Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-03-17

But few feet to the eastward its mighty
bolts were launched against the stone resi-
dcnce of Mrs. E. Richards, and tumbled its
roof and portion of the walls upon the in
mates, consisting of Mrs. E. and daughter
Lizzie tagged sixteen), Mrs. I. III. Edwards
and infant child, all of whom were killed by
the falling rocks. johnson Richards, the
son of the dead lady, at the time the whirl-
wind struck the premises, was in the hay
loft of & barn on the lot, and was instantly
killed, while Thomas Mayor, young man
who was on the first floor of the barn, re-
ceived frghtful cut about the face, which,
though not dangerous, will disfgure him for
life. The barn on the premises of Mrs.
Richards was demolished, and fine trot-
ting horse, owned by Thomas Wagner, in
stantly killed by the falling timbers. Across
the street from the Richards house, the
wooden building occupied by Levi Eastman
was racked and shattered as if under the fire
of 4 hundred guns.
The house of Joseph Jackson Was ntm-
bered among the ruined fwcl'i~Gs, and his
son Alfred, fine lad agcd fourteen years,
instantly killed. Mrs. Jackson was serious
ly bruised in the back, and it is thought her
spine is injured The sorrow-stricken father
related the terrible scene of ruin and death
which had visited his hearthstone, and while
telling the sad story scalding tears coursed
down his weather-beaten cheeks, and groans
of deep distress broke his utterances: The
spectacle was such as to soften the stoutest
heart, and, sick and sorrowful, we dropped
word of sympathy and turned away.
Thehouse of Dr.. kittoe was the last de
molshed in the village, and though not
RACED to the ground, there is scarcely
timber iii the structure that does not bear
evidence of the terrible assaults of the
whirlwind, while the building is moved up
ward of three feet from its foundation, the
second story blown off, and the whole east
ern end carried away The doctor perceived
4bn ,iou
lily together, calmly awaited its coming; and
come it did, with fury which rent the frail
tenement from top to bottom, and scattered
the debris about and upon the pale inmates,
not one of whom was injured in the least
The barn at the rear of DR.. Kittoes prem
Uses was leveled to the GROUND, and almost
every vestige of the structure carried from
the spot on which it stood. A pair of
horses in the barn were lifted sixty feet into
the air, and then shot off in tangent twenty
rods, when they fell bleeding and dead. They
were standing side by side in the barn, and
when they fell they were only ten feet apart
and still occupying the same relative posi-.
tions, the nigh horse on the nigh side and
the off horse on the off side. As they spun
in the air, spectators forgot all fear of dam
ger in watching the whirling horses, whose
shrieks could be heard above the yell and
roar of the hurricane.
From this point the whirlwind Travelled
due east, passing over the cemetery, damag-
ing a large number of slabs and ornaments,
and covering the ground with boards, limbs,
pieces of furniture and clothing. On Invent,
bent on its mission of death and destruc-
ton, until reaching the residence of Thomas
Allen, which it lifted as if it were a feather,
and, carrying it short distance, dashed it
in pieces, killing Mr.. Allen and his son,
aged twelve years, instantly, and badly in
turing other members of the family. The
large furniture establishment of Ed and
Matthew ThOmnsOn was totally demOli shed.
The building contained valuable stock OF
furniture and collins. Mr.. Chas Schabber's
blacksmith-shop was also blown down, as
was the extensive wagon and carriage manu-
factory of Joseph Clemenston, which, with
it's contents, are total loss.
The loss to property was estimated at from
$40 900 to $4,000
5EDAttA, Mo-, March II.
The tornado that passed through Monroe
County yesterday was first seen at Monroe
City, on the Missouri, Kansas q Texas Rail
road, at four p. M, passing there without
damage. Three miles from there it blew
down farm house, killing three women and
severely Gripping another.
At Hassard, a two-story frame house was
completely demolished, and the section
house, railroad depot, several build
ings and two miles of plank fence destroyed,
and one mile Of telegraph wire stripped.
Elizabethtown, a small village six miles
from Hassard, suffered severely every
building, except three, was destroyed, In.
Guiding two churches, and one woman and
one child killed instantly. Two school
children on the way home were overtaken by
the storm and carried away and have not
since been heard from. Hay stacks were
picked up and carried for miles, and fences
generally destroyed. The citizens of Mon.
roe and Hassard say they could hear the
storms rumbling noise for great distance.
The storms width was about half mile. A
passenger train left Hassard only one minute
before the depot was blown away.