Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-10

when the house as.lifted into the air and
torn to fragments. "a
Mrs. Handy, wife of the clergyman, was
severely injured. Her eldest daughter was
so severely bruised that she cannot live.
and younger daughter was slightly in
iured. Mr.. Handy was not at home.
James Wornom and William +. Flor
ence, school teacher, were seriously bruis-
ed.
Miss Levina Lacy was killed outright
Her body was found under the ruins about
midnight, neck broken, arm broken, head
crushed and breast bone broken. Her
clothes had been entirely stripped from her
body by the wind.
Martin Wentworth was killed outright,
his body being terribly mangled.
Wife and child of Rev. Mr.. Beck were
severely injured. lie was absent from the
village.
/ Lewis Rappalee, wife and three children.
were seriously injured, sitd their recovery is
doubtful.
Samuel johnson, wife and three child
ren, badly injured, but will probably re-
cover.
j. Clark, who kept the tavern, escaped
with his family none of them being much
hurt.
George Mccartney. wife and two sons
very badly hurt. One son had both arms
broken and the other had his leg broken
Their recovery is doubtful. A hired man
named Hughes was also seriously injured.
The wounded were conveyed to the near
est farm houses, and medical aid summon
ed as speedily as possible. The bodies of
the dead were collected in temporary shell
ter and as soon as the cofins could be provi-
ded were buried The people of Mon
mouth and Young America Station, with
noble generosity sent large supplies Of
food, clothing and medicine for the suffer
ers, who were stripped of everything they
possessed, save the ground upon which
their homes stood, many Of them not hav
ing even a garment left.
SOUTH PRAIRIE.
We are unable to obtain many particu-
lars relative to the loss of life and destruc-
tion of property on South Prairie, but the
disasters there were doubtless severe.
The family of Mr.. William Johnston,
living near the east edge of the prairie, and
the family of Mr.. John Hurd, whose house
was near Mr.. Johnston's, suffered terribly.
Mr. Johnston, his sister and three child
rem were killed outright. Mrs. Johnston
had her leg broken in two places and an
arm broken. She was carried by the wind
fcve--l hundred yards and thrown into the
creek, but managed to crawl part way up
,, the bank and was saved from drowning
', While lying upon the bank she saw the
body of her dead infant floating by and sue.
ceeded in grasping it. When found about
daylight the next merning. she was uncon-
scious, but still held her dead child as with
the grasp of death. She will not recover
Mr.. Hurd was hurled into the air and
received severe blow on his side from &
piece Of flying timber which injured him SC
seriously that he died the next day. Mrs
Hurd had her infant in her arms at the time
> the storm struck the house, but it was tori
from her grasp and both mother and child
thrown into a slough where she remained
all night. She heard the cry of her infant
= but her injuries were SO severe that it was
only with the greatest difficulty she coult
+ crawl to it, and when she reached it TIN
4 child was dead She was found the mex
morning, and it is hoped she will recover
4 son of Mr. Hurd was so much bruised
that he will hardly recover.
Mr.. Rankin who lived further back oi
the prairie, was so much injured that hi
: life is despaired of. His family escaped
with few slight bruises.
Some distance west of Mr.. Hurd's,
group of four houses were torn to shredi
and scattered over the prairie, but the oc
cupants saw tie storm coming in time te
take shelter ina root cellar, detached from
> one of thu houses, and thus escaped injury
a committee, consisting of Messrs. G
: Thompson, John Coleman and Rober
Moore, was appointed to distribute the pro
visions, clothing, &C., provided for tn
sick and destitute, and tire people of Mon
mouth were preparing to hold a public
meeting, to raise funds for the permanen
relief of the sufferers, when our reportel
left.
MINOR EFFECTS OF TIE STORM.
!, | We fiaSc given tire more prominent and
: terrible effects Of this fearful storm -fiend
: which, in a moment, without a warning
destroyed so many lives and homes, but il
is not alone in tcarings building to shreds
and scattering them for miles around thai
its fearful power was manifested. AS II
t passed through the grove just west Of tht
= village it threw down the largest trees OF
twisted off their tops and hurled them fa'
away, while In se-eral Instances trees were
E left standing from which every particle Of
t the bark was stripped, even to the smallest
! branches and fibers, While others were de-
nuded Of every leaf and not limb broken
S We saw clumps of crab-apple bushes strip
ped Of every particle of bark and left stand
ing as. clean and white as though freshly
/ pealed BY some mischievous school boy
I In some places tile grass was literally beat
r en- into The mud as though it had been
t crushed by the wheels of a heavily laden
wagon. Horses, cattle, swine and stock
!. of all kinds which were overtaken by the
r storm were dashed down and instantly kill
ed. and we saw lying in the main street ol
, Ellison, dead chickens from which the
feathers had been literally stripped by the
Wind. A number of cedar posts, set for a
rail fence; were blown down or broken of
t BY the sheer force Of the wind These state.
ments MAJ. seay exagg gerated but hundreds