Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-12
THE WHlRLWIND II OHIO.

The " Mad River Courant" of Saturday
week contains Il very particular account oi the
effects Of The disastrous whrlwind which passed
through trbanns, IN Ohio on TIE 22d instant,
from which we make The following extracts,
showing thai y e first accounts We lad vi II weI'
far from beng exaggerated:
" from the best information that has obtain
g., the Tornado. that, On Monday last swept
through this beautiful aud dourl ,hng village,
with such desolaing fury, commeuCed about
SIX miles IN Southwesterly direction lrbu
TINS place. II would seem that Two powerful
currents Of air fron, the Northwest mud South.
east, encountered each other, and, aier a shor
struggle for the mastery, omitted their forces
and sh 1t Oft IN a Northeasterly direction, with a
rapidty that nothing could outstrip, and a
inrY thai nothing Coua Withstand. No serious
INJURY, as tar u, we have learned, marked lis
progress, until it reached this town, rs tew
farm houses lay IN its coutsr II may he pro,
per here 10 describe the general Appearances
and meteoric indications that characterized the
tornado, as II will enable our readers to ac
count for some remarkable incidents that would
otherwise appear almost inex plicable. The
width of the current was not more than one
hnndref CARDS; its Course was somewhat IRE.
guar-now shooting 10 the Iight--tben darling
10 the left--now rising in the air, aud again
v
lnconceivable velocity. Occasionally, il would
seem, portions of the great moving body OF
warning elements were detached and thrown
nut in lateral directions for many yards, where
their forces were either spent or returned to
rPdnite with the main current. The whole
had n rotary motion, such rs is often witnessed
80 diminished scale, IN whlriwnds. IL was
highly charged pih the electric .ftd, which
formed very brilliant appearances. II passed
about half past one o clock =. NJ. :; aud did NOT
continue more th1n one minute. Tie first bull.
ding II struck, after reaching the village, WAS
brick tenement occupied by Mr. Richard Ba
ker, which was Frustrated.
Here iOlws List ofthr several buildinu
in iae town which were destroyed or inilr-
ed)
" The whole number of houses inhabiteI
that were more or less affected by the gale
is thirty-one and the -niire number of bull
dings injured aud destroyed in the Village, is
seventy.
" From the houses that were overthrown
nearly every article of furniture aud clothing
was swept away, aud scattered along the patti
OF desOlstIon, AS far as j. has been traced Nj
George Bell large family Bible (for insiancel
was found Ittean nudes Northeast from thus
pIucf :
" 1t may well be supposed that amidst this
scene oil desolaiiOn and run. there were macy
narrow aud hairbreahlh escapes of proper
ty, life, and limb Such indeed, is the fact
and would TO God there had been more The
dwelling, OF MI. Chaplin, Mr.. Jer. Matthias.
and NJ james Hunter, stood nearly unharm.
ed, though every thing Immediately around
them was lad IN rnns
- II has been mentioned that Mr.. II Han
VeyS house, in which also lived Mr. Ross
tA,ac ptnli. tn
verely bruised, and one OF her legs featured
she Is, however, 10 way OF recovery. Mr.
Ross, he' sistrr, was standing in the porch, on
the south side ot the hluse, WIN her infant
in her arms--ihey were both thrown % Or 80
feet north over the fourda ion of the house
INTO the street, and both escaped injury. MIR
Charles MahiaSs wife, sitting withher child
in her arms, when their brick house fell and
IL Is truly extraordinary that, amidst such a
mass of brick aud other matter, they shonld
have received little or no harm.
=" II ha, been already stated that the dwel.
ling house of MIR. George Bell, merchant, u as
among those that we've totally desr oy ed
Indeed SO entire was the destruction, that a
part ni the stone foundation was rent from its
bed il was here that the tempest exerted its
most fatal energies. In the house there we're
at the time ten persons Mrs. Mary Bell and
her five CHI dien. the eldest a fine girl about
is weary OF nse, the youngest an infant of
nine months; Mrs. Nancy wife of Robert Bell
with her daughter Jane. aged near years, her
little son William about years and also Mary
smith, a daughter OF Mr.. WIN. Smith whose
wife is a sister of Mr. r. Bell. OF these,
Elizabeth S. Thomas aud Robert, children of
MIR. George Bell met with an immediate and
fearful death. Elizbeth, the eldest was dash
ed againt the farther fence of the buryiuy
ground, and was taken up lifeless, with her face
much dishgured, her body bruised and her
arm broken. Thomas, years old IN January
asst, was found ten or tuetpe rods from the house,
with his head aud face most shorkingly bruised
and mangled Robert, an infant. was found
near II fourth Of Il mile from the house, with the
back of his head ddsned To pirces-they were
consigned 10 one grave on Tuesday. Jane
was found eighteen or tlceniy rods from the house
with her skull badly fractured and she other
wise iniured-her spirit had not taken its final
departure snrgical aid was r,sorled to, but
in vain she expired yesterday morning, and
the ground has just closed over her mangied
remains.
q Both OF the Mrs. Bells were very danger
ously wounded hut Mrs Mary b is in a situa
ton that almost forbid. the hope of recovery
M's. Nancy b. IS doing well, and bids far TO
recover.
Mr.. Smiths girl, NJ ,ry. was much lacera,
ted. aud her skull slightly fractured. Her re
cove,y, though doubtful, is not dies paired OF.
The remaining three were all injured, but not
dangerously"
Hydrophobia. The Nashville Republican of
the 18Th ult states that fatal case Of this dread
iul malady recently occurred in that place.
The unfortunate sufferer was little girl
about eleven years of age, named Haly
residing 10 the suburbs OF the town. She was
bitten through the arm by dog on the 25th
January last, and on the 18th of March, forty
eight days after the occurrence, the disease