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WAUPACA REPUBLICAN

August 23, 1883

 

TEMPEST TOSSED

Whirling Winds in Town of Dupont

 

            The wild winds played havoc in the town of Dupont last Tuesday night.  The New London Times says the following named gentlemen suffered either loss or damage to their barns and buildings:

            Fred Livermore, top of barn and granary; John Tempke, barn and granary; Fred Kull, barn; Fred Byer, barn and stable; Julius Pocat, barn; Wm. Anclam, barn; Julius Dickey, barn; Mr. Capincan, barn; Herman Smith, barn and stable; Mr. Mavis, barn; Ernest Packat, barn and house; E. Goldnow, barn; A. Radkee barn and stable; Wm. Radkee, stable; A. Eriker, barn; Wally Ramsdell, barn; john Shrader, barn.

            The losses of the farmers are incalculable. Their barns were all filled with grain, and much of that was carried away.  Hundreds of acres are entirely stripped of timeber - $10,000 would be a small estimate of damage to timber.  The gale came from the Northwest and expended its fury about eight miles Northeast of here.  The news now comes that Wigman’s barn, a frame structure 40x100 feet was entirely demolished, killing one span of horses and injuring another, and severely damaging a new threshing machine which cost him $180o.

            These barns and dwellings were constructed of heavy logs, and one can imagine the strength of the tornado and its velocity. They were actually torn to their foundations and many were twisted into thousands of pieces.