The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-22
A CYCLONES WORK.
Immense Damage to Property
Throughout the Northwest.
Many Buildings Wrecked, Bridges
Swept Away and Cattle Killed.

Reports from various sections OF the North
west give the following details of terrific
cyclone which ragged in that region:
A Milwaukee wis dispatch says that the
storm appears to have passed entirely across
the State diagonally from northwest to
southwest. At Sparta, which city appears to
have been the greatest sufferer, the storm
ragged for over an hour during the greater
part OF which timo til, mir was
filled with falling trees and flying debris.
A scene Of desolation prevailed Buildings
are wrecked on every hand. shade trees torn
from their roots, sidewalks demolished, and
fences blown down. Several fine residences
and number of those less pretentious arc
mass OF ruins At Plainfell the storm was
the most terrific ever known A large num-
Der of buildings were blown down or unroofed
and freight cars were smashed into splintcrs.
Port Edwards, in Wood county, had plan
ing mill, store and five dwellings blown
out of sight, lumber yards scattered
jured. The loss will aggregate 5000 In
Rock county buildings suffered to quite an
extent, the principal damage being to tobac-
co sheds About Edgcrton more than 2J0
tobacco sheds were demolished. Houses,
barns and other buildings suffered like
fate, and considerable live stock was killed.
A new Catholic church, flax mill. resi-
dcnccs, and barns were destroyed at Apple
ton. About StouShton tobacco sheds, houses
AMI barns were demolished and large number
of horses and cattle killed. From scores of
small towns reports of the storms destruc-
ton are received. In many places where the
destruction by wind was no. severe great
damage was done by lightning. At White
water, Nienah, Fall River, and Elroy the
loss by lightning was particularly severe. At
Dexteryille, Wood county, the loss BY wind
and lightning will not fall short of $4,000,
and at Wellsvil!e, twenty miles northwest.
the loss is also quite severe In all sections OF
the State traversed by the storm crops have
suffered great injury.
At Lind, Wis, nineteen barns and six
houses were more or less damaged John
Pinkerton, u farmer, drove into his barn just
as the storm broke to wait till it passed by.
The wind lifted the barn from its foundations
and carried it with most Of its contents -
feet. Pinkerton escaped without scratch
The tornado injured dozen persons and
destroyed property in Oshkosh, Wis, and
vicinity valued at S3J0,0O. The Northern
Fair Exposition building, sixty feet wide and
400 feet long, which was valued Mt $l5,0U,
was leve!e1 to the grounl. From twenty-five
to fifty houses wcre damaged, AMI gool
many families were left without shelter
Several of the persons injured were seriously
if not fatally hurt st. Puul's Episcopal
church, wooden structure. Was blown down,
and several church buildings lost thoir
stceples. Meetings werc held anu money
raised for the relief of the needy.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, William Schroeder,
fifty years old, was Instantly killed by light
ming, and a number OF persons were stunned
Great damage was done to the bridges OIL the
Lake Eric and Western, and travel over the
line was entirely suspended. The bridges at
Saybrook, Gibson and Elliott's stations were
swept away by the wafer. At Gibson's s,v-
eral buildings were damaged by lightning.
The storm ut Rockford, ILL.,, was the
severcst of years. Light ling demol-
ished the residence OF John johnson and
rendered five inmates unconscious. All es.
capped with their lives.
From Monticello, Mimi, como the follow
ing details: A cyclone passed north of this
place last night. The track Of the storm was
about five miles distant, and an ominous
10 oking cloud was watched by nearly every
one in town. The cloud was Of a greenisll
hue and funnel shaped, and as it danced
across the prairie, now tearing Up the dirt
and again rising some distance in
the air, It created q peculiar scene. A house
between Big Lake and Becker was struck
and nothing was left to tell where it stood,
pieces of timber and furniture being scattered
along the prairie. The only thing that was
discovered near the place that was recognize
able was number OF knives and forks, which
were found about 500 feet distant
About 500 yards further OH an old stable
was lifted from the ground and carried away,
but the house standing near by was unharlned.
little child who was in the yard was picked
up and carried some distance, but landed
near q fence unharmed.
The greatest rainstorm for many years
ragged at Oskaloosa, Iowa, end vicinity. Over
five inches Of water fell. Many bridges wero
washed out and bottoms oyerfowed. Eng.
lands new business block was completely
wrecked, and man was caught in the fall
and slightly injured
Near Allagan, Mich, the tornado swept
over tract about three miles long and
eighty rods wide, resulting i'll great damage.
Buildings were unroofed and serious injury
was done to standing timber and orchards.
The losses aggregate many thousands of dol.
lars.