The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-16
ArEnn1r1o sroRG.
Large Amount Of Damage Done a& vari-
Gus Points.

Large Amount Of damage Done at vari-
Gus 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 Oskosh 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 HOffman's grocery store was liter
ally turned inside out. His loss is 50 900
r. Wcbster'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 Below, James Aenkey, ]. H. Todd,
&. $. kaime, I. Last, f.: Sanders, l.. KEEL
sey, Charles Mccoy, Mrs. Bent, John VIII
hanson and many Others are all heavy
losers, their property being more or less de-
, stroycd.
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 capitol park alone
Mlnarets were blown off the library hall at
the state university, and went crashing
through the roof, while the spire of the
Presbyterian church was completely de.
mOlished. The elegant residence of Post
master General Villas was half unroofed.
Two chimneys 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
Dozens OF tobacco sheds arc known to he
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 harms
were 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 $780,
600 or OS40, 900: and few tornado policies
are held.
At Waupacca, Wis, several small build.
!ngs 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 cyclone. The fine brick residence Of
DR.. Garrett is sadly wrecked, and the frame
dwelling Of Hon. A. +. Blackman has also
suffered severely. The roofs were blown
from he city hall, the Heller block, and
from the building occupied jointly by S.
Holmes as grocery store and Potter Pal
1ner as !: meat market. The steeple on the
I*ptist church was blown down, doing con-
siderable damage to the building, and the
Catholic church is completely guttcd as
the result OF ii falling beliry.
The storm appears to have passed entire
ly across the state OF Wisconsin liasonally
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 unroot,d, and freight cars
were smashed late spintcrs. Port Edwards.
III wood county, had planning mill, store
and five dwellings blown out of existence,
lumber yards scattered to the winds
; ana other property injured. The
county buildings suffered to quite
an extent, the principal damage being
to tobacco sheds. About Edgerton mora
than 200 t"bacro sheds were dom olishct}.
Houses. barns and other buildings suffered
like f'tc, an! consder;, BILE live stock was
killed: ~ Whitewatrr, Nccnab, Fall River
and EIrof t4a less by lightning Was par
''c"'ifiy sctere. ~ l)eXtefviila Wood
county, the loss hy wind and lightning will
not fail short al ST., 900:
The damage ut Oshkosh WAS 50 900, and in
the county S2n,NOO,
4: Hnciestcr, Minnesota, there was great
alarm. While the hattie OF the elements
was ut its worst the cyclonic threatcnings
gathered III Il small tunnel that passed
about four miles south OF the city, tr:, vcrs-
Jig Il narrow track from wcst-southwest to
cast-ior,heast. There was considerable
loss "f property, but no lives.
ut 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 grccnish
hue aitrrward, the intensely brilliant cleo
tr'cal display, and the beautiful rainbow,
were the general theme of conversation.
There was Il copius rain storm in north
srn Iowa, almost flooding some sections,
but no damage from wind.