Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-13
WEDNESDAYS TORNADO
CARRIES DESTRUCTION OVER AN
EXTENDED AREA.
Starting in Minnesota. it Crossed the Mis-
sissippi Below Sto6dsrd. Travers-
ing Bergen and Hamburg.

Ga last "Wednesday eveniuE : p5rslan
OF southeastern Minnesota anG western
Wisconsin was swept by a tora 30. TIE
storm started IN Houston county, Min
nesota near Fresburg and Caledonia.
crossed the Mississippi river below Stod-
dard. swept through the towns of Ber-
gen and Hamburg, passed over into La
Crosse county and did its last damage AZ
and Ia the vicinity of Leon, ia Monroe
county Not since the visitation Of the
| terrible tornado at Viroqua on June 2S
1850. has there been an occurrence in tho
county SO destructive in its results The
patti OF the storm averaged twentv.fiye
TO eighty rods in width and In that path
ho'hthS seemed 10 escape. Great trees
we're torn mp and twisted, windmils
destroyed houseS, barns and tobacco
saeds eoswn to pieces A forty foot span
OF tae burlington bridge over Coon riv.
Fl, below StOddard. was torn ant aud
hurled into the marshes. and bnt cor tbs
timely tagging Of passenger train bv
a farmer it would doubflesa have cone
TO its destruction
Fortunately, the loss of lila was IA
correspondingly light as that of proner.
ty was heavy The death list amounts
to four and the seriously Injured TO ten,
three OF the deaths occurring in Mime.
sofa. Halvor Holvorsen. who lived near
Ss0ddsrd, was found dead Ia the rosd-
way. Mrs Halvorsen, his widow. was
severely injured soma Of the others are
Carl Scheok, Mrs. Carl Sheck. Sr., Louis
Sheck, Mrs Carl Sheck, Jr, VIM. Jonas
and VIM. Miller, Several OF the ipiar-
ed were taken by special train to Las.
Crosse Lutheran hospital ever the
Southeastern railway and reports from
there say all will recover
On Sunday last, Sheriff G. e. Ward
went over the territory in this county
tri led by the tornado and below we
gt 8 estimate of the damage done
ar names o. the losers. With hard.
iy :. Exception each estimate was made
n sss'ie had talked with the owner of
Il operty
o zinif house and Darn gone, loss
{ property, house and barn down;
Z jus Granke all buildings ruined
! .5k3, 600
II Jack, all buildings gope; loss Sc
Z Halvorsen, one house and all out
. iings loss $1,000
Ed, I'd, Twite, G. all buildings loss $1,000
GAIA OVSIn.
Mrs. II. Hoff, tobacco shed and barn
| loss 81 $50
Chas. Void, house and barn loss 81,
500.
Andrew overson, ali buildings. loss
81, 500.
Carl Peterson, all buildings loss 81,
800.
Frank Bauler, house ana barns all
down; loss 81, 600.
Joseph Wieland, everything destroyed
81, 500 damage
Wenzel Buhl, all buildings destroy
ed; loss 81, 200.
Charles Schicht; barn and out.bnild-
inRs gone; house saved; loss is 81 600
Otto Schlicht; every building ruined
loss 81, SOC.
John Bszazowsky; all out buildings
down; loss 81. 900.
Fred Krachel; out buildings down
loss $500
William Kapanke, house and barns
ruined loss $4,000
Theodore KRpanke; ;outbnildings gone:
loss 81, 000
John Hellwig, Brinkman ridge ali
buildings except house wrecked; loss
$500.
William Koethe, all outbuildings
gone; house partially wrecked loss $40
600 including ten acres of apple orchard
which wero rnined
Nicholas Beacon house and barn
2, me damage $500