The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-02-01
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Plaindealer, last week, on the ears between
Mansfield and Mt. Vernon, on bis way to
the scene of The storm, to report from per
sonal observation, The full particulars;
from whose account we are enabled 10
gather many interesting facts. The arti'
Gle is entirely too long for our columns,
and we are only able to give some Of the
more important items. alba
The storm FIRST manifested itself in the
western part Of Miller Township, about
eight miles southwest Of Mt. Vernon,
commencing about 8, P. NJ, on the goth
inst. Rain had fallen during the day. &c.
.companied by a cold wind; but short time
before the storm, the weather became rap.
idly warm, and the wind lulled. The
storm has been traced some ten miles
how much further it went is not known
its path was about mile in width, and is
said to have prostraied everything before
il. Houses wers unroofed and rased TO
The ground /; trees torn up. and sent whirl'
in!4 through The air, and everything in the
shape Of a fence blown away. The town
of Brandon, which lay directly in its path,
appears to have suffered severely. Some
six or eight private houses were unrooled
or blown down; the Union Church was
leveled to the dust, and the Presbyterian
Church unroofed and partially blown
down. A school house with thirty. nine
children in il, was unroofed, but, strange
as il may seem, all the inmates escaped
with blu, slight bruises, with one exception
Several workshops, houses, and other
buildings were also Frustrated. After leav-
ing Brandon, the storm entered The woods.
The Piaindtaler says:
"rhe tempest here entered a piece Of
woods, a half a mile long, and cut a swath
a ouar,er of a mile wide from one end IN
,be h +, lnoks as though some oi,u
had onns ,hrouub The fires, with a sickle
Almost every tree is blown down fiat upon
the ground. The few which remain stand.
lng' are stripped " 'heir ooughs ana
branches. and lheir trunks are 'wis'ed VII
'hey loon IKE "h'P'cofas' Inc appear
ance OF Inc PROSTATE WOODS Is very curl
Gus. III 'hec centre Of me s'orm''rack me
Trees are lald along side oil each other IN
parai'ei iines' WIN a'mos. geome'rlesl
regularly. AS you 60 ou' towards inc
eoge on eHhet sue, me rees gradually
oi'erge rom Tue parallel VII al last lhey
Jay al r'gntangles u me cen'rai Track
some having ia'len IN hor'heriy direc'lon
anu o'ners III a sou'herly uireclion-heads
ana points 'oge'nei. Mos' OF inc OAKS are
,'om one a"u a nan 70 '"o iee' ~ u'ame'
yer Inc "'ath oi 'he track Is JUST aoou'
Ve same ~nere 'ne hurricane iei' INC
WOODS as "here " en'ereu' us a'ilult
s'"gu'ac ''d'' a'ons ue very eoeeS Vi ia
ues'Ioy '"g pau; ne "ee', are MOI AZ az
"' "O'' oe'''S'e '"'g'
Oe,ns ofUa" o"
u F'dindedfer concludes lis account
thus:
mo language can do Justice TO The fear.
full mapni6cence of The tornado as i, stalk
~
ed w~ralhrully over the land. Those who
saw il were TOO terrified to observe il close.
". The frightened spectators can only
say il was " awful "horrible," and
{. looked as though The day of Judgment
had come "-litle more. II seems IN
have worn the appearance of a M ph,v
black pillar, reaching from earth 10 heaven.
irradiaied by binding flashes of lightning,
and accompanied, in its devastating march,
BY the music of a hundred cannon,
The time occupied BY The MASSAGE nj
The tornado oyer anv one snot ia varionsl,
represented At from fyo To fine m;n,,,ss
The range of the lbermoHerpr we conIi
no, learn.
That so few human lives were los, ia
truly marvellous. Tbe inmates oc honsss
generally escaped BY going into The cellar
or getting under the beds.
The entire losses bv the s,orm ian f.r
as heard FROM will pSobabIv No, ,sIl "a,
shor, of 500 600. We have no dat,
however, for a correct estimate.
The town of Brandon, which has sus.
tanned the severest loss by the tornado, is
situated about six miles from Mt. Vernon,
and is commonly known by the name of
-Four Corners" The village contained
from thirty to forty houses.
During The storm, the rain fell in orea,