Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-01

occurred, but repairs were promptly
made. One occurred between Eden ana
New Cassel on the Northwestern road
and one between Plymouth and Sheboy'
gan. A very bad one occurred on the
Wisconsin Central line, about mile
from Theresa, where 800 feet Of road
bed went out. Owing to the strong cur
rent it was repaired with difficulty.
Ar Columbus, lightning struck the
telegraph wires and shot into the ticket
Office of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
1T. Paul Railroad, doing some damage.
After flashing around in the ticket office
for an instant, the subtle fluid escaped
over the telephone wire leading to Sta
ton Agent Cromwelrs house, where it
broke some windows and did other dam
age, but FORUM ately injured no one.
AT bingham, nine miles southwest,
Baldwin & Delavan's Touring mill was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, with the entire contents. About
twenty feet of the dam was carried away.
About four miles from bingham, the
brick building 30x40 and two stories
high, used by the sisters of Catholic
school located at that point was struck
by lightning and burned to the walls.
The sisters were absent at the time.
Ten farmhouses near Grand Rapids
were completely demolished and several
more unroofed. Twenty barns or more
were blown down, while fences and crops
are ruined for miles. The house OF
Charles Smith, on the creek, was torn
almost into atoms. A three-year old
child was probably fatally hurt. A wo
man named Schumantoski was badly
hurt by the ruin of her home. At Port
Edwards the estimated loss to the prop
erty of John Edwards & Co., Is SIS, 1000.
The large planning mill was destroyed
and millions Of feet of lumber were
splintered into frewood. One man was
killed and two more seriously injured. A
child was killed in Seneca, and young
girl had a leg broken.
THE oldest landmark in Sheboygan
Falls-a large frame mill 4Ox60 feet and
two and one-half stories high, of ponder
Gus timbers, standing Just below the
lower dam-yielded to the pressure and
was carried down the stream. Two bents
of q bridge on the Sheboygan and Western
Railroad. four miles west of the village,
were carried away. VIM. Richardson,
of Richardson Bros. saw and planning
mill, went out on their dam to raise the
flash boards when he was carried over
and caught in a whirlpool below the
dam. where he was whirled around at the
mercy of the waters for some time, and
finally, as a last resort, Owed down and
struck the under current, coming out
some distance below, nearly exhausted,
after being in the water at least half an
hour.
MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA.
SEVERAL houses were blown down at
Lake Benton, Dakota.
CHAs. EIDENBU1z was killed by light
ming near Stewart, MINI.
AT Byron, near Rochester, Mimi,
Mrs. Middleton was killed and her hus-
band seriously injured.
GEORGE CHAMBERS had one horse and
several cattle killed III Florence, six
miles southeast of Owatonna, MINI.
E. B. PRINDLE and Mr.. Colville
were killed by lightning while engaged
in lathing a house In Sanborn, Dakota,
TERRIFIC hail at Sleepy Eye, Mimi.
smashed all the windows in the town on
the north side. The roof of the Touring
mill was blown off.
Mr.. FRANK CHAMBERS, living four
miles south of Owatonna, Mimi, had
two horses killed, his barns unroofed and
outbuildings demolished.
r. MIDDLETON house, at Byron,
Mimi, was blown down, and Mrs. Mid,
dIetOn killed. Mr.. Middleton and Sim
Munger, a hired man, were seriously
hurt.
WAsEcA, Mimi, was badly brushed
by tornado. Many buildings were
damaged. Tue Grant House lost its
roof and the furniture was damaged con-
siderably by water.
THE small town of Elgin, Mimi. was
almost completely destroyed. A woman
named Thayer was killed and four other
persons badly hurt. The pecuniary loss
is estimated at $50. 900.
At Meriden Station, MIMI, the Ger
man Methodist Episcopal Church was
blown to pieces, the Meriden Mill Com
pany's mill Unroofed, and great damage
done to barns and outbuildings.
OwAToNNA, Mimi, estimates her dam
age at $4,000. The storm was the
worst since the tornado of 1870. 81. II.
Crandall, who was in the floral hall on
the fair grounds, at the time of the
storm, was badly injured by large tim
Der falling across his chest.
A SUMMARY of the recent storm In
Minnesota shows six killed, 81 injured
and IS buildings wrecked, not including
the village of Elgin, which was almost
totally destroyed. The list Of injul ed
includes three victims of the railroad ac-
cident at Owatonna, which was a result
of the storm.
NEAR Milbank, Dakota, William Dull,
0. L. Larson and John Everson were
building house. A bolt of lightning
struck the building, killing the two first
named and badly stunning and slightly
cutting E7erson. Dull, who formerly
resided in Wright County, Iowa, left a
family. Larson was q single man.
Mrs. GEssINGER and two children
were killed between Huron and RedfeId.
Dakota. Their home was demolished.
The house Of a family named johnson,
IN the same vicinity, was wrecked, and
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