New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-23
TERRIFIC TORNADO.
The meeting adjourned.

From The Laa.ns Mich J0aroai
On Thursday the Cd inst torso resembling rather
,rorca hurricane han the tempests usual % ih isade
went over portion u this country through the township
of Aaiedon Sc with irresistible fury tearing up The TOT
est nv acres prosrating houses barns Ne CORES
nopdut al furnished with the folio wing accoanti
We approached the path Of ruin az the clstrn near
the former location of theosebng IT ur WIN Chds We
could 10 the sheltered stub, OF unnanbafed
tree. standing from IS 10 30 feet hgn the tops OF whcu
had and torn of Ia the center ot the current
Nsry,pg from 10 10 20 rods far could not
SOLITARY top Was let The tornado passed short distance
~ the norm Of the dwellings OF hessrs j. aud leonard
Pierce which escaped with merely the l'ss 81 Their ehsn
hers and contents conssTg furniture wearing nppssi
gram Sc Their stcu frame barn being little om OF the
center az the current taken up carried bodily soma
20 or 70 feet toward the whr and torn TO a meat not
board OF shingle len the original location. portion Ok
their farming mill found about two m les on Ia the
cours. Of the tornado " crossed the Sycamore n-sr ts
place tearing up the crossways which were out ~ logs
on The botomlsnds, together with the bridge, scattering
The logs Der and pnks in every direction AMI many ot
them we're carried 30 to 100 rods 10 tbs high grohad
the line oi the wind
MI Chids house upon the opposite bank ~ he
stream n. ar the center Of the wb II very strong
ne. built of heavy logs locked and pinned t'gehsr'
Hard, yestise of i len a. nsrk It's former location
mer, one or two Of bottom logs Il whisisd Ia
nm inssnt fragments, and with its contents scattered
on IN the course for niles -
KEYS ana sheep which Killed on his premises Logs
rom bis house foot in diameter were carried trom ~ 70
50 rods. snd len standing one end ~ tns ground WIN
,ui mel formed the earth, though they hal oeen
whiled athousand tunes after alghtng large ctudron
Kettle Wei. hing half nearly hd WITH Ssier "ss car.
ri, shout 10 rods with rs contents HIS gram. 'rut ana
shade trees With all his MARKS Of improvements, are IN
con pete ruins 49, -, .,
ives BY eng to cellar This tornado seemed ~ ex-
hbt IT. greatest force through lhs Pierc@s snd Chids
Improvement Several persoos who stood short distance
with great difficulty saved themelvs ron being drswn
nto the center Of the whIDg ma Of ruins produced by
this terrible tornado Marvel n0i therefore, that Lsmusf
sncied the Day Of judgment passing he reached
orth and osush, his lovely W.T. 10 her from being
dra nv bis
carried over so rode heh TIN ar and let d0sn Ia tbs
center Of the saw trees two feet IN diAm-ter,
which had been torn by then roots ana Carried Tor rods
m the ar The the edge ci me path tefnef 10
be drawn toward the center Heavy oak sfH ops we're
from the ground, ard carried - great distance
saw large on when from the state Road shout
nile 10 the south Tho small shrubs aud trees that
we're ,ft ON ground looked though they had been
violently rispsd about Ia the mud This frightfut
tornado first by the inhabitants OF TN, place in
the 81 the is being n0r, east aud ba-
its place of origin and the place have Just mem
toned several built and heavy og houses were totally
demolished and then contents scattered 10 the Tour "nds
Ci heaven.
their scattered limbs found in separate pisces About hsfa
mile northeast on from the Pierce settlement sheep vas
discovered whrrlDg several hundred feet in ths air.
Tie cour-s Of this destructive and powerful tornado VI"
from the south 10 the north east accompanied by the
most rapid and circular -hirling notion conceivable
The cloud that attended sr preceded this tornado moved
very the ground. changing IT'S shape ana form
frequently and moving rapidly over the scene Of de-
vastation.
eriuy charged with electricity tho Ugh 40 Inconvenience
fr rs Effects respect expressed by those VINO
ahoostter his was most remarkable pheDornsnon.
~ srching IN its gay county With tofc~ that
robiug could withstand resist, whng me hsAvcst ~
vel IS the htest rails into copi- 3D. yeked and
broken One should see re effects IN order 10 form
inst con, eption Of is rover Toe prOyiden
tally through tract but ae seitltd and ihshsh several
narrowly escaped, nave heard 40 Pef'Dns oeng sled-
Had il parsed through village meta house would have
been left Ia is march