Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — CENTRAL WEST STORM-SWEPT. [ARTICLE]

CENTRAL WEST STORM-SWEPT.

Four Lives Ix>st In Wisconsin—Torundo Cuts Patli Many Mlles Wide. Milwaukee, May 1 I.—Four lives were lose and more than $1,000,000 worth of property was destroyed today by a tornado and electric storms which swept across, lowa and northern 1111 noln. In Dane county, Wis., many persons were hurt. Crops and barns suffered heavily. Along Lake Michigan a huge wave swept up the rivers, causing losses to marine interests. At Racine the wave was four feet high. The financial losses are conllened chiefly to farmhouses. In Dane county alone fifty barns were blown down, with an average loss of $.3,000. In the neighborhood of Stoughton many tobacco warehouses were wrecked, with a loss of $200,000. At Racine a panic in a parochial school caused many injuries to pupils.