Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-07-12
Fifteen KILLED IN
WISCONSIN STORM

ST. Paul, Mimi, July cit is now BET
| ieved that at least fifteen lives werQ
| lost in the severe storms which swep{
over a portion of western Wisconsin,
| wednesday evening. Numerous othet
persons were injured and much dam1
age to farm property n TO dwelling
houses is reported. According to re-
ports received here the little town of
| Oakdale, on the Milwaukee road near
Camp Douglass, was entirely wiped
| out. -Four persons are reported to have
been killed there. i.
AT Grand Rapids, wis, there are said
TO be five dead as a result OF the storm.
but communication has not been res
established with this place, and the ex-
tent of the calamity cannot De ascer-
tanned.
Names of the Dead.
The list of dead SO far reported is as
follows:
At Oakdale:
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN DAME.
TWO OTHERS WHOSE NAMES
HAVE NOT BEEN LEARNED.
MRS. JASPER PoPP AND IN
FAINT.
AT Wyeville:
ANDREW BAUMEL.
Near Warrens:
lNO GflILbiNLN
BUCKNER.
At Neillsville:
LYMAN A. CHARLES.
At Grand Rapids:
FIVE PERSONS, NAMES NOT YET
REPORTED.
Near Gillsville:
MRS. AUGUST BEYERS AND SON.
List of Injured.
The injured:
Two children Of Jasper Poff.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Buckner.
William Butterfield, Oalkdale, seri-
ously.
Gustave Stucke, telegraph operator.
Tunnel Siding.
Otto Balgord, Waterman at Tunnel
Siding.
Miss P. NJ. Larson. of Greenwood,
Wis, probably fatally.
Daughter Of Oscar Fricke, register of
deeds of Clark county, visiting at home
of Lyman Charles, badly hurt.
Family of August Boyer, all more or
less injured.
Elsie Wensel, music teacher, Neills-
Vile, badly hurt.
Mrs. A.. n. Maltby. Oakdale, serious.
Mrs. Harry Warren, Oakdale, serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prentiss, near Tomah,
seriously.
John Hill, farm hand.
MISS NNcIlStl was VI "a DC civ
buggy along the road when the storm
struck her. The vehicle n horse
were blown away and have not been
found. Miss Wensel was blown into
the top of a tree, from which she was
rescued in an unconscious condition.
Many farm houses and outbuildings
i the neighborhood of Neillsville were
destroyed and much stock was killed.
Wires were Frustrated in all directions,
and it has beer difficult to learn de-
tails of the storm.
The Poff district school near War
rens was blown away, and a summer
resort near Tomah suffered much dam
age.
Most of those killed or injured were
caught in the ruins Of their falling
houses and crushed by the heavy tim
bers.
At the home of Lyman Charles, near
Nellsville, a social gathering was in
progress when the storm struck the
house. The host was caught beneath
the ruins of his house and fatally in
jured, dying while being taken to a
hospital. One of his guests also was
probably fatally injured, while several
were severely hurt.
The teIegraphic companies have been
working hard all day to restore COM
munication with the storm stricken
district, but have only partially sue
ceeded.
No communication has been estab-
lished with Grand Rapids, where the
storm victims are said to be numerous.
Oakdale, which is reported as entirely
demolished, was a town of probably
200 inhabitants. 1t is said that the only
structure left standing is the railroad
station in which the towns people have
taken refuge.