protected by trees, and
served the good purpose of saving
his family from injury. A hundred
teet east OF his house stood bis barn
10 which he had two horses, and a
couple of tons of hay. The whole
establishment was lifted go or 20 feet
up and carried northwest about q
hundred and fifty feet, where the
building came down in fragu ents
The horses were thrown about 100
| feet further in the same direction and
found dead. Thence on the storm had
an open field until it reached the
cemetery. Mr.. r. Il. Mayors fine
brick residence, was barely out of it's
range. He looked upon the black
and mountainous bosom of destruction
as it approached, and must have
thought what an infinitely little crea
ture man is with all his boosted in
ventions and power TO destroy. A
mile further, in Scrabble Hollow, Mr..
Brewers house was in the track of
the whirlwind. He saw j, coming
and thoughtfully took his family into
root house, made in the side of the
hill. In few minutes his house was
among the other splinters and timbers
Mhirling through the air. Another
mile further and the residence OF
lhomas Allen was in its path. The
house was carried backward a hun.
dred yards and dashed to pieces. Mr..
Allen was fatally injured. He lived
b rely long enough to inquire con-
corning his family, of those who found
him. A son, William, was killed.
Mrs. Allen is dangerously hurt. Jas
Allen has an arm broken and is other.
wise injured Hannah Allen is so
badly bruised that she may not re-
cover
Here ends the most heart reEd:ng part
of this horror. We worry and work
our lives away over property, and
when it comes in comparison with
life, it is nothing. Some will even
laugh that they have escaped with
their lives. SO in Hazel Green may
be seen people whose all of worldly
goods were in an instant picked up
and made like kindling wood, even
their papers, their money and clothing
LOST in the wonton winds, yet these
same people are happy as any you
will meet. But those who lost near
and dear relatives are sad indeed.
Some seem to feel that even the good
God has signitied determination to
tear from them all upon which the
heart places affection. We trust that
kind and christian people will ever be
ready hereafter to comfort and help
these bereaved people.
Besides the buildings named as
totally destroyed there were many
other barns, stables and other out
buildings blown away. With the
houses went also the furniture and
clothing. Along the track of the des-
troyer for miles the fields were covered
with splnters, boards, scantlings,
shingles, carpets, bedding, clo;hing
lace curtains, window blinds and
shutters, bottoms OF chairs and other
pieces of furniture, rims, spokes and
other pieces of buggy wheels, pieces
of collins. tin cutters and erything
II eat g
a house. The houses were so effec>
tually torn to pieces that it cannot be
told to what house pieces found be-
longed. Trees that are not them
selves injured are full CT the evidences
of destruction. Up in their branches
were many articles of apparel, and
beds and carpets. Among the debris
in and near the village were dead
horses, cattle, hogs, cats and chickens.
1t is estimated that over iifty head OF
horses and cattle were killed. There
were also many other houses damaged.
Scantlngs and boards were driyen in
to the roofs and sides of houses out { {
the whirlwind's path with such force
that they wonld go through like an
arrow through paper. The houses
standing are smeared with mud until
they look like the ground. Many
fences are down; windows are brok-
ZEN With the storm was very little
rain. The black cloud was composed
of mud and dirt. Great trees, some
of which were solid oaks Is inches in
diameter, We're twisted off and went
sailing through the air. In this ac-
count we have aimed to exaggeraie
nothing. Distances are guessed at
and some may be too great, others
two small. As 10 the havoc, if any
reader goes in time TO see it, after
reading this account, he will say we
have not half done it justice. No one
can fully believe in such stories with
out seeing for himself. The killed
and nesrIy all of the injured have
been already named. The Galena
Gazette enumerates them as follows