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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1915
Page
1
News recounts a devastating cyclone along the Mississippi near Ferryville and Finley, Wisconsin. Ten dead, many injured, and extensive property loss including the Finley cheese factory. Survivors recall a sudden funnel and eerie sky colors as the storm struck.
A northern Wisconsin tornado demolishes farms in Finley and adjacent ridges causing extensive property loss and severe injuries. Many named residents from Finley, Roeburg, Mouldrem, Tisthammer, Schoeman, Munson, and others suffer broken bones, gashes, and internal injuries as buildings, barns, and tobacco sheds are wiped out.
Berlin reports optimism over German American talks after a high Foreign Office official says there is no reason for alarm. Discussions weigh a pact to protect neutral travel with submarines respecting designated passenger ships on set routes.
In Finley ridge near the T. C. Finley home the cyclone's center of destruction claimed an aged woman and child. The wreckage shows the body of Mrs J C Fin ley buried under debris as Mr Fin ley stands by a broken wagon wheel.
Four to twelve inches of snow lay across Sturgis after twelve hours of incessant rain and high winds. In Elgin, butter sales held at 27 cents, unchanged from last week.
Davenport Meister wins North American Skat league meet in Peoria with 25 wins 1 loss and 737 points to claim 1900 dollars. St. Paul chosen for 1916 congress with officers Louis Benz Matt Nuernburg Von Capellan and Robert Neumann listed.
A tornado struck Finley Ridge without warning while seven family members ate supper. Two were killed including infant boy of Mrs Margaret Finley and Mrs Marie Finley with other relatives injured and unnamed residents affected as reseachers note a sudden, terrifying roar from the sky.
C Finley and Morris Finley were eating supper when a blast leveled the Finley home on the ridge. Anhurt Morris Finley, four year old son of T C Finley, was blown from the building and escaped unharmed. Dozens of cattle hogs and sheep were killed and family heirlooms vanished as the house was scattered for rods. Mr Finley recounts a calm Saturday before the catastrophe and the ensuing wreck.
The bodies of Mrs. Julius Brabant and her husband, alleged to have killed her, were found near French Island and at the Tetley morgue. Police say the husband likely died by his own hand with carbolic acid after a chase by authorities. Michael Michaelson discovered the male body and notified police after locating both crime victims.
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