Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-23
GREAT TORNADO
SOUTH WISCONSIN
SEVEN LIVES REPORTED LOST
And HUNDREDS INJURED
SATURDAY night.
Damage to Crops and Property
Amounts to Hundreds of Thousands
of Dollars-Vicinity of Orfordville
Suffered Michigan, Minnesota
and Canada Heavy Losers.

Suffered Most-Michigan, Minnesota
and Canada Heavy Losers.
At least seven lives were lost and
scores of persons were injured, some ia
tally, in tornado which swept Rock
county, Wisconsin Saturday evening.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of damage was done to crops,
buildings and other property.
Dozens of families whose homes were
destroyed sought shelter in sheds or
other small structures out of the path
of the storm. In other instances many
persons found themselves without roof
to shelter them and because the flooded
roads made travel impossible they were
forced to pass the night in the open
fields.
Measures for the relief of the storm
stricken communities at Orfordville,
Hanover, Milton Junction and Milton
have been instituted by citizens of
GAINESVILLE and Beloit, but much suffer
my unnecessarily HluSJ eHSue
A cold wave followed the storm and
sleet and snow added to the misery of
the survivors.
Loss of Lives
The greatest loss of life was at Or
fordville. There Mrs. John Clowder so
years old, was killed, as were also
father and two daughters of family
whose surname is Smith, and a Mrs
Broede. At Milton one person, as yet
unidentified, is reported dead.
Amy Korban, years old was killed
when her home, just north of James
vile, was demolished.
Footesville, Magnolia, Pewaukee and
other villages are also reported to have
suffered severely from the storm.
The storm broke with fury never
before equaled in this part of the coun-
try. Farmers and villagers were
caught entirely unawares. A high wind
had prevailed during most of the after
noon. About 4 o'clock the cloud low
cred and became black as night.
Farmers who were in their fields
sheltered themselves as best they could,
and many arrived home to find their
buildings destroyed and in some cases
wives and children missing
The storm passed almost as quickly
as it came up, and left the country
desolate. The roads were almost i'm
passable, but messengers were pressed
into service and made their way to
GAINESVILLE and Beloit as swiftly as pos
sible. Orfordville is equally distant
from both these cities, and assistance
was hurried to the stricken villages.
In the vicinity of Orfordville the
greatest havoc was wrought by the
storm.
Fierce in Minnesota.
Winter rode in Saturday night on a
wind that cut like a two-edged sword.
Out of the northwest blew gale which
was driving rain, snow and sleet alter
nately. Many trains are icebound.
Snow Is Feet Deep.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, reports snow
drifts 10 to Is feet high, and all east
DOuhu Iioiho UCidy GU.
Southern Minnesota is storm-swept
and snowbound.
Advices from Fargo, N. D., state that
practically all wire communication was
abandoned by telegraph companies in
North Dakota. Six inches of snow is
reported.
Millions of Bushels Wheat Lost.
The weather at Winnipeg is reported
to be the severest on record at this
time of year, and it is said millions of
bushels of wheat are frozen in shock.
Fully one-fourth of western Canada IS
200,O00,O0O bushels of wheat, it is esti-
mated, is lost.
Also in Michigan.
Owoso, Mich.-Two dead, several
badly injured and damage to $4,000 at
least is the toll collected by the small
sized cyclone which swept Ovoso.