The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19
SWEPT BY TORNADOES.
Death-Dealing Storms i'm West
ern States.
One Wisconsin Town Almost En-
tirely Destroyed.

Details of the terrific tornadocs which
ravaged portions of the West are given in
dispatches from various points as follows:
From Clear Lake, Wis: tornado struck
this place yesterday afternoon, and devasta-
ton was the result. Three lives were lost
and the greater portion of the town is in
ruins. After the storm had passed men, women
and children were running about in perfect
frenzy of excitement. Here and there people
could be seen coming out of their cellars al
most paralyzed with fear A house was
taken from its Foundation and turned com
pletely around. barn was blown away
leaving the floor and managers with the
horses peacefully eating their supper. A
enid was taken up by the tempest and
landed in the branches CT q tree
only slightly injured. A large frame house
was blown completely out of sight, and not
one particle of the house or contents could be
found, although search for n mile was made
in the track Of the storm. The family had
fortunately taken refuge in the cellar. Many
families are left destitute
One-haf of the lighter structures in the vii
lage OF Clayton, Wis, were blown down by
the storm The tornado struck there about 6
+. M, doing nearly all the damage in fifteen
minutes
From Saltwater, MINI. The tornado struck
about five miles north of here between and
q last evening. At Marine ten or twelve
buildings We're DESTROYED. The Swedish
church, five miles northwest of Marina, was
torn to pieces. Another church in the village
had the front part of the steeple blown
away. The front of Charles Weisten-
gems house was damaged and his barn
rolled down the hill. Part Of
Mr.. Roots house was blown down The
whole family were in the house, and his
daughter who was in her chamber. was
blown away with that portion of the house
and rolled down an adjacent hill The house
of Frank Nelson, on the main road, was
blown in Pages slough His wife, who was
alone, took to the cellar In the town of
Grant Judd Smith, AL Foss, and the owner
of the old Carnman farm, had whole rows of
fruit trees snatched up by the roots
and carried away. The barns and granaries
OF the farmers were destroyed in many cases,
and stacks of wheat We're lifted up and borne
| away The path of the storm was about five
| miles wide, blowing from west to cast. In
small settlement of the town of Grant fully
twenty-five buildings were more or less dam
aged. Some of them We're twisted, others
unroofed some partially destroyed and many
wholly so. John Morrisseys house was
| thrown into Long lake, $50 feet distant.
tornado struck White Bear Lake, MINI,
at about z. NJ. Its track was less than
mile and half wide. There was the usual
funnel-shaped conformation of the clouds,
slightly green in color Mrs. brakes fine
seriously. Most of the windows were blown
in. and other damage was done.
The sheds of the Duluth railroad were de-
mollshed, and hundreds of trees were blown
across the track between White Bear station
and Dellwood. Some people assert that there
were two storms, one from the southwest and
the other from the northwest, and that they
met at White Bear
From St Paul MINI, the Omaha officials
report severe storms on the eastern and
northern divisions of their road. From all
points reports come of houses being blown
down, trees torn up by the roots, wash
outs on the roads, bridges washed away
and rivers from ten to fifteen feet
higher than usual The bridge
| north of Boomer is washed out. Duncan
| creek bridge is also washed out. and is ex-
pected TO 60 soon. The telegraph Office at
Clayton was struck by, tornado, and was
Quilted out and flooded by water The new
iron bridge being built over the river ST.
Croix, a mile this side of Marine mills, was
taken up by the storm