Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-29
TIE village of Shopiere. Rock county, Wis.,,

THE village Of Shopiere, Rock county, Wis,
was struck by tornado on the 18th inst, and
roughly handled by the mad elements for about
two hours. Houses, barns and'sheds were RACED.
trees uprooted and fences leveled. Fortunately
no lives we're lost but a number Of persons were
injured. La Prairie, Bradford and Johnstown
also suffered similar loss. The total damage III
the county viii probably reach 100000.
TIKI town Of Narshiield, No., was swept by a
fearful tornado on the 18th. After passing
through several miles of country in Christian,
Green and Webster counties. destroying every
thing in its pathway, leyeling houses, barns
mills and timber it struck the town about $3.50
O'Clock in the evening The noise Of the storm,
the crash OF the falling houses, and the cries
and screams of terrified people made scene of
utmost horror. The loss by this terrible c;lan-
ity IL estimatedat from $3.50, 900 to $500, 600
Every business house in the place is in ruins
and stocks all destroyed except two Between
seventy and ono hundred persons were killed
and many iniurd.
krNasqIILE, No., WAS destroyed by fire on the
18th. Eleven bsiness houses were among the
buildings destroyed. Loss $4,000.
HE Western File works, Beaver Falls, Pa,
were totally destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
estimated at S4lJ, 600; insurance $125,000.
BARRErrsvILI1, Monitor county, CAL. was
totally destroyedby o tornado on the 18th inst.
Every house in the village was blown down.
About twelve pefsOns were killed and twenty or
thirty wounded.
A TERRIBLE sale ragged on Saginaw bay on
the 18th inst, Gal wiIi,c Joseph Bradshaw, with
his two sons, aged 8 and IA years. were
coming up from Quaricasse in sailboat
the boat capsiZed off Oak Grove, five miles
below Bay City. The father grasped both chill
dren and chung With them to the bottom of the
upturncd boat; but the waves washed one of
them away, and he was drowned. Bradshaw
drifted on to the bar with the other, but the boy
was dead before he reached shore.
The Giant Powder works, in the district Of
Berkeley, on Sal Francisco bay exploded on
the 10th, killing twelve white and twelve or
or fifteen Cinnamon. The explosion oc-
Cured in the picking room, and all at work were
killed. About SIX thousand pounds were i'll the
room. All the victims were blown to atoms.
MARTHA KING, colored, well known in Spri,.g
field, ILL.,, was burned to death in her shanty on
the 18th inst, while intoxicated
A FIRE at Chicago on the 18th inst, destroyed
9 three-story brick building occupied by the
Nolfnger Organ company, and A. G. LOOMS,
buggy manufacturer. Loss $4,000; fully in
sured. On the same day, at the same place the
Frost Manufacturing companys planning mill
WAS burned. Loss about $4,000
THE brass works of Nathan Dreyfus, New
York city, burned on the 18th. Loss $50, 900;
partially insured.
RussELI's undertaking establishment in In
dianapohs, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
18TH Twenty-six horses, eight hacks and car
riages and a number of Baskets we're burned.
Total loss estimated at from $40 600 to S25, 600;
insurance Sos 600.
AT Barrie, Ont, on the 18th, fire destroyed
the stores OF Graham Bros, wooden GOODS L.
b. Crompton d Co., dry goods; W. c. Mclean,
druggist; j. III. Henderson, hardware; j. w.
Hastings jeweler; and Thomas Ellsworth,
baker. Loss on buildings and stock 1856, 900;
insurance $780, 900.