Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-24

buN int oiit VI kSltliut} Is reported l(
have outrun them all. The blacksmith
shop Of ID. +. Allen, with its contents
weat down the Bad Axe river, as did 4
| l60-foot tobacco shed owned by Luther
Allen. A portion of the dam went oui
and the mill was somewhat damaged
/ SIEVE al feet of water stood on the floor
of c. W. Mobiles store on the north
side of town. The Baker school house
below Newton, took a change of loca-
| ton, having been moved down stream
some distance.
Bishop Branch territory feels as
keenly as any community can the effects
Of the fierce storm. Commencing at
the east limit of the city of Viroqua to
/ Hunters bridge and Ross on the west
| kickapoo, through the valleys, there
was practically clean sweep of fences.
Ii all the runways leading to the
kickapoo water was higher than ever
! before known, extending from hill to
hill. Hay crops are ruined, corn, to-
baceo and other crops are much darn
aged. On Bishop water was fully
| twenty feet above ordinary ST 'ge.
| Nearly every farmer lost live - of
some kind b. l.. Wigsmo u a
COW barn blown down, granary under-
mined, tobacco field ruined True Fav-
| OF had twenty sheep carried away and
his tobacco shed damaged. j. M. Henry
lost brood sow by drowning. The
cattle of A. f. Shilling, j. s. Harris,
Jap Hull. and others were swept by
the tidal wave that flowed from Bishop
to West kiekapoo, but fortunately all
We're save by swimming to the high
lands OH the farm of Frank Boggs.
There is scarcely an uninjured bridge
| left IN the county, either large or small.
The towns have suffered greatly in this
and damage to highways. The roads,
nearly everywhere, are left in bad con-
! dition. They are filled with hundred
of tons of loose stones that have rolled
down and been washed into the track
/ In the vicinity of Manning Joseph
| Harris, o. Ii. Larson, Martin Robinson
and many others were damaged in
farm buildings, crops and other prop
cfty. Some idea of the extent of the
flood may be known when it is reported
| that water flowed in the windows of
/ the Manning cheese factory.
West of Viroqua, in the valleys of
/ the Coon and Bad AK, to the Mississippi
river, there was severe damage togrow-
ing crops and outbuildings. The south
western section of the county does not
appear TO have suffered greatly. They
had heavy rain but little wind. Chase
| burg section was swept and extensive
damage done 10 farm communities.
Seas Branch, i'll the town of Viroqua,
wreckage complete in crops. + new
| 81 600 bridge is ruined. The carrying
of rock to the valley lands is most
ruinous,
/ East of town, Mrs. j.. S. Nelson S
Wind mill and tobacco shed were badly
damaged.
THE KICKAPoo VALLEY.
/ Facts from the Kiekapoo Valley are
rather meagre and picked up from
different sources. The telephone ser
/ vice is so much out of commission that
little news particulars car be asoel tain
ed. What W. have is bad enough, and
to the effect that crops in the wash of
/ the river AM all tributaries are prac-
| tieally wipe' out, hay destroyed, much
damage done TO buildings in the towns
and country districts.
| While nothing has been heard fir ON
! Ontario il is certain that the town has
sustained great damage by reason OF
Icing i'm the path OF the upper Kick
apoo, Brush Creek and numerous water
runs that lead directly TO the village,
! Rockton is next down the stream, but
the village itself is SO situated that
property damage could be little except
TO the mills of Bennett q Widmer.
Doubtless they have sustained loss.
Seeleyburg and La Fargo were Sc
vereiy washed, water running through
the main streets. To what extent
property interests were injured is not
known.
Viola got it plenty That is to say,
the whole town and surrounding count. :
Was aiioat. Water hip deep to mar
swept through every portion Of t,lt
village except the high points. The
property loss must be quit extensive,
although no buildings are reported hay
ing washed away Water was three to
/ four feet higher than ever known, and
/ that is true Of both branches of the
kickapoo.
Readstown, Soldiers Grove and Gays
Mills were in line for the sweep of both
/ branches of the river and no such water
| for those towns is recorded. Some
damage was done in the lower portions
Of Readstown, TO bridges and mill
| property but the main part of town
was not materially effected. Soldiers
Grove was IN the same condition as
Viola, all business places being flooded
and every inch of the fiat inundated.
Doubtless there was great amount OF
injury to property. In Gays Mills, it
is said, inhabitants were obliged 70
seek shelter in the second stories OF
their homes and business places.
From the source of the West Kicka.
poo, from the town of Clinton south
bridges generally, large and small, are
swept away. There are exceptions,
however. At BloomiHgdale water en-.
tered the store of Morterud Brothers,
which is located quite high above the
river. At Avalanche there was gen.
eral destruction spread. The cheese
factory, two weeks manufacture OF
cheese and all the equipments were
washed down the river for long dis
lance, the oper tor of the factory beng
a passenger in the floating ark, but he
escaped near Browns mills. Cheese is
reported to be one of the ''pick-ups
and souvenirs of the food The bridges
al Avalanche were washed out. The
Hanson blacksmith shop and other
buildings were undermined or washed
out. Merchant Wig, the mill owners
and others were quite heavy losers.
Z N. G. Wigs summer house, two corn
cribs were moved away and tobacco
shed demolished Ed. EnochsOn lost
80 or 81 awarns Of bees. o. n. Wig
had a buggy and surry swept down
stream. Siger Carlson lost barn, hay
and chickens,
Ross, too, felt the devastating ef-