Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-26
NUMBER Fl.
GARDENING CYCLONES.



MILWAUKEE. July 22.--A correspon-
dent at Dodgcville, Wis, gives the par
ticulars Ct destructive cyclone which
passed over that village late Friday
night. The week had been marked by
a succession of thunder-storms. Friday
high wind prevailed until o'clock in
the afternoon, when q period, of sultri-
ness ensued. This lasted until 10 o clock
at night, when a cyclone struck the
southwestern edge of the village, tear
ing through an orchard on Mrs. Col.
Stevens place, and destroying large
barn together with most of its contents.
The next point reached was the farm
of David Watkins. Here it swept every
thing clean, demolishing a substantial
stone house occupied nv the Watkins
family. consisting of Mr. Watkins, his
family, four children, and hired man
none of whom, singularly enough,
suffered serious injury. A large barn
near the house was also torn into frag-
ments. The Ellwood nursery suffered
severely. The house of Isaac EIlwoOd
was badly wrecked. Other buildings
were injured, and large vineyard
nearly destroyed. Leaving the Ellwood
place, the cyclone demolished the two
story residence of Mrs. FOUL and buried
the old lady in the ruins, from which
she was afterwards taken out dead.
Further on the residence of farmer
named William j. Hughes was damaged
and then the wind left the earth to
swoop down again at other points. At
Dodgeville great destruction was caused
among the heavy timber which sur
rounds the place. At and about Lake
Mills the cyclone uprooted a number
of barns, blew down Windmill and
a large number of trees, and demolish-
ed new slaughter-house, while the
accompanying rain destroyed forty
thousand brick that were spread out to
dry. Between Milford and Atzalan,
Carl Burger lost large barn contain
ing forty tons of hay, and had horse
badly injured. Five cows belonging to
Edward Simmons were killed by light
ming. At Concord several barns and q
school-house were completely destroyed.
Concerning the storm south of Mil
waukee, yesterday afternoon and last
night, but few details in regard to the
damage have been received. The ex-
press train from Green Bay over the
Chicago and Northwestern read due
here early last evening encountered u
violent wind and rain storm sixteen
miles this side of Green Bay, at o clock
in the afternoon. The darkness be-
came so intense that lamps had to be
lighted, and the speed had to be slack
ened in order to guard against acct.
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hurl the train from the track, while the
rain poured down in such torrents as
to completely submerge the track in
many places. and the wind forced the
rain through every chink in the cars,
drenching them thoroughly. Once,
when the cars were lifted SO that they
were nearly overturned, several timid
lady passengers tainted. At Kaukauna
a large, new house, nearly.iinished, was
entirely demolished. and another dwell
ling unroofed. This much could be
seen from the cars Trees in the dense
forest lining the track were uprooted by
the hundred, and every vestige of fenc-
ing in the track of the storm was des-
troyed. The nearest approach to Mil
waukee of the several storms which
occurred during the afternoon and
evening was about ten miles. The
damage done to the crops by the vlo-
lent storms of the week throughout the
state is incalculable. Thousands of
acres of wheat and other grains were
Frustrated to such an extent that the
grain can not ripen, and to harvest that
which may lipen in PROSTATE condi-
ton will be next to impossible.
Parties who returned from Elkhart
lake, forty miles north of here on the
Wisconsin Central road, this evening,
report general breaking of dams
along streams emptying into the lake
in consequence of the heavy rainfall
yesterday and last night. To-day the
water in the lake rose four feet, flood
ing the lower floors of the summer re-
sort hotels situated near the banks.
The country roads surrounding the
lake are pretty generally submerged.
while the l0wlands are converted into
a watery waste of vast extent. The
damage done to property, particularly
to the growing crops, is extensive.
Several washouts of culverts. etc, are
reported along the line of the Wiscon-
sin Central between this city and Apple
ton. In fact, every line of road trav-
ersing the northern portion of the state
has suffered more less in this respect.
The river line of the Chicago, Milwau-
kec & st. Paul road has been blocked
since Friday night by an immense land
slide near Reeds Landing, Mimi. The
slide is three hundred feet long and
from four to five feet deep, the debris,
CONSISTING of rocks and earth Orioi-
nally there were two slides, and an up
ward-bound passenger train was caught
between them, but escaped injury.
Passenger train No. A, due here at LII
a. m. to-day, did not arrive until 1920
tonight.