The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-29
Fun ther Particulars of the Whirlwind In
Cook county, Ill.

from the Chicago Press, May %
Having conyersed With an eye witness Of the terrific
ing, are able to acd some particulars. The whrl.
res6ered visible s>me distance by the dust,
grass paper pieces of cloth and various article which
It took mp its path 1t appeared in shape OF tun.
rel, small the earth aud expanding 1t extended
upward to the rain cloud above The column indicating
the wbirlwrd swayed 10 and fro, and the observer
thinks did not the earth very rapidly not
more so than man could run.
When 1t approached the house Of Mr., Psge and was
about hundred iest distant the house movsd toward
Il thirty forty feet when the whirlwnd came drecty
upon It, First the roof OF the house went up
ro FRAGMENTS. then the walls wrthed and separated
and carried and also torn In thousand pieces
filing the air with iimbeIs and pieces Of boards The
manner which they strown the circular motion
of the Devastating force Many OF the scautiing and
trem are ar.s bsss ne tamiv q Mr. Page num-
bered eleven persons. they saw the wbirlwind CON-
ing. and OF them had rushed out Of the house.
These outscs also carried into tbe air. bu. how
far they say. They all bruised, by striking
the fragments of the house or by conclusion
with the ground. The body OF one Of the dead
children picked up forty rods from where the house
stood. Another had one arm broken, another had
hand crushed and her shoulder terribly bruised These
two will recover Mrs Giett had her jaw broken, aud
is bruised uron her hooy that the physicians think
she cannot survive. young man Of the family had
his scalp torn open one RIB oroken besides other severe
bruises
Tie bouss was a substantial frame house, resting
upon boulers Some Of these weigh three or four hun
pounds snd lay upon the top of the ground They
all rolled from their places by the force OF the
WIND board fence in the track of the whrl wind was
swept away fer several rods the posts eng Drawn from
the ground and carried some distance, small barn
thrown Gown, killing horse and some calves inside
of il.
At the time of this vhrwind it raining, and
just before, fall of nail had taken place. OF the
stones measuring nine inches in circumference. Tbs
force of the vhrlwind lost alter passing Mr.
Pages house, the column disappeared. In going
back the track by which approached the house
our informant found the ground strewn with debris
of srcies which caught up and let fall again. among
which were irSRmen; Of clothing bedding, and wall
paper which leads to the belief that other house
had been d, molisbtd in its course.
The consequences Of this remarkable atmospheric phe
terrible to the family Of Page. Besides the
death Of three and perhaps Of their number and
the injuries TO the bvpg, they have lost Their boms
with all its thing in the house is utterly
destroyed Even the clothing they had on was torn
from them. 81 have nothing in the world to pay you
WITH gentlemen" said Mr. Page to Drs. Brainard and
Freer who went out to attend to the afflicted family
money well thing else in the house was
the prey Of the elements Give yourself no trouble
that account replied they and went on with their
professional services,