The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-21
THE STORM KING.
,uE VICTIMS or rnE cycLoxE


Chicago, April 20.-The following re
.orts of the rayages by the storm have
s.ep received BY telegraph:
IN Rock county. Wis, the village Of
s.ouiere was struck by the storm on
sunday afternoon and torn up fearfully
\, the wind, for two hours. The ad.
iolning townships Of Turtle. Laprairie,
bradford and Johnstown suffered also,
ia loss Of cattle. buildings. fences. etc.,
the total damage In the county reach
ing probably one hundred thousand dol
lars. Among the chief losses are Z.
D. Mosley's blacksmith shop and house,
wrecked, 1900; Methodist church,
damaged. 5000; Geo. Sears. large stone
mill, torn TO shreds. q, 900; two large
barns and three fine houses owned by
L. J. Dole. 5000; Hon. VIM. IL.
s,arks orchard uprooted. some Of the
trees being carried n long distance;
seventy hives of bees, and the fences
Of one farmer were destroyed and every
window blown out OF his house, the
harms wrecked and the contents scat
tered, the family escaping destruction
only by holding on to trees and dodg-
ing the flying debris with which the air
was filed. loss q, 200. The house and
barns Of Thomas Holmes were torn 10
bits and the contents utterly destroyed.
Mrs. fearns and two children who
lived In the house were carried away In
the flying timbers and landed forty rods
distant, with slight injuries. Mr..
Fearns had $40 In his pocket book,
which was carried of, bat part Of the
money was subsequently found half a
mile away. The barns OF Mr.. R. w.
schenck werefazed TO the ground, and
the bulk Of the extra heavy stone walls,
some Of the stones weighing tons were
hurled about like chaff, and two horses
killed outright and two wounded. The
house and .outbnildings Of s. b. Hart,
were entirely destroyed, loss 5000.
Charles Yoemnns was picked up from
the barn yard and carried about in the
air like leaf, finally being landed un-
,,,,,sd on n ,,ooi ~. po,.-.,,r
burn,s barn and orchard ware a,maged
to the amount Of $1,000.
The cyclone demolished Mr.. Andef-
sons house, and badly injured his wife,
who il reported diving The fam,,v -
Lyman II. Richardson. nj Jobnstovn
took refuge in the cellar and saw the
house swept from above them No
trace Of the contents ~ ~. hons. .o,,,a
be obtained. The county buildipy and
poor house were dismaptled The storm
cut swath as though of Are destro,.
ing every bit Of vegetation In its vav
It was accompanied by rain and hail
At Manitovoc and Kossutb the storr,
was severe, but not SO destructive as
elsewhere. Its path was from one
eighth to one-quarter of n mile wide
The gale in Illinois was the most se-
we're in the central part of the state
Champaipn suffer;no Tho ,,,o.t h,,t a..
ly minor, the damages being TO roofs,
trees, etc.
St Louis, April 20.-The list of
wounded embraces nearly all of the in
habitants.
The people Of Marshtield seem 80 ex.
cited and so little order shown in keep
ing record of the dead and wounded
that no accurate list is obtainable
On change to-day g. 200 were raised
for the sufferers.
The town of Licking Tax,. co,n,v
: oia'y torn up; nearly half the town
being destroyed
The storm appears to have been gen.
eral throughout the state doing a dam.
ase more or less severe.
small towns ara ranortad a,m.aas
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