Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-06-30
a Destructive Erl... nH onster.

DesfructiVe ErlEI M HOmster.
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we nnu IN the NeW ~. - It iIoune ie'-
Ter dateo o!lca, New a. sune .4sn'
"hich contains c!i aocouh' II Z inose re-
inafhaoie =, anu ir'si.lui <.'o'eion, ~, III
.'''s c ~, r. 49,, q ~, r. ;,,,,.
nnIs of ,ha ,,iaco
Iuhnei-snaPeu' oiae'. elu moving
oody Oh neDuious cnaracAef mace It's ap-
Pearance III 'he out,sk'rts e .ne city ana
moVeu easoeriy' n'dkihga h9't,gle puzzing,;
rumoi'nS NOISE. IL nppeafea suspended
IN the atmosphere ana strufk he ground
MT. noos, near Deerneia 'Exe miles
horeh oi U.,ca ~ maze aoes'. "a tlPou the
Darn .,l ol si.. rasnap 2 ueioi's, flppcds up
sie sun esu.s 10 :, .'s' 9 l'o's
iioni 'he oo'ie'ponuenoe'
Then passing on, tearing up trees, fen
ces and outhouses in its terrific course, it
finally struck the dwelling of Mr.. John
Warren, and IN twlnkling the entire
building was one utter wreck, literally
smashed all to pieces, and destroyed, The
dwelling was not 6lOt0e oOer-such an idea
IS not true one OF the utter and total
crash. The building was lifted from It's
stone foundation. carried distance of Is
feet through the AR, and dashed in splnt-
ers on the ground, leaving clean plat OF
grass between the place where 1t had stood
ana the pie OF rubbish.
In the house were family of siX-pa
rents and children Mr.. Warren, seeing
the terrible object rushing down upon him,
tearing up trees and fences in its onward
course, and buzzing like thousand hor-
nets nests combined, called upon his wife
and children instantly to accompany him
to the cellar and suIting the action to the
Word, SelZed Two OF Ihe chlldren ana
ie"poI .o"it s,, '',e 't",t L way, ne VIC ea-
,"yS ."y1u ~ iulio"' o"S ,e4 ioo'aps "ele to
10y S"e "':9 " iiio e 4'.''n' t ~
,I',. ~ .no ens 'no y: uo,'i uoiion y0'o VI, ny
D"'iuS NJ C"'yS no,S9' Anu ou VI
Hs ;.L - Tho 49, ~ II II9 80 +;0a
9'' %" iSa hnr -: soan% n;,I tho h;Ii;u , @ .hnt
to.o o.a,, 60, - -. J as. L.
'''I s1'o 80 .',SaJ llJi4 .. ~ J .' -, -
.o'O " '"o u"y' ~ n'a P'n 81:
"'. 80 :. "on' W We" 'no IL iuln -. t'S
,oan, JoaI ~ - ao "s III, ILL &c I; &c. 10y Jro
ueau anu nuuo pouy 81 niS we, .i'c u
s"oy,n9 power ha'l''e sIr'PPeu her clo'h-
ing rom her person. tiere lay MS son;
covereu WIN Dlood' ana an sehseleSS' ana
just oeyohu, MS d"elilnS iay one such
mass oI ues'rucrio', ~ "s PropaDiy never was
oehe'u oeiore' DIohei' anu SPlli,'efeu Oeu-
s'e''uS' cl'uieS' uaoieS' Pots' keCVieS' ci,airS'
ooAIs' l'u''h9 0,o'.@hty .s:nN-'le' has
oioane'' oiI a.o,e', ,. Do''''i D1o P''S' 'J
,oe~t' Iaoe 40 ota,, 1o, ,,'.I,aJ ,J ,Liod
-'S w 49, J
III o'' ''o'.p Ooio'e MN,
Ana sui on beyond was the monster
neDuiosiIy' whlch mad caused all this rum,
swayng ana smashing on IN us course oil
destruction.
After destroying the house, it passed
out into the road, rushed on few rods,
turned and swung about into the garden
Of the next neighbour Mr. j M. Budlong.
A gentleman who saw it here, describes
itas resembling monster ELEPHANT s trunk,
swinging lazily but powerfully about
crushing all in its way, and hurling trees
and boards into the air like playthings.
Swinging about in Mr.. Buildings garden,
it crashed over the fence, swept up to the
house, large and beautiful mansion, and
swept SO close by its front as to tear up
one or TWO shinglas % on the edSe OF tne
root; but 1t was mercliui, and TOOK ahoth,
er circle and swung OIL p the south"aro
again. crossing the road and STRIKING Mr'
BIS Darn large nearly new ana very
substantial structure 50 Py 5o 1eet IN It's
base. The moment it struck, the barn
was thrown into the air fddled to pieces,
and hurled in ali dlrectldns, as the a9ent
OF destruction swung on. For hundreds
the broken beams. SHINGLES &c, and the
contents of the barn. Unlike the case oI