River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-03-31
SWEPT BY STORMS.
Many Buildings Demolished by Gale
mt Cerro Gordo. IIl.-Damage by Hail.

/ Many buildings demolished Dy Daio
at cerro Gordo, IIl.-Damage by Hail
CERRo GoKDo. Ill, March 2s.-Ten
] buildings were completely wrecked
] by a cyclone Saturday afternoon and
twenty others were more or less dam
aged The cyclone was preceded
by terrible hailstorm which
drove every one indoors, and
to this may oe attributed
/ the fact that no one was killed or even
seriously injured. II was a few min
utes before o'clock when the wind
storm swept through the village from
south to north and its path was
marked by a strip of wrecked
and ruined buildings 200 feet in
width. The path of the storm passed
west of the business portion, where
most of the population was gathered.
Those who saw the hurricane approach
took to their cellars, the inhabitants of
several of the houses disman.led thus
escaping injury.
Among the buildings wrecked were
the residences of j. Clarkson, William
Bowen. Il. Hyatt and Edward Ed
wards They were lifted from the
| foundations. unroofed and twisted
out of shape. Clarkson's house was
crushed like an eggshell by a
huge timber blown from a lum-
Der yard 200 yards away. The
family was away on a visit and thus
escaped. At Mrs. Griswold's the l<itch-
en- was blown from the main body
of the house and hurled to the top of a
tree in the yarG. The barns of Jose phi
Auten, A. Maniclxe, Rob Hudgen, w. Ill.
Howells, G. Frantz, John Marsh and
u. Wyne were completely demol-
ished. So completely was the
destruction of the last mentioned
that not a board of it can be
found The homes of each of
those above named were also badly
damaged, as were a large number of
other buildings. The only business
building injured was the Shellabargers
elevator. 1t did not receive the full
force of the cyclone, but was unroofed
and otherwise damaged. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000, with but
little insurance. No one was seriously
injured.
TUscoLA, ILL.,, March 2s. This vicin-
ity was visited by a very heavy hail
storm Saturday, the equal of which
has not been witnessed since 1868.
Hail fell to a depth of inches and of
large size.
CELINA, o., March 2S-At 4;15 Sat.
urday afternoon hailstorm com
menced through this section of coun-
try, lasting until 5 O'Clock. The hail
| fell to the depth of several inches, and
some stones We're as large as hens
eggs. This is the most terrific hail
storm ever witnessed in this section of
the state, and a great deal of damage
was done to the growing crops of
wheat
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 2S.-A
cone-shaped cyclone skirted along the
northwest edge of this city Saturday
afternoon, unrooting number of
houses and the chair factory of Showers
Bros A number of girls working in
| the factory were deluged with rain
after the roof was blown away and
were badly frightened, but escaped
with little injury. An old lady by the
name of MartZ was badly hurt when
her house was blown down.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2s.-A
Ddby torndlo SWept bHIOuSH bhc Guy
Saturday afternoon, followed by a
damaging hailstorm. Signs were dis
mantled, part of the scaffolding of the
soldiers monument was blown down
and a multitude of windows were bat
| tered in.
LEBANON, Ind, March 2s.--A terrific
hailstorm was felt here Saturday after
noon. 1t lasted for twenty minutes,
some of the icy balls being as large as
hens eggs. A great many windows
and skylights were demolished.