The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-10
Mexican Marauders Fol-
lowed Across the
Rio Grande.
Bursting ola Massachusetts,
Reservoir.
Destructive Tornado in
Wisconsin.
Terrible Whirlwind.

MILwAUKEE, July "a special TO
the Sentinel from Peneaukee, says ter
ribe whirlwind struck the town Sunday
evening, leaving but three houses stand
ing The Gardner house large hotel, WAS
wholly demolished. Sawmills, residences,
trees, fences, etc, were swept away.
Six persons are known 10 be killed, TWEEN
tv wounded and five missing, and some
O Tests AZ the hotel of whom no account
mas been made Losses heavy. The
storm tore up the largest trees rs though
thev had been weeds and whirled them
in the air ike feathers. 1t is supposed
further reports will show more casual
ties.
CrICAao, July 9.-The following
specis has been received here from
,Janesville, Wisconsin:
A terrible tornado swept everything
before it during Saturday afternoon. At
Pensankee Station, twenty-five miles
north of Green Bay, on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, the storm blew
down the Gardner hotel, large, brick
summer resort. A hotel in Northern
Wisconsin WAS blown down, and eight
persons are known to have been killed
and two others are missing. Other
buildings we're blown to pieces, and the
place is total wreck. A saw mill,
single mill aud store were totally des-
troyed. The tug Spray and n schooner
are n total wreck. The school house and
fifteen or twenty houses were
blown down. A powerful gust
raised the depot building and blew it
across the track, and prevented the pass
sage OF the Green Bay passenger train
.or two hours The bridge was dam
aged aud misplaced.
CHICAGO, July 9.-ln explanation of
the TACT tnsl the tornado which struck
Pensauckee, Saturday, WAS first reported
early this morning, il may be men
toned that the only wire running into
that town is telegraph wire, and that
1t was thoroughly demolished, together
with all apparatus as to render c0mmu-
nication impossible.
The Posts special from Uconto, Wis.
consln, says the following additional de-
tails are published there: The tornado
struck Penssuckee at Gas p. W.,
OALurQAN. ~ sLTuCh GuShuChtC
naar the wagon road, continued south.
eastward. sweeping three mills, the hotel
owned by Gardner, the Gardner
House, Chicago school house and twen-
ty-eight buildings. 1t struck Conard.
VILE, near the Lucas farm, and passed
almost due southeast, taking in stream
about eighty rods wide, and destroying
everything in its course Seventeen
houses and barns were damaged in Con-
lardvile, and the crops badly injured.
Total loss estimated Vt 100000.
A telegram from Penssnkee this morn
ing gives the following list of the killed
by the tornado: l.. Santo, II. Bsnni
gartner, Albert Biackbird, Mrs. +. K.
Chesly, al infant of +. Farley, and an
infant of H. Santo, the last named not
found Tue wounded are Albert Gaskey,
Herman 3annIgartner, injured abou,
the breast and head VIM. Baptist, head
hurt, Martha Morrison, badly bruised,
Mrs. l. Santo, eg broken, Mrs. Farley,
generally bruised, boy and girl o: L. K
Cne,!y, hurt IN the face, Mrs. Chapman,
bruised, john Dinge, face hurt. All the
wounded are doing well, and it is thought
viii recover. The tornado Is now over.
1t was one thousand feet wide, and lasted
two minutes The velocity aid power
tae tornado wss terrific.