Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-04
A MAN KILLED in CYCLONE
ON SCENE OF DESOLATION A
YEAR AGO SOUTH OF US
Albert Munson, South of Rising Sun
Much Destruction of Proper
ty-Readstown Hit

On Tuesday night of last week a
severe wind storm passed over terri
tory south of us, doing much damage
to dwellings, farm buildings and crops
1t followed rather closely the line
where several lives werelost and much
havoc wrought in the cyclone of June
II, 1915 From the Readstown Tri-
bune the following particulars are
gleaned:
A tornado swept through Readstown
Tuesday night about eight O'Clock.
leaving much destroyed property in
its wake. Many shade trees in the
village were uprooted, broken of and
denuded of limbs.
The storm was of considerable ex-
tent. striking in the Bona ridge couu-
try where such havoc was wrought in
the cyclone of two years ago Many
of the buildings that had been erect
ed since that calamity we're swept
away. Albert Munson, who lived iIt
the Bona ridge country, was fonnd
dead under the debris OF tobacco
she'd He is brother of District At
torney Muusou of Crawford county
The wind swept down upon the Star
valley country and demolished many
tobacco sheds filed with choice crop
at high prices.
On Pine Knob ridge the damage was
very extensive. George Anderson lost
all buildings except his dive ling house.
In the yiHaEe of Readstown The dam
age is greater than mas ever been
caused here by wind before. Dozens
of ont-houses we're blown over, tobac-
CO sheds were destroyed, A. B. Ewers
lost two and two corn cribs and his
silo, the Patterson girls lost their
shed. Oscar Anderson's furniture
store was partially unroofed, several
Of the windows we're blown out and
some of bis goods scattered promis-
cuously about the street. Shed at the
back of the store was completely torn
away and broken up. The Tribune
building was partially unToofed and
the garage picked up and torn asun-
der and scattered about the neighbor-
hood The little Ford was only slight
ly damaged In the storm. Eyerson's
drugstore, with the telephone central
Office located over head, was partially
unroofed and the large front window
blown out. VIM. Jones barn roof was
broken down and the house partly I'M
rooted. Andrew Alfmoe's wood house
Is lying on the adjacent lot and his
barn is racked. II. H. Lewis lost the
roof of his wagon shed and the sides
are split apart.
Hillsboro Sentry reports from that
section: "A cyclone passed through
a section of Hillsboro township, Tues
day, afternoon that did thousands of
dollars of damage On the Joe Ben
ish farm the house was carried away
as well as machine she'd and the
granary was moved off It's foundation.
One COW was killed and all machinery
IN the shed was damaged beyond re-
pair. Path of the storm was narrow,
only about four rods wide. as could be
seen where it passed through the
woods. Mr.. Bcsish says il was pitiful
to watch his cows during the storm.
The wind rolled them over and over
and one was taken up high into the
air and carried some distance This
one was killed. Large trees were torn
out of the ground, roots and all and
carried away The barn on the Lums-
den farm farther north in the town
was destroyed and probably other
damage that has not yet been report
ed