The Dickinson press., 1883-05-26
THE RECENT CYCLONE.

THE RECENT CYCLONE.
Great Damage at Racine, Wis. Loss
Of Life-Efecrs in Other Places.
Friday 18th. inst, was a cyclonish day
and various parts of the northwest suffered
severely, particularly Racine, Wis. The cy.
clone struck Racine at Z o'clock passing
through the extreme northwestern portion
Of the city, demolishing $50 houses and
barns, and causing a loss of life of about
twenty beside 100 more OF less severely in
iured. The air was oppresslvely warm. The
cyclone was announced by the breaking of
the clouds, which took on a whirling mo-
ton and struck the earth with a noise which
might be compared with the roar and rum.
bling of 1000 railroad trains laundering
over a bridge. The path Of the storm was
q little over a mile long and perhaps a quar-
ter of q mile wide. In this territory here
and there a building is left standing. Brick
and frame houses alike were DESTROYED, and
their sites are marked only by heaps of de-
bris.
Many occupants of houses escaped by
seeking cellars and other places of compara-
tive safety, but the cyclone came with such
lightning quickness that many were killed
before reaching shelter. In only a few
cases were houses moved from their toun-
dations. Those in the center ofthe storm
center simply exploded and fell in ruins
where they stood. The cyclone, as it
moved from the city cut upon the waters of
Lake Michigan, presented a grand spocta-
Gle, such as is seen but once in q lifetime.
The revolving columns off air
sssIsa and m0 tl!sy whir Tssath over ts Ss
columns of water. Noship that encountered
this monster of the air could by any posi-.
bility escape destruction. The list OF cas-
ualities, so far as they can be learned, is as
follows:
Fatally injured-Mr. Kurtz. Herman
Kurl, Mrs. Mccarthy, August Kisner and
wife. Simon Geise, son and daughter, and
Fred Falk.
Killed-Paul Kuhl, Albert Kuhl, daugh-
ter of Barney yelling, infant son OF August
Kisner.
Dangerously injured.Matt Levy, two
children of Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Mary Witter,
Mrs. Flannigan and three children.
Watertown, WIS. was also visited by a ter
rife hurricane which has wrought deyas-
tation in that city. Houses were torn
down md trees uprooted by this cyclones
awful strength every window in the south
side of every house in town was broken.
panes of glass there were perfectly round
holes as though made by a rifle ball. The
roof of the Northwestern Lutheran uniyer.
sity was blown off.
Shortly before six O'Clock a dark cloud
was seen hanging over Chemung, a small
village near Harvard, Ill. Roaring was
heard and suddenly a funnel.shaped cy-
clone formed and swooped down upon the
place with fearful rapidly. Houses were
torn to pieces like cardboard, and whirled
thus in the air. Large buildings were lev
.eled in 81 instant. There are no definite
details, but it is understood that a number
of persons were killed and at least twenty
wounded. Passing to the east
the storm struck Belvidere, doing consider
able damage. Here the wind changed to
the northeast and Nidened to a mile. Law
renee a small station six miles north ofHar-
ward, was badly damaged and the surround
ing country desolate.
Duluth, Moorhead and other points in
the northwest came in for q visitation. At
Duluth a burst of wind blew down build
ings, and among them one under construc-
ton was entirely destroyed at a loss of &C.,
600.
At Springfield, H., a large number OF
houses were demolished and many persons
AhIA1SAs ~ u In
again four miles east Of the city, where the
little settlement OF Round Prairie is situated
and played havoc with the lives and property
of the farmers of that vicinity. The houses
of Wi liam NosIand, Mr.. McVeagh, Henry
Hughitt, Samuel Ashton, James Trotter,
George Ray, Henry Tu.lly, Henry Farbec,
and Samuel A. Grubb were torn down and
great damage done their other property.
The killed and injured are:
Mr.. Booker and child. Mrs. English and
two children, injured seriously. Mrs. For.
beg, killed. Mrs. Jane Van Nostrand, prob
ably fatally injured. Misses Maggie and
Annie Van Nostrand. badly hurt.
From Round Prairie the storm swept on
to Dawson, nine miles northeast, but doing
no serious damage until that point was
reached. Here a number of houses were
Buffalo, q little hamlet, Mrs. Thomas
Chandler was killed by the falling timbers
of her house.
On Greasy Prairie, eleven miles south, the
farm houses of Porter Story, Alex Gum,
William Brakeman, Thomas hester, Jesse
,Covington, and A. Wsrsup were destroyed.
One man, a boy, and two children were
killed, and others injured. Near Franklin
the storm was t~earfully destructive. At
Pisga, the house, barn and orchard of James
sOxley were swept away and his wife and
children seriously injured. At Woodlawn,
where there was a fatal tornado three years
AGO., the railroad depot was destroyed.
At Leitenburg, some nine miles north Of
here on the Peoria branch of the Wabash
galway, the storm was in the shape of a
column and struck the south part of the
town at the southern edge, going northeast,
completely across the business residence
portion of the place, leveling four stores,
two churches, depot, repair shop, machine
shop and thirteen dwellings, besides injur-
ing others and destroying much other prop
erty. Five were killed and fifteen injured.
The dead at Greasy Prairie now number
four, q man named English, q t%wenty-year-
old boy named Brakeman, and two children
in the Westroat family, making ten dead.
At Clinton, Dewitt county the names of
the dead are: George P. Clifton, Mrs. Cliff
ton, his wife, and Ollie Clifton. aged seven.
At Grafton, ILL.,, Mrs. Garner was killed,
and her husband is supposed to have been
thrown into the ravine and killed and the
body washed into the river. A daughter of
Garner has a hip dislocated, and a daugh-
ter of Denny Shey q leg broken. The storm
was also severe at Edwardsvills. Mrs. Will
Maxey of Alton was killed near Edwards
vile by being blown against a tree. The
roof OF the court house was blown off.
BLACK HILLS DELUGE.
A Frightful Deluge Launched Upon
Deadwood, Sweeping SeventyBuild.