Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-04-26

wind storm of considerable violenc
passed over a good portion Of SGutherl
wisconsin Tuesday afternoon. Beyont
the blowing down ct few weak fences
and trifling damage to shade trees an(
out buildings, no great amount Of dam
age resulted in this immediate vicinity
The following reports from johnson
| Creek and jefferson seem to indicate that
our city WAS especially favored.
One of the worst wind storms in thi,
vicinity for years visited jefferson at :
! ''clock Tuesday afternoon. There hat
| been steady, strong blow all day an,
The air was filled with dust, making il
;imost Clark as night The wind blew
ITS hardest at about O'clock and lastes
ialf an hour. On accOant of the Obscur-
ty of the atmosphere great apprehension
was feit. The public schools were dis
missed before the storm reached it,
leight and the scholars arrived home in
safety. The large ronf Of {. Stoppen-
zach u Sons packing house was torn of
nd this frightened the employees at tht
isccnsin Manufacturing cOmpany's
liant and work was suspended there
:he barns and cat lie sheds at the fair
rounds were blown down and consider
be damage was done. AS the storm
ibated it started to rain, clearing tn
taIosphere. just before the storm was
It's worst the barn on the farm Of Hen
;lenfang, with straw stacks and SUI
oundlng sheds, were destroyed by fire
he loss is about s 800, covered by in
urance.
At Johnson Creek tsmbstones wert
blown from their settings, barn was
wrecked and little Mary Pertisch was III
Ilred in t0rDad0-iike gale that struc
here Tue sday afternoon s Ortly afte:
o'clock. For few minutes the wind
,lew at a velocity greater than ever re-
tlled bv old residents, and it's suddel
hssatlOn is no doubt responsible fOl
reater damage having been done
ary Pertisch WAS caught by gale neal
er parS2ts' H. me- and carried off heI
eet by fiie free of the win :. She re
'vel injuries by being blown against Is
fence.
At Fort Atkinson. large shed adjoin.
ng the canning factory there was torn
pieces and blown away in sections BY
terrific gale Tuesday afternoon. HoIs-
s and barns were slightly damaged
a dispatch from Woodland says:-A
heavy windst,rm, followed by rain
.'6i'E-O Ou bfII lIidl ctt u IL llltSudN dIltI
noon. Several houses were UnroCfed at
dustisford, five miles from there, trees
prooted, telephone communication cut
If and he barn IF +. R0ethle, one mile
cast uf there, was unrO0fe !.
At Oc0nOmowOc the covering Of an
utside bowling alley wrpcted. wind
mill blown over, the storehOUse at Gif-
f1rG Inn da Haged and broken teiepll-n
wires ccnsti tie the damage Of the wind
torn that passed over this section Tues
.ay afternoon.
Under the same date, snow blockades
.ero reported from jamestown, n. D., a
.dW blizzard in Northern Minnesota.
1t Deadw3od, S. D.. two feet Of snow haG
alien, and SHOW was falling at Chadron,
Nebraska.
A new barn en- the farm of William
Patterson near Palmyra W s blown down
nj PnlIp keed Was Killed, his neck be-
ng broken by falling timber. The
amaGe in the vicinity If Palmyra is re-
''Ited as considerable. At JanesviIIC
everal tobacco sheds were blown down
nd the yeransla Of the Golf club house
Vas blown away.