Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-02
CASUALTIES IN STORM

Walter saudek, Iineman, eIectrocut-
ed by live wire at Milwaukee.
William Schaade and grandson in
stantIy killed at Milan. Marathon
County.
Ralph ouigIey caught in falling
building and instantly killed at La
Crosse.
William zuebke grasped fallen live
wire and was instantly killed at Osh-
kosh.
Mrs. Edward Lietzke probably was
fatally injured when home was
wrecked at Watertown.
Mrs. w. Grabinski and Mrs. Norman
Carroll badly injured by flying glass
at Fond du Lac.
Mildred koppIin, II years old, ia
tally injured by wind hurled joist at
Green Lake.
Lawrence Salzman, 27 years old; l.
year-old child of Michael kuchmavek
and Arthur Quade killed when new
barn at Emmett is blown down at EN-
met, Marathon county Mrs. Michael
Kgchmavek and 3-year-oId daughter;
Mrs. Boucha and Carl Wanda fatally
niured.
Fred KoppIin fatally Injured while
trying to rescue his injured daughter
from wrecked home at Green Lake.
Milwaukee, June 25.-Five known
dead, nine known to be fatally injured
and an additional list of injured run
ming from the lowest estimate of ten
to the highest, twenty-five, and a f1nan-
cial loss running close to the million
mark is the toll of the tornado which
swept Wisconsin early Wednesday
morning.
Wednesday night it was known that
the state had suffered a gigantic loss
which in many ways cannot be esti-
mated, and that the terrific wind
storm which followed the heat of
Wednesday had left death and suffer
ing in its wake.
The peaceful farming community
surrounding this village of Halder,
in Marathon county, probably will be
found to have borne the brunt of the
storm. The latest reports from the
village, say that already three are
dead, five are dying and twenty are
more or less seriously injured.
Many Killed and Dying.
The list of dead and fatally injured
there, is as follows:
LAWRENCE SALZMAN, 27 years
old, instantly killed.
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD of Mich
Rel Kuchmavek, instantly killed.
ARTHUR QUADE, instantly killed
MRS. -- BOUCHA, dying from
injuries.
CARL WANDA, dying from internal
injuries.
MRS. NJ. KUCHMAVEK, fatally in
jured.
THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
of Mrs. Kuchmayek, dying from in
juries.
Death Hats ReveIry.
Death and injury came to the little
town while it was in the midst of
revelry. Seventy-five men, women
and children had gathered at the
home of Michael Kuchmavek to at
tend a wedding dance which was CIV
en- in new barn to celebrate the
completion of the building. Kuch-
mavek's daughter had become the
bride of Wilhelm Manifke Of Milwau-
kee on Tuesday.
A dance was in progress and the
musicians stationed on an improvised
platform at one end of the building
were bent over their musical instru-
ments when the tornado struck the
building.
Wind brushes Building.
The wind crushed the barn and a
surrounding building as though they
we're made Of paper, and left a shape
Jess mass, in which the injured were
struggling.
1t was five hours later when the
three bodies of the dead had been
removed and the injured had been
taken from the demolished barn.
1t is feared that more bodies will be
found, as there are several known
to be missing
Fatally Injuries Bride.
The daughter of Kuchmavek, who
was the bride at the wedding festiv-
ties, was among those fatally injured.
The force of the tornado carried her
out OF the barn when the building
was demolished and she was found
at daylight, unconscious and lying
in the woods nearby. Her mother
and a baby sister are among the IA