Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03

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the boys we're there alone; one
weighed $50 pounds and the other $50,
one % years old, the other 25; both
were killed and blown a quarter of
mile from where they were.
Another brother had just gone home
from there and he said one was un-
loading load of corn and the other
was milking. 1t was sad sight to
see that old mother first mourn one
boy and than the other and to see two
Baskets in church at one time and
both grown men. They put them
away in one grave. At the next
place lived man, wife and three
children two of the children were
found dead that night and the other
child was found Sunday at noon
the father and mother were both
alive but the father died that night
anc the mother will die. This is
ths only place l know that all
of any family are dead. Then at the
next house one killed and another
will die. At the next house lived
seven, father, mother, son and wife
and three children four are dead.
The son and mother are yet alive.
At the next place fine brick house,
were seven people. The house is
pile Of broken brick but no one hurt;
this is all within eight miles of us
and they tell me it is bad on further
for miles Some of those peoples
clothes we're literally torn in strings
and SEINE were as nude as they we're
at birth We were up Saturday night
until near two o'clock, and Sunday I
expect there we're a thousand people
visited those broken homes. We
were there for several hours and 1
never saw single person smile all
the time I was there, but every one
felt for his brother and those people
who cared for the dead and dying
were white faced and sad Monday
it rained ali day but neighbors
gathered at the cemetery and there
they made six graves. There was
laid two loved mothers and brother,
one father and the widows sons, all
in one afternoon. There was such a
crowd and SO much sorrow you who
read this will be shocked and wonder
if it can possibly be true, but no
matter how big the story of cyclone
hear, / will never doubt a word
after this. There is big tank up
in our corn field. feet across and s
feet deep: came a half mile out of a
fine barn. 1t was on the second floor
and nolted to the barn but it lays up
in the field bent all to a mess. / saw
where a piece of corn stalk was
driven into a tree an inch or more,
and "a in. woven wire fence of 80
rods was blown off the posts and over
tree 20 feet high across an e0-acre
pasture and over hedge fence into
the road, and only broke it once,
but was badly twisted and tied up.
Wednesday the farmers for miles
went and helped fix things to rights
and build fence. The stores were
closed in Drexel and loads of the
town men went and helped to get
the peoples stock back in the
pastures. They picked up the broken
boards in one field and piled them in
piles all over tue field and they are
thicker than grain shocks and about
as large. No one can tell the awful
ness of such time unless they have
been through one like it. The awful
suspense of those who had people in
the path of the storm and could not
hear from them. The wires were all
down and we had to go and see.
And now the sun is as bright as it
can be and things are growing nicely,
but still we are too near to it all to
forget. To the dear friends who read
this send our love. I hope you none
of you, will ever have an experience
like ours. and | assure you we have
had all of this kind of a storm we
want. Mrs. Julia Magonigal Irish,
Drexel, Mo.