The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-04
CASUALTIES IN STORM

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| Walter ssudeI<, fIneman, eIectrocut.
cd by live wire at Milwaukee.
tRaIph ouleley 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 LIstxke probably was
fatally Injured whom homo was
wrecked at WATERFOWL. A
Mrs. w. orabInskI and Mrs. Norman
Carroll badly Injured BY fyIng glass
At Fond du Lac.
Mildred koppiIn, ~ years old, f.
tally Injured by wind hurled JoIst at
Green Lake.
Lawrence salxman, ~ years old; 4
year-old child Of Michael kuohmavek
and Arthur Quade killed when new
barn at Emmett 10 blown down at En-
met, Marathon county. Mrs. Michael
kuohmavek and 3-year-oid daughter;
Mrs. Boucha and Carl Wanda fatally
Injured.
/ Fred koppIin fatally injured while
trying to rescue his Injured daughter
from wrecked homo 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 finan-
cial loss running close to the million
mark is the toll of the tornado which
swept Wisconsin early Wednesday
morning
Wednesday night 1t was known that
the state had suffered 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, 81 years
old, instantly killed.
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD Of Mich
ael Kuchmavek, instantly killed.
ARTHUR QUADE, instantly killed
MRS. 49, BOUCHA. dying from
injuries.
CARL WANDA. dying from internal
injuries.
MRS. M. KUcHMAvEK. fatally in
jured.
THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
Of Mrs. Kuchmavek. dying from in
juries.
Death Halts Reveiry.
Death and injury came to the little
town while II was In the midst OF
revelry. Seventy-fve men, women
and children had gathered at the
home Of Michael Kuchmavek to at
tend a wedding dance which was CIV
en- In a 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 crushes Building.
The wind crushed the barn and q
surrounding building as though they
were made OF paper, and left atshape-
less mass. in which the injured were
struggling.
It was I'VE hours later when the
three DO lies Of the dead had been
removed and the injured had been
taken from the demolished barn
II IL feared that more bodies will be
found. a. there are several known
TO be missing.
Fatally InJurss Bride.
The daughter Of Kuchmavel, who
was the bride 1t the wedding festiv.
ties, was among those fatally injured
The force Of the tornado carried hsl
put Of the barn when the building
was demolished and she was found
~ daylight. unconscious and lynn
IN the woods nearby. Her mothel
end . baby sister are among he -
tally injured while another sister
- infant n AIMS, = amosg the dead