Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-16
A TERRIFIC STORM.
Large Amount ofDsmage Done IT Vsri'
Gus Points.

Large Amount Of Damage Done - Ssri'
Gus Points.
Last Thursday afternoon and evening
s,a inst J there was terrific tornado In
he Northwest, which at some points seem
q to be a cyclone. A large amount OF
property WAS destroyed and some lives
ost.
At Oshkosh, Wis, the casualties as far as
gnownare.
Robert Webster and child, cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Henry Holman, injured; win die.
Charles Cilices leg broken.
Henry Pohlow, knee shattered.
Mrs. Austin slattery arm injured.
Mrs. Wright, head cut.
Henry Hoifman's grocery store Was liter
ally turned inside out. His LOSE is SO, 600.
r. Webster's house has disappeared. The
residences 81 August Cargness, Frank
Schultz and Phillip Heinz were badly dam
aged. The house OF Frank Marcus is at
present completely upside down, while
Charles Below, james lIenkey,J. III. Todd,
@. 5. kaime |. Last, Il. Sanders, l.. kel-
sey, Charles Mccoy, Mrs. Bent, John vii.
hanson and many Others are all heavy
losers, their property being more or less de,
stroyed.
At Madison, Wis, tin was torn from every
portion Of the old north wing OF the state
house, while over q hundred shade trees
were uprooted in the capitoi park alone.
Minarets were blown off the library hall at
the state university, and went crashing
through the roof. while the spiro OF the
Presbyterian church was completely de.
molished. The elegant residence OF Post
master General Villas was hail unroofed.
~ I'll l,.., - A.
sociate Justice David Taylor's residence.
Windows were shattered in Chief Justice
Coles mansion, and large plate glass win
dows were broken in many business houses.
Dozens Of tobacco sheds are known to be
on fire In the towns OF Dunkirk, Pleasant
Springs and elsewhere south. About Slough.
ton, the scene OF the great tbbacco ware
house fire, tobacco sheds, houses and barns
We're demolished and large number Of
horses and cattle killed. But nowhere was
the storm more severe than in Madison.
The damage down here will amount to $50,
900 or 0SIO, 900, and few tornado policies
are held.
At Waupacca, Wis, several small build
ings in the city we're totally demolished.
No one was hurt. Reports from the town
of Lind, near here Indicate u terrible storm
there. Nineteen barns aud six houses we're
more or less damaged. ...
At Sparta, Wis, the storm developed in
to u cyclone. The fine brick residence OF
Dr. Garrett IL sadly wrecked, and the frame
dwelling OF Hon. A. T.. Blackman has also
suffered severely. The roofs were blown
from the city hail, the Hell,r block, and
from the building occupied jointly by :.
Holmes az u grocery store and Potter Pal.
fner as a meat market. The steeple on the
Baptist church was blown down, doing con
siderable damage to the building and the
Catholic church is completely Quilted, az
the result 81 falling bclfry.
The storm appears To have passed entire.
~ across the state Of Wisconsin diagonally
from north west to south east. At Plain.
field the storm was the most terrific ever
seen. large number Of buildings were
blown down or unroofcd, aud freight cars
we're smashed into splinters. Port Edwards,
In wood county, had IA planning mill, store
and five dwellings blown out Of existence,
lumber yards scattered TO the winds
and other property injured. The
loss win aggregate $4,000. In Rock
county buildings Suffered to quite
an extent, the principal damage being
10 tobacco sheds, About Edgerton more
than 200 tobacco sheds were demolished
Houses, barns and other buildings suffered
a like hate, and considerable i've stock was
killed At Whitewater, Neenah Fail River
anu EtfDy the loss ny lightning was par
ticularly severe. At Dexteryilla, Wood
county, the loss by wind and lightning will
not fall short OF Sic, 900.
The damags ut Oshkosh was 81, 900, and in
the county 100000,
At Rochester, Minnesota, there was great
alarm While the battle OF the elements
was at its worst the cyelonic threatenings
gathered in small funnel that passed
nb.at four miles south OF the city, travers-
lug Il narrow track from west-southwcst to
east.northeast. There was considerable
loss OF property but no lives.
At Winona, Mimi, and on the line OF the
Winona and st. Peter railroad as far west
az Owatonna, the storm was severe and
property destroyed. The wild and angry
appearance Of the clouds during Tie fore.
part Of the storm, their peculiar greenish
hue afterward, the intensely brilliant cleo
trieal display, and the beautiful rainbow,
were the general theme Of conversation.
There WAS copius rain storm in north.
ern Iowa, almost flooding some sections,
but no damage from wind.