Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-05-26

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aays pleasant dr. b. alas boz
mnAahEH axs Ill thia@s % thia plaasas {
towards noon tbs ann wishaEaw has praa-
snes aa6 sAs sky Aagan N weaE aeaahFe
And IeaAen appearances Between shaes
AnA -Four eseloek II the afksFnaen Zoe rain
sagMm - Descend aaoassaaalys bua esuN l
and tuansd into 80 asost pew- /
sraal shower ok hailssanas ~ havs n Il ]
seen.
Nearly tao Ehirda ss Inc wiaAows In
the eiky exposed 10 the drift og The skognn
were broken ~ The storm snhaideds
and i waa tA0saghs 40 meHe danger waa
70 be feared has shat follownd shows khaA
orr hopas we're grouadlesa. The Wind
began To rise ard dFizfad tea naomds
about in agmas0R. In tea maamssA 4
perfees Professionalism raigned without
So dense ware tbs el0uaa sh@s nes u aazl
gle object eoald ba ssans bra aznid The
roar af the elements, the eaaAiag 81
buildings seala be BEARD and Ahe erica
81 those who wege heing dsifssd aheaA
aha streets paltsd b. the sierra.
fnare follows ! list of bailding aaa-
troyed, unroosea, and other damage, to
the amount 81 about SAO, 900
greaa TIE loaFaai
Amid the ssoFm whieA passad 0FeE the
interior Of our State an TUESDAY eyeniag
last, "a unaanal sEaas 0seuryed on the
S., Lausa, Alaan aad Chicago Railroad.
About half past elk o'clock, in bRiaf
cessation oE the farious sierra Of rain
szd hail, the wina increased To toraa-
DO, snd struck the paassngss train bauRd
froR 81. Louis 70 Chisagos upon the
hsaadsids, - il was passing ever ths
ambankmsnks akirssa On either side By
water within = foot Of the tep and about
ten feet deep. The Engineer, Charley
Coffin, apprehsading tho dagger put the
train steadily forward, vita view of
reaching . deep cat, near al hand, whsFs
sha train would be sheltered fr0m lac
storm, but he vas oRly partially sue-
eessfal. He eondastsd tka train aboai
three-fourtha Of q mile, and heyond ths
deep wafer, whaa kha wind whiriad The
1 whole train Of bhEse passenger cara, with
theiF living fgeigha CT seueTsfy on sighis
passengers, sad one baggage car, tppsy.
turvy down the smbankmsnt iatn tbs
water, the Iowsg edge Of The outward in.
| eiinihg cars being buried about swo and
half feet 10 tbs watsR. No part gk 10
train was left erect upon the track bui
the locomotive. {
As soon as ths condensation Of III
: scene had Rbated, the conductor wen
back TO Lexington, and procured twt
physicians who imm aaisssly repaired b
tho spot, and all were gEasiEed 60 lsaEz
that no person was seriously injured
The conductor Sos himaalf TO work II
provide theta with beskaE quarters.
Lexington eoaid Afford no shelter, 70
/ sverY house in ths village had boaa un
} roafed by the tornado, which lastet
about hakf 81 hour. The conductor the
took hand car, and started for Bloom
ing&sn, distance Of eighteen miles
Within this space, fourteen tEa@s wer
found aeEoas ths track. But the tFaoj
was cleared, ana in about two hears,
freight train came alang, which took th
passengers 10 Lexingtoa, where they 70
NAMED boxed up anil the express tEai
came fran Sc. Louis.
L TOWN OF oKkw DESTROYED.
III Editors 7smea~~GantIamen Tester
. day tEriday1 tbs thriving town OF 0kaw
On the Chicago Rg&@sA sE The Illaaei
= Central Raiiroad, was visited by q fear
q full storm, between tEe hours Of q and
|, o'clock p. u, demollsing two thirds q
the houses, uarooRng the passenger hoaa
ana rent i'm piesas the hotel. While
lasted ID was unsafe 10 be anywhere i
i the yieiRity, as thu broken timbers key
flying around in the miaBa of perfel
y delRge. ana glad to inform you ths
4 no one was hnFas which, considering ii
fairy u tbs wind, is looked upon a. fol
tnnRta and bTeYiaential-
k@sPesad1iy yourss 4. +. +.
q Peoria.
q Our PsoFia exchanges have net CON
% to hand, but we take the following frol
the Journal:
The hurFisane struck the city Of Pas
= ria ct about ave O'Clock in the eveainl
|, In the twinkling Of an eye, fifteen
twenty houses were unFoeEad, evel
church spire In The city blown down,
canal boass loaded With Lumber Ranl
u and the steamer Olin, vita twanty-o OF
4 passengers on board, made compile
wreck, her cabin being blown entiral
ID away. And whAs aeaEna really miracg
II leuss il cha fao& that bat one life was 10
,e in sill this furious diBorgauization
X, matter and aksar demolition Of stra
= tuFeB. Ii liz said that little child vi
- lost from Oh the wrecked steamer. III
1. lumber ia che yards was blown ali or
the ctEys the gas lamps were sill blow
down, and the slgas were sent lyiug
every direction; windows and gable Gu
Al were smashed in, whole trains Of ca
were blown OF the track, aud the heal
Eiful college building upon the bluH u
Is terly demolished.
10 Oquaka, Monmouth, kenawa, Bus
~ nell, Peoria Juneaion, Prairie City, 90
- tago Hill and other small towns. suffer
more OF less fran The storm-soHae
them greatly damaged, others slLghtl
As 09aaka the damage il estimated
30, o00-manY marrow escapes, bua
E lives Loss. The small town Of Poor
G" Junction was almost en1irely demalish
4 by the tornado.
il The Chicago aad Beck Island Railrsl
Il trains we're more or leas delayed by D
u ssaeles blown upon the Exack, hus 30
~ jury was done % intaEEaps TIE ruuRil
Of trains. -4.=- :. s-@
At Peru the gale was very severe, a
damage 20 buildings reported.
i, As Rooh Eslana ths gale was very 1
:. vera ThrBa steamers were blown On 1
= Illinois shore, and several coal bars
~ sunk.