Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-11

Wife and child of Rev. Mr.. Beck were
severely injured. He was absent from the
village.
Lewis Rappalee, vile and three children,
were seriously injured, and their recovery is
doubtful.
i Samuel johnson. wife and three children
badly injured but will probably recover.
J.. Clark, who kept 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 summoned
as speedily as possible. The bodies of the
dead were collected under a temporary shell
Ter, and as soon as the cofins could be pro-
gided, were buried. The people OF Mon
mouth and Young America stations, with
n oble generosity.seHt large supplies of food,
clothing and medicine for the sufferers, who
were stripped of every thing they possessed
| save The ground upon which their huEaes
stood, many of them not having . garment
left.
UUTHF PRAIRIE
We are unable TO obtain many particulars
relative to be loss Of life and destruction Of
property upon South PraiFe, but The disasters
there were Doubtless severe
The family of Mr.. William Johnston, liv-
ing near the east edge of the prairie, and
tie family Of Dir. John Hufd, whose house
was near Dir. Johns.on's, suffered terribly.
VI. V,I1 --a Ii. ~ a a rI fhrao cbfiir.sEt
we're killed outright. Mrs. Johnson had her
leg broken ia two pieces and an ARA bro
ken. Size was carried by the wind several
hundred wards and thrown into the creek hat
managed 10 crawl part way up the bank aad
was saved from drowning. While laying
upon the bank she saw the body of her dead
infant floating by and succeeded in grasping
it. When found at daylight the mex: morn
ing she was uncoBcigps. but sill held her
dead child, as witt u grasp Of deah. She will
not recover.
MIR. Hurd was hurled into the air, md re-
ceiyed i severe blow on his side from q piece
oil flying timber which injured him SO seri-
ously that he died the next day. Mrs. Eurd
had her iBfant III her arms ii the time the
storm strnek HE house. but it was torn from
< 10 usV AEd OOSii llOtesCE III (biAd hCiC
thrown into u 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 could
crawl 10 il, and when she reacledit the child
was dead. She was found The next morning
uRd it is hoped she will recover. A son
of Mr.. Hurd was SO much bruised that he
will not recover.
Mr.. Rankiny who lived farther back on the
prairie, was SO mach injured that his life is
despaired of. His family escaped with /
few slight bruises.
Some dista nee west Of mir. Hurd's, a
group Of fear horses were torn to shreds and
scattered over the prairie, but the occupants
saw the storm coming III time to take shelter
in a root cellar detached from one OF the
houses and thus escaped injury.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. c
Thompson, John Coieman and Robert Moore
was appointed to distribute the provisions,
elolhing.-&c., provided for the sick and des-
%tilate, and the people Of Monmouth were
preparing 10 hold q pnbliG meeting to raise
funds for the permanent relief of the suffer
ers, when our reporter left.
MINOR EFFECTS OF THE STORM.
We have given the more pruminen. ana
terrible effects of this fearful storm-fend,
which in a momept, without q warning, de-
stroyed so many lives and houses, bat it is
not alone in tearing buildings TO shreds and
scattering them iour miles around that It's
fearful power was manifested. AS it passed
through the grove just west of the village it
threw down the largest trees or twisted off
their tops and hurled Them far away, while in
several instances trees were left staining rom
which every particle of bark was stripped,
even to the smallest branches and ~fiDers,
while others we're denudet of every leaf and
not a limb broken. We saw ciumps of
crab-apple bushes stripped of every particle
of bark and left standing as clean and white as
though freshly realed by some mischievous
school boy. In some places the grass was
Utterly beaten into the mud as though it had
been crushed by the wheels of Il heavily la
den wagon.
Horses, cattle. swine and stock of all kinds
which were overtaken by the storm were
dashed down. aud instantly killed; and we
saw lying In the main street of Ellison, dead
chickens from which the Gathers had been
literally stripped by the wind. a number
Of cedar posts set for a rail fence, were
blown down or broken of by the sheer force
Of the wind. These statements may seem
exaggerated, but hundreds OF Witnesses Can
testify. to their truth:
The sufferers are in 4 destitute coEduior;
and those charitably disposed will do a good
deed in sending them aid. Mr.. Drake, OF
the fremont House in this city, has started
a subscription for them, and has already Sc
cured several hundred dollars. We trust
others will follow his example.
The storm was followed by a heavy rain
accompanied with hail, which broke a large
number of windows and did some damage 10
the fruit trees.
The Weat has been visited by a number
of severe wind and rain storms this year
which have proved destructive, tut we have
not been called upon to record anything SO
disastrous as The storm of Sunday night,
= Mr.. WoLcoTr IN BosToa.-The Boston
Courier has an article on the Congressional
Investigation Committee and the f~ruiiless-
ness of its iaboFs. Air. Wolcott, of the |