Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-07-09
WHOLE NUMBER, l,s7e

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EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON AT
UTICA-MYsTERIoUs ATMosPHRR-
Ic MOVEMENT.
We eondenss from the Utica (N.Y.l HvuN
an account Of the disastrOu, sasst produosd by an
stnOsPheFie body Of some unknown kind, IA "a.
town Of DssF6sd, Oneida county. -
ou Saturday afternoon very many Of tbs CHI.
1eus Of UIiea noticed the appearances Of vsyv
rsmarksble formation Of nsbulOus or cloudy sub.
aaOee, extending from the heavsus nearly to lhs
earth, bsTe seemed to diminish almost 10 po;p,,
but expanding gradually as It sscsnded, until the
peculiar form was lOst in the eloudsd say. Thi,
remarkable and funnel Ike column Of cloudy ,bi,l
passed over the city At about O'Clock, and wm
remarked not only BY is peculiar arppesrInce. br,
bya rushing. buzziug noise - It swept of ia n.
direction Of Derrick.
The eonieal mas frst settled to the earth few
minutes past FOUR at point near the residence Of
Milo Root in Deerfeld, where one or two s.ucs.
we're torn down and scattered about the fejds.
At frst the destructive power seemed hasdly
to reach the surface, and for 9 mile or two ouly
an occasional tree or fence was torn down. A
Mr. n. BudODga in Schuyler, It struck q barn and
shattered It 10 pieces; then passing to the soutb.
east it destroyed the well-bOuse Of Ms. Richard.
son, and thence passed on until il reached the Ban.
tist Parsonage House, occupied BY Mr.. John Wsr.
rsn. M. W. seeing ii coming, eudeavOrsd 70
get bis family into the cellar % place Of safety.
The husband bad descended two or three sEen.
with his charge. and the wife, with an infant and
two older children, had reached the cellar doo,.
when the house was struck. The whole fran.
work was lifted from the stone fou ndatiou. !. N.
entire wood WORK above the first floor was carried
some twenty feet and then dropped in grand Der.
'ection Of ruin, while the seepers attached. which
caugbt IN the foundation, was finally turned roof
ike over the entire mass. Mr.. Warren, with two
Of his children, remained 10 the cellar eneOsur..
without injury; Mrs Warren was found on The
ground about ten feet from the cellar door, almost
entirely stripped Of her clothing, sed 20 severely
injured about her neck and body tha. she died
within an hour after the calamity, although en.
tirey conscious; her infant was found near by and
almost entirely free from injury yet utterly desti.
tute Of clothing; little boy who was following
bic mother to the cellar is now lying unconscious
from the wounds be received from the common
wreck. His recovery is very doubtful; an olJs,
girl escared without any injury. The dwelling
was two stories, 1876 feet, and substaDtially
built. In rear Of it was barn, distant about irs
rods 25E32 feet, which Waa literally ahiversd into
-pIinters.
Still passing southeast It demolished . large
barn belonging to Mr., John u. Budloup. Here
it took up an iron cylinder tbresbing machine
weighing perhaps four hundred pounds, and de-.
posting j: at least eighty feet from the barn.
COW belonging TO Mr.. B. standing near the bar.
was killed without any apparent outward wound
About eighty rods further on in direct lines
smaller barn belonging to The same gentleman
was demolished, and what is very singular in thI.
instance, but little of the material Of which il vas
constructed is 10 be found anywhere. A few
shvered boards and timber alone attest its prsvi.
Ous existence. The dwelling of Nr. Budlone bad
narrow escape. A shingle or two torn from ous
corner of the roof Indicate how narrowly II q,
capped destruction.
For mile further its track was marked By do
vsstation oftees and fences when It rose from the
earth and was followed BY violent wind and rain.
Tue Herald says:
Huge trees were tossed from their deep.rOotsd
restingplaces as readily as gardener would pull
radish from the sandy earth: and even fence posts
were scattered in all directions as if they were
chips aud buildings offered no more resiulaDcs
than clapbOard to forty horse power engine
This moving mass Of ruin is represented BY sll
who saw it to have been vapory substance: i
was not accompanied by any wind or stOtG, but
seemed an independent agency, travelling 90 h
own account at speed of perhaps g mile min.
ate. In its motion there was q constant rssolus
ton, aud when it was rising this whirIing pscuIi.
arity became more terrific and violenG. The Dc.
cular buzziug sound which was noticed in its pee,
sage BY our citizens was aso remarked By the pes,
pie along its course in Deerfsld and Schuyler,
The lady who was killed was birty, y,Ons gears
of age; the child 80 badly injured is about Hss
years Of age. The building which the family %.
cupied was knORs Is the Baptist parsonage, and
is about FIVE miles from the city on The road LEAD.
ing through Schuyler Cornera Yesterday Ssy. i
era parties visited Ibe scene Of the disaster, and al
agree that no description Of the utter ruin wTopgSs
ean sufics to convey any just conception % lAs
public mind. -. -