New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-28
FVRTHER PARTICULARS.

From Inc Chicago Democratic Pres
Having conyerscd with an eyewitness OF me terflnc
sceto of witch we gave a brief account yesterday
,rorrirr we arr able tn add some particulars. Tho
whirwind was rendered visible some distance by tho
dust crass paper, pieces Of cloth, and varions ari-
ccs which tooA up IN 10 path Happened IN shapo
nj a funnel smell near the earth and expanding rs t
extended upward 20 the rain-Cloud above. Tho
column indicating tie whirlwind swaycd to and fro,
and tie observer thinks It did not move over the earth
very ratiilv not more 80 than man could run.
When II ann oecLod the house of Mr. Page, and
WA pbort ono hulurud feet distant, the house moved
toward Il thirty forty feet, when the whrwlnd came
directly upon II. First the roof OF the house went
nm ana broke into fragments, nen the walls writhed
sgd sern, ntsd and were Gained mp and also torn in
thousand pieces, fill the ar Win umOcm ana pieces
of boards. The pieces OF the house now ne IN mo
field. indicating by the manner IN "hios they arc
strewp the circular motion of the devastating force.
MANY of the scautug and boards Gre sticking upright
IN the ground az ii fallen from great hight. Tho
family of NJ. Page numbered eleven persons. Iney
saw The whrlwind coming, ana some OF them hai
rushed out of the house. Those outside were also
carried I'D into the air. but how far they cannot say
They are all bruised by striking the fragments of the
house or by cOncussion with the ground. The body
of one of The dead children was picked up forty rods
from where the house stood. Another had one arm
broken another had hand crushed and her shoulder
ter,ibl, bruised. These two will recover. MIS- till
lett had her Jaw broken and is so bruised upon her
hody that the physicians think she cannot survive.
A yonng man of the family had his scalp torn open,
one rib broken, besides other severe bruises
Tho house was a substantial rame house, resting
nron handlers Some OF these weigh three or four
hundred pounds and lay upon the top OF the ground;
They were all rolled from their places by the force OK
the wind board fence in the track OF the whri-
wind was swept away for several rods tho posts being
drawn from the ground and carried some distance. A
small barn was thrown down, killing horse and sono
calves inside OF IT..
before fall ohal had taken place. of The stones
measuring nine inches in circumference. The force OF
the whirlwnd was lost after passing Mr.. Pages
house and the column disappeared. In going back
over the track by which 1t approached the house our
informant found the ground was strewn with debris OK
articles which il caught up and lei fall again, among
which were fragments of clothing, bedding ana wall
paper which leads TO the belief that some other house
had been demolished in iis course.
The consequences of this remarkable atmospheric
phenomenon are terrible in the family of Page Be-
iides the death of three and perhaps more OF their
Der, and the injuries TO the living, they have lost
their home with all It's contents-eyerything IN tho
house is utterly destroyed. Even the clothing they
had on was torn from them " have nothing IN tho
world to pay You with, gentlemen, said MIR. Page 10
Drs Brainard and treer who went out to attend tho
afflicted family; my money as well as everything
else in the house was the prey of the elements. ,
Give yourself no trouble on that account, replied
they, aud went with their professional services
The following is an extract from private letter re-
ceived from Dr.. kenDicoft oil N0rhhed, look to.:
- Did YOU cGfch any tce-butLts yesterday We did,
few good fat ones, measuring from 10 "a inches
around the large way, lens form Ia shape plane con-
vexi-yery solid in substance-sometnes regular, but
generally jagged or conyoluted on the convex SIDE.
One fell with crash. Just at my feet and broke into
fragments. II was judged that this Maidstone was
over three inches in diameter. Pretty good hail that.
The mercury was at 800 in the shade ust before the
hail came and only fell 10 20 during the storm.
have not observed much damage, though wherever the
chunks of ice struck tree or plant it made it mark,
and such scampering Of men and teams rom tho
telds have seldom SEEM.