River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-24
q Ruined VILLAGE


Cyclone which wrecks Eighry-Four
Buildings, Kills One Person aud Injuries
Many Others-Three Lives Lost Near
New Palestine, Ill.
RED BUD, Ill. Nov. l8-A cyclone.
headed due northeast. its wings fraught
with death and ruin, came bounding
over the earth from the Mississippi
bluffs at $3.50 o'clock Thursday morn
ing and for the distance of half a mile
1t plunged it's tortuous way along
through Red Bud. leveling houses,
barns, fences, shade trees and shrub
berry
Only one person was killed, Willie
Kopp, aged TO- though nearly dozen
have cuts and bruises which may, in
two or three cases, cost life.
Eighty-fom houses are wrecked.
household goods totally destroyed and
business paralyzed. The damage will
exceed $3.50, 0C0. the insurance agents
report on houses alone being $4,000.
The only person killed outright was
Willie Kopp, aged 10 Those fatally
injured are: Mrs. Jacob Kopp, Mrs.
Peter Kardell, Mrs. NJ. Triesweiler.
Among the others seriously injured are:
Herman Droeg, Mrs. Margaret Haver-
mann, 5. ID. Perry, Mrs. ). ID. Perry,
Archie Sutherland, Mrs. John Mander-
feldt, Mrs. Louise Bair, Julius Hahn,
Julius Heilnann, Mr.. and Mrs. Alden
Starr, Charles Starr, Peter boz, Miss
Emma Grove. Besides those named
many were badly bruised and suffered
from exposure.
The large stone residence of Peter
Kardel had been crushed into powder
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kardell and their
daughter, Mrs Louise Blair. were hurt
very seriously. blood pouring from the
old lady's mouth whenever she was
moved. Mrs NJ. Triesweiler was
SO badly frightened that it is be-
lieved she will die. Mrs. Mar
garet Havermann was badly hurt by
glass and falling brick. Mr.. and Mrs
John Manderfeldt were cut and
bruised, as were also Mr.. and Mrs.
Alden Starr. Miss Emma Grove was
crushed and cut and Julius Hahn re-
ceived serious bruises. He required
the services of the doctors, and Mr.
Heilmann, who was lifted on his
feather bed out of the second story
of an unroofed building and was
deposited in the next lot, did not alight
without severe cuts s. ID. Perry, of
the Red Bud Democrat, lost all he had
in the world, his presses and every
thing being smashed. The brick of
his house came down upon him and his
wife in their bed and they crawled out
of the debris all cut and crippled.
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part of Randolph county, 81 miles from
st. Louis, on the Mobile & Ohio rail-
way, and was one of the most i'm
proved cities in southern Illinois
1t contains 1900 people, has a
number of stores, two mills of
300-b barrel capacity each, bank,
four churches, three of which are
wrecked, public school, now in ruins,
and was popular pleasure resort. Its
beauty is sadly marred by the storm
and it will be long before it can regain
its vigor. Help is needed, as cold
wave has added to the sufferings of
those who were made homeless.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. Is.-Near New Pales-
tine, ILL.,, the wind blew almost a hur-
ricane, and the only fatalities occurred
at the home of Herman Otteng, where
a tree was blown across the residence,
crushing ii. otteng had narrow
escape. Mrs. Otteng and her two chill
dren were killed.
MAsCoUTAH, ILL.,, Nov. 1s.-A cyclone
struck the southern portions of St
Clair, Washington and Clinton coun-
ties at an early hour Thursday morn
ing. Houses were blown down at Fay
etteville, New Memphis and Queens
Lake. The large lumber sheds
at the latter place were scat
tered in all directions. The cloud was
black as night and appeared to
roll upon the earth. Whole orchards
were destroyed, many of the trees
being twisted off at the ground.
There were numerous narrow escapes,
but as yet no serious casualties have
been reported. The course of the
cyclone was from southwest TO north
east
DURHAM. Ark, Nov. Is.-A village
in Washington, on White river, was
totally destroyed by a cyclone at
o'clock Thursday morning Every
house in the town except the school
house was demolished. No lives were
lost, but the damage to property is
great
PEORIA, Ill. Nov. IS. - Peoria was
visited by violent storm Thursday,
commencing with driving rain. At 5
o'clock snow began to fall and the tenn
perature lowered 20 degrees in four
hours The coolest weather of the
season was experienced Thursday
night. kilograms from the surround
ing territory indicate that the storm is
general in this portion of the state.
SALEM, ILL.,. Nov 1s-A violent storm,
accompanied by hail and torrents of
rain, prevailed through this section at
an early hour Thursday morning. Hail
in many instances as large as walnuts
fell thick and fast and shattered many
window panes in residences. The stee-
pie of the Baptist church was blown
down, trees, haystacks and fences laid,
houses unroofed and much other dam
age done.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov 1s.-The
heavy snowstorm of Thursday through
out Missouri and portions of Kansas,
southeastern Nebraska and southwest
ern Iowa will greatly benefit winter
wheat. Reports received at the various
railroad offices are that the fall of snow
was as good as a heavy rainfall and
has saved the winter wheat.