The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-29
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

H7irlrinS q. Lyens-Hoperty de'fr0yed- o'y0r-
s.,aate end of an ,sryortunate 1Sing.
| LYONS, July 18th, 1852.
rI>n1 Sandrr,.-On last Monday about o.
clock p. M. a powerful whirlwind passed throosa
this village /, first trisd its force on my s'ab'e'
Ia BY 20 feet, heavy and strong oaR frame =
moved il bodily for fome distance and then roll
ed /, over and over and crushed it into fragments
Taking in its course two small outbu'Idinss' me
diving ,imbers and boards njuring my house
slightly, and my shop materially, moving Il about
two feet, ii next blew away, and broke into
sn,inters about 1000 feet Of clear seasoned ium'
Der. and completely ruined lot ofsash ana VIM
dow frames and other work made up. NY loss
cannot be less than S3uo
II next took the dwelling Of wy. u. SIsY-and
damaged il 10 the smount OF about $s5 or S5o.
|, then encountered log building erected Tor
blacksmith shop belonging 70 John Ms.ss!i :
literally covered the ground with this, and slight
ly injured dwelling near BY belonging 70 '"s
same man. II next passed over the premises o.
F. Hess, Jun, doing slight damage TO the prop
erty Of a. M. Jacobsen, smashing temporary
outbulding used for store room and Kitchen y
his Yelling which it also moved little and 9TH
erwise injured, then to building 10 by - ieet
belonging to the Crews, end used Tor corn crio,
,h. il took some so feet into the air, and dropped
peak downwards into the garden Of J. Sloan
ESQ.,, some rods from where i stood; then IN
roofing log dwelling standing on the bank o.
the river, owned by Randall & Bentley, and oc-
cupied by Dennis Lily, ii finally took water and
crossed the river. 1t went through the village
from S. W. to N. E. and no signs Of il can be
seen or heard OF rods s. w. from whore my
stable stood, after il struck the blum on the OPP
poste side Of the river, it did not appear to have
any force more than 2 OF rods in width. Twas
IN my shop when FIRST heard i, end immed.
ately stepped out the door, saw my sable flying
.nd intending 10 get out Of the path OF the whir'-
wind, mistook its direction and ran into its
curse Before discovering my mistake 1t was
ipoH me, j, took me up and down, rough and
marble, until at last succeeded in getting has
IN the ground, where several pieces of lumber
struck me with some force, hut did me no mate
-ial bodily injury, no ether person hurt.
Before me is letter from S: Penn 10 his sister
IA this place, dated Fort Laramie, June 18th
ION which make the following extract:
"Yeu perhaps remember Of me speaking OF q
ooor deaf mute who had travelled from Phi adei-
,hia on foot aud intended to foot II 10 California;
told him that The indians would rob him, be
at the idea, poor fellow, aud thought he
could go through without molestaiion.
..Well am no prophet will allow, but when
We arrived at the Souh-Fork Of the Platte, there
vas the poor mute Isearcely knew him again,
lis hair had turned grey and be looked very ILL
he indians had robbed him Of both clothes and
money.
"When we arrived q. Castle river ] saw a,
.rase viii. this inscription in pencil :-"pied, on
Tans h, CHARLES SruLt, deaf mute from Phil
.dslphia."
'sThe company had found him in dying state.
50 that was the end Of the poor fellow. Would
ike for Mr. Lake TO send Torion Of this to Tie
Gazette, with reques. that Philadelphia papers
lease copy, as the unfortunate man had vale
ind family there
Yours, &C., B. LAKE.