Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-20

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Terrible WhirIwind and Loss Of Life
On Saturday last terrible whlrlwiDn passed
n small section of country near Utica, n.
Y. 1t appears that during the afternoon several
citizens of Utica noticed n very remnlk nbe for
nation of nthulous cloudy substance extend
ing from the heavens nearly to the earth, where
II seemed To dimlnI-h almost IT, n point but OK
pnnding gradually "a 1t assembled, until the pc
cuar form was lost in the cloudy -kin. 1t made
bnzzing. rushing nuise aud "a short distance
from the city settled near the earth and evelled
one or two fences. Further barn dash
ed To pieces, and several trees torn up by the
roots, until il approached the Bnpiist parsonage
house occupied by Mr. John Warren Here We
quote from the Utica Heraid:
Mr.. w. informs Us that he WAS engaged in his
garden at about four O'Clock and SAW the ap
proach If the cloudy object, ~ il threw up the
trees. As its course ported IN the direction OF
his own house he ran to the dwelling caught two
of his older children. aud called to his wife u
the other three aud herself by following him
to the cellar The husband had descended two
three steps with his charge, and the wife with
an infant and two older children had reached the
cellar door, when the house WIS struck. The
whole frame work was lifted from the stone foun-
datinn: the entire wood work above the first floor
was carried >omp twenty feet and then dropped
Ia grand PERFECTION of ruin. while the first floor
with the sleeper- attached, which caught in the
foundation. was finally turned root life the
entire mass
Mr.. Warren, with two of his children remained
in the cellar enclosure without, injury Mrs. WAY
Zen was found on the ground about ten feet from
the cellar door, Almost entirely stripped of her
clothing. and severely I'M ured about the neck
and body that she died within an hour after the
calamity. although entirely conscious her infant
was found near by and almost entirely free from
injury. yet utterly destitute of clothing; little
boy who was following his mother to the cellar
is now living unconsc from the wounds he
received in the common wreck. His recovery is
very doubtful; An elder girl escaped without any
injury: The dwelling two stories. l7A26
feet and substantially built In rear Oft was
barn, distant about five rods, 25x32 feet, which
was literally .hivered into sphnters.
Next. in the due souiheasterly line of Its course
il uproo,ed several large trees. scattered the fen
ces crossed the road and demolished Il large
barn belonging to Mr.. John NJ. Budlong. This
building wa- of recent and ot very substantial
build and 35 by 50 feet upon it's base, yet the
destructive .l-nent tore it to pieces, scattering
large timher- about the field at distance of from
five to fifteen rods, distributing the ROOT FIN va
rinus directions, and actually taking up AN iron
cylinder threshing machine, weighing perhaps
four hundred pounds, and deposited it at least 80
feet from the barn. COW belonging TO Mr.. H.,
standing near the barn, WAS killed without any
apparent outward wound. About 80 rods fnrh er
on, in direc' line, smaller barn belonging 10
the same gentleman was demolished and what
is ve,y singular in this instance, but little OF the
material # which it constructed Is Ia be fou nd
anywhere A few shivered boards and timbers
alonpiattest to its previous existence. 1t cont in
ued on,sweeping down eve ylhing in It's track for
about mile further, when 1t seems to nave re-
lea.ed its hold on the earth, and to have ascend
ed from the sur face of the ground and dissolved
into great cloudy form. The whole extent OF
country over which it passed was about five
miles and it said to have travelled at the rate ct
mil4 minute. The phenomenon was followed
by violent rains and winds.