Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29
Ruin RIDES TIE WIND.
A Terrible Storm Sweeps Across the
State of Wisconsin.

A mighty windstorin swept over She
boygan. Wis, Monday afternoon. wreck
| ing eight lcrge buildings and 200 dwell
| ing houses. rhe pecuniary damage is
estimated at 100000.
/ That no o. e was killed seems almost a
miracle. The wind wrecked building af-
ter building with the greatest rapidly,
and there was little warning of the APP
/ proach Of the torn. The people in every
| case were out Of their houses before the
| storm struck I'd those who were struck
| by flying debris were only slightly in
| jured so far as is yet known. In the fac
tories the employees were in many cases
bruised and cut by wreekage.
The storm started in the western part
Of the city and swept down TO the south
side and off into the lake 1t was two
miles wide and wrecked everything in its
path. I'll was over in ten minutes, al
though if seemed hours to the panic
s'ricEGn people,
All the morning the clouds were bark
ing up. AT noon il was intensely hot and
dark as night. Artificial lights were nec1
essary in the buildings A few minutes
before o'clock the storm broke, a terrific
wind coming down suddenly from the
northwest. People were thrown down
and fences and signs hurled hundreds of
feet
The roof Of the large warehouse of the
Croker 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. The roof Of the malthonse
of the Konrad Scbrieier Brewing Com
pany was lifted from the building and
carried over 80 yards and thrown into
the street. 1t was carried over the huge
ventilator of the brewery The Ameri-
can Folding Bed Company's plant was
demolished and the sheds in the A. Zein-
bal & Sons brick yards were blown down
and the bricks scattered in every direc-
ton.
The storm struck the South Side Luz
theran Church and the steeple was blown
down upon two residences, smashing in
the roofs. The Fourth Ward school
house, beautiful building. was com
pletely wrecked, one side and the front
being blown in, causing the roof to fall,
crushing the floors down into the cellar
The plant of the Gutenberg & Some
man Company was partially wrecked.
AfSNtAaa AAtiSuA Cdis OA Inc
NorthN cstern Railroad tracks were
blown OYER on their sides. The street
car barns were wrecked and cars were
smashed to pieces The electric wires
were all blown down.
The tent of the Dentry horse and pony
chow was torn from tie ground and
blown away. The animals were freed
and ran panic-stricken through the city
The following suffer, d heavy losses;
Henry Tillmann, Herman Dehue, Otto
Zoerns, Thomas Atkins, Gustav Roeb
born, William Gold. The large frame
house of Herman DEFINE was lifted off it's
foundation and thrown against that of
Henry Tillmann. Other houses demol-
ished, turned, twisted or blown complete
ly away were those of unu-~ Schelmer,
Henry Tillmann, Charles Kotz. Otto
Jaerns, Zimbal & Sons brick kilns and
barn, Gustave Roehborn's house, Mat
toon Manufacturing Company's tramway,
the houses of Mrs. William Miles, Mrs.
Leath. Thomas Atkins, Fred Mueller's
barn and the houses of f.. j. Stanton,
William GrOh and Emil Clarenbach.
These structures were ruined and 80
more were more or less damaged.
Much Damage in Oshkosh.
Oshkosh and Winnebago County IN
derwent severe electrical and wind
storm. The damage is surprisingly light
considering the violence of the elements.
For more than an hour the rain descend
ed in a food and the lightning played
pranks. 4 barn, dwelling house and a
blacksmith shop were struck by lightning,
and the first destroyed with all its con-
tents. Scores of trees were uprooted.
From the country vast total of damage
is reported to growing fruit, especially
apples; hut most of the grain is out Of
the way The rain relieved a very hot
and dry period