Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-09

sionx City. Ia, May IA dispatch
.,saired by the Sioux City 4 Northern
.,fIr,ad from the agent at Sioux Cen
farty-tive miles north Of here, tells
terrible cyclone near there IN
ah;ch A number of people were killed
and injured, and much property de-
ltrove5 Wires where the storm was
,ra bl,wp down and reports are con-
,,,nantly meagre. The first dispatch
.faired said that the cyclone passed
-, miles northeast of there. The
5.,l,al house near the town was de
.t-oyed. the teachers killed and
.n,'l,ar of children killed and injured,
~ they have not yet been able TO
I.aru the exact number or the names.
The whole country in the path OF the
sform was devastated.
The Sioux City x Northern tracks
harween Perkins and Doom are
u,,shed out for several miles. Dis
na,.nes from Sioux Center at $50 at
nrht say that three school houses
and AT least twenty residences and
harns are swept away. At the school
bouses two teachers and three pupils
were killed and many injured. Two
women we're found dead about =
o'clock not far from the point where
one Of the school buildings stood.
II Is estimated that fifty people
must have been killed. A Northern
rain barely escaped smash-up near
Doom but was stopped by section-men
before ii passed upon dangerous terri
tory. The dead as far as known are
Mrs. John Roster, Mrs. Post, Miss
Anna Marsden, Charles Marsden,
George Marsden child of Verhoff, two
children Of Il. b. Coombes. Miss
Mamie S. Haggie and five brothers.
IamiSon, two Roster children.
These deaths are all in the vicinity
Of Sioux Center. Besides there are
John Watterson who was killed by
living timbers, Herman Belknap,
farmer also near Sibley, who was
killed by lightning, and Mrs. Frey
and the Rosb1rg brothers We're badly
hurt.
lie Mars, Ia, May 1.-The school
house four miles north of lreton,
Sioux county, blew down. Nellie
Marsden, teacher, was killed.
Delmar, la, May A heavy thun-
der storm with considerable rain
passed over here The barn of Mrs.
Johanna Ryan near here was struck
by lightning and burned thirty-siX
head of cattle, and thirty-eight head
Of sheep were killed by IA stroke and
burned The loss is twenty-five
hundred Shadducks barn near
Almont was struck and burned with
The contents including some live stock.
The loss is heavy. George Borrne's
barn and contents We're also struck
au1 burned.
Boyd, Wis, May 4.TDuring one of
tie most terrific electric storms ever
Known here Frank Ensign's barn was
struck by lightning and burned to-
gpther with four horses, thirteen head
ot cattle and lot of machinery.
heneryille, Wis, May 4.-John An
eira was struck by lightning and
killed in the storm.
Sioux Falls, s. D., May 4.-West
Sl0uN Falls, a suburb three miles
from here, and vicinity, was struck
6y a cyclone The big iron bridge
vas tossed into the river, and big
feSort Of questionab character was
anroofed and twisted. Carriage
works, two buildings and 100 complet-
ed buggies We're wrecked. A brick
taree-story building, 800 by Is feet
lost the whole third story. An oat-
Heal factory, the waterworks and
ppuphouse were unroofed.
Barns trees six inches
~ diameter, sheds wind
mills and ehimneys were twisted and
demolished. The damage is placed
~ N)o3tD 4 man named Thur is the
ea} person hurt, An inch and a half
q au fcl.
La crosse, Wis, May A storm
washed out the Milwaukee road at
,3ta Familiar danger point. Kings
329i.e near Lake City. The east mail
e1la" NJ on the burlington tracks and
S.'''r trains are several hours late
NslfiA an inch of rain fell
Ne'lisyille Wis, May during an
s'.Aeal storm which passed over
a' dfs Joseph Sutherland, of York
.4'.hs iae storm, retired into the eel
aaa no sooner was she there than
s-4.Itl4s struck the house, stunning
81 .aSa9nl and killing her.
-fl' WIS, May "A bolt Of light
- lied Joseph Chlup and his team
heir aere
af Nkinson Wis, May IA fine
ss 'aI. IN fhis section, accompanied
Aga5y aall. 10 damage was done
Ad 1he breaking Of some windows.
/ -reat help to crops. Reports
l'afahao, Waupaca and Muscoda
Iains fell in their sections
s..sHelse good to vegetation.