Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-05-29

NoS0'A AAv AuSOLupISL0 DIS uO person
could check it up in less than a
weeks time. The Herald has follow
ed 1t for three days and herewith pre-
sents the following:
The storm, starting in central Iowa,
Jumped the river about mile south
OF Glen Haven shortly before $50
o'clock last Tuesday evening At %
minutes of seven it was in sight at
the James Huff farm. That is about
Is miles as the crow flies. This will
give an idea of its velocity.
The first farms, struck were the
Metcaf, VIM. Forck, John Ryan and
John Gangler farms. These places
lie in the southern half of Glen Haven
township. Much damage was done
The storm hit next at Harley Star
retts near Dodge. 1t took the barn
and out-buildings. Travelling a lit
tie to the northeast it struck the VIM
Hudson farm, in Little Grant, occu-
pied by Clarence Bowers. The house
was unroofed and other buildings de-
stroyed. The G. L. Knapp farm was
visited next and .Out-buildings went
down.
The Matt Edwards farm lay next
and the storm hit it hard. All the
buildings except the house went to
flinders. A barn 26x4O, hoghouse,
chicken house and other buildings
went down. A heavy grove of tim
Der lying east of the Edwards place
was moved down.
Up the hollow in Little Grant, lies
the modest home of Ernest Garth
waite. The wife and daughter are
in the house while the father was at
the barn with the stock. The house
goes over completely, landing 80
feet away up-side-down Mr.. Garth
waite is carried some distance and
drops in ditch. The barn and build
ings are levelled.
Up a little further is the home of
Ernest's father, Isaac Garthwaite.
Isaac's house is spared but his barn
goes to smithereens. Next hit is Ed.
COVERS. The COVERS live in a
strong house slightly over a hill and
protected by pine grove. The house
stands. Mrs. Govier makes the eel
lar in time. Mr.. Govier, in the barn
yard, is buffeted hither and thither,
lodging timbers, and finally left on
the grOund-unhurt. He rises to
find his fine barn, 32x50, down and a
20x50 machine shed wrecked. The
machines are not badly damaged and
his stock is uninjured.
The storm veers north here and
strikes at Mrs. Minnie Cooley's and
Jack Jeide's. These places are OPP
posite each other with hollow in
tervening Mrs. Cooley's house is
shaken but stands. She and her son,
Burnell, watch the storm through the
windows. The barn goes completely
from the foundation. Nothing left.
Two COWS are killed. The fine Or
chard is destroyed.
Over at Jeide's the house stands,
but the chimneys fall and much dam
age is done. The fences all go. The
new barn, 34xS4, is all gone. The
buildings are shattered. A door,
10x10, disappears with the wind.
Down the hill through deep timber
the storm mows swath breaking
huge trees at their butts. 1t crosses
a valley and strikes the Robert Rey-
nolds farm occupied by Walter Frost.
The Frosts and Mr. Reynolds, who
has come for a visit, are in the eel
lar. They have seen the storm COM
ing and are standing by the wall next
to the wind. The cyclone picks the
house up and throws it down hill in
a mass of rubbish. The barn goes
down, The chicken run is blown
away with all but a few chickens.
They are left without feathers. A
fine team, worth $500 and the pride
OF Mr.. Frost's heart, are buried by
timbers but unhurt. In the cellar
Raleigh Frost, aged 10, is sucked out
but his father grabs his legs and
mills him back. The storm ragged on
up the hill.
Jos. Benoy and wife, a young mar
ried couple living on rented farm
are hit next. They reach the cellar
in time although their house lies IN
der a bluff and they cannot see the cy-
clone. All their buildings go. Their
house is carried to the west on side
hill. Their fences are broken. They
are homeless and wiped out except
for their cows. Many hogs killed
Mrs. Benoy's wedding dress is high
in nearby tree. Her wedding ring
nil and 001d watch are