The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-03-27
HEAVY OOWNPOUR
FLOODS MILWAUKEE,
DAMAGE WILL REACH 100000 IN
WISCONSIN, iEtTN.yd hi 5ie
AN ILLINOIS GIRL IS KILLED
Houses Blown Down at Peoria-Storm
Strikes Galesburg and Sterling
Dam Goes Out at Grand
-' Rapids, Mich.

Milwaukee, March ga teTlnc
rainstorm did damage here to the ex'
tent of 100000
For hours the rain fell in sheets
and turned the streets Into miniature
rivers. The temperature rose to 81
and a tornadolike wind swept over
the city. Seven big coal conveyors
wore blown down and the big steel
frames broken into bits. Five of
these are owned by the st. Paul d
Western Coal company, and one each
by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
e. Iron company, and the Pennsylvania
Coal & Supply company.
Huge Sign Creates Havoc.
The huge sign of a big department
store on top of the Majestic building.
said to be the largest one-word sign
in the world, was blown from the
building Electric light bulbs by the
hundreds went crashing to the street,
but the large steel frame landed on
top of nearby hotel. Scores of large
windows we're blown in and the rain
swept into the buildings, causing great
were flooded Residents along the
Kinnnickinnic river suffered consider
abba loss owing to the rising waters
Storm Races Forty WindmiIIs.
Racine, Wis, March 25.--Not since
the cyclone of 1883 has Racine and vi
cinity been visited with such severe
windstorm as swept over the city and
county. At Union Grove the Eagle
hotel was wrecked, barns were blown
down and about forty windmills and
perhaps twenty silos were demolished
The roof of the Congregational church
was wrecked and nearly every tree in
the village was uprooted.
In Racine the Observation-Disclosures
baseball grandstand was wrecked
Several store fronts were blown in,
and scores of residences damaged
Fifty poles on the Milwaukee Electric
interurbsn were broken off and inter
urban cars are only running north as
| far as Cudahy.
Fond du Lac Is Flooded.
Fond du Lac, Wis, March 25.-Fond
| du Lac is facing the most serious flood
conditions since 1881. Five schools
including high schools, are closed, and
| the easements of business houses
along the Fond du Lac river front and
a dozen residence streets are flooded
| Occupants of 100 homes are ma
rooned No loss of life has been re
ported. The river is steadily rising
Girl Killed Near Sterling.
Sterling, H., March 25.-Lulu Eli
son, nineteen years old of Moline, was
killed in the tornado that swept the
southern part of this county. The
home of her uncle. Jesse Miller, neal
/ Erie, was blown over. Other members
of the Miller family escaped injury.
Dwellings FaI! in Peoria.
Peoria, Ill.,, March 25.-Peoria was
struck by the tail of the tornado which
! hit Omaha. Several dwelling houses
were demolished, but no one was in
| jured. The tud hotel was struck by
lightning. and, while it damaged the
building to some extent none of the
guests was injured. The heavy vino
blew off a portion of the roof of the
courthouse dome
The tornado also struck Galesburg
A few small buildings were moved
from their foundations, but the dam
| age was not serious.
Dam Goes Out; Man Drowned.
Grand Rapids. Mich, March 25.-
Western Michigan was swept by cloud
bursts and heavy winds. causing al
least one death and great damage tc
property. A dam went out near Trav
erse City, carrying John Hawthorne
a Waterman, to his death. The dan
| furnished power for many points
Railroad traffic is either delayed by
washouts or suspended at severa
| points.