Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-13
TWO STATES ARE
swept BY Storm
rouR PERSONS ARE KILLED By
GALE AND FLOOD IN
WISCONSIN.
PROPERTY DAMAGE Is
ESTIMATED At MILLION
Michigan Suffers, Lives Being Lost
and Buildings Wrecked - Tidal
Wave at Michigan City, 1nd.-Tor-
nado Visits New York.

= Wave at Michigan City, 1nd.-Tor-
uado Visits New York.
milwaukee, June IA loss Of 1,000r
900, at least four persons killed and
kccres injured, a woman driven In
same, barns blown down, houses un-
rooted, streets torn up and cellars
hooded- are some of the effects
bf tornado-hke storm, followed by
Rain almost like cloudbnrst, which
bwept over part Of Wisconsin Monday
hight and Tuesday. Train service in
the atr1cken district Is completely sus-
pended.
The storm reached its fury at Cur
lisa, where the wind gathered in vto-
lence and swept radius Of six miles.
While hurrying to seek shelter from
the wind, which came up very sud
denly, two women we're killed. A
root Of house, caught BY . blast Of
the gale. was borne 100 yards and
struck in the street. pinioning them
beneath It. When others dared VEN
kure out the women were found dead.
Down Practically Isolated.
As the town is practically cut Oh
from communication with the outside
world the only other details obtain
able are that IL houses were unroofed
and scores Of barns and other farm
buildings practically wrecked.
/ At Fond du Lac 20 streets are under
water and the loss fs 100000. A big
raft OF logs was carried into the lake
and boats must be used to rescue It
Not cellar in the city is dry. The
Eldorado dam broke Tuesday after
moon and the water began rising.
! At Milton 200 persons collected with
= fire bell to search for Mrs. @. 8.
Babcook, who escaped into the rain
while insane over worry about the
storm. She was found unconscious
near fence and may die
At Chippewa Falls Paul Labountey
and another schoolboy were swept
away with a bridge and drowned.
lPoynett, Portage and Barron are iso-
lated and the dams are out.
Lives Lost in Michigan.
4 sanilac Center, Mich, June IA
terrific cyclone swept down through
THscola and sanilac counties Monday,
destroying practically every building
I'm Its path, killing two persons and
probably fatally injuring seven 9TH
era. The dead are: Mary, small
daughter Of John Smith, farmer of
Urban; child Of Ed Philpotts.
! The fatally injured are: Small son
of John Smith; three children Of Ed
ward Philpotts, a farmer Of Urban;
Mrs. Wagner, back broken; Mrs. Will
Nam Hutchinson, both legs broken;
William Dosser. farmer.
{, The cyclone started northeast Of
caro-, and taking an easterly direction,
evidently split, one part sweeping
down through Novesta and Shower,
while the other and more disastrous
one passed through Cass City, Urban
and Laing, the latter two hamlets be-
Ding about IL miles west OF Sanilac
Center.
The home Of John Smith, at Urban,
was completely wrecked, not stick
being left standing. One child was
killed, one is missing, thought to be
hnder the ruins. and three members
|of the family are seriously injured.
In Detroit the precipitation was 2.94
inches. the heaviest rainfall in 10
years. Nearly 500 eastbound passen-
gers who arrived by boat in Grand
Haven from Chicago and Milwaukee
were unable to proceed, as the wash
outs had tied up the traffic.
Tidal Wave in Indiana.
Michigan City, Ind, June IA tidal
wave four feet high the heaviest on
record here, swept in from Lake Mich
igan Tuesday, washing the top of the
1.-The harbor entrance.
Ns-- Damage by Tornado.
Binghamton, N. T., June THE
torIa which passed over this sec.
kion Monday night was the severest
ever experienced in the southern tiel
Of counties. The results Of its de.
etructive work in this city were -four
houses completely wrecked and 10t
others badly damaged Trees were
nprooted, roofs taken from houses and
hurled across streets, and sidewalks
were lifted bodily and carried in some
Instances hundreds of feet.
A severe wind and rain storm also
passed over the vicinity of Williams.
port, Pa, doing considerable damage
Masonic Temple Dedicated.
Toledo, O., June THE Masonic
Temple in this CITY, the most elaborate
building Of its kind in the country
and furnished at cost of $425, 900, was