Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
ELEMENTAL FURY!
A Destructive Tornado Sweep,
Through Iowa County.
DodgeViue and Eden the Puuci
pal Sufferers.


something terrible, early last Satur-
day morning, the furious elements
swept down upon parties of this
county in the shape of n tornado,
doing great deal of damage to
property and taking two lives. Eden
and Dodgeviile towns were the
principal sufferers. Coming from a
little north of west direction it first
wrought disaster at Eden. Here the
depot building was badly demol-
ished and the large warehouse Just
north lifted off its foundation onto
the railroad track. Davey IL Thomas
suffered great loss, their furniture
store and stock being entirely de-
stroyed. John Filbach's store build
ing toppled over and stock damaged
greatly by the mixing of dry goods
and groceries and the removal of
the same out doors. ID. w. Crowel S
dry goods and grocery store unroof-
cd and the stock injured by the
drenching rain. Owen O'Neils
boarding house and saloon was
turned into complete ruin, and
Mrs, JAS. Kelly, Of Ridgeway, who
arrived at O'Neil's for a visit just
the evening previous, was instantly
killed, receiving crushing blow
on the skull by the falling timbers.
Dan Zimmer's building which was
used as carpenter shop, was an
other victim to the heartless de-
stroyer. DIR. Pierce's drug store
front was all crushed in and a dozen
or more STRUCTURES nauly snvVA "P'
Eastman's lumber Office was carried
away and the lumber scattered to
the four winds. The confusion and
excitement which prevailed among
the enterprising citizens of that new
town cannot he penned, and imagi.
nation can scarcely magnify on it
too largely.
From Eden the destroyer bounded
eastward to Dodgeyille, skipping
the country between. AT the latter
place it struck the southern part Of
the village with great severity. A
barn belonging TO Mr.. Watkins was
sprinkled over a ten-acre field, and
leaving a horse in it unhurt. Bug
gies and farm machinery, which
were in the barn, were torn to
snreds, even to the spokes out of
the wheels The roof was taken off
the dwelling house, large rock
building, which stood close by the
barn, and the walls of the house to
the tops Of the upper windows; sew
eral persons were in the house, and
though the rocks were thrown in a
shapeless mass upon the upper floors,
and the stairway filed, and the par
tition walls split open, yet there was
no one hurt except little boy, who
was only slightly bruised, and Mr..
Michael Magraye, slightly hurt on
one leg 1t continued down the
rayine a half a mile and carried
away a portion Of the roof of the
wine cellar of Messrs. Ellwood Bros,
besides played sad havoc with their
vineyard and nursery. Half q mile
further down it struck the dwelling
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Faul, with uncom
mon severity, and swept it clear
from the earth. There were no per
sons in the house but Mrs Faul and
her son Richard. The young man
was carried through the limbs Of
the trees and very severly injured
about the head, face and breast, and
after reaching the ground he heard
his mother crying for help, and on
getting to her found her near the
root Of tree, literally wound up in
the grass, and he managed to extri-
cate her as best he could in his in
jared condition, but she lived but a
short time afterwards; and during
all this time the elements were wild
with rain, thunder, lightning, hail
and the fierce power Of the wind.
The storm then took up its east
ern march, through the county,
reaching down occasionally TO per
form some act Of destruction, which