The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-28
From the Daily MI. -.inricon. Hug. ~.
a Fearful NurriCanc!!
Loss Of several Lives. and many Build
ings Demolished.

ings Dem olished. az
A fearful hurricane passed over - orion Of
this State during fiida. nipht. Jn thi city tho
s'orm was sever, there eng FOR some Lo",s
enc con'inaous flash OF lightning with c,nsi'lcr
able rain.
At Woodlm |, on III l., c ossc Railroad, the
stsiinn hcusn was blown down. cas- blow from
the track, and Others set in motion. The sta.
ton mnstSr, Mr.. Fox, while cildcavtring To stop
ne train OF freight cars set in motion by the
wind, was run over and killed. Atthe time the
Building was llowa down there were S, Inc ten
PERSONS within. seven of whom were more or
less injured, and two or 'hac. our in'Orin'nt
states, 30 severely that fears arc entertained
they will not recover. y store near the de-
rot was blown down and III III severely injur-
"a.
A mrsscnycr Of tho American Express who
Vas in Woodland at the time the hHr icaHs
passed, describes the scene as terrific All but
three of tlir buildings at the station were blown
,iIks,, and freight cars heavily lorlci were
blown off the track, land o., level grrus'd turn
.dstos'Om side up. The c,rs that ran over MIR.
Fox were l,raketl down solid. 50 that the power
used t. start them must have been great
Nlicn the messenger left on Sat; r,lay. another
If the inj red persons was MT expected to live
through the afternoon.
AT the time of the hurricane there was no
rain, but. rs it was in this city, one almost con-
tinuous sheet Of lightning. which illumination
,,,ads the scene terrible to witness.
Saturday neon child about for yeas Of
age was missing, and coalL no. he found. The
child was taken Oft of its fathcr's arms and so
.~'ddcnly that the father could not retain his
h,ld Of it.
Woodland is a small station, numbering al out
Il - Al.
the road, end two heavily loaded trains had l,;st
1T. Indeed So near were they, tll,t an instant
b.fo-c the hurricane struck the rumbing Of the
wheels could be heard. One was going c,ch
way, and as the heavily loaded freight car
standing upon the track were lifed up and cars
ricd distance Of from five I" twenty rods, had
the gale stuck a few moments sooner the loss
vi life could not but have been terrible.
Ma. GEoRGE Fox, the station keeper at
Woodland, who was killed was Il man about
fry years Of age. and was universally respected
Mr.. Fox was the first settler in the town oi
Woodland. He was Railroad agent, Freight
,gent, and agent Of the American Exrsss
Company.
The telegraph Office was in the freight depot,
which was all blown down leaving nothing b t
the platform. The instruments were taken of,
severed from the Nics, and carried distance
informant did not know. was severely injured.
A Frenchnan was taken up by the wl,irlwind
snd carried a distance of one hundred feet, and
only saved rom destruction by being cast against
the stump of tee. When the eating house
was ttktnup tlrsc women were inside Washing
dishes The house was lifted oFer their heads,
md strange 10 say tlsy were not injured in the
least. I he post office was in the south side OF
the depot, and the follow ing morning letters and
apers were found distance of two miles off,
The tavern was nearly d molislcd. 1t was a
large sized build ng, and when the wind strut k.
tue upper story was taken off and the brick oil
die chinneys came tumbling d,,wn. II was in
this building that most Vi the injured ones re-
ceivcd the wounds.
sW0dland is laid level with the dust, The only
things standing Icing the railroad water tank
ai,d one log hut. For these particulars We are
indebted to Mr.. HAIR Of the American Ex-
Ircss.
ON SATURDAY, workm'n were engaged getting
the cars upon the track and clearing up the
iuills. New buildings will lie put up at once in
the sites occupied by those DESTROYED.
i he little child sp ken of above was found
xcxt morning at late hour, in The woods !;
quarter OF miles from The spot. TIE little
nl,e was out all night but was slightly injured
To exhibit the great force Of the wind, it il
slated that the end Of seantling from some o
the buildings was driven through hard wood
stump, and 40 firmly inbeddcd that three mel
could not move it, and three heavily loadet
freight cars were CARR, over the platform tive
tracks, and llaced on the top Of wood pill
aboct eight feet high.
Ma. HARRIS informs us that coming over tn
road from Portage, no t.aces of The effects Of tn
wind could he seen until they reached Wood
land, and from there the course of destruction
ras directly West. Woodland is in valley
and is surrounded by heavy woods From
Woodland the course could bc marked lon.
distance by Frustrated trees, fences, and Otl,e
marks of destruction. PSF
On Saturday afternoon when the down trail
came through. those Of the injured who wcr
not laid Up could be seen about the cars rclat
ing the story Of the destructive work. Som
had their faces badly marked others with thei
arms in sings, and others covered with banda
ges. They were sorry locking set, and hay
ing lost their all deserve something more thai
the hympathies Of our people. Shall they liav
it.?
At C6IUMsUs Us, on the WATERFOWL Road. tn
hurricane was scarcely less fearful. Every thin
was Frustrated. One man was killed-a Mi
CLARR-his house being demolished over hi
head. Fearful that a more than ordinary storm
Was coming, he sent his family into the celia,
and while attempting 10 secase the doors am
windows, the stoi IN strack, and in an ins,ai
the l,orse fell .pon them. Mr.. CLARK was kill
I'd almost instantly, nd his wife was injured .
sevcrcly that n" hopes are entertained Of he
recovery. Several others in the town were NOR
a. less injured. a sa
Nc have no doubt that our mails to day v il
bring US other disastrous effects Of this hur,i
ssHc. 80
LsTER.-Itcms Of destruction $, i'll reach us
We 60 to press. A gentleman from Saukyill
in this State informs us that in that vicinity tb
whirlwind was no less destructive than at Woo
lard Houses were blown down, and trees "
LOO; d. s,laz
For miles and miles the whirlw ind made il
way. laying everything before it. We are fcal
fnl that the damage 10 the So, them psstion I
WISCONSIN is Of great amount. FIELDS {
corn. and sta. lis Of wheat torn p and scatscrc,
Several fcrs ms were slightly injured, but non
severely that cur informant head Of.
~Nc call the attention az our req