The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-09-19
WINDS AND FLOODS.

A Terrific Cyclone Lays Waste Several
Towns in Minnesota and Wisconsin,
Many Residences and Farm Houses
Wreeked-A Few Lives Lost and Several
PERSONS fnIdred-Flocds Id the Chip.
beWa River.
HUDsoN; Wis, Sept. 1i.-Dstails are
now coming in Of destructive cyclone
which on Tuesday evening swept over the
northern part of St. Croix County and
through the center of Polk, doing wide
spread devastation. Jhe cyclone entered
Wisconsin from the Minnesota side, nearly
opposite Marine, carried away portions of
the Wisconsin CentraPs new iron bridge
now building across Lake ST. Croix,
and plowed furrUw two or three
miles wide in q nUrtherly direction;
The most serious damage was
done iii the towns o. Star Prairie, Stanton
and Somerset, where grain stacks in large
numbers were blown away: Barns and
houses were unroofed. and other serious de-
struction done. In this county Star Prairie
appears to have Jared the worst, as nearly
every building in the village was more or,
less shaken, and fully dozen in the town
completely destroyed. Among the more
serious losses are the house and barn of Mr.. /
%1tHquISb, fdluSu az PS, ouO, OuO 4dl 80 Ud11 VI
r. K. Fay, in which boy had both legs
broken; Ira Kdder's barn, E. Clarke'S house
and barn, and Filpah's store, front blown
III About thittysfvs miles farther north
the little village of Eleaf Lake, on the
North Wisconsin Road, was almost wiped
from the map by the furious gale. Hardly
an unscathed house remains in the town,
and three lives were lost. Those killed
were Mrs. Peleg Burdick, wife of the post
master, and two young men in W r. In
CALLS store, by the name of William Cav
anaugh and A. II. Sanderson. Walter
Briggs was also badly injured, and two
Scandinavian children so seriously that they
can not siltyives
Bill Nye. the noted humOrist, also had
his left leg broken below the knee He was
at Clear Lake visiting his brother, District
Attorney Nye. They were out in the coun-
try for drive in the midst of dense forest,
and seeing the storm coming CD,
were driving as rapidly as possible
to escape its fury, when both gem
tlemen were thrown out with tho
result above given. The road was so thick.
ly strewn with fallen trees that it was i'm.
possible to reach him with team, and lie
was obliged to lie on the wet ground Ill the
drenching rain for two Hours, Until men
could be summoned from Clear Lake to
carry him in. He was brought to Hudson
and is now doing we'll:
Jewett's mills, few miles out, suffered
seriously, and three-fourths of their most
valuable pine were blown down, beside a
vast amount of other timber. The entire
loss to Clear Lake can not be less than
$500, 900. Ingalls, loss is paced at $40, 900.
The death of Mrs. Burdick is especially sad.
She was almost helpless, and her husband
was assisting her from the SILVER
ing building when she was stricken
dead at his side. The people had
no knowledge OF young Saunders
death until his body was found
while they were searching In the
ruins for CavanaughFs remains. A report
comes that Clayton was badly sl1 ken UP
by the same gale, and sustained heavy
losses Humbird Il Co.'s large mills and
their lumber yard were seriously wrecked
The loss of grain and other property in
this (St. Croix) County can not be short of
1000, but this is trifling compared with
the devastation throughout Polk County.
The storm lasted fifteen minutes.
SALTWATER, Mimi, Sept. 11.-About
six o'clock Tuesday evening disastrous
cyclone passed over this section. The worst
end of the storm struck Marine Mills, WI.
lage twelve miles north, where almost every
house is more or less injured. George
Rutherford was working at a threshing
machine when the storm came up. He
took refuge i'll barn, which was blown
down ON him and he was killed. This is the
only fatality thus far reported On another
farm in the same neighborhood Minneap-
oils man had his leg torn off by a falling
nd n faXU eli nll lN
injured. At one place, in an orchard of
1000 trees, only 500 are left standing.
Probably forty or fifty barns in this county
were completely wrecked. Some curious
freaks of the storm are reported. Some
buildings were twisted completely
around on their foundations. Others were
only unroofed and not otherwise injured.
At another place flying boards from a
lumber yard struck a dwelling and
crashed entirely through the side. In this
city Walker, Judd Veazie, Saw-mill firm,
lose from $4,000 to $4,000 The ST.
Croix Hotel was unrOofed and had a gable
blown away. Peter Cullean's house, with
his family in it, was blown into the street,
the inmates miracuously escaping Injury.
Hiram Burkey'S house, barn, granary and
warehouse, with 81, 600 worth of machinery,
six hundred bushels of grain and thirty
tons of hay. were destroyed. The entire
loss at Marine is S75, 900, in this city about
$25, 900.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept 11.-Reports
from the neighborhOod tell of heavy blows
in all directions. Washouts and overflow
ing streams are causing a good deal Of
trouble to railroads. The St Paul 81
Omaha Road is blocked up, and trains are
obliged to go by the Milwaukee track. No
fatal accidents are reported.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Sept. 1.-THE
floods in the rivers and streams Of this Sec
ton continue unahated. Dune IN Creek,
which flows through a portion of this city,
rose fourteen feet yesterday. Every bridge
in the city was carried away. The dam
OF the Glen Touring mills was washed out,
and caused the planng-mill dam of B.
kekis u Co. to give way. The
livery stable of Stiles, Lego &
Bailey was badly wrecked. Five horses
We're drowned, and all the. buggies and
carriages were swept away Several ma
chine shops and houses were carried down
the stream totally. wrecked. The latest
advices from Bloomer, twelve miles from
here, on Duncan Creek state that the
water is thirty three inches higher than in
the great flood of 1880, but there has been
a decline of six inches since six
O'Clock. The dam of Roache
q Riggs's mill was swept away, and 700,-
600 feet. of logs. ALI the bust
ness houses on Main street are partly
submerged. The loss at Bloomer is $40, 600,
| In this city the losses on Duncan Greek are
estimated at $3.50, 600. While attempting
to cross the creek here yesterday Robert
Wallace, single man, was drowned. The
-
above low water-mark, and is still rising al
the rate of six inches per hour.
| Double Tragedy in Iowa.