Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-11-15
TEN LIVES WIPED OUT
BY GREAT TORNADO
Cyclone Sweeps Over Parts of
Wisconsin and Illinois.
Worst Damage is Done Near GAINESVILLE
Many Persons Injured and Much
Property DESTROYED.

| sons are dead, another is probably
| dying, many are injured and nearly
half million dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed in 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 years, Mil
| ton.
Storm Comes Suddenly.
The storm broke suddenly and with
Intense fury. Farmers and villagers
were caught entirely unprepared. A
prevailed during the day. Although
the weather had been the subject OF
much cement, none was prepared for
a 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 Will Reach Millions.
The loss will run up into the mil
lions, according to David Atwood, who
made q trip into the country immedi-
ately after the storm passed this city.
The loss to the tobacco crop alone
will be more than half million.
Many valuable farmhouses were de-
stroyed
The usual freak features were pres
ent. The Schmidt family, which was
almost wiped out, vas 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 a distance of about half a mile.
Virginia, ILL.,, Suffers.
Springfield, H., Nov ia tornado
swcoped 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 I'M
der the Wreckage Of the Whitaker
house. which was demolished
The storm swept with terrific force
through the center of the town. Not
| a business building or residence that
lay in its path escaped damage. A
hundred dwellings were unroofed or
sustained other serious damage, while
the business section is a mass Of
wreckage. A 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-fve 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.
vermilion County Also Hit.
Danville, H., Nov ia heavy rain
and wind storm, accompanied by much
lightning, swept over Vermilion coun-
! ty and developed into tornado at
Rossville, 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, III.
Bloomington, H., Nov ia cy-
clone preceded a cold wave swept over
Mclean county, leaving a trail Of de-
stroyed buildings in it's 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.
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