Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-06-25

who was behind her, with it. The husband
had but time to see her ascend with the
building that tore away from above him,
and then he stood exposed to the day, in
his open cellar. lie went to view the ruin
of his home; it was complete. Here lay
the dead and nude body of his wife, the
destroying power having stripped her
clothing from her person; there lay his son,
covered witty blood, and senseless; and,
Just beyond, his dwelling lay one such
mass of destruction as probably never was
beheld before Broken and splintered bed
steads, cradles, tables, pots, kettles, chairs,
boxes, trunks, crockery, tin-ware, hats,
clothes. bottles, bricks, plaster, clocks,
beams, stones, shingles, and endless ct Get
eras, Law crushed and crumbled in one heap
before him.
And still on beyond was the monster neb.
ulosity which had caused all this ruin,
swaying and smashing on its course Of
destruction.
After destroying the house, it passed
out into the road, rushing on few rods
turned and swung about into the garden Of
the next neighbor, Mr.. j. NJ. Budlong.-
A gentleman who saw it here, describes il
as resembling monster elephants runk
swinging lazily but powerfully about
crushing all in its way and hurting board.
and trees into the air like playthings.-
Swinging about in MIR. Budlong's garden
it crashed over the fence, swept up to tn,
house, large and beautiful mansion, ant
swept so close by its front rs to tear w
one or two shingles on the edge of the roof
but it was merciful, and took another cir
Gle, and swung off to the southwark again
crossing the road and striking Mr.. B..
barn, large, nearly new and very SULTAN
tial structure, 35x50 feet at its base.
The moment it struck, the barn wa,
thrown into the air, riddlcd to pieces, ant
hurled in all directions, as the agent of DIES
truction swung on. For hundreds of fee
to-the south, east and west of the barn, tn,
field was literally strewn with the broker
beams, shingles, etc., and the contents o
the barn-straw, manure, corn-cobs, hay
etc. Unlike the case of the house whicl
was dashed in one heap of ruin on singh,
spot, the barn was scattered over the entire
field. A COW, without an apparent bruisi
or wound on her body, was found dead {
few feet from the site of the building
Some eighty feet to the southeast, the bod.
of large threshing machine, with cylinde
of massive iron, had been lodged, Will.
other and lighter portions of the same haC
been carried further on. n three-yard wild,
creek, some one hundred feet from the barn
was so filled with rubbish as to be damned
up, and turned from its course.
Near it another remarkable evidence o
the sweeping, circle. elephant -trunk-lik,
motion of the destroying body was appar
ent; for large tree was torn from its roots
and dashed over towards the barn, and OF
its further side, also inclined toward tn
bard, lay large platform, piece of TIN
lighter portion of the threshing machin'
mentioned.
Scientific men in this region are puzzled
beyond parallel by the occurrence. Man,
saw it, in this city, yet no one remember
having seen or heard of its like before
There was no wind whatever accompany
ing it, it was not whirlwind. And Their
arc no signs of heat in the path of its DIES
truction, as would seem to have been ne
cessarily the case had electricity been TIN
agent.