The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-01
TAIL OF 1'WISTER'
HITS THIS COUNTY

The cyclone which brought death
and destruction to Elgin, Wilmette,
Chicago, .Belvidere and half dozen
other northern Illinois cities on Sun
day afternoon, whipped its tail over
the western part of Kenosha county
and a considerable damage is reported
in that section as result of the storm.
The cyclone started in along the
/ Wilmot road about a mile east of the
village Of Wilmot and swept south
with a narrow path, leaving destruc-
ton and desolation in its wake. No
person was either killed or injured by
| the storm in this county, but many Of
! them had narrow escapes. The first
place to be hit by the tornado was the
machine sheds Of John Mutz. The
| sheds were leveled and the machinery
| thrown about the half acre barn lot.
| One of the sons of MUTT was in the
building when the tornado hit it but
he escaped without any injury. The
big evergreen hedge which stood in
front of the Mutz home, which had
been one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the Wilmot road, was leveled
by the strength of the storm, but the
Mutz home and other buildings about
it escaped.
Big Damage on Curtiss Farm.
From the MUTT farm the storm
moved along toward the southeast, lev
cling the buildings on the Mark Curtiss
farm with the exception of the house
and one of the barns. 1t took the
barns on the 0. Nelson farm, but it
missed the house occupied by the. ten
ant, John Moran, and went over to the
| old Walker M. Curtiss farm. All of
the large barns on the farm were torn
| down. Two head of cattle and several
head of sheep were killed by the col
lapse of the Curtiss barns and several
other cattle and sheep were so badly
injured by falling timbers that it was
found necessary to kill them. As at
the other places, the residence on the
Walker M. Curtiss farm was not dam
aged. The storm struck the farm of
Tom Fleming, tearing down the wind
mills and tearing the porches off the
house and killing a number of cattle,
but the people at the Fleming home
escaped uninjured.
| Sweeps Into Salem.
| The tornado continued on its course
right into the village Of Salem and the
people there were panic stricken, many
of them rushing from their homes,
fearing that the village was about to
be wiped off the map. The chimneys
on the home of Arthur Bloss crumbled
under the storms fury and crashed
through the roof of the house. The
Salem Methodist Church was badly
damaged, the chimneys being torn off
and some of the timbers being splint-
/ cred. It is declared that in some parts
of the county the debris of broken
buildings was carried from two to
three thousand feet by the wind.
One of the freaks of the storm was
at the farm of the late Walker M.
Curtiss, near Trevor. Here portion
Of the roof Of big cattle barn was
lifted off one row of the cattle and
thrown on the next row of the animals,
killing two and injuring many others.
Kenosha Scared But Untouched.
Kenosha people were badly fright
ened but the city escaped feeling the
real fury of the tornado. The storm
made its appearance over Kenosha be-
tween twelve and one o'clock noon and
lowering clouds made it so dark that
most Kenosha people had their houses
lighted as after nightfall. A heavy
wind drove drilling rain through
the streets of the city but there was
no time when the storm reached the
fury Of cyclone in Kenosha.
One Man Injured Here.
While the storm seemed to have
spent most of its fury during the early
afternoon, the high winds continued
through the evening and night and one
Kenosha man was injured just before
seven o'clock Sunday evening when he
was struck by falling sign which had
hung in front of the Joseph A. Pitts
store on Main street. The man was
Kasimir Dyleich, 80 years Of age, re-
siding at 161 Garfield street. He was
walking along the sidewalk when the
big sign fell and it struck him a
glancing blow. He had severe injuries
about the head, arms and legs. He
was taken to the Kradwell drug store
and DR.. Christopherson was called to
attend him. Later he was taken to lis
home and it was said that his injuries
were very painful but not regarded of
very serious nature.
| At the Office of the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company this morning it was
reported that the lines of the company
had fortunate escape from the storm.
The Antioch toll line was reported out
of commission and it was said that
! fifteen of the poles of this line had
been leveled by the wind. 1t was said
! that the company had about fifty tele-
phone stations out of commission in
Kenosha and the surrounding territory.
The storm to the south slowed up all
transportation on both the steam and
electric lines and even limited trains
were delayed for hours on account Of
damage done by the storm at points
south of Kenosha
Belated reports are expected to show
| further damage from the storm in tho