Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-30
DEATH AND RUIN,
The Mineral Point Tor
nadO.
T Particulars Of the Disaster
A Large Number Killed and Many
Injured.
Great Dessrucslou ofProperty

Great Destruction of Property
Special Dispatch to the Galena Gazette.
Mineral Point, Wis, May PA
tornado struck Mineral Point abont
o'clock yesterday afternoon, travelling
northeast.
Hugh Phillips. proprietor of the u.
5. Hotel loses heavily. A barn, six
head Of cattle, about two miles of
fence, and twenty five tons of hay.
James Spensley's furnace, 24x4O, a
stone building, was entirely lost. An
aged man in the furnace escaped by
hiding in culvert.
The residence of John Coleman was
entirely destroyed and all its contents
MIR. Coleman will die. His oldest
daughter and wife were badly hurt.
John Spensley's handsome resi-
dence and barn, and everything in
them, entirely destroyed. Mr.. Spens-
ley's wife's mother, Mrs. Waller, of
Dubuque, is killed.
John Ross's house, occupied by
Jas. Nichols and family, and John
Opie and family, unroofed. No one
injured.
George Leonard's wife was killed.
She was blown about one hundred
yards and horribly mangled. She was
buried to-day. The house was owned
by John Spensley, and was entirely
destroyed.
John Haddington's house and barn
completely demolished. No one at
home. Mr.. Haddington was in Mr..
John Spensley's woodhouse, working
at the time. The woodhouse was
blown to atoms, and he escaped only
slightly injured. He lost fifty dollars
in money that was in the house.
The stone house occupied by Mr..
Rungle, owned by John Francis, un-
rooted and furniture destroyed. No
one injured except the baby, who
was lying in the cradle and was blown
against the wall.
L. Benefits residence and furni-
ture entirely destroyed. His wife was
blown out of the house.
VIM. Jacka's house was blown of
its foundation, and the roof and one
end blown away. The cook stove was
hurled out in the street about fifty feet.
Strange to say the family remained in
the house and no one was injured.
The house owned by Mrs. III. Webb
had the roof blown off. No one in
Ijured.
Mrs. Blewett's residence was un-
rooted.
Gillman's brewery, residence, barn
and all out buildings completely de-
stroyed. In the dwelling were the
family, eight persons, who took ref.
uge in the cellar. Miss Zimmer, sis.
ter ofMrs. Gilman, badly injured and
not expected to live. Mr.. Gilman
and Mr.. Priestly, assessors, were in
the office at the time. The hands
took refuge in the vaults in the
brewery.
John Jencks' house was completely
demolished. 1t Was occupied by Mr..
Meyers. His wife was killed and a
niece of Mrs. Meyers is not expected
to recover.
The residence and barn of Mr.. Bo-
ban is entirely destroyed. Mr.. Bohan's
wife was killed and his daughter Ann
dangerously injured. Mr.. Bohan and
his son Peter are badly hurt. A
daughter of his son John who was
visiting them took refuge in the root
house and escaped unipjured.
| John Beardsley's barn and house
were completely demolished.
| VIM. Cocking's residence was en-
tirely destroyed. Himself and wife
were injured.
One mile east of the city, a school
house was demolished. The teacher.
Miss McIlhone, was slightly injured,
and two children of Judson Boards.
ley were killed. A son of Martin
O'Dowd was badly injured. There
were thirty children in the school
house at the time.
Martin O'Dowd's residence, barn
and farm machinery are all DESTROYED.
Five miles east, Mr. Simmons house
was unroofed.
Stephen Terrill's barn, wagon and
buggy all blown away.
Peggy Shea's house destroyed.
l.. Garadine's house and barn badly
damaged.
Half mile east school house was
destroyed.
Thomas Kraemer's family took ref
nge in the cellar. Mr.. Kraemer and
MIR. William Ooley were hurrying to
get into the cellar when the house
was blown away, and Mr.. Ooley was
found on the cellar steps dead. Mr.
Kraemer had leg broken. The FAM
lily were safe in the cellar.
At Adamsville, sixteen miles north
east, Mrs. Targeson and five children
were injured.
Miss Libbie Campbell, school
teacher, daughter of A. Campbell,
State Senator, dangerously injured.
Ole Swinson and wife killed and
daughter badly hurt His son had a
leg broken.
DR.. Mcfarland injured, and two
others reported killed.
All along the course of the storm
the ground is completely covered with
lumber, stone, furniture, wagons and
pieces of clothing. Stone walls and
fences are entirely blown away and
nothing left of them. Acres Of trees
are uprooted, and no one can describe
the horrors of the scene.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Journal.
MADISON. Wis.,. May 27.-Large
numbers of our citizens visited the
| scene of the recent tornado yester.
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