Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-01
TORNADOES KILL
So IN WISCONSIN
Farm Communities Swept
by Terrific Storms; %
Dead Near Thorp.


wings of series of violent tornadoes,
The known dead in Wisconsin has
reached fifty-three, but the continued
isolation of many Wisconsin commune
ties causes the fear that the list may
be further increased.
Patch work wires permitted only
meager details to trickle out of the
devasted countryside in sections OF
central and northern Wisconsin, grad
ually swellings the list of casualties
and sending into high figures the esti-
mates of monetary damage.
Those reported dead include the
following:
BLANCHE, FRANK and HARRY
VOZERA, at Westboro, IA months old
baby at Merrill
MRS. FRYK, at Medford.
MRS. JOHN GUARDOWSKI, Clark.
MARCIA KOLYZ ARCEK, g.
Thorp.
MRS. JOHN THORESON, Clark.
Infant son of Frank Weaver, Thorp
ROSE GRAIKOWSKI, Is, Thorp.
ANTON LARENSKI, 8, east of
Thorp.
ROSE ROYINSKI, Is, near Thorp
BETH SCHMITZFRANZ, 8, Owens
MRS. NOTIFY, Owen.
MRS. DONEVANT and two chill
dren, Withee.
Unidentified woman on Harry Nor
ris farm, Thorp.
MR.. AND MRS. SAM THORSON,
Owen.
MRS. WALTER HILL and child.
Clark.
MR.. AND MRS. Monsoon, north of
Owen.
HARRY BARRY, near Owen.
MRS. HOFFMAN, Thorp.
MR.. AND MRS. PETER MAGYJA
and two children, Owen.
MARY GUARDOWSKI, Clark.
MR.. AND MRS. HARRY NORRIS
and daughter, Owen.
MRS. METEIN, Owen.
Two children of Joe Patricia, near
Couderay.
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN GRIMES,
near Starks.
VINCENT ZEBROUSKI, near Three
Lakes.
PAUL MILLS, Milwaukee, drowned
at Waukesha.
JERRY w. HARRISON, Chicago,
drowned at Waukesha.
FRANK HILDEBRANDT, As, Madi-
son.
JACOB HOLMA, 40, near Sanborn.
ELSIE MATTESON, 20, south of
Ashland.
VICTOR FLANDER, "a, of Han
cock, Mich, killed near Sanborn.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN SILL, both
So, near Sanborn.
WILLARD ANDERSON, 9, near
Sanborn.
RALPH OBERMEIER, Milwaukee.
MR.. AND MRS. GEORGE NORRIS
and 8 year old son, Thorp.
Besides the many dead, perhaps an
equal number suffered injuries, re-
curing attention, for the Thorp-Owen
district alone, twenty-five seriously
injured persons were sent to hospitals,
principally at Chippewa Falls, Stan
ley and Owen, Wis.
It was around Thorp and Owen in
Clark county, that the heavy burden
fell, for there the storm nullif1ed wire
communication with the. stricken
parts, and automobile couriers found
their progress impeded by tree strewn
highways and occasionally washouts.
% Killed Near Thorp
Twenty-Five persons were killed and
at least a score were injured, several
seriously when a cyclone struck four
miles southeast of Thorp, and swept
east for 20 miles to the village of
Redville.
The twister cut q path half mile
wide..in its work of destruction, level
ing whole farms and hurting autos
and human beings through the air
It is estimated that at least Is farms
were in the path of the tornado and
that property damage will be close to
100000
The most seriously injured are JOS
eph Schmitzfrantz, father of the dead
child, and her mother, who is not ex-
pected to live. The family was rid
ing in small coupe when the storm
struck. The car was carried several
rods into a field, denolishing it.
The Graikowski girl was killed when
their home was demolished. All other
buildings on the farm were wrecked
and not tree was left standing after
the twister passed.
Kolyzarazek was found dead by the
roadside.
Cellars Save Many
Many families saved their lives by
taking refuge in their cellars when
they saw the tornado approaching.
Several barely had time to reach safe
ty before it struck and at one home,
the family had just gained the cellar
when the house was lifted from the
foundation and a reaper was hurled
into the basement, but none was III
jured.
The family of William Oberle hur-
ried into the cellar just as the house
was lifted off the foundation and car
ried across the road.