Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-14
WHOLE WEST SWEPT
BY FIERCE WIND
oEsT RucTlVE ToRNADoEs VISIT
TOWNS IN INDIANA, OHIO
AND SOUTH.
Toledo SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS
DEATH AND RUIN In
WIDE AREA.

~ duhcEs ApiAa o OAS AAeA
killed and damage ID the extent OF
several thousand dollars to buildings
and telephone and telegraps lines was
the TOLL in Milwaukee and the county
Tuesday night and yesterday by the
severe electrical and wind storm
which swept over the entire lake re-
gio2 and upper Mississippi valley.
Throughout the storm area much dam
age vas done
Gathering greater energy as it
swept north the storm struck Milwau-
kee ct its height just as thousands of
people were returning from work
Tuesday evening and every available
place OF shelter was filled with pedes-
Iria1s who were caught in the down
pour On the west side the sewers
were unable to carry off the heavy
dowDpour and many residences south
OF Grand avenue were flooded.
Fatal Hoosier Tornado
wabash. Ind, April S.-The first
tornado thar has visited this city in
many years swept Wabash and vicin-
ity Tuesday night A number OF
persons are reported killed or in
jure1 and property valued at hun
dreGs of thousands were destroyed
Mrs James Hayes and four children
weT= pinned beneath the wreckage OF
thetr home. which caught fire. The
mother was badly burned before being
rescued and will die. The children
wer@ seriously nurt William Shepard,
wife and two children. were caught
beneath falling ruins and held until
neighbors extricated them
Telephone cables and electric light
wires went down and the city was in
darkness throughout the night
Toledo in the Wake.
Toledo, O.. April S.-Hundreds Of
men out of work. thousands of dol.
lars damage done, and many persons
slightly injured. are the results of a
hurricane that visited Toledo and vi
ciniry yesterday
nAhN e1L1aAAANd q NCAOCALy vi
sixtynine miles an hour in this city
The roof of the plant of the Massn-
Ion Bridge company, 1870 by 400 feet.
was ripped off and hurled into field
Albeit 800 men will be out of employ
menZ until the damage can be re-
paired.
Pedestrians We're injured by falling
signs, parts of roofs, chimneys ana
limbs of trees. Many women were
bowled over by the wind.
In small towns near Toledo consid-
erahle damage was done. Many houses
were struck by lightning and the oc-
cupants stunned but there are no
repo-ts of fatalities
Six Dead in MississlppL.
Memphis Tenn. April Silk per-
sons are known to have been killed
by ne storm which swept over north
err Mississippi and probably fft1e
were injured The tornado. which
covered vide area. wrought nue.
damage to outhouses and crops.
Al Aberdeen, Miss, w NJ AIcMil-
Ian, cashier of the Bank of Aberdeen,
an6 his son were instantly killed in
the "reckage of the Illinois Central
station, and two negroes also met
death. The tornado swept that city
from the southwest and completely
demolished the depot and several
houses.
Al West Point, Miss, much damage
was suffered in the southern part of
the own Sc yeral negroes were in
iur=l By flying debris and a report
from the Terrell plantation east OF
there states that two or more negroes
Were killed
A. Rich Miss terrific rain hail
and wind storm prevailed Small
houses were lifted from their founda-
tions and the hail beat down the
growing crops.
Al StarksvilIe. Miss. four negroes
we're killed and a number seriously
inJared. There was considerable dam.
20 property near this point. a
number Of residences being blown
down and barns and outhouses de.
str9Ted.
One Dead at Albion.
ciianapols Ind, April S.-The vio-
len1 storm that swept northern Indi-
ana left in its wake many overturned
Houses. barns and outbuildings. tore
out telegraph and telephone poles.
killed one man and injured number
Of PERSONS. At Albion, the house OF
Peter Shell was destroyed and he was
pinned to the floor under a stove and
burned to death.
Vessels Caught by Gale.
C.eveland. o., April S.--The fishing
rug George Flood, with seven men
aboard. and the sand sucker Mary H.
with CREW Of nine. are missing. and
the barge Norman Kelley with a
crew OF four persons. was rescued
ass night after a desperate truggie.
az he result of a fierce wind storm.
WI ch ragged on Lake Erie yesterday.
several small buildings were wrecked
buggies overturned and automobiles
liftad from the ground and whirled
through the streets in Cleveland
75aahton Storm Bound.
zioughton Mich. April 8.-The cop