The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-27
HEAVY D0WNPOUR
/. FLOODS MILWAUKEE,
Damage viii Reach $500, 900 in
Wisconsin City.
ILLINOIS GIRL IS KILLED
Houses Blown Down at Peoria--Storm
Strikes 0aleshuro and Sterling
Dam Goes Out At Grand Rap
lds, Mich.

Milwaukee, March 25.--A terrific
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 SO
and a tornadolike wind swept over
the city. Seven big coal conveyors
we're blown down and the big steel
frames broken into bits. Five OF
these are owned by the st. Paul Il
Western Coal company, and one each
by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
& 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 were blown in and the rain
swept into the buildings, causing great
damage to goods. Many Easements
were flooded Residents along the
Kinnnickinnic river suffered consider
able loss owing to the rising waters
Storm Races Forty WindmiIls.
Racine, Wis, March 25.-Not since
the cyclone of 1888 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
interurban 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
dozen residence streets are Hooded
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, near
Erie, was blown over. Other members
of the Miller family escaped injury.
Dwellings Fall In Peoria.
Peoria, H., 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 Lud hotel was struck by
lightning, and, while it damaged the
building to some extent none of the
guests was injured. The heavy wind
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 20
Western Michigan was swept by cloud
bursts and heavy winds. causing at
least one death and great damage to
property A dam went out near Traf-
erse City, carrying John Hawthorne,
a Waterman, to his death. Tie dam
furnished power for many points.
Railroad traffic is either delayed by
washouts or suspended at several
points.