The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-21
TORNADO At SRED)YGAN
EIGHT LARGE BUILDINGS WRECK
ED AND TWO HUNDRED SMALL
HOUSES
PROPERTY LOSS OF 100000
No Lives Lost, However, and None
Was Seriously Injured in the
StOrm-Hot Weather
General.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 2O-A spe-
cial from Sheboygan, Wis, says: A ter
rifle wind storm struck the city this after
noon. The storm came very suddenly
from the north.
Eight large buildings were completely
wrecked and 200 small houses were blown
down. The loss will be upwards of $780,
000 At noon it was as dark as night and
intensely hot. A. few moments before 1
o'clock the storm broke, increasing In
force until tornado was blowing. Peo-
pie were thrown down and fences and
signs hurled hundreds of feet The storm
ragged for some minutes and passed off
to the south.
The storm started in the western part
of the city, near the cemetery, and swept
down on to the south side and off into
the lake. 1t was two miles wide and
wrecked everything in its patch. All was
over in ten minutes, although It seemed
hours to the panic-stricken people. The
roof of the large warehouse of the
Crocker company was blown off and
thrown against the large factory. The
building was wrecked and the large stock
of chairs was left without protection from
the rain, which fell in torrents.
The street car barns were wrecked and
cars smashed to pieces. The electric wires
We're all blown down.
The tent on a horse and pony show
was torn from the ground and blown
away The animals were freed and ran
panic-stricken through the city.
The roof of the malt house of the Kon-
raG Schrieier Brewing company was lifted
from the building and carried over $50
yards and thrown into the street. 1t was
carried over the huge ventilator of the
brewery.
The American Golding Bed company's S
plant was demolished, and the sheds in
the Simball & Sons brick yards were
blown down and the bricks scattered in
every direction. The storm struck the
South Side Lutheran church and the
steeple was blown down on to two resi-
dences, smashing in the roofs. The
Fourth ward school house, a beautiful
building, was completely wrecked, one
side and the front being blown in, caus-
ing the roof to- fall, crushing the floors
down into the cellar.
The plant of the Gutenberg & Sonne-
man company was partially wrecked. Sew
eral freight ears standing on the North
Western railway tracks were blown over
on their sides.
The following suffered heavy losses:
Henry Tillman, Hermann DEFINE, Otto
Zornes, Thomas Atkins, Gustave Roe
corn and William Gold.
That no one was killed seems almost a
miracle. The wind wrecked building after
building with the greatest rapidity, and
there was little warning of the approach
of the storm. The people in every case
| were out of their houses before the storm
struck, and those who were struck by fly
| ing debris were only slightly injured In
! the factories the employees were, in many
cases, bruised and cut from Wreckage.
STORM STRUCK KENOSHA, TOO.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug 2O-A spe-
cial from Kenosha Wis, to the Evening
! Wisconsin says:
Yesterdays storm caused great dam
age all through this country, crops were
destroyed, fences demolished and trees
were twisted as if by a cyclone. Light
ming struck in several places. At the
home of Fred Jorendt, on Middle street,
six people were stunned by an electric
shock st. Georges parish, the Gillotte
| school and several residences were badly
! damaged. Telegraph and telephone
service Were severely crippled. No loss
Of life has been reported"
CHICAGO, Aug N.-The weather was
| intensely hot here today, and caused
much suffering throughout the city, es-
pecially in the more crowded district.
| There We're number OF proStrationS, and
in two instances the heat proved fatal.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 2O.-The heat
was terrific here today. The maximum
| temperature was 96.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 2O.-A spe-
cial from Green Bay, Wis, says: "A
cloudburst struck there this afternoon,
the rainfall being over one and ope-half
inches in half an hour. Much damage
is reported to crops. Telephone and tel
egraph wires suffered greatly.
OSHKOSH. Wis, Aug 2o.-Intense heat
today was followed by severe electri-