Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

/ broken and body bruised; John Gilleu,
collar bone and arm broken; May
Gillen, serious; Charles Gillen, thigh
broken; John Gillen, severe; Ward
Gould serious; Mrs. Gould, slightly;
Mrs. Hollinbut seriously; Assistant
| Postmaster Lambdin, internal injury,
serious; John Mccoy, leg broken; Miss
Brockbank, leg broken; Fred Foster,
| fireman, head and arms injured; G.
lGardiner, seriously injured; Mrs. T.,
| Wells, and Sarah Dunbar, seriously in
jured; John Barrett, head injured, can
not live; Mrs. Scott, mother, and Mi
| chael Scott, son. and Edna Mcmahon.
cannot live; Henry Leads, blacksmith.
! BABY hurt; Viva Lewis, bruised; Will
lie Hopkins, head injured, serious; ii.
c. Hall, rib broken and internal in
! juries; Hans Johnson, internal inju-
ries; John Ryberg internal injury and
scalp wound; Peter Henry Christian
son, painter, badly hurt; William La
vane, ribs and leg fractured Martin
Stromman, shoulder injured Fred
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bruised; Mrs. John Monahan, Thomas
FEELS and Ed. 10th, slightly; John
10th, slight; Mrs. John 10th, severe; .
John Clark and eight Clark children,
all painfully bruised; e. b. Scott, nose
broken and arm sprained; Freddie
Early, II years old, skull crushed,
probably fatally; John McCony, presi-
dent New Richmond bank, leg broken
- Mitchell, Portage, Wis, with cir
cues, probably fatally injured r. p.
Hall, ribs broken and internal inju-
ries; Charles Hart, circus, severely;
Frank Sever, band leader, circus,
! slightly injured; r. b. f. Gollmar,
circus, slightly; Henry Lewis, badly
cut about the head; Miss Lewis, arm
broken; William Kelly, severely; Mrs
Michael Kelly, severely; VIM. McNally,
leg broken; Milwa McNally, leg pro-
ken; Miles McNally, bruised; Leonard
Taft, badly; Mrs. O'Donnell Ceylon,
! Wis, slightly; Thomas Haley, Stanton,
| leg hurt; Bertha McKinnon, slightly:
| Little Klosterman st. Paul, severely;
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jeweler, arm broken Edna McMa m,
probably fatally; Bertha Beebe broken
wrist; Pat Newell skull crushed prob
ably fatal; Tom Newell, seriously;
Mike Newell, three ribs broken; Cora
Rosebrook, probably fatally; Josephine
Rosebrook, very serious; Benjamin
Powell, seriously; Lillian Livingston.
slightly; Mrs. Richards, slightly; Mrs
William McGraw, badly bruised, Mrs.
lsidore Germanne, serious cash in
side; Michael Scott, hurt on the head;
Mrs. Scott; William McGraw, head
cut; James Finigan. dislocated hip:
Arthur Lane. Turtle Lake, slightly;
John Barrett, slightly; John Wells,
seriously; seriously; Mary
Peterson; seriously; II. b. Foster, arm
and head hurt; James Vail, seriously;
Joseph Kersh, thigh laid open.
During the afternoon Patrick Rating,
the 4-year-old son Of Nat Rating, was
brought to the Catholic church. The
body was horribly manged. The lit
! tie daughter of Mr.. Williams was
brought to the same place from the
ruins of her fathers home near the
! railroad trucks. Walter Farrell, a boy
was also laid among the dead in that
church. Pat McNally, who was given
in the lists of injured, died during the
day and at late hour the rescuers
gathered together most of the pieces
of the mangled body of Michael Heff-
ron and he was added to the list Of
dead. During the day scattered groups
of rescuers searched the debris. that
the bodies might be found. The fire
company kept two streams OF water
pouring on the smoulderng ruins, for
fire had been added to the horrors of
! the tornado and dozen fires were
blazing till the heavy rain at the close
Of the day about extinguished the
flames. The business portion OF the
city covered a space of four squares
each way and was solidly built Of brick
and stone. This entire space was
swept clear. the foundation walls and
in some places debris alone marking
whore the business places formerly
stood
Trees thai had lined the streets OF
the neighboring residence district were
broken clear of or twisted and uproot-
ed. The tornado came up the river
from Hudson, whore the damage was
comparatively slight. Following the
general course Of the river and the
branch cf the Omaha road. the storm
gained in intensity as It progressed
and was at its worst when it struck
the business center Of New Richmond
The outlying residences In the path OF
the storm were stripped Of shingles
and boards we're torn from the sides
Of houses. A circus was In town that