The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-08-25

Scout camp is located the storm was
very severe and it tore down por-
ton of the tents which were being
held in readiness for the coming of
the girl scouts. Hampden Catterton
who was in charge of the camp was
not injured and men were busy today
restoring the camp for the coming of
the young women.
0ld-timers who live in Bristol de-
clare that the storm was the worst in
the history of that section of the
county.
Grand Stand in Ruins.
The storm wrought many freaks in
the breaking up of small buildings and
the most serious accident reported was
at the old Ideal Park race track, where
the old grand stand was taken up by
the wind and carried over the track
and thrown, mass of wreckage,
against the judges stand Two men
were slightly injured when they were
caught under the wreckage of the old
stand.
Leland and Joseph Harris had gone
out to the park to get the track into
condition for the motorcycle races
scheduled for Sunday afternoon and
they were still at work on the track
when the big wind came. They went
to the judges stand for shelter and a
minute later the wind picked up the
grand stand and hurled it across the
track reducing it to kindling wood. Joe
Harris ran from the building and was
VpAk hry l.
err was buried under the ruins of the
| stand. When the boys dug themselves
out it was found that neither had
serious injuries. They were able to
return to their homes in Kenosha late
in the evening.
In the city and along the country
roads hundreds of trees and portions
of trees were blown down and many of
the streets and roads were rendered
all but impossible on account of the
branches of trees and other debris.
Sheridan Road and Prairie avenue
were blocked in many places on ac-
county of the fallen portions of the
trees and it was an hour after the
storm was over before the main
streets Of the city had been cleared
of wreckage. A big force of men was
! put out by the electric company to re-
pair damage. A dozen wires were
broken down by the storm. In several
places trees falling across the feed
wires b<oke them down and the light
ing service was cut off in many homes
of the city. In some places the serv-
ice was eliminated for several hours
as result Of the damage done. Mem
bers of the police department. work
ed with the force from the electric
company in clearing up the streets
and opening them for traffic. Road
gangs were sent out early this morn
| ing to clear away the wreckage from
the country roads and open them to
the people coming into the city.
Hits Telephone Company Hard.
The storm hit the telephone com
pany hard and hundreds of telephones
in the city and county were out of
commission this morning. All toll
lines west of the city leading to Bris-
toll, Salem and Antioch were out of
commission when the wires were
broken down by falling trees. Some
three or four hundred phones were put
out of commission in Kenosha when
three cables were in trouble.
Manager Holup started his men to
work before the fury of the storm
had passed Friday night and it was
declared at noon today that every pos
sible effort was being made to re-
store service.
Telegraph wires were down in many
parts of Wisconsin and the local offices
Of the telegraph company were fore
ed to accept messages subject to the
storm delay cause.
In many parts of city the streets
were converted into rivers by the rain
which fell for an hour. Late in the
evening after the storm the small boys
of the city were having rare sport
wadipg in half foot of water on
many of the streets. The sewers we're
not able to take the great rush of the
storm water but no serious damage
was reported as a result of the black
| ing up of the waters.