Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16
Wind on Thursday Evening Does
Considerable Damage in West
ern Part of County
BOX CAR OF FREIGHT
OFF TRACK AT IRONTON
Small Stream From CazenOvia to
Baraboo River Rises Several
Feet

On Thursday evening there was a
bad blow in the western part of the
county, the region that has been visit
ed several times in the past. At
Reedsburg part of the roof was torn
from the Stolte hotel and one end of
the cover to the freight house was
damaged.
At IrOntOn and vicinity roofs were
torn off and car of machinery at the
village was blown from the track.
The damage in the vicinity was con-
siderable, but no one was injured, ac-
COrding to reports reaching this office.
The stream which flows from Gaze
nOvia into the BarabOO river near La
Valle came up about four feet and
flooded the low land along it's course.
Near the cOndensary at Reedsburg
one Of the small houses on wheels
used by the highway department Of
the county as temporary home for
the men, was blown over, and Mrs.
Irwin Gunnison slightly injured. She
was cut about the head. An automo-
bile standing near was damaged.
LATER REPORT
A later report from Reedsburg says
the plate glass in the Stolte house
was zrOken, as was also the glass in
the Ellenberg hardware store.
Part Of the roof of the Stolte, Dan
gel & Foss warehouse, near the rail
rod, awas torn away.
Will Meyers lost his garage and his
automobile was badly damaged.
Many small buildings were damaged
and trees blown down.
Reedsburg was in darkness on ac-
count of broken wires and the tele-
phone system was badly demoralized
BARN BLOWN OVER
At the Cooney farm west Of Reeds
burg a large barn was blown over.
At Mrs. A. F. Taylor's summer re-
sort, lightning struck the house, doing
considerable damage. Trees were up
rooted and the "shoot" in the lake was
demolished.
At the Will Harris farm the machine
ShGd was wrecked.
BIG LOSS AT FOX FARM
Our correspondent at Reedsburg re-
ports the fox farm suffered loss of
about $4,000 as a result of the wind
and rain. large number of the
young foxes were killed and others
we're injured Many trees were blown
and damage resulted to the fences.
BARN AND CONTENTS GONE
Richard Vickers lost barn and con-
tents.
A number of houses CT the west
side in Reedsburg had porches twisted
from their foundations.
Reports from the country round
about Reedsburg state that much dam
age has been done and that some live
stock has been lost.
On the farm of Herman Rau, for
wrecked all the buildings except the
louse and silo The barn, granery and
small buildings were the ones hit
Roy E. Palmer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
- H. Palmer, formerly resided on the
iarm. There was also damage on the
arm of Mrs Emma Brooks, mother of
Irs. r. E. Palmer.
AROUND DELTON
At DeltOn a number of roofs were
eted from the cottages and trees
lown down.
RONTON LETTER
TELLS OF STORM
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Andrews
If Baraboo have received a letter from
Irs. David Andrews, Ironton, which
eads as follows:
We are all alive, but that was some
form, believe me. Mothers house
vas not blown away, but the porch
oof is gone, also the depot. The
indows, about seven, are out, and
,e wind forced the west door open
nd blew mother down. Then Mark
anne in and took her down cellar. 1t
ew Wibb's barn down. The barns
William Blanchard and Patrick
innegan are also gone. The house is
'recked and no roof left. 1t took the
ie of the Mathews new house and
lanted it against Powell's house. The
oof is off PowelPs house and all the
Jindows are out. One cannot get UP
rough the main street with team
now (10:30 Friday. The Hawkin