Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-07-02

lin her orchard, and fences, were DESTROYED
the path Of destruction then tended in
direct line to the southeast, as marked by
numerous PROSTATE trees and fences. unit
it approached the Sap,ist parsonage house
occupied by Mr.. John Warren.
Mr.. w. informs us that he was engaged
in his garden at about four o'clock, and
saw the approach of the cloudy object, as
it threw up the trees. AS lis course point.
ed in the direction of his own house. he
ran 10 the dwelling. caught two of his old.
er children. and called to his wife to save
the other three by FLOWING him to tie
cellar The husband descended ;wo OF
three steps with his charge, and the wife,
wi h an infant and two older children. had
reached the cellar door. when the house
was struck The whole frame work was
lifted from the s;one foundation; the entire
wood WORK above the first floor was carried
some twenty feet and then dropped in grand
perfection of ruin. while the first floor.
with the sleepers attached, which caught
in the foundation, was Enally turned roof
like over the entire mass. Mr.. Warren,
with two of the children. remained in the
cellar inclosure, Without Injury; Mrs War
rem was found on the ground about ten feet
from the cellar door, almost entirely strip
ped Of her clo;hing, and So severely injur-
ed about her neck and body that she died
within an hour af.cr the calamity, although
entirely conscious; her infant was found
near by and almost entirely free from inju-
ry. yet utterly destitute of clothing; little
boy who was following his mother to the
cellar, is now lying unconscious from the
wounds he received in the common wreck.
His recovery is very doubtful An older
girl ESCAPED without an injury. The dwell
ing was two stories, 16x26 feet, and sub
stantially built. In the rear Of it was a
barn. which was distant about five rods. 25
x32, which was literally shiyered into spin-
ters.
Next in the south easterly line Of lis
course ituprooied several large trees, seat
tered the fences, crossed the read and de-
molished large barn, belonging to John
NJ. Budlong. This building was of recent
and very substantial build, and 35x5o feet
upon lis base, yet the destructive element
tore 1t to pieces, scattering large timbers
about the fields at distance of from five
10 fifteen rods, distributing portions of the
roof in various directions. and actually ia
King up an iron cylinder thr,shng machine
weighing perhaps four hundred pounds,
and deposiiing it at least eighty feet from
he barn. y COW, belonging to Mr.. B..
standing near the barn, was killed without
any apparent wound. About eighty rods
further on in direct line, a smaller barn.
belonging to the same gentleman, was de-
molished, and what is very singular in this
instance, but little of the material of which
it was constructed, is to be found anywhere.
a few shivered boards and timbers alone
attest 10 its previous existence. The dwell.
ing of Mr.. Budlong had narrow escape
a shingle or two torn from one corner of
the roof indicate how narrowly it escaped
destruction.
Beyond the premises Of Mr.. B. for about
mile, PROSTATE trees and fences evidence
the track Of the destructive messenger. 1t
seemed to have released its hold upon the
earth soon after leaving the farm Of Mr.. b.
for it was distinctly seen to rise from the
surface and dissolve its concal shape into
general cloud FORM
The phenomenon was followed by vi
Olent rain and wind. Two men at work in
field saw the strange appariion approach
and took to their heels, barely escaping its
track as it passed on. 1t seemed to rise
from the earth in four or five minutes from
the time it was first seen, and the evidence
before us of destl ucllon lies in district
not over fou. or Iive miles i'm extent, in
due soulheas;erly direction from where its
first touch was felt, and in track about
fifteen rods in width. Whatever form
of material substance presented itself in
this track was swept away, and the ruin is
certainly fearful to behold
Had the mysterious body settled upon
the city and passed down Gennessee street,
there would not at this hour remain yes-
lige of its present formation. Of what
the destructive power was composed we
are not prepared to affirm, but of its force
we can truthfully attest. Huge trees were
tossed from their deep rooted resting pla-
ces as readily as gardener would pull up
radishes from the sandy earth. fences and
even fence posts were scattered in all di-
'ections as if they were chips, and build
ngs offered no more resistance than clap
board 10 forty horse power engine. The