River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-07
THE STORM KING RACES.

His Fury visited Upon a Vast Region of
Territory-Loss of Life and Damage TO
| Property In Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, IIIi~
noIs and Wisconsin.
CHICAGO, April 2.-That the storm OF
Thursday night and Friday has been one
of the most far-reaching and destructive
on record is borne out as fragmentary
scraps of Information straggle in from
the northwest, the far west and south
west over the badly crippled, almost
unavoidable wires which escaped the
fury of the warning elements. The
justly famous though not popular
kansas cyclone" seems in this in
stance to have taken in vast expanse
of territory upon which to wreak its
fury, and any estimate approximating
the amount of damage done to property
or the number of lives lost is out of the
question.
! SANTA ANNA, Tex, April Friday
/ night cyclone passed over this Cole
mani county. In this city many houses
were demolished. A boy was killed
and eleven inmates of the residence of
Mr.. Bass were injured. At Bangs four
persons were killed. Wires are pros
trated, and it is impossible to obtain
details.
OMAHA, Neb., April Friday after
noon at Norfolk the Episcopal church
was entirely destroyed The Congre-
! gational church was unroofed and its
steeple and bell carried away. Whea-
I tons planning mill was partly wrecked
and fifteen houses and barns were de-
molished. The cyclone swept track
IL Al. IL. II l.. 4
ten blocks in length. The little daugh-
ter of Mike Weir and a child of John
Palmer were seriously injured by fall
ing debris.
! A special from Norfolk, in the north
ern part of the state, says a cyclone
| struck the town about IL Thursday
night and did considerable damage: If
| this should prove to be the same cyclone
which devastated Nelson, the destruc-
ton wrought must have been great.
The storm travelled $50 miles over the
richest raising section of the state, dot
/ ted with small towns and villages. The
wind is blowing a gale here and wires
are down on all sides.
! ROCKFORD, Ill, April 2.-This city
| was visited by terrific cyclone Friday
afternoon, the results of which have
been most disastrous. In the city signs,
awnings, show cases and large num-
Der of plate glass windows in the
stores were demolished In the coun-
| try adjacent the destruction seems to
have been even more widespread.
GALEsBURG, H., April "A violent
rain and windstorm prevailed here Fri
day, having at noon nearly the force of
tornado. Chimneys and signs were
blown off, small buildings tipped over
and telephone and telegraph wires
mixed up so that communication is
largely interrupted.
MERRILL, Wis. April 2.-The first
thunderstorm of the season made
things lively here Friday morning. A
number of children from 10 to Is years
old were assembled in the German
Lutheran church, when lightning struck
the buil1ing, knocking four of
them to the floor. Ottilie Gilman
| had one shoe torn off and was badly
burned and Lena Kunkel was burned
from head 10 foot. The others were
not seriously injured. All will recover.
BURLINGTON. Ia, April 2.-The report
was received here Friday evening that
passenger train on the Burlington &
| Northwestern narrow-gauge road was
| blown from the track 40 miles west of
| Burlington while running at full speed.
A baggageman, mail clerk and
two passengers are reported seri-
ously injured. A wrecking train
has been sent to the relief of
the passengers. The wind had been
| blowing a hurricane and much damage
| has been done to shrubs and trees. The
injured are: Mail Agent Frank uMc-
/ Adams, of Mount Pleasant, Ia, jaw
broken and badly bruised; Express
Messenger III. A. Russell, of Burling-
ton, head badly bruised; l. d. Stevens,
passenger, of Hedriclx, Ia. badly bruised
| internally and cut about body; Mrs. f.
b. Hicks, passenger, of Hedrick, Ia, cut
and bruised internally.
STUART, Ia, April 1.-The most de-
structive windstorm that ever visited
~estern Iowa has been raging for the
asst thirty-six hours. Numerous build
| ings were unroofed in this and surround
! ing towns. The Catholic church bell
, tower in this city was blown down, the
weight of the bell crushing large
| barn and several outbuildings. The
damage done here and in neighboring
towns is estimated at SIS, 900.
Dies MONIES, Ia, April 1.-The wind
storm, which is subsiding, has been one
of the worst for many years. The ag
gregate damage done to buildings in
this city will be more than 100000.
Scores of buildings were partially and
some wholly unroofed. The roof on
one side of the federal building was
ripped off.
At the state house large section of
slate roofing was torn up and scattered
in the street. Seven residences, so far
| as reported, were blown down entirely.
Several persons were blown down in
| the streets, and buggies and wagons,
unless very heavy, We're swept before
the wind like so much straw.
Reports received here from different
parts of central Iowa say that the dam
age throughout the country is large.
Thousands of tons of hay still in the
stack has been scattered, trees have
been broken down or damaged and
barns and houses unroofed.
OTTUMwA, Ia, April 2.--Charles Gee,
boy Is years of age, while attempting
to cross the river was drowned, the
heavy wind capsizing the boat.
Gave Her $1,000.