Smyrna times., 1885-07-15
WIND, LIGHTNING AND RAIN
DOING DEADLY HAVOC IN
FOUR STATES.

A great storm, leaving immense des-
tructiOn in its wake, passed across Wis
cOnsin Wednesday night dlagOnally,
from Northwest to Southeast. AtSpar-
ia, which city appears to have been the
greatest sufferer, the storm ragged for
over an hour, during the greater part
of which time the air was filled with
falling trees and flying debris. AL
though no lives are reported lost, many
narrow escapes are reported from fall
ing buildings. DesolatiOn prevailed,
buildings are wrecked on every hand,
sidewalks generally destroyed and
fences down. Several fine residences
and number Of less pretentiOus build
ings are in a mass of ruins. Further
than to place it well up in the thousands
no estimate Of the loss at that point is
made.
At Plainfeld the storm was the most
terrific known. A large number of
! buildings were blown down or unroOfed,
and freight ears were smashed into
| splinters. Port Edwards. in Wood
! County, had Il planning mill, store and
! five dwellings blown out of sight, lum-
Der yards scattered to the winds and
other property injured. The loss will
| aggregate $4,000. About EdgertOn
| more than 200 tobacco sheds were de-
mOlished. Houses, barns and other
| buildings suffered like fate and con-
siderable live stock was killed. A new
Catholic church and barns were des-
trOyed at Appleton.
About StaughtOn, the scene of the
great tobacco warehouse fire of Sunday
! NOI oh l., Il I,or
| were demolished and a large number
of horses and cattle killed. From
scores Of small towns reports of the
storms destruction are received, but
very few estimates of the actual loss
made. In many places where the des-
tructiOn by wind was not severe, great
damage was done by lightning. Al
White Water, Neenah, Fall River and
ElrOy the loss by lightning was parti-
cularly severe. At Baskerville, Wood
County, the loss by wind and lightning
will not fall short of $4,000, and al
, Wellsville, twenty miles Northwest
the loss is also quite severe. In al
sections of the state traVerSed by The
storm crops have suffered great injury
Severe wind storms prevailed
: throughout all portions Of central anC
| Northern Illinois Wednesday nigh
: and Thursday. At noon on Thursda,
r the storm struck Springfield, blowing
r down trees and doing considerabl
r damage to flail buildings. Near Pax
! ton, ILL.,, there was an eXtraOrdinar.
r fall of rain, causing great damage t
Y crops. At Oshkosh, Wis, the storm
/ was very severe. The telegraph wire
l are all down, but news has been receiv
+ ed by train that st. Paul's Chapel an,
e the Exposition Building, as we'll a
s many other buildings, were completed
y wrecked. Great damage was don
It throughout Minnesota.
p Two miles North of Allegan, Mich
2, Wednesday night, a tornado sweI
i over a tract about three miles long an
= eighty rods wide, resulting in gre'
1t damage. Buildings were unrOOfe'
y and serious injury was done to standin
Is timber and orchards. The create
lie rain storm for many years ragged
10 OskalOosa, Iowa, Wednesday. OverfN
re inches of water fell. Many bridg
IL were washed out and bottoms owe
" flowed. England's new block W;
III completely wrecked.