This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Syverson,Maltby,Warren,Rabe,Gage, Hanson,Kelk,Swartzel, Olson,Prell Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/856 Message Board Post: Syverson's elavator containing about 3,500 bushels of oats was unroofed and wrecked, and the grain scattered. The Saloon building was unroofed and racked. The walls of the creamery building not yet completed, constructed entirely of cement blocks, were partl;y blown down. The railway depot was not greatly damaged, though racked some, windows broken and shingles torn from the roof. The other houses along the street were all more or less damaged. It is marvelous that no more casualities occurred at Oakdale. The only persons seriously injured were Mrs. Maltby and Mrs. Harry Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Malthby sought refuge in their cellar and it was the means of saving their lives. The cellar was nearly filled with timbers, boards , brick, etc., but by keeping close to the corner they avoided being crushed. Mrs. Maltby was badly bruised, and this with the terrible shock prostrated her, but she is expected to recover. In the country southwest of Oakdale village the storm continued it devastation and more lives were lost. The house in which Mr. and Mrs. Dame, father and mother of B.C. Dame, lived was demolilshed and both of the aged couple were killed. Another house nearby in which the Rev. Mr. Smith lived was also destroyed he was blown away into a field. It is feared his injuries would be fatal. (July 12 th 1907,Tomah Journal reported his death) Further down in the course of the storm there was extensive destruction of buildings and stock. Jacob Prell's barn was destroyed and his boy's leg broken. Fred Gabower lost all his buildings and the property in that section destroyed include John Hoef, a barn; John Gage, barn and sheds: John Rabe , all buidings and a horse; John Swartzel, C. Kelk, Nels Hanson, Henry Olson and serveral others. Reports of the damage are very incomplete and no estimate can be made of the losses. The strip devastated by the cyclone was of varying width, from twenty rods to perhaps a half a mile. Scores of people have lost heavily and some have lost all they had. It is a situation calling for prompt, organized measures of relief. Those who were fortunate enough to escape all damage or loss in this city (Tomah) and neighborhood should contribute gladly to prevent suffering and hardship which must otherwise result from this calamity. amp, Hope this will help family researchers. By description storm appears to be what today is considered a tornado.