The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
TORNADO SWEEPS
la CROSSE.
HIGH WIND ACCOMPANIED BY
BLINDI- G RAIN AGAIN VISITS
RIVER CITY.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT S25O,0O0.
Many Excursionsts and Picnic Parties
Are Caught in River, But No Loss
of Life Is Reported.


ia ''o'7'r' WIS., aug npe
cIalI-ooining out OF blue SKY that
promised nothing but clear weather, the
most severe tornado that ever struck La
Crosse swept through the city at 8
CLOCK sunday morning. Inc damage
Is estimated at S2ooouO. For htteen MN
utes the storm ragged, working havoc to
factories, residences, churches, business
houses and bringing 70 corth hundreds
of haontif,,I ,bodo ,roos mo Wind was
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Great Loss of Property.
rhe places that suffered damage were:
Michel Brewing company, chimney blown
down, loss $1,000
Listman hour mill almost completely de-
stroyed loss 5000" ,,...,.
90, Te I'm s i.the'"n church. S'''ie VIZ" i
St. JoscpR's Catholic cathedral stceple
blown off, loss $1,000
William Grams store crushed by falling
tree loss 500. Md, H.. e,ut,r
tree So"i loss S ss,o S'o'' ''"'"'' y
Residence of Frank J. Holmes crushed
For iaTT i h"ns si Vnroorcd loss stoo
Scgelkc x KohIhaus Manufacturing com
pany, smokestack blown down and the roof
blown of, loss $500 IN,
,. NorW's'a4 LGsherah Tnu s Si.,oo
20, %eu anu 'upo',. 'u'"'u 'oo' IN have
other losses Oh minor ha'HtT ,, ~" ,, .
been reported bringing the toI"I u"ln"ee
UP - quarter Vi d H'iIl'oh
Lawns are Ruined
hIe:F tree III inc Earo 14 Jon" .
blIu, superintendent Oh SCHooIS' vac
IeHcd or damaged: Inc mousse SIaHus III
4 ScelNH OF rum lihpoSSluIc 10 teS'rIbc'
In other places IN TINS dlStrirt the same
dcsoIation Is presented. HE list m
Guiding some OF La Crosses Weaith"St
residents: The homes Of \. II, Nlthce.
&. T.. Mariner, John {. burns. Mary j."
Davis Joseph Gutmau, Dr. j.. y. Cat
tcrdam, George II. Ray, g. r. MonJ-
cue. ISador Schilling. Mrs j. w LOSey
Mrs. {. l.. Coleman, John Paul, W. W
Carrig. W = Cargiu. lanes Vincent
T. T. Edwards. / +. Eastolt. ana many
others nrr among those damaged.
mo bn,I.n. in mono ,r Hose case, .r,
damaged 10 any extent. but the bcuu'uuI
lawns. gardens. aud groves, the result of
years Of care ana expense. are destroyed.
o.,..- ~. CT.
oiLeI Ao"uS ouAei'
Reports from ucighbUring towns since
communication has been rcopcuod show
that considerable damage was done,
though not So much rs at La Crosse. Al
SPARTA. Leon. DualaSka, West Salem,
Niiudora. and the country round about.
roof, were taken off and frrcs TORN down.
80 rcports of loss Of lifn have been re.
cciycd from any of these points.
Swim to Shore
1.h, .torm strncl, tbe city inst ,t tlo
emo whom n,nst If The Smu1a, rycu,.
.inni.ts uarn SETTING ont for lilo dav
ma rivor WINS Iinrd with ro,yhnats and
ntbar small croft and y rrsot number If
his. were swn,nned whom tho tornado
c ca, snidenIv '' mon tha civ Few Few
minutes warning was given by the al.
most total darkness that prevailed for
short time before the storm Many Of
the eXcursionists took advantage Of this
and rowed to the shore. The Others
We're caught with the full force of the
tornado and only escaped by abandoning
their boats and swimming to the river
banks.
Miraculous Escapes
The rscape of the people in st. 10
sonL'- Catholic church and me German
lutheran church was almost mirIcrIoms
In the catholic church the stpcpIe