Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-14
TWENTY MILES DESOLATE
Further Details of Tornado that
Swept Southern Wisconsin.
EIGHT PERSONS MEET DEATH
immense TcrritOry Laid waste anc
Property Loss WIN Mount 60
Nearly million Dollars
Distressing scenes,

JANESNlLLE WIS, Nov l3.-Spllnt-
cred timbers broken furniture, crumble,
rock and plaster, scattered farm produv
and dead farm animals littcrlng IN
sroUnd over an area a quarter Of mil,
n width and twenty miles In length In
d,cate the tremendous force with whici
southern Wisconsln's worst tO~nad
swept path through Rock county. kil
Ing eight persons, injuring many mo,
and doing damage TO the extent Of near
a million dollars.
one Of the injured, Albert Schmidt.
years old, near Hanover will die. H.
father and two sisters are dead At leas
one more may die The dead
ANTON SCHMIDT S. years old. IIar
over, was blown from a barn and a.
stantly killed.
ALICE SCHMIDT Is years old. daugi
ter OF Anton Schmidt, blown across
road and found nearly buried In a fl,l
REGGIE SCHMIDT u years ole So
ter OF Alice Schmidt. found dead besi,
her sisters body,
HELEN AUSTIN. years old. Mnto.
instantly killed
MRS. JOHN CRowDER, who lived b,
tween Brodhead and Orfordville.
MRS ELIZABETH PROEDE, resid
between Brodhead and Orfordville
LEON LENT, Ia years old IIanov,
blown from barn and instantly killed
north OF GAINESVILLE, instantly killed wh,,
house was demolished.
List OF Injured.
Among the injured were the following
Albert Schmidt, IA years old, will die
Pensyl Korbin, condition reported as
serious.
Mrs. Alfred Austin. Milton, cut about
face, chest and side, probably win re
cover.
Mrs, Caroline schacfrer, "a years old,
Hanover, face bruised and back hurt,
Mrs. Louise ILehmann, &c years old, in
! iured internally.
! Wire service was demorallzed last night
and It was not until today that details
of the tornado we're obtainable. Saturday
night the mercury dropped nearly to
zero.
Torrent Follows TwISter.
| The tornado originated in the vicinity
! Of Orfordville. twelve miles southwest
of GAINESVILLE. Travelled northeast for sew
eral miles and then turned to the east.
missing this city by narrow margin
The force was spent near Milton. The
greatest damage was done near the point
of origin and at Milton.
Tho tornado was accompanied by Il
! driving rain. There had been a high wind
all day yesterday and this continued
throughout the night. The tornado lasted
only few minutes. Although It occurred
about the middle of the afternoon Il was
as dark as night. The binding downpour
made search for the dead and dying a
terrible task.
OF the Schmidt family, residing three
quarters of mile from Hanover, there
Is only one survivor. lie Is Albert
Schmidt, the ti-year-old boy. Physicians
say he cannot recover. Alice. schmld
and her younger sister were In the hous,
when the storm struck Their bodies
were blown across the road, the house
being demolished. Anton Schmidt, the
father of the boy, Albert, and tramp
were in the barn. Tho tramp, who was
not injured. saws MIR. Schmidt was blown
through the barn door Ills body was
found in the yard. The boy was buried
In the debris and received internal In
juries.
Bride Instantly KILLED.
Mrs. Elizabeth Proede, bride OF a
few months. was instantly killed when
the house was carried away. Her nus
band was I'm the barn and discovered the
body of his bride after the cyclone
passed. The Prosdes lived near orford-
vile.
Leo Lentz, 10 years old, was blown from
a new barn which he was helping erect
FOR James Little, six miles northeast OF
Hanover His father, Theodore I,entz.
who was also working on the barn, was
injured.
Near Milton there was one death. Helen
Austin, years old. daughter Of Alfred
Austin farmer. Three others were in
the house when the twister struck IL,
but Helen was the only one killed. Mrs
Austin was seriously injured, but physi-
clans say she will recover. Her sister
Miss Elizabeth Hume, was also badly
hurt. Helen's sister, Florence, awas
badly bruised and her collarbone was
broken. The house, a new barn and
garage were smashed to kindnng wood
Many odd Incidents.
As usual, there were many freaksu
Incidents connected with the cyclone. Al
the Douglas farm a buggy was carried
into a tree and bent about the trunk
where It hung, the rim Of one hind wheel
encrchng the front axle. 81 the home
of William Little n 6xG Timber was
driven through COW. At~the Schmidt
farm n hog vas cut in two by q plow
At this same place a cook stove was
carried to an adjoining field, where Il
was deposited right eide up, apparently
undamaked.