The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-07-16
] a TERRIFIC STORM.
Large Amount Of Damage Done atVari,
GUS Points. tFss 81.

Large Amount of Damage Done NJ Vari-
GUS Points.
Last Thursday afternoon and evening
10Th inst.) there was terrific tornado in
the Northwest, which at some points SEEM
ed to be q cyclone. A large amount Of
property was destroyed and some lives.
lost.
At Oshkosh, Wis. the casualties as far as
knownare Y5sa --e-. fg
Robert Webster and child, cut and
bruised. s$, @ ElA{IJ&tI$3 ssiSttgif
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 So, 900.
r. Webster's house has disappeared. The
residences of August Cargness, Frank
Schultz and Phillip Heinz were badly dam
aged. The house Of Frank Marcus isiat
Charles Below, james Henkey, j. II. Todd,
G. S. kaimc, I. Last, L. Sanders. L.. KEEL
sey, Charles Mccoy, Mrs. Bent, John Will
hanson and many others are MI heavy
losers, their property being more or less de-
stroyed. -
At Madison, Wis, tin was torn from every
portion OF thefold north wing OF the state
house, while over n hundred shade trees
were uprooted in the capitol park alone.
Minarets We're blown off the library hallat
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 ulroofeG
Two chimneys He'll 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 nre 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 barns
were demolished and q large number OF
horses and cattle killed. But nowhere was
the storm. more severe, than in Madison.
The damage down here will amounts $780,
600 or 0S40, 900, and few tornado policies
are held. hsfSl
At Waupacca, Wis, several small build
ings in the city We're totally demolished.
No one wds 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, and the frame
dwelling OF Hon. a.. e. Blackman has also
suffered severely. The roofs were blown
lromthe city hall, the Heller block, and
from the building occupied jointly by 8.
mer as o 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 o falling .belfry. h ,t&4
The storm appears to havepassed entire
" across. the state OF Wisconsin diagonally
from north west; to south east. At Plain
held the storm was the most terrific ever
seen. A large number Of buildings were
blown down! or unrooied, and freight ears
were smashed into splinters. Port Ed wards,
in wood county, had q planning mill, Z! store
and Ave dwellings, blown out Of existence,
lumber yards scattered TO the winds
and other property injured. The
loss will aggregate $40, 900. In Rock
county buildings suffered to- quite
nm extent, the principal damage being
to tobacco sheds. About Edgerto ON more
than 200 tobacco sheds were demo lished.
Houses, barns and other buildings suffered
like late, and considerable live stock was
and Elroy the loss by lightning was par
ticulnrly severe. At Dexteryille, Wood
county, the loss by wind and lightning will
not fnll shortiof S is, 900. s5$:5 A S;5
The damage ut Oshkosh was 81, 900, and in
the county, $50, 900, i25s55 5 e
AT Rochester, Minnesota, there was great
alarm. While the battle Of the elements
was at its worst the cyclonic threatenings
gathered ina small funnel that passed
about four miles south OF the city, travers-
Ing a narrow track from west-southwest to
east-northeast. There was considerable
loss OF property, but no lives. 5i A
At Winona, Mimi, and on the line Of the
Winona and St. Peter railroad, as far west
Us 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 cleo
rtrical display and the beautiful rainbow,
were the general theme OF conversation. Ell.
There was n copius rain storm in north
ern Iowa, almost flooding some sections,
but no damage from wind. 81