The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-10
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
Heavy Whirling Wind Does Dam
age at Fennimore.
BUILDINGS WRECKED
Fair Ground Structures, Stores and
Lumber Yards Suffer Consid-
cradle Damage.

A cyclone struck this city last evening
at o'clock, doing damage TO the amount
Of about $4,000. No lives were lost nor
any persons injured. The storm came
from the southwest and, as it struck the
western outskirts of the city. the wind
was a veritable gale. blowing at the rate
of eighty miles an hour.
The amphitheater, art hall, stalls ana
judges stand of the Fennlmore AR ana
Driving Park association were demon
ished in an instant and then hurried ScN-
eral hundred feet. Continuing on IT'S
work of destruction, it partially unroofed
the general merchandise store OF the
Him Hldchrandt company, which also
sustained Il heavy loss on account OF
goods damaged 10y water The lumber
yard of George W. Blanchard was
scattered broadcast and two sheds
were damaged. \ ear ON the
Northwestern railway tracks was
lifted off its trucks and hurried
ten feet e. y. Grayham's hardware
store was partially unroofed ana ~:
Mary's Catholic church was deprived OF
It's chmneys Barns belonging TO W;
Rogers and {. Book were unroofed and
demolished respectively and other minor
damage was done. Trees were torn up.
fences wrecked and gardens destroyed III
all parts of the city. East of the town
barn belonging to W. NJ. Iiddiough,
farmer was demolished. but the live
stock was saved. \ conservative estl-
mate of the losses is as follows:
Fcnnimore Fair and Driving Park asso-
citation. S35ou' the Him Hildebrandt com
pany, SlJoo; George W. blanchard, $1,000;
w. NJ. Riddiough, $1,000; William Rogers.
$500; {. y Graham. $500. Chicago X North
Western hallway company, Sl0o; c. Book,
500; William BOIL, $50; st. Mary church,
$50.
All communication was Cut off last
ing down. The work of clearing the
wrecked buildings and repairing those
damaged Is rapidly going on this morn
ing
Twisted Buildings Around.
Doylestowh, Wis. June 5.-LSpecial,
A cyclone struck the village of otSegO.
located in Columbia county, two and one
half miles south Of this place, at . clock
last evening, doing considerable damage
to property, but no lives have been re
ported lost The property of Chauncey
Tompkins suffered most The cyclone
struck the roof of the barn and tore
three-uuartcrs of the structure from its
foundations, leaving the west wall stand
ing; also the portion containing the horses
was left. \ large cOrucrlb, hlied with
corn, was muved six feet off its foUnda-
tons. but left in good shape y granary,
standing close to the barn, was rolled
several times over and damned bottom
up into Il corner formed by the house ana
woodshed \ large maple tree stand
ing near the house was twisted oil III
the middle, the top portion lodging on
the roof of the house and demolished
the roof and chimneys to some extent;
otherwise the house escaped without
other injury than being moved nearly Il
foot off its foundation. several trees III
the yard. close To the house, were torn
out Of The grbuhd 10y the suction Of the
atmosphere and some We're Carried away.
about twenty-five bushels of oats i'll tn"
Eranarv were also carrie Il away. About
twenty-five bushels of oats III tn" gran
airy were also carried to other lands.
Large trees, over one foot IN diameter,
were twisted off and carried across the
road. Telephone wires were broken and
one telephone pole was turned half
around. a bridge across the creek was
destroyed, having its ratings blown of
and the main timhers under its center
drawn out bodily. The tract of the
storm was very narrow, not over tive
rods i'll width. and there seem TO have
been two distinct currents of wind.
Large trees were broken down, while
other trees between suffered no damage.
The direction Of the cyclone was from
the west and it seems to have been of
the dip variety Of cyclone and followed
the course of the creek, running east
from here.
Big Lancaster Barn Demolished.
Lancaster, Wis, June 81 Special. i
One of the worst windStormS ever known
IL this part of the state swept over Grant
county last evening about { clock. From
every direction come reports of houses
being unroofed. barns blown down and
trees broken off The barn of Samuel
Ontes, four miles northwest of this city,
large barn, 1OOxGO feet with 24foot
post. was torn all to pieces and scat
tered over two acres of ground. 1t is Il
complete loss, estimated ut $500.
Thomas Earmody, in the same neigh
borhood, had fine barn, 100 by 40 feet.
nearly as badly wrecked. The roof. both
ends and half the sides were blown be
tween 800 and GOO feet. At Flora,
popular picnic resort west Of town, some
famous clmS. centuries old. were uprout-
ed and laid flat on the ground. Tom
Hudson : house was moved several feet
and one side of his saloon was blown ont.
John MCtartn"y'S house was unroofcd
and he, his wife and six children were
left unShcltcred to the fury of the storm.
Lifted from the Ground.
Racine. Wis. june o Special IA
small cyclone visited the western part of
this city ana the eastern bart of Mount
Pleasant last night The machii1e shop
of George Peterson. 10 by go feet. Was
moved from lis Foundation and badly
twisted. \ Frniiary belonging to farm
~ NAMED laihroi wis nt"cted. \
chimney ON the SUMMER residence Of
Joseph Lindemaa was demolished. Tclc-
phoue and telegraph wires are down and
small buildings and fences all through
the county were blown away. In some
places the storm was accompanied by
hail.
Dodgcvillc. Wis. June 81 Special. -
\ heavy wind aud rainStorm passed over
l,gt Il, In,
About two miles south Of here the wind
demolished large barn that had Just
been erected on the farm of Nicholas
PaulskG and doing considerable damage