Warren sheaf., 1903-10-08
Tornadoes Sweep Portions of the
Northwest Causing Death
and Destruction.
town OF ST. CHARLES, MINN.,
Is PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT.
Seven Person Killed and Many Others
Seriously njured-Deaths at Other
Points in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Michigan Bring Total
Up: to Nineteen.

St. Charles, in Winona county, Mimi,
was practically wiped out by tornado
which struck it at $3.50 Saturday after
noon. Seven people were killed and %
injured, many of them seriously. The
entire main street of the town was
literally wiped out; hardly business
place being left standing. Forty-two
residences also were destroyed and the
total property damage is estimated at
100000
The storm seems to have followed
very closely the boundary line between
Minnesota and Iowa and damage to
farm buildings, dwellings and, grain:
stacks, with injury to human beings
and death to live stock is reported
from several points in that locality.
Two boys, sons of Stephen Matter,
were killed at St. Cloud while seeking
refuge from the storm. They had taken
shelter beneath string of cars on the
railway siding and a switching crew
backed another string Of cars upon
them, killing them instantly.
Deaths in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Oct. GA terrific wind
storm, approaching a cyclone, swept
over Wisconsin Saturday afternoon,
causing death and destruction. At In
dependence two persons were killed,
three fatally injured and a score OF
others badly hurt. At Eagle Valley the
Reformed church was demolished and
houses on the prairie were swept
away.
At Racine trees were blown down ALSO
electric light and telephone wires, and
half of the city was in total darkness.
Carl Larson, painter, 35 years old.
a prominent member of the Dania So
ciety, was electrocuted on State street.
Thomas Galroth was killed and two
men injured by the demolition of
farm house at Trempealeau.
The country in the vicinity of Lake
Gogebic was visited by disastrous
tornado. The storm is said to have
centered at Even, where number OF
houses are supposed to have been
blown down, and wide path was
swept through the woods
A special to the Sentinel from Wau-
paca, Wis, says: The tornado which
struck Blain and Almond Saturday
night killed five persons near Sheridan,
and blew down 20 buildings as near as
can be ascertained here. Other persons
may have met death. The dead are:
M. R. Myholtz, Mark Wood, Mrs. Fish
er, Mrs. Cipperly, girl unknown. The
way in which these persons met death
is not known, except in the case of
Mrs. Cipperly, who was in her home,
which was blown from it's foundations.
killing her in its ruins.
Deaths in Illinois.
Princeton, ILL.,, Oct. GA cyclone
passed two miles southeast of this city
Saturday evening, killing three persons
and destroying large amount of farm
property. The killed are Mrs. Charles F
Sherwin, Mrs. Award Sherwin, and Miss
Emma Welsh, of Tiskilwa, a visitor a,
the Sherwin residence, which was blowr
to pieces. Charles F. Sherwin was Sc.
verely injured.
At Neponset the houses of Charles
Turnbull and Thomas Murphy were de.
stroyed. Not an outbuilding is left stand.
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sons residence was blown 80 feet off the
foundation. All the occupants in the
houses escaped by taking refuge in eel.
lars. The path of the storm was 40 rods
wide and touched at several points in
Bureau, Stark and Henry counties, doing
vast damage to crops.
One Killed in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, Oct GA Journal spe.
cial from Negaunee says:
Reports reached here Monday that the
little town of Even, west of this city, was
struck by cyclone Saturday afternoon
and that half of it was laid waste. A
number Of men working on the roof OF
the schoolhouse were blown off, one be
ing killed and four fatally hurt, besides
several who sustained lesser hurts
Their names are not known. The loss
of property is reported to be nearly $780,.
900. Provisions and medical aid have
been sent from here
Three CHILDREN DROWNED.