The herald., 1898-05-20
vlC1lhlS OF WEDNESDAYS TORNADO

killed.
six-months-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son killed.
William Rees, Marion township, farm
employe, received injuries from which he
died in a short time.
Thomas Mullens, Adeline. instantly
killed.
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mass. Foreston. killed outright.
- Schuntler, Adeline. killed instantly.
Mrs. Frank N. Chibelcher, instantly
killed at Pawpaw.
The injured:
- Nelson. Stillman Valley. two-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson, both
legs broken and otherwise severely hurt;
will probably die.
Mrs. M. J. BLY, and baby. Stillman Valley.
both legs terribly injured; recovery doubt
full.
g. s. Preston, stillman Valley. slightly
injured.
Mrs. links young son. stillman Valley,
slightly injured.
Peter Holquist. stillman Valley, serious
ly injured.
e. Fisher. stillman Valley. badly hurt by
flying missiles.
Mrs. John Mass. Foreston. dangerously
injured.
Family of Everett Ludwig. Foreston, all
injured.
Mrs. rimmins. Foreston, severely in
jured.
Hired man Of ELI Timmins. Foreston,
badly hurt.
Many others were more or less injured
The Worst on Record
CHICAGO. May 1s.-Conductor e. d
Carroll Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul Railroad, who arrived in this city
today after a run of over 150 miles through
the storm center In Iowa and Illinois yes
terday, says:
1.-THE first reports received Of the death
and disaster caused by this storm fail to
give the full account of the havoc wrought.
When full reports are received believe
it will appear that yesterdays storm was
one Of the most destructive on record.
''At Ellwood, a point half way between
Maion and the Mississippi, the worst havoc
was wrought. Several people we're killed
and the buildings Of the town were swept
from their foundations. At Delaware
Junction I received news that four persons
had been killed; at Briggs Station report
was brought Of many buildings levelled
and two persons killed; at Preston five
were reported dead and then the train
crossed the Mississippi into Illinois.
"At Savannah news was received Of the |
killing Of four persons at Teades Grove, |
the first station east Of that city. Along |
the line OF the c. M. and st. p. from Sa- |
across the State were received re- |
ports of violent and destructive storms.
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be definitely described" continued Mr.. |
Carroll. "At Stillman Valley we had the |
first view by daylight of the awful devasta- |
ton wrought by the storm. A section of |
The village about 40 rods in breadth was |
30 completely razed that not single piece |
of wood yard In length could be seen. |
Had the cyclone veered few feet north |
ward the main street would have been |
RACED and hundreds of lives would have |
been sacrificed"
At Marion Mr.. Carroll says there was
q heavy storm of rain, hail and wind. At
ter 1t had passed Stillman Valley the storm
turned to the north and wrought destruc-
tior in Wisconsin. But for a course of
l50 miles it followed the easterly track of
the c. M. and st. p. road and left death |
and destruction in its path. Mr.. Carroll |
relates that at Dethinger Junction man |
drove up to the railroad station, gave his |
horses loose reins and rushed into the depot |
,or shelter. A moment later the cyclone,
the edge of the building, caught |
The horses, hurled them through the street |
and killed them both. So violent was the
wind that their carcasses were torn apart
Farms Suffered
MARSHFIELD, Wis, May 1S.-A very
severe tornado passed through the central |
portion of the State last night. The storm |
passed through Clark, Marathon and Lang
ade counties. leveling houses, farm build
Ing and fences. Farms suffered most. Elm
hurst reports ten fatalities. At Siegler, a |
family of five is said to have perished. |
The messenger sent to Marathon City for |
aid states that buildings all over the city |
we're leveled by the storm. A large church |
was blown from it's foundation. A barn |
10 by so belonging to a farmer was picked |
up and landed clear across q forty acre |
clearing.
Crossed the County
WAUSAU, Wis, May 19-The cyclone |
which passed across this vicinity last night |
and did its most severe damage at the viii |
age OF Amigo, in Langlade county, took |
In almost straight course northeast from
,ne end of the county to the other. That
t did not sweep through the city of Wau-
sau, the heart of which lay right in its
path, is due to the fact that the Rib hill, |
southeast of the city, seems to have de-
iected 1t from its course. Passing north |
and east of Wausau it struck the farm
iouse of August Hanke about mile and |
l half from Siegler postoffice, which was
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hanke and |
four children perished. Passing on to- |
wards Taegge, the sawmill of the Curtis |
Z Yale Company was unroofed and prac- |
ically demolished. The storm center |
crossed the river at Granite Heights seven |
niles north of Wausau and the sawmill |
If David Finn was damaged and his |
stock in pile blown about.
From there the path of tine storm to An
igo lay through uninhabited timber coun-
Try. At Amigo 1t struck the northernmost
part of the village and made a path about
! quarter of mile wide where the village
extends for about three-fourths of a mile |
There were thirty houses destroyed.
The dark funnel-shaped cloud swung
along toward the village with terrific We
ocity. It seemed to be coming straight
toward the business part of the city, when
1t was seen to veer slightly to
Tho north and the damage was much les
sened by the slight change of course.
At Rhinelander