The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-07-16
ATERRIrIo STORM.
Large Amount of Damage Done at Vnri
bus Points.

Large Amount orDamage Done at tsti.
BUS Points.
Last Thursday afternoon and evening
9th inst.) there was terrific tornado in
ihe Northwest, which at some points SEEM
I'd to be cyclone. A large amount OF
property was destroyed and some lives
.ost.
At Oshkosh, Wis, the casualties as far as
Known are:
Robert Webster and child, cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Henry Hoffman, injured; will 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 loss is So. 900.
4. Webster's house has disappeared. The
residences OF August Cargness, Frank
Schultz and Phillip Heinz were badly dam
aged. The house OF Frank Marcus is at
present completely upside down, while
Charles Bielow, james Henkey,J. II. Todd,
&. $. kaime, |, Last, T.. Sanders, l.. Kel-
sey, Charles Mccoy, Mrs. Bent, John Will
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 hundred shade trees
were uprooted in the capitol park alone
Mparets were blown off the library hail at
the state university, and went crashing
through the roof, while the spire al the
Presbyterian church was completely de-
molished. The elegant residence Of Post
master General Viaa was hall unroofed.
two rhimneys fell through the roof of AS
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 ha.ns
were demolished and Il large nnmber Of
horses and cattle killed. But nowhere was
the storm more severe than in Madison,
The damage down here will amount To $50,
600 or OS4O, 600. aud few tornado policies
gre held,
Al Waupacca Wis, several smail build.
ings in the city were totally demolished.
No one was hurt. Reports from the town
OF Lind near here Indicate terrible storm
there Nineteen barns and six houses were
more or less damaged
At Sparta, Wis, the storm developed in
to q cyclone. The fine brick residence OF
DIR. Garrett is sadly wrecked, and the ira mo
dwelling Of Hon. A, +. Blackman has also
suffered severely. Yhe roots were blown
from the city hall, the Heller block, and
from the building occupied jointly by s.
Holmes as Il grocery store and Potter Pal
ner az II 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, as
the result of Il falling belfry.
The sf9fm anneitfs "a have passed entire
| iy aoroas The state OF Wisconsin diasonally
| from north west to south east At Plain
| field the storm was the most terrific ever
| seen. A large number of buildings were
blown down or unroofed, and freight cars
were smashed into splinters. Port Edwards,
| in wood county, had IL planning mill, store
| and five dwellings blown out OF existence,
| ,unheg yards scattered to the winds
and other property injured. The
loss will aggregate 100000. In RocE
county buildings suffered = to Quite
an extent the principal damage being
| 70 icbaccn sheds: About Edgerton moro
| Than 200 tobacco sheds were demolished
| Houses, harms and other buildings suffered
| a like fate, and considerable live stock was
| killed. At Whitewater, Neenah, Fall River
and Elrny the ioas by lightning was par
| ticularly severe. At Dexterville, Wood
county, the loss by wind and lightning will
not fall short of $4,000.
The damags at Oshkosh was So, 900, and in
the county $4,000,
At Rochester, Minnesota, there was great
alarm. While the battle OF the elements
was at it's worst the cyclonic threatening
gathered in q small funnel that passed
| Z kI,
ing Il narrow track from wost-southwest tt
cast-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
as Owatonna, the storm was severe and
property destroyed. The wild and angry
appearance Of the clouds during the fore
part of the storm, their peculiar sreenist
hue siterMatq, ti.e inteh4ei, brilliant eles
trcal display, mid the Beautiful rainbow
were the general theme OF conversation.
There was a copius rain storm in north
arn Iowa, almost flooding some sections
but no damage from wind,