The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-08-24
TORN BY A TORNADO.
ShebOygan, Wis, Almost Wiped on
the Face of the Earth.
rhat No One Was killed seems Ai-
most a Miracle aud Only n Few
People Were Iniured-Details
of the Disaster.

| ShcDoygan, WIS, Aug. GA TER
rifle windstorm struck the city Mon
day afternoon. 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 upward of
100000. At noon IL was as dark as
night and intensely hot. 4 few mo-
mcnts before I o'clock the storm
broke, increasing i'm force until a Tor
nado was blowing. Persons were
thrown down and fences aud signs
were hurled hundreds of feet. The
storm ragged for some minutes and
passed on TO the south.
The storm sterted i'm the western
part Of the city near the cemetery
and swept down onto the south side
and OF into the lake. II was two miles
wide and wrecked everything in its
path. All was over In ten minutes,
although il seemed hours 20 the pam
ic-stricken people.
The roof Of the large warehouse Of
the Croker Co. was blown of and
thrown against the large factory.
The building was wrecked and the
large stock of chairs was left with
out protection from the rain which
fell i'm torrents.
The street car barns were wrecked
and street ears were smashed to
pieces. The electric wires were all
blown down.
The roof OF the malt house OF the
Konrad Schneider brewing Co. was
lifted from the building and carried
$50 yards and thrown into the street.
n was carried over the huge venti-
lators of the brewery.
The American Folding Bed Co. plant
was demolished and the sheds In the
\. Zimball q Sons brick yards were
blown down and the bricks scattered
i'm eyery direction.
The storm struck the South Side
Lutheran church and the steeplc was
blown down on two residences smash
ing in the roofs.
The Fourth ward school house. a
beautiful building. was completely
wrecked, one side and the front be-
Ing blown in, causing the roof to
fall, crushing the floors down into
the cellar.
The plant Of the Gutenberg & SON.
neman Co. was partially wrecked.
Several freight ears standing on the
Northwestern railroad tracks were
blown over on their sides.
The large frame house of Herman
Define was lifted Oft its foundation
and thrown against that Of Henry
'Tillman. Other houses demolished.
turned, twisted or blown completely
away. were those OF Henry Schlcmer,
Henry Tillman. Charles Kotz. Otto
Jaerns, Zimbal & Sons brick kilns and
barn, Gustave Rehborn. Mattoon Mfg.
Co.'S tramway. Mrs. William Miles.
Mrs. Leath. Thomas Atkins. Fred
Mueller's barn. +. !. stanton. William
Greh and Emil Clarenbach. These
structures were ruined and 100 more
were more or less damaged.
That no one was killed seems al.
most 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
flying debris were only slightly in-
jurcd. In the factories the employees
were. in many cases. bruised and cut
from wreckage.
Oshkosh. Wis, Aug. 2l.-Intense
heat was followed by severe cleo
trical and rainstorm. The Bercy gun
store on Main street was wrecked. a
bolt striking the store and the wind
blowing in the front. Crops were
damaged and many small buildings
were wrecked, some of them being
fired by lightning and destroyed.