Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-15

watches, the dead body Of her infant WA.
drifted ashore, and she had it in her arms
when discovered III the morning ~.
Another family named Nc Williams
suffered terribly. Miss May Ann Mc.
Williams, about twenty-two; her sister
Harriet, aged about sixteen, and heI
brother Thomas, about fourteen, arc among
the deadi and the poor mother. eighty
years Of age--the only remaining mem
Der of the family, except some older chill
dren who were living at distance--was
very badly injured. The boy Thomas
WAS not at first conscious of having re-
ceiyed any hurt, aud rescued the body oI
his older sister from the ruins soon after
the catastropbe,. but he was So badly in
jured internally, that he died the next
w. 4. Thompson, his wife and child,
Mrs. Brazleton and her two children, a son
and dauyhther, Martin Wentworth, Levina
Lacey, Hiram johnson and child, and
two other persons whose names were un-
known to the ihformant, make up the list of
the fourteen instantly killed, comprised in
special despatch to us from Monmouth
last evening
AS near AS can be ascertained in the con-
fusion which prevailed, about fifty persons
were very seriously and many more sligh-
tly Injured. Among the injured was Mr.
Samuel johnson, merchant, who has one
leg and three ribs broken.
Mrs. Qtnnaph both arms broken;. Mrs.
Sherwood, sutNsi1 bruised badly-asp spin-
ter driven through her thigh. Miss Finlay.
Mrs. Thompson, and Patrick Shaw,
stanger, who was picked up in the road
after the storm w,ss over, we've all badly in
jured.
The only physicians of the place were
Drs. Hawley and Yoko. The former WAS,
with his wife, among the more seriously
injured. and the latter, DR.. Y, was badly
hurt. Both were thus incapacitated from
rendering any assistance to their unfortu-
nate fellow citizens, and, as the nearest
point available. medical aid was only pro-
cured from Monmouth after TIE delays
noted elsewhere.
AS soon rs the first shock Of the calam-
ity had passed, and its extent began to be
realized, a special messenger, Mr.. McWil-
llnms, brother of the younger lady and
the boy who were killed-was dispatched
to Monmouth for assistance, where he ar
rived about O'Clock on Monday morning
Doctors Hamilton, Oversteel, McDill and
Young, at once volunteered their services,
and by six O'clock they, accompanied by
six teams and about fifty men on horse
back, proceeded to the scene of disaster,
which they reached about ten A. M. The
wounded, meantime, had been convey ed 10
the nighboring farm houses, by the unin-
jured, and there the physicians hastened
to minister to their relief.
Ellison is village in township of that
name, lying due south of the line Of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
the nearest station to which-Young
Americais--fve miles distant. Mon
mouth. the county seat Of Warren county,
S twelve miles. to the north east, and
dalesburgh, Knox county, is twenty five
niles nearly north east, and the Mis-
'issisppi river is about sixteen miles
vest.
The small stream known as Ellison
creek traverses the township in direction
! little north of west, and becomes tribu-
airy TO the Mississippi.
nd one of the older settlements of that
ection. The larger share of the struc-
ures. some sixty or seventy in number,
hat constituted the village, were ranged
n single straight street. running in a t
irection east and west, being the main I
ounfy road running to the Mississippi
nd Burlington. The road crossed the =
reek about half mile from tile village, /
lie stream turning more to tke westward ,
orth of the road crossing. +
Between the village and the stream was y
belt of timber of oak and walnut, con- n
sting of large trees. This timber occu- }
led the intermediate space of half mile O
ctween the village and the stream. ex- +
'nding close to the vicinity of the vii a
ge. -
The surface is level prairie thence ex- Il
nding to Monmouth, dead level, and n
a clear day the Ellison timber can be
cen skirting the horizon from Mon A
outh. -
In this belt of timber the f rst traces of Il
le desolating tornado appear. Saturday f.
I'd Sunday seem to have preserved very Il
early the same characteristics in tho Vi n
nifty of the ill-fated village as in this re- d
on. Sunday was showery throughout
lie day. AS the afternoon waned, giving II
e appearances as noted at Monmouth by
II intelligent informant, the sky to the re
outhwest had a most threatening appear w
ice. A heavy bank of clouds of inky
ackness seemed to rest upon the very
lrface of the prairie. In the language Of v
'hn McWilian1s. who is elsewhere re-
rred to as a relative of several of the
ctims, and as active in his exertions for q,
e relief of the survivors, "thcy seemed
sweep the very prairie Mr.. McWil- 10
ms noted the approach of the storm
om his -house, about mile North 3;
the street. He saw two threateningTv ~
ack clouds meet, apparently about a y
lie West of the village, with the wild 4,
t commotion. and move on toward the
llage. iG,