Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-03-17
HEAVY Wind DOES DAMAGE
VIOLENT GALE WRECKS TOBAC-
co SHEDS AND WINDMILLS
Much Tobacco is Ruined in the De.
molished Sheds--Loss is Heavy
and Widespread

March weather, indeed-and then
some-aptly describes the playful
zephyr which started Sunday after
noon and developed into a gale of cy-
clone violence by Monday night Not
since the Rising Sun cyclone has the
barometer registered so low, a sure
indication of extreme weather disturb
ance. Monday night was a terror for
the timid. Everything of a movable
nature took wings into the next town
ship, and the number of tobacco sheds
barns, silos, and windmills which sus-
tanned anywhere from slight damage
to complete wreckage is distressingly
large. The loss is further aggravated
by the fact that many of the sheds
were wholly or partially filled with the
weed. To attempt TO form an esti-
mate of the money loss is of course
out of the question, but that it will
run into the hundreds of thousands
for our county is very sure.
Christina Snearley sustained roof
damage. Mrs. A. o. Larson, Hotel
Fortney, II. P. Larson and Robert
Robertson lost windows. Larson Bros
and Milt Pierce had tobacco sheds
damaged. John Showan on the Bow
man place lost a shed. Alfred Dreg-
ne, Jacob Golde, John Heck and Mack
Allen suffered wreckage of sheds. ].
N Hanson lost the tin roof on his big
barn. Edward Harringtons display
window blew in and his jewelry store
was filled with dirt Charlie Clark's
big sign crashed through his plate
glass front. Two windows in John
Dawson q Cos office suffered a like
20 10 4
tered, chimneys wrecked, roofing rip
ped up, light and telephone wires
snapped, and much damage of minor
nature done. The Mcdaniel tobacco
shed was wrecked. Toilet Hollands
shed was moved twelve feet. Ananias
Halls windmill went down Peter N
Wigs barn is six inches Off the foun-
dation. I'D Zitzners shed was twist
ed, roof taken off his barn, windmill
destroyed and windows broken. Scott
Sanwick lost his windmill and had a
pile of lumber scattered all over that
part of the country. Much damage is
reported from West Prairie Charlie
Christensen, on the John Brudos place
near Retreat, lost a shed. Guy De-
Garmo at Ross had his shed leveled
and tobacco crop scattered. Hugh
buchanan rs minus his shed. On the
Williams place, Perry Fish's shed was
moved six feet. Louis Solberg lost
his windmill and his silo was moved
several feet The smokestaeks on the
asylum were blown off. Ole Thomp-
son of Franklin lost windmill. An
drew Nelson lost his 72-foot shed full
of the weed. Ray Huschka's windmill
was blown down. Oliver Brothers of
near Redmound had a shed full of to-
bacco destroyed On Dach Ridge,
Otto Henry, the Webers and Dachs
suffered the loss of windmills and 9TH
er property.
These are only meagre reports we
have picked up in a haphazard manner
but they serve to show how general
was the damage and severe the loss
Never has this section experienced q
wind anything like it, covering all the
country with equal force and lasting
for more than two days. IL forms a
fitting climax to the precedents es-
tablished this winter - 40 days OF
sleighing, the most continuously Sc
we're weather ever experienced in Yer.
non county, and only one nleasly per-
'od of case weather in four months.