Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
HUNTER GOES OUT ON LAKE TO
SET DECoYS AND SKIFF IS
FOUND OVERTURNED.
DISAPPEARS DURING A sQUALL.
Wind, Rain and Electricity Cause Much
Damage in Several Cities and
Localities.
THUNDER CAUSES woMAN's DEATH

OSHKOSH, Wis, Nov. 12.-[Spe-
cial. Search is being made for the body
| of Isaac Bradley, a well known and aged
farmer residing near Omro, who was
victim of Thursday afternoons violent
storm. He was with friends who went
| to the Bell clubhouse on Lake Poygan
near Winneconne.
Bradley went out to the marshes alone
in a small hunting skiff, taking with him
a number of wooden decoy ducks and i'll
tending to wait for the flight of the
| ducks from open water just before SUM-
set.
The storm came on suddenly and was
very violent, accompanied by a gale of
wind, heavy downfall of rain and some
J hail. 1t struck the lake with great force
| and churned it into seething waves 1t
subsidized as suddenly as it came and as
soon as IL was over members of the
| party went out in boats in search of
Bradley. No trace of him could be
| found and the search was abandoned on
account of darkness.
This morning Bradley's empty skiff
was found floating near the east shore
| of the lake and around it number of
decoys were floating. The lake is being
dragged in an effort to recover the body.
Bradley was aged 20 and owned
10O-acre farm. He had a son, black
smith at Winneconne.
Thunder Peal Is Fatal.
PORTAGE, Wis, Nov. 12-[ Special.
Miss Mary Helm died Thursday from
heart failure caused from fright at peals
of thunder during an electrical storm.
She was 81 years old.
Carries Away Barn.
LAKE MILLS, Wis, Nov ~ Spe-
cial. IA wind storm of cyclonic proper
tons struck the city about o'clock on
Thursday. Barns were demolished,
trees uprooted and residences damaged.
| The dairy barn of O. A. and A. w.
Woke was picked up and carried a dis
lance of twenty-five or thirty rods. The
| structure is complete wreck. There
were about seventy-tve head of Jersey
cattle in the basement of the barn, which
were being MIXED at the time of the
| storm, but fortunately none of the ami
mails or men were injured. The loss by
the storm will reach several thousand
| dollars
Crane Is Blown Over
| MANITOWOC. Wis, Nov 12.-[Spe-
| cial IA November electrical storm. ac-
the city Thursday night, caused loss
of nearly $4,000 in the yards of the Man
itowoc Dry Docks company, where
| large steel crane was blown over and
| badly damaged.
Lightning struck the farm of John
Zaherik in Franklin and started a fire,
which. however, was extinguished with
out loss.
Riverside park. recently donated to the
city by John Schuette, president of the
Savings bank, was in the path of the
storm and two of the summer houses in
| it were unrOOfed and the roofs carried
several blocks away.
| At the Goodrich yards a pattern house
was unroofed. The steamer Racine drift
ed from its moorings but fortunately
was not damaged.
On North Ninth street trees were up
rooted and considerable damage was
done to private property. The loss to
| trees parks and private property is es-
| timated at several thousand dollars. The
| storm lasted less than an hour but was
| very violent.
Unroofs Church.
RIPON, Wis, Nov. Special.1 j
| During the heavy electrical and wind
| storm here Thursday afternoon, the roof
| of the Congregational church was partly
blown off. The damage will amount to
| $500.
/
LA CROSSE, Wis, Nov. 12.-[Spe-
cial 1.-The heavy rainfall which visited
this section Thursday makes the total
precipitation of the month thus far twice
as great as the average for the whole
month of November for thirty-seven
years. The rain was accompanied by
severe lightning and thunder.
Comes and Goes Quickly.
FOND DU LAC, Wis, Nov. 12.-
| Especial. ]-Considerable damage was
done by a severe electrical and wind
storm Thursday afternoon. A flash of
was followed by one of the worst cleo
trical storms of the season. In many
business places fuses were burned out
and telephone and telegraph lines also
| suffered to some extent. The wind blew
down several fences and small structures
and played havoc with signs in the bust
ness section. The storm disappeared as
| suddenly as it arrived.
| Severe in Neenah.
| NEENAH, Wis, Nov. 12.-[Special. ]
A terrific wind and electric storm
| passed over this section and the Fox
| River valley Thursday afternoon which
| wrought considerable destruction. In
this city and in Menasha the sewers
could not carry off the water and stocks
| in the Easements of stores were damaged
badly. Several tall smokestacks ION the
| mills and fagpoles were sent crashing
| to the ground, fortunately not injuring
| anyone The temperature dropped forty
| degrees in 80 minutes after the storm.
|
WATCHING THE LACE MAKERS.
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