The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-04-23
1ERRIBIE TORNADO.
Great Destruction Of Life and
Properly. H.
From the Tiusburgh Post, Of he ;5sh.l

SIsrk county, 0hio. on Saturday evening
about 5 P. ~, which, 10 its course, car
ried destruction 10 large number q trees,
houses barns and other property II came
from the North West, struck The o and P.
RHilrcad little beyond Alliance, and after
following It's course for ten or tive We miles
took more Southern direction. A, ALI
ance it uuroofod the Eycha"gs Hotel, be-
sides blowing down a number of smaller
buildings. Several cars belonging TO the
Cleveland train WI re hurled from the track.
rs we'll AS a number Of empty freight cars
that were upon The sideling. At a little
Town called Smnhfeld. four miles this side
nearly all Tie buildings were demolished by
The violence Ut the storm, an an aged col
ored man who was in one OF them was so
badly injured that he is not expected to re-
covel. A white woman who was in the
same house was badly hurt; also her little
child severely burned from the overturning
of the sJove. At Damascus, four miles still
further east, vast number o. buildings
we're levsled with the earth. Our infor.
msnt states ths it leyelled nearly every
thing in its coure fat to the earth, that it
appeared to cut clean swathe out Of the
forests as it swept along, The Western
ira due here al p. NJ /, on Saturd y. was
detained until O'clock on Sunday morn.
T. ing, - ..a ....g
The above paragraph should have appear
ed in yestt rday's Issue, but through mis-
take it was laid over Yesterday we rece-
we'd an Alliance Ledger extra, through the
politeness of Mr., Wright, OF Allegheny,
from which we learn that the storm was
even more. serious than first represented
The editor says:
The storm, we should think. lasted about
three minutes, during which time the air
was literally flied with the various frag-
ments Of shattered buildings and other mis-
siles blowing about with terrific violence
AS soon as the gale hal spent its force, al
though tie rain poured down in ,orrents,
arge numbers OF our citizens left III + pla
, ces OF retreat TO ascertain the extent Of the
damages, and as dismanlled buildings were
seen in every direction, it was feared that
the loss Of life would be great,
Mr., Isaac johnson, residing about one
mile west Of the toxn, was killed by wal
falling on him, The mother of Mr., John
son, an elderly lady, experienced 50 severe
shock ON beholGiug the remains of her son
that az poplexy was the consequence, which
speedily terminated her existence. es.gst
A Mr.. Savage. Of Marlboro, who. was at
work on new building which was rased e
the ground, was seriously injured; also d
German named Fogle, who Was at work in
the same building. .-a
Tie three story brick hotel, known as the
Alliance Exchange. presents the appearance
of a dismantled fortress. MOI a shiugle oi
the roof of the main building is remaining,
he walls are level to the caves, and hume
rous windows demolished. M..s.~ ed
Merchants Block has sustained severe
damages; large portion OF the roof carried
away, the upper portion OF the walls in each
end torn down, and the block Otherwise
badly fractured. The Hall Of Alliance
| Lodge. No $685. l. O. OF 0. F in the up
per room Of the west end of The block, is q
complete wreck. A portion Of tie books
and furniture has been rescued; The rest Is
still beneath the luins. The loss to the
brethren is about $500 Linus EJy's loss
is estimated at $500. P. Bates damage
is, $3.50. David Hoover's damage $lon =
The Whole damage to the block will be
about $ll00, No goods or anything il
the lower part Of the building Was reno
we'd.
The Baptist Church edifce fine bricl
structure approaching completion, is com
! plete wreck, scarcely one brick remaining
upon anothe,. This is the second time
This church buiIding has been destroyed
The walls having fallen about a year ago
Present loss $1,000, .r- .
The warehouse belonging to E. Teeters
on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
was unroofel and badly fractured. Los,
500. g q. ....,: r.A
The seeple and bell on tie Uuited Breth
ren's Church were blown down. The bel
is moi materially injured, Loss about 100
i A snail brick house beside tie churcI
edi6ce. was unropfed and shattered. 1t wa
occupied BY German named John Guth
rie. Loss $500 .. ..s s.s....r....a ,.q,
The dwelling of Mr. Humphrey Hoove
was unroofed and fractured. Damag'
4 s24o. .s~. n..
slcre anil dwelling Of Matthias Hester
in the north west quarter OF Town, both un
rooted Loss $500 amraa.
!. Dwelling house, baik house and stable {
A d W. Richard VI: oofed, Loss abou
j $3.50 ge sg- Y. Il
/ An erjcan HOUSE in the north end 3
'ovn,a occupied by John e, Schneider
roof parly off and windows out. Loss S5
! Henry Altman's Blacksmith shop .unroof
ed aud one erd blown in. Loss S25
House occupied byZ sAlIerton, injured
ard barn, unruofed Loss so dollars. N
| jacob Altmsn's barn severely shattered
Loss SO dollars \, w g~
"CslI and g" holel. chimneys down
| windows out, and stable unrooied. Los
I75 dollars. f,a A a sg s.e4
! licuse occupied by Wm. Ingleduc, in th
north end Of town, unro9led. Damage a
dollars 1s8a# W. ga ss ts i. asb 1
Henry Chapman's stable demolished
Loss loo dollars. ss a ass, sa ss aay
i Henry Vanlosssa's house was pnroofed,
Loss loo dol 'ars 4assgaa aassta n gY@ s
j Eli Phillips house. q partialyreck.-,
i Loss $50 dollars n5s4
4 VIM. r. Gaskilps barn unroofed AM
fences desns Damage 90 dollars ssassa
4. B. F. Rosenberg i barn unroofed. Los
i so dollars. aat n hss
H. P. Chance, near town, barn unroofed "a
3Injury so dollars.
N VIM. Guys new house damaged. Los
E50 dollars. za-s .assz s8l } a6iygze
4 New store room Of r. d. Hanna's badly