New York Tribune

A FATAL TORNADO.

PENSAUKEE VILLAGE DESTROYED.

A HOTEL, MILLS, STORES, AND DWELLINGS LEVELED TO THE GROUND—SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TEN SEVERELY INJURED.

Chicago, Ill., July 9.—Dispatches received here from Pensaukee station, thirty-five miles north of Green Bay, on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, say that a whirlwind swept through the place on Saturday night, leveling everything in its path. Only three houses were left standing. The Gardner House, the largest brick hotel and Summer boarding-house in Northern Wisconsin, was demolished. A saw-mill, a shingle-mill, the school-house, a store, and fifteen or twenty other buildings were blown down. A powerful gust of wind raised the railroad depot from its foundations and threw it across the track, preventing the passage of the Green Bay train for two hours. The bridge was misplaced and damaged. The steam-tug Spray and a schooner were totally wrecked.

Six persons are known to have been killed and twenty wounded. Five persons are missing, including some of the guests at the hotel. The losses are heavy. The storm tore up large trees as though they had been weeds, and whirled them in the air like feathers. The tornado was not over one thousand feet in width, and lasted only two minutes. Its velocity and power were terrific.

Following is a list of the killed and wounded so far as they have been ascertained. It is feared that the list may be extended:

Killed: L. Zanto, I. Baunngartner, Jr., Albert Blackburn, Mrs. E. R. Ches try, An infant of F. Farley and an infant of L. Zanto. The last named has not been found.

Wounded: Albert Gashey, hurt on shoulder and face; Herman Baungartner, sr., breast, leg and head; Wm. Baptiste, head; Martha Morrison, badly bruised; Mrs. I. Zanto, leg broken and cut; Mrs. F. Farley, generally bruised; A son and daughter of E. R. Chesley, badly hurt in face; Miss Chapman, generally bruised; John Dinse, face and breast injured.

All the wounded are doing well, and it is thought they will recover.

FURTHER DETAILS—THE DAMAGE IN COULLARDVILLE.

Chicago, July 9.—The following details of the tornado in Oconto County, Wis., have been received here: A tornado struck Pensaukee and Coullardville at 6:45 p. m. on Saturday. Its first effects were felt at the former town, near the wagon road, whence it continued south-eastward for three miles. The hotel owned by Gardner, of the Gardner House, Chicago, the school-house and 28 dwellings were destroyed. It struck Coullardville near the Lucas farm, and passed almost due south-east, destroying everything in its course in a path about 50 rods in width. Seventeen houses and barns were damaged in Coullardville, and the crops were badly injured. Communication by telegraph was interrupted until to-day. The total loss is estimated at $30,000.