Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-01-28
THE LATE TORNADO IN OHIO.

The LATE TORNADO IN OHIO.
The Cleveland Paindeaer mas full account of the
ravages Of the tempest Of the Goth instant in the vicinity
Of Mount Vernon, Ohio, Of which have before had
brief account by the Telegraph:
The hurricane broke out not far from p NJ and was pre-
cedei BY rain which had fallen all day. accompanied
by wind and cold. For short space before the made
Its appearance the weather said to have grown rapidly
warm, and the wind to have luled. :"
The tornado first manifested itself in the part
Miller township about eight miles Of south from Mount
Vernon It seemed to spring into full life and passion
once like Palla all armed from the brain Of Jove. No
rcus traces Of until bewdown the stable
and unrooed the house Of John Robinson residing the
west end Of Miller township The Of the this
time was east by northeast which the
close.
The tornado passed field two tearing up fences
ngng the rails like for hundreds yards dashed
against double occupied by John B. Turner Mr.
Turner hearing the noise had just opened door to look
when the full force Of the blast against his house Mrs.
Turner and two children who standing huge fire.
place, were literally swept into it but fortunately escaped
with slight burning broken and some bruises.
The storm next struck the house of Wainwright Baxter
which unroofed An witness the roof went straight
in the air. whirng about and about till he lost sight Of
No fragments of it can be found NH.
The adjacent house Of Chester Coman in Brandon,
next attacked. 1t was RACED to the ground.
DR.. Wheatons house the in 1t
and ahaf story building cottage style. 1t leveed
with the dust large barn owned by Dr. Wheaton shared
the same fate Dr. Wheaton, hearing the approach OF the
Storm rushed Of the house He had broken The
house only blown pieces but almost entirely blown
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4 four miles from the scene.
The victim the tempest was the old brick Union
Church. 1t stretched along the ground.
The schoolhouse by attacked. Thirty nine
children in it at the time but by strange good luck
only was seriously injured He will probably
Several other children slightly thumped and scratched
The injuries caused by timbers falling from the roof
The entire building was not blown down
The Presbyterian church in Brandon unroofed
and part Of the edfce blown in.
Two three old cabins by fell before the blast
The tavern Of Wm Patterson singuarly treated by the
stormfend 1t turned about foot from its former posi-
ton Otherwise the building was not injured outside or in
side. 1t is a wo-story frame. ...... "..'.
! wagon and blacksmiths shop next Frustrated.
large brick house and barn ut the north end of Brandon
was blown down. ...... III
The twoory brick house and barn belonging Mr. squres
blown down. Such the force Of the blast that
cooking stove in Mr. squess house carried several
rods ...a =".5
The tempest here entered piece of woods half mile
and cut swath quarter of mile wide from end to
the other 1t looks though giant had gone through
the forest with sickle Almost every blown down
fat the ground The few which remain standing
stripped Of herboughs and branches and their trunks
twisted until they look like whip cords The appearance
PROSTATE woods curious In the centre Of the
track the laid alongside of each other in parallel
lines, with almost geomercal regularity As you go
wards the edge either SIDE the gradually dverge
from the parallel till at last they lay quite right angles to
the central tracke having fallen in northerly direc
on and others in southery direction heads and points
geher Most Of the oaks are from one and half two feet
in diameter The width Of the track is just about the
where the hurricane left the woods where entered 1t is
little singular that along the very edges of its destroying
twigs being broken off, =.
Emerging from the woods the tempest next struck log
house belonging TO james H. Fletcher and enaned by
dow, Mrs. Young. 1t was blown down.
Jacob Skaters log house and barn adjacent also fart
tened Mr. Slater and wife were only slightly hurt COW
standing in the yard lifted high in the air and blown
several rods. She fell with great Violence and died
sequence of her injuries. w.,
The storm here entered piece of woods half mile wide
The result and attending phenomena similar
| ready described 10.
The barn of Harrison Smooth, in its path,
roofed and Mrs Barker house considerably damaged
The tempest here crossed the Newark railroad track liter
ally covering it with rails and posts, and trees which
trated and carried along in its awful course.
The twosory brick house of John Schneby then blown
down. ... vi
The storm passed through piece of oak woods about
fourth of a mile wide, with the usual result.
Two houses built of hewn logs destroyed the New
ark road.
mile of oak woods through the track still
being about quarter of a mile wde
The barn Of Mr.. Gorsuch was blown down.
The adjacent house of Mr.. Smith much injured,
stable blown down. '.'.. .,..@@ ." ......
The tornado then swept terribly beyond the Martins
hurgh road 1t entered the woods and known to have
far Gambler passing the village about mile to th
SOUTH Gambler the seat of the college by that and
situated about miles from Miller township where thu
| tornado first burst into life. .. '...
No language do justice to the fearful magnfcencc
the tornado it aked wrathuy the land The fright
ened spectators can only say it awful" horrible
to have the appearance of mighty black pillar
reaching from earth to heaven graduated by binding fashe
of lightning and accompanied in its devastating march, by
| the music of a hundred cannon. +. y.
The time occupied by the passage Of the tornado
spot is varouy represented from fire minutes
That few human lives lost is truly marvellous The
inmates Of houses generally escaped by going into the cellar
| getting under tho beds.
During the the fell great abundance in Noun
Vernon, washing away the streets in some places