Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-05-04
ECHOES OF THE STORM.

days storm That the storm was
typical cyclone is a matter of much
doubt considering the large area it
covered. 1t was more likely straight
wind of enormous force with spots
here and there of twister propensities.
The storm created immense havoc
around Galena and in north western
Illinois Galena residents were ter
rified by the great electrical display
and heavy wind and rain. Trees
were blown down, windows broken,
roofs twisted, etc, by the storm that
came from the southwest The re-
gion was just recovering from a
storm of the preceding Saturday that
swept northern Illinois. The Illinois
Bell Telephone Co. alone lost 500
poles in the Saturday storm. Their
loss was placed at half million dol
lars. The Saturday storm covered an
area one hundred miles square.
Coming back to the Monday storm,
Hazel Green was visited and in adj
dition to other damage a barn 40x100
blown down. One horse was killed
and two horses injured. Other prop
erty in the district was damaged.
Near Cuba City a stack of straw was
blown 200 feet lodging against the
Interstate Co. power line. The line
was short-circuited and several hours
were required to locate and repair the
trouble. Two people were injured at
Cuba City by being hit by flying OBJ
jects.
Potosi seemed to escape but around
Cassville, on the highlands above the
river, the wind caused damage. A
building was unroofed at the Carter
or Newberry farm. The silo on the
Hernon place was blown down. At
Casper Ackerman's the chimney was
blown off the house and a hay rack
carried some distance and dropped on
a manure spreader putting both out of
commission. Emil Grattan's hog
house was lifted from it's foundation
and deposited on it's side some dis
lance away At the G. E. Grattan
farm nearby, the premises were torn
up. Other damage to trees and build
ings was incurred near Cassville.
The details of damage around Ian
caster and in West Grant were related
in last weeks Herald. North of Fen
nimore, at Werley, the buildings on
the VIM. Gribble farm were wrecked
and one horse killed. A fine new
barn owned by Bert Dobson, across
the river in Marietta, was wrecked.
On the Chas. Sobek farm in Craw-
ford county, Leonard Wiltraut, son of
Jake Wiltraut, tenant, was fatally in
jured. When the storm came the
children sought shelter behind hay
shed. The shed collapsed and the
child was hit by falling timbers, his
back being broken. He was taken to
the Parker hospital at Boscobel where
he died Wednesday morning.
Van W. Pipal, resident of Muscoda
neighborhood, lost a new barn worth
$4,000. He carried $4,000 insurance.
Two men, Archie Kincannon and Ray
Gasser, were in the barn when it col
lapsed They escaped with slight
bruises. Albert Roen, Oak Ridge far
mer, lost his barn also. Much water
fell during the storm and the region
was flooded
Iowa county reports severe storm
damage. The barn and silo of Mrs.
Henry Richards, one mile south of
Dodgeville, were demolished. Barns
and other buildings were damaged
and blown down in various parts of
the county.
A similar story comes from Rich
land county At the Chas. Unbehaun
farm, near Twin Bluffs, a large barn
was torn from its foundations and
deposited nearby. One horse was
killed At the Chitwood farm the barn
was blown down and two sons who
sought refuge inside, had to chop
their way out through the broken
timbers Mrs. Chitwood was struck
by lightning and paralyzed. The to-
tai damage done near Lone Rock and
on Bear Greek will come to thousands
of dollars.
Reedsburg and vicinity in Sank
county report much damage. Large
tarns were blown down, silos over
thrown, trees uprooted and chimneys
demolished
The farthest north report of storm
damage came from Elroy in Juneau
county. 1t was described there as a
typical Kansas cyclone. Barns, silos
and other structures were torn down.
Telephone and telegraph poles were
uprooted Many cattle and stock were
destroyed in falling barns. J. c. Bur-
chart, farmer living near Elroy, lost
new barn worth $4,000. Arthur
Kransuch, another farmer, lost three
cows when his new barn was ripped
from it's foundations by the driving
wind The damage in Juneau county
is estimated at 100000.
Eye witnesses to the storm deny
that it had funnel-shaped appearance
Mentor Rich stood on the hills above
Little Grant and saw the storm sweep
up the valley toward the Landon
farms where it tore down several
buildings. The storm cloud conferred
about one-fourth mile across and
hung close to the ground travelling at
immense speed. The cloud was
greenish- black and hung to the
ground like smoke or fog. There was
no roar such as there is with twisters
but outside the direct storm path the
wind was much less than inside.
The storm of last Monday apparent
ly started in Iowa, swung into Illinois