The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-11-16
TEN LIVES WIPED
OUT BY TORNADO
Cyclone Sweeps Over Wisconsin
and Illinois.
PROPERTY LOSS is GREAT
Worst Damage Is Done Near James.
vile, Wis.-Many Persons Are
Injured at Virginia and Eas-
ton, III.

nalI million dollars worth or prop
cry was destroyed in a cyclone that
swept over Rock county.
The identified dead are:
Schmidt family, Hanover, comprised
OF father and two daughters.
Crowder, Mrs. john aged eighty.
Orfordville; buried in the ruins of her
house.
Proode, Mrs. Helen, Orfordville; a
bride of six weeks; died trying to fee
from her falling home.
Lentz, Fred, carpenter, Orfordville;
blown from the roof of house against
huge tree which fell and crushed him
to death.
Kerban, Amy, eight years old, Or
fordville.
Austin, Helen, aged five yeaN, Mil
ton.
Storm Comes Suddenly.
The storm broke suddenly and with
intense fury. Farmers and villagers
were caught entirely unprepared. A
high wind and warm temperature had
prevailed during the day. Although
the weather had been the subject OF
much cOment, none was prepared for
tornado.
The storm passed quickly and left
the country demoraliZed. Attempts
to establish communication with
neighboring cities were at once be-
gun. The roads were almost impassa-
BILE, but messengers were pressed into
service, and they made their way to
GAINESVILLE and Beloit as swiftly as
possible Orfordville is equally dis
tant from both OF these cities, and
assistance from both towns was hur-
ried to the stricken villages.
Loss viii Reach Millions.
The loss will run up into the mil.
lions according to David Atwood, who
made-a trip into the country immedi-
atelg after the storm passed this city
- The loss to the tobacco crop alone
will be more than half a million.
Many valuable farmhouses were de-
stroyed.
The usual freak features were pres.
ent The Schmidt family, which was
almost wiped out, was seated at the
supper table, near Hanover, nine miles
from GAINESVILLE. The house was
picked up and carried across the road
and. landed upon the roof of another.
The tornado just, barely missed
GAINESVILLE, passing north of the city
at distance of about half mile.
Virginia, It,, Suffers.
Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. ia tornado
swooped down upon Virginia, H., deal.
ing destruction right and left. A score
of persons were seriously injured.
while many had narrow escapes. but
none was killed The most seriously
injured are Earle Whitaker, the lit.
tie son of William Whitaker; Fad
French and Otis Middleton
The Whitaker boy was caught UNI
der The wreckage of the Whitaker
house, which was demolished.
The storm swept with terrific force
through the center of the town. Not
business building or residence that
lay in it's path escaped damage. A
hundred dwellings were unroofed or
sustained other serious damage, whSe
the business section is a mass OF
wreckage. drenching rain, which
followed the violent wind, added to
the horror of the situation.
One Killed at Easton.
At Easton, sixteen miles east of
Havana, Mrs. Sallie Hennegar, aged
seventy-five years, whose home col
lapsed. died from fright, and an in
FAINT child of James Prater was killed.
Seven other persons were more or less
injured Much property in EastOn and
vicinity was damaged, several farm.
houses and barns being demolished
VermiIion County Also Hit.
Danville, ILL.,, Nov. ia heavy rain
and wind storm, accompanied by much
lightning, swept over Vermilion coun
ty and developed into a tornado at
Rossyille, where much damage was
done. At the Elgin. Joliet and East
ern railroad roundhouse several small
buildings were blown down and the
coal chutes were blown across the
tracks.
Storm Strikes Stanford, 10.
Bloomington, H.. Nov. ia cy.
clone preceded cold wave swept over
Mclean county, leaving a trail of de-
stroyed buildings in its path Stan
ford, southwest of this city, was the
principal sufferer, an elevator. several
barns and many other structures be-
Ing blown over. A number of cases OF
injury to persons are reported. The
loss to buildings may reach 100000.
Fear Fishermen Are Drowned.
Chicago. Nov713;-Fifteen men are
reported to have persisted and fish.
Ing boat out from Chicago is believed
to have foundered in the terrific storm
which struck this section of the coun-
try. Several persons were frozen to
death in Chicago and vicinity and a
number of accidents. one fatal, are
reported as a direct result of the icy
blasts.
The Evening Star, 75-foot fishing
boat. with crew of fourteen, includ-
ing fishermen, is believed to have
gone down off Waukegan,