Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-13
TORNADO WROUGHT
TERRIBLE HAVOC
IN WISCONSIN
DEVASTATED AREA
TWENTY MILES LONG
Revised Estimates Place Dead
at Eight Fatalities Also 0c-
Cured as Result of Storms
Elsewhere,

JditSNliiNs w lsss NNNs ElllAffA~
cred timbers, broken furniture. crum-
bled rock and plaster. scattered farm
produce and dead farm animals lit
tering the ground over an area a
quarter of mile wide and twenty
miles long. indicate the tremendous
force with which Wisconsin's worst
tornado yesterday swept path
through Rock county. killing eight
persons. injuring many more and do
ing damage TO the extent of nearly
million dollars.
one of the injured. Albert Schmidt,
IA Years old, living near Hanover,
viii die His father and two sisters
are dead. At least one more may
| die.
The Dead.
| ANTON SCHMIDT. So years old,
blown from barn and killed IN
stantly.
ALICE SCHMIDT, is years old,
| daughter of Anton schmidt. blown
across the road ana found nearly
buried in field.
REGGIE SCHMIDT. IA years old
sister of Alice Schmidt, found dead
beside her sisters body.
HELEN AUSTIN. years old.
instantly killed,
MRS. JOHN CROWDER.
MRS. ELIZABETH PROEDE.
LEO LENrZ, 16 years old, blown
from barn and instantly killed.
/ AMY KORB1N. 3 years old. an.
stantly killed when house was de-
molished.
Wire service was demorallzed last
night and II was not until today that
details OF the storm We're obtainable,
SATURDAY night the mercury dropped
nearly to zero. The tornado organ
ized in the vicinity OF Orfordville,
twenty-five miles southwest of James
vile. travelled northeast for several
miles and then turned 10 the east
missing this city by narrow margin.
It's force was spent near Milton. The
greatest damage was done near the
point of origin and at Milton.
OF the Schmidt family, residing
three-quarters of mile from Han
over, there is only one survivor. lie
is Albert Schmidt. the 14-year-o,d
boy. Physicians say he cannot re-
cover. Alice Schmidt and her young
est sister were in the house when the
storm struck Their bodies we're
blown across the road, the house be-
ing demolished. Anton Schmidt, the
father of the boy. Albert, and a tramp
were In the barn. The tramp, VINO
was not injured says Mr. Schmidt
: was blown through the barn. His
body was found in the yard. The
boy was buried In the debris and re-
,ceived internal injuries
Mrs. Elizabeth Proede, a bride of a
few months, was instantly Killed
kwhen the house was carried away flel
husband was in the barn and recover
ed the body Of his wife after the
storm passed.
Leo Lent. l6 years old, was blown
from new barn which he was help-
ing build for James Little, SIX miles
northeast of Hanover. HIS rather,
Theodore LentZ, who was also work
ing on the barn, was unlnjured.
Near Milton there was one death,
Helen Austin. s years old daughter
of Alfred Austin, a farmer Three
l,others were in the house when the tor
nado struck IT, Mrs. Austin was
seriously injured, but physicians say
she will recover Her sister MISS
Elizabeth Hume, was also badly hurt.
Helens sister. Florence. was badly
bruised and her collar bone was
broken. The house a new barn, ana
n garage were smashed to klndllng
wood.
As usual there were many freak
ish incidents connected win the
| storm. At the Douglas farm buggy
was carried into a tree and bent about
the trunk, where it hung, the rim OF
one hind wheel encirclng the front
laXle. At the home of william Lattle,
"A six X-by-six timber pierced cow
Al the Schmidt farm hog was cut
in two by a plow. At this same place
q cook Stove was carried to an adjoin'
ring field. where it was deposited right
, side IN, apparently unchanged and
the fire still burning In II.
Two miles north Of Janesville' "A
house and part Of a barn were car
ricd into Rock river. All telephone
and telegraph poles in the path Of
the storm were snapped off and
wires stretched along the roads.