River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

the William Humbrecht farm was
blown away. On the +. $. Huntley
farm nine horses were killed and
several barns were burned in that sec
ton. The losses win aggregate many
thousands.
The storm reached Algonquin and
played havoc on several farms there
The barn of Patrick Ballister was
blown down and several horses killed.
The Ketchum barn, between Dundee
and Algonquin, was blown to pieces.
On the Hawker farm the house, barn
and outbuildings were ruined and
four horses killed. The inmates
of the house had narrow es
capes. Daniel Prices barn was
demolished and fifteen cows We're
killed. At the farm of Chris Wendt
the barn was wrecked and an entire
orchard ruined, some of the trees be-
ing snapped off and others uprooted.
Although the storm was the severest
known through this section, no deaths
have been reported. The damage,
however, will aggregate a great many
thousand dollars.
At other Points.
AT Watseka. ILL.,, sewers and cellars
were flooded, many houses and barns
were struck by lightning and consld-
cradle live stock was killed
Fruit was badly damaged by hail in
the vicinity of De Kalb, Ill.
In the vicinity of Marengo. H., nu-
merous barns were blown down and
several struck by lightning and burned.
Horses and cattle were killed and
poultry drowned. In the city large
shade trees were blown over, tearing
down the electric light vlres, side
walks were foated off, cellars and
easements flooded, windows broken
and large signs torn down.
The big Muscoda bridge over the
Wisconsin river at Muscoda, Wis, was
wrecked by cyclone Saturday night.
Several houses were blown down and
unroofed.
Great Damage at Rockford.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-The electric
storm which was accompanied by rain
and wind in this section, Friday af-
ternoon and night, was the most
terrible for year, and all night
long it was a continual cannon
ade. Great damage was done, dozens
of big barns with stock and imple-
ments being burned. William Sulli-
van, a prosperous young farmer who
lived near Kings. was killed by bolt
while driving to his barn, his Team also
being killed. The loss to farmers in
this section will be very heavy, as
repoi'ts of destruction are coming in
hourly
Cloudburst In Pennsylvania.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. Sept. I0-An area
of l square mile suffered from Satur-
day nights cloudburst The flood
reached the second stories of houses
on Goeppe and Spruce streets, Old
Bethlehem, and Second street in South
Bethlehem The damage to private
property is estimated at $50. 900 and to
sewers and highways $4,000. That no
lives were lost is miracle. ina pso-
pie in the flooded districts ara very
poor and are suffering for wat III
sistance.
The funeral cortege of the late Mrs
William Skinner was caught in the
storm returning from the cemetery.
The horses took fright at the pelting
hail and ran away. Mrs. Jacob T.
Sinner, of West Bethlehem, had her
arm broken, and Mrs. Curtis. who was
picked up unconscious, is in rrecari
Gus condition.
Damage by the storm.
ELGIN. Ill, Sept. 1l.-Five valuable
imported stations owned by Nj. w.
Durham were killed by lightning sun
day night at Wayne. Farmers in this
part of the state complain that
more damage has been done by
The storms of the Last week than
was done by all the drought. Be
tween here and Marengo over 100
barns have been blown down in the
last seven days. Corn has been de-
stroyed by the acre and much stock
killed. The damage can scarcely be
estimated. bnt will aggregate hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
NILES. Mich, Sept. 1.-THE severe
storm of Sunday night blew down
fruit. shade and even mammoth oak
trees Hardly field of corn stands
The Lightning was terrific and the
wind SWEPT nearly everything before
i The city is fed Of wooiehoppers
earring the sire cts.
BoscoBEI, Wis. Sept. 1.-THE dam
age done az Muscoda by the wIndstorm
amounts To much more than first re-
ported. At Orion. little town just
across the Wisconsin river from Mus
coda. houses were unroofed, barns
blown down. ami acres of timber laid