Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-22
THE CYCLONE.
NiilaErs and Farm Houses Destroyed
Heavy Property Lsss.

VvAVW6s 1
Viilaxrs and Farm Houses Destroyea-
Heavy Property Less.
Chicago Times Special.
Janesville, Wis April 10.-The widest,
storm that has ever visited Rock county
struck the village Of Sho?iere yesterday
afternoon about ! o'clock. The storm
passed from the southwest to the northeast
In a general direction, though owing pro,
badly. to Its rotary motion, IL seemed to |
different ones who experienced it's force to
come from every point Of the compass.
The amount of damage done eau not be
estimated, but the Times correspondent in
following the track OF the storm for some
ten miles, saw evidences of O destruction
of property which it would take more than
100000 to replace, and this 10 but a small
part OF the actual damage. The wind
showed the usual c~apriciousness of = cy.
clone, here sweeping q building, an orch.
ard, or q grove completely out Of existence;
there merely tearing a fence to pieces or
laying low a.tree or two. In one place leav-
ing nothing but desolation in its path in
another picking Out a few Victims upon
whom TO pour forth its wrath, and leaving
the rest ofthe beautiful landscape entirely
unframed. The cyclone first struck
in the orchard Of John Hopkins,
in the village Of Shopiere, in the town Of
Turtle. Out of one hundred and fifty trees
but seven or eight are left standing. Thence
it proceeded to demolish the blacksmith
shop Of Moseley & Son, and moved bodily
from its foundation, Newkirk's wagon shop,
q building twenty feet square. 1t also COM
pletely Quilted Moseley' house, removing the
roof and tearing out all the windows. Loss,
II C1 n0n NJ, D,..l.ID. L~s. 49,. A.
road, was entirely carried away, leaving
that a building had ever stood there. Two
over Turtle creek, built last summer at a
cost of $1,000, was torn from it's piers and
thrown into the creek. Oak trees from a
foot to two feet in diameter were torn up BY
the roots and left lying across the streets Of
the village. Downs store was unroofed /;
loss, $500. The roof Of corrugated iron upon
Ed. Sears large stone mill was completely
removed; large pieces of the iron were
found eighty rods from the mill. G. w.
Culver, Henry Sweet, James Parker, Thoe.
Holmes, John Spencer, Geo. Sears, all in
Shopiere, had their barns demolished. Thos,
Weirick had the side of his house blown out.
Mrs. Selby's barn was taken up bodily and
carried across the road. The Methodist
church was unroofed damages $500. There
is scarcely a building in Shopiere not more
or less injured. Following the track Of the
storm northeast we come 10 the farm of
johnson Dole and find his house a total
wreck. Three valuable borses were killed.
and fences aud trees torn to atoms; loss 81, 900.
Next We ind the house of John Thomas. rail.
road agent at Shopiere station, entirely gone,
and no sign of barn, fences, or sheds, except
u long line of what looks like kindling
wood strewn across the fields; loss 81, 800.
The depot was unroofed and badly shattered.
Just across the railroad track the storm
struck the rear of Charles Stsrk's house,
unrooiing it and destroying his barn, sheds,
etc. At VIM. H. Stark's a frightful scene
Of destruction is seen. Two hundred apple
and cherry trees were overthrow and piled
upon each other in the greatest imaginable
confusion. A large portion of the roof OF
Mr.. Starks elegant stone mansion was car
ried away, and every pane Of glass on the
south and west sides broken. Seventy
swarms Of bees, valued at $500, were des-
, troyed. Fences, ornamental trees, corn
cribs, sheds, two very large barns, are all
!. gone. This once beautiful place is indeed
q sad spectacle. The storm next struck the
farm of Thos. Holmes, occupied by George
ASAAS, SoA4yAuS away uOuoe, UdIu, lE6cS,
fences, ETC., go completely that one would
scarcely believe the buildings ever stood
there. Mrs. Ferne and three children were
carried away with the house and dashed
to the ground, some twenty rods away
They we're all badly hurt, Mrs. Ferne
dangerously. Mr.. Ferne and two child.
rem had gone down into the cellar,
and so escaped being carried away
This man lost $3.50 in money and 1920 in
notes, which was all in two pocket books.
The pocket books were found entirely empty
and a few bills we're found scattered about
the fields, a mile or more from the house.
Lose in all about $4,000. Next r. w.
Schenk's farm was visited. There nothing
was left of the house but the stone walls.
The barps were gone, three horses killed
and some other stock. Large stones, weigh
ing several tons, were moved along like
pebbles, and beams a foot or eighteen inches
square were carried rods and dropped in the
fields; loss, $1,000. s.. s. Harris house, a
mile further to the northwest, was carried
entirely away, except the lower floor, leav.
ing his family entirely unprotected from the
fury of the storm. He himself was knocked
down the cellar stairs and badly injured.
Out Of thirty trees in his orchard one is left
standing. His barn is unroofed and sheds
blown away loss, at least $4,000. j. II.
Melville lost a barn and cribs valued at
$500. Robert Liliburn, Of Emerald Grove,
loses $4,000. The force of the wind can
scarcely be imagined. As an example, a
healthy burr oak tree, fully one and one.half
feet in diameter, standing alone, is twisted
entirely off some ten feet from the ground.
The people feel sort of dazed az yet, and are