The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23
TERRIFIC STORM
Large Amount of Damage Done NJ vsri
Gus Points.

Large Amount Of Damage Done at Vari
Gus Points.
Last Thursday afternoon and evenin
9Th inst.) there "a terrific tornado IN
The Northwest, which at some points seem
| property was destroyed and some live
lost.
At Oshkosh, Wis, the casualties as far ~.
knownare:
Robert Webster and child, cut ant
bruised.
Mrs. Henry Hoffman. injured; will die.
Charles 'ilicrs, leg broken.
! Henry Pohlow. knee shattered.
! Mrs. Austin ~att.ry. arm injured.
4 Mrs. Wright, head cut.
Henry Hoffmans grocery store was liter
ally turned inside out. His loss il 81, 900.
X. Webster house has disappeared. The
residences NJ August targn.s-. Frank
Schultz and Phillip Heinz were badly dam
aged. The house of Frank Marcus is at
present completely upside down, while
Charles Below James IIcnkcy. j. III. Todd
q. :. kainc. I. Last. r.. Sanders, l.. KEEL
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 81 the state
house. while over "a hundred shade trees
were uprootcd in the capitol park alone.
Minarcts were blown off the library hall al
the state university. and went crashing
through the roof. while the spirc of the
Presbyterian church WIS completely de-
molisicd. The elegant n Sioencc of Post
master General Villas wa, half unrooi,d.
Two chinneys fell through the roof ol As
sociatc Justice David Tayiur's residence
Windows wero shattered in chief Justice
Coles mansion. and large plate glass win.
dows were broken in many business houses.
Dozens al tobacco sheds are known to ne
ON fire in the towns of Dunkirk, Pheasant
Springs and elsewhere south. About Slough
ton, the scene of the great thba.ro war,
house fire. tobacco sheds, houses and baruS
were demolished and a large number a.
horses and cattle killed. But nowhere was
the storm more severe than in Madison.
The damage down here will amount to $780,
900 or OSto,c00, and few tornado policies
are held
At Waupacca, Wis several small build
ings in the city were totally demolished.
No one was hurt. Reports from the town
of Lind, near here Indicate a terrible storm
there. Nineteen barns and six houses were
more or less damaged
At Sparta. Wis. the storm developed in
to "A cyclone. The fine brick residence Of
DIR. Garrett is sadly wrecked. u nd { he frame
dwelling Of Hon. \. T.. Elackman has also
suffered severely. The roofs were blown
from the city hall, the Heller block. and
from the building occupied Jointly 10y :.
Holmes as a grocery store ana Potter Pal
mer n 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 u falling beliry.
The storm appears to have passed entire
ly across 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 ar unroofed, and freight cars
were smashed into splinters. Port Edwards,
in wood county, had planning mill. store
and five dwellings blown out of existence,
lumber yards scattered to the winds
and other property injured. The
loss will aggregate $1,000. In Rock
county buildings suffered TO quite
an extent the principal damage being
to tobacco sheds. About Edgerton more
than 200 tobacco sheds were demolished.
Houses, barns and other buildings suffered
like fate, and considerable live stock was
killed. At Whitewater. Neenah, Fall River
and Elroy the loss by lightning was par
ticularly severe. At Dexterville. Wood
county the loss by wind and lightning viii
not fall short of $1,000.
The damage at Oshkosh was 50 900, andiD
the county 10000,
At Rochester, Minnesota, there was great
alarm. While the battle of the elements
was at its worst the cyclonc threatenngs
gathered in small funnel that passed
about four miles south Of the city. travers-
ing II narrow track from wes.-southwest to
east-northeast. There was considerable
loss Of property, but no lives.
At Winona. Mimi, and on the line of the
Winona and It. 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 greenish
hue afterward, the intensely brilliant elec-
trical display, and the beautiful rainbow,
were the general theme Of conversation.
There was "A copius rain storm in north.
ern Iowa, almost flooding some sections,
but no damage from wind.