The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-24
WRECKED BY STORM
sHEBOYGAN, WIS.,, VISITED DY A
TORNADO.
Eight Large Buildings ana 200 Small
Buildings Completely Wrecked
Loss Will Be Upward Of 1900, 900
Storm Was Two Miles Wide and
Wrecked Everything in Its Path
Almost q Miracle-Several People
Injured By Flying Debris.

Sheboygan, Wis, Aug. GA terrific
wind storm struck the city yesterday
afternoon. The storm came 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 it
was as dark as night and intensely
hot. A few moments before l o'clock
the storm broke, increasing in force
until a tornado was blowing. People
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
the lake. It was two miles wide and
wrecked
Everything in Its Path.
All was over in ten minutes, although
it seemed hours to the panic-stricken
people. The roof of the large ware
house 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 that
fell in torrents. The street car barns
were wrecked and cars smashed to
pieces. The electric wires were alk
blown down. The tent over 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 Konrad Schrieier Brew
ing company was lifted from the
building and
Carried Over $50 Yards
and thrown into the street. 1t was
carried over the hugn ventilator Of the
brewery. The American Folding Bed
company's plant wHs demolished and
the sheds in the Simball & Sons brick
yards were blown down and the brick
scattered in every direction. The
storm struck the South Side Lutheran
church and the steeple was blown
down on to the residences, smashing
in the roofs. The Fourth ward school
house, a 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 & Sonneman company
was partially wrecked. Several freight
cars standing on the Northwestern
railway tracks were blown over on
their sides. Thc following suffered
heavy losses: Eeury Tillman, Her
mann Define, Otto Zornes, Thomas
Atkins, Gustave Ro1heorn, William
Gold. That nc one was killed seems
almost mira Gle. The wind wrecked
building after building with the great
est rapidity and there was little warm
ing 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 injured. In the
factories the employees were in many
cases bruised and cut from wreckage.
Michigan Gets a Taste of 1t.
Detroit, Mich. Aug. 21.-The entire
lower Peninsula of Michigan was
swept by sevsre storm yesterday af-
ternoon. The damage to crops is I'M
mense. From eli parts Of the penin-
sula come reports of standing grain
beaten to tire ground by hail and
practically ruined. Scores of barns
were struck by lightning and burned
with their contents, SO that the loss to
the farmers Is very heavy. But one
fatality has been reported.