New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-05
A TERRIBLE TORNADO.
A WHOLE VILLAGE DESTROYED.
NINETEEN kILLED-FiFTf INJURED.
,om tn, CHICAGO Pres Of June 2

NINETEEN kILLED-FiFTY INJURED.
From The Chicago Pres Of Jvne2
Through gentleman who left Molmou:l yesterday
morning, learn many interesting particulars oil the
cad tragedy attending tue uestfucuon oi Tue 'Aase
Ellison by d whirlwind.
Fourteen persons were killed almost instantly, ons
less than stated by telegraph, add ten more l. was
supposed were mortslly wounded. OF these later,
two died next day, three on Monday evening, making
nineteen III ALL
Among the dead sre Mr.. John Hand, his son, sbou.
ten years Of sge, and babe, the latter OF wnom
supposed to have been drowned. The wsoie family
appear to have been whirled with tae ffssmep> oil
their dwellings, quite up into the air, and Deposited
considerable distance from where the house stood near
q slough. Mr.. Hand was carried about fifteen rods,
ard in his terrible fight received fghhul wound 10
his side from timber. lie survived TIL the next
morning. Mrs. Hand had her infant ID her arms when
she struck the ground, bu. the conclusion compelled
her to let 90 her hold upon it, and it was tossed some
distance into 1t slough where she heard ite cry blt
OWING to her severe H. uIts was unable TO sttemp.in
rescue. There she remained all night her person
partly in the water, and 10 the course or It's dreay
watches the dead body of her nfspt was dted 20 the
shore, and she had it IN her arms when discovered IN
the morning.
Another ismiiy named Mcwillisms suffered terri
bly, Mics Mary Ann McWllliafns, about -; her sis
ter Harriet aged about 10, ana her brother Thomas,
about Ia, smong the dead and the poor Old notaer,
81 years Of ege--the only remaining member OF tne
family, except older children VINO living a.
a distapce-was very badly injured. The boy Thomas
was not at first conscious OF having received hurt,
ana rescued the body of his older sister from the
soon after the catastrophe, but he badly 10
juIed internally that he died the next morning.
W. +. Thompson bis wife ard child, Mrs. Brszle-
ton and her two children, son and daughter Martin
Wentworth, Leviua, Lacey, Hiram johnson and child,
and two other persons whose names are unknown 10
the informant, make up the list of the fourteen IN.
stantly killed, comprised in special dispatch 70 1
from Noun outh last evening. These embrace all tao
of the dead which we have been able TO oafsa
Ee cen be sscertaned in the coufu sion Shcl
prevailed, about fifty persons very seriously sr
n any more sligo tly Injured. Among the injured was
Mr.. Samuel johnson, merchant, who has Oao leg and
three ibis broken.
MIS- Ormsnd both arms broken Mrs. Sherwood,
cut and bruised bsdy-a splinter driven through
thigh. Miss Finisy, Mrs. Thompson, and Ps.net
Shaw, stranger, who was picked up 10 the rosa a.
ter the storm was over, were all badly hurt.
The only physicians Of the place we're Drs. Hsvley
and Yoke. The former was, with his wife, among the
more seriously injured, and the latter, DR.. Y, ux
badly hurt. Roth were thus Ipcspsctated from RED
deriOg sIy assistance 10 their unfortunate fslO1 eli
ztnp, and, the nearest point available medical I'D
was only procured fom Monmouth after the desys
noted elsewhere.
AS as the first shock of the calamity had OsAed
and liz extent began to be realized specis asssen-
ger-Mr. Civilians, a brother Of the yousg lsdy
and the boy who were kled-was dispatched 20 Mo-
mouth for assistance, where he arrived about ocok
on Mordsy morning. TIE Sad news spread RAPIDLY
and the " hole town soon astiI Doctors Hamlos,
Oyerstee, McDill and Young, al oIcs youGtesrsi
their services aud by six o'clock they, accompassd
by Elk teams and sbout fifty reen on horseb,cs, pro-
ceeded 10 the of disaster, which they scad
about 10 a. 10. The wounded meantme had beA
conveyed TO the Leig hboriog fern houses.
A brief description Of the locality visited by h1
fearful disaster will be of interest 10 the better under
star ding of the same. Ellison is village ia tos
ship OF that name, lying due South Of tho lne OF tie
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the nssea
station OF which Your America IL 1--WE riles dstsL
Monmouth, the county sat Of Warren Couc:y
twelve miles to the northeast, and GaIesburgo Kou
County, il twenty Five miles nearly northeast The
Mississippi River is about sixteen miles West
The small stream known as Ellison Creek trsvesss
the township IN direction CT little north Of Sss,
and becomes tributary to the Mississippi.
Ike village was farming community snd one
the older settlements u ths. section. The Larger
shsie OF the structures, sixty or seventy nan
Der, that constituted the vlege, were ranged ons
single straight street running in direction 8 mee!
.sst sGd west, beng the man County road runnasp
the miseisslpIe and BuIli,gton. Tne road erosxa
the creek about half mile from the village 10
stream tuning more to the west ward north Of M
Ioad crossing.
between the village and the stream was be-.
timber Of oak aud walnut, consisting of large yes Il
Tbs timber occupies the intermediate space VI baf
mile between the village and the stream eIxnaS /
close TO the vicinity Of the village.
The surface is level prairie; thence extending
Monmouth, dead .evel, and in a clear day the bs
son tin Der can lie seen skirtDg the horizon from h~
mouth.
In this belt Of timber the traces oftbe desoaE
tornado appear Saturday aid Sundsy seem 20 -.
preserved very nesIly the same cbaraetsrslsc
the vicinity of the Inflated village as 10 tbs reg.
sunday was saowery throughout the dsy.
sitelnoon wsned, gyIg the appearance "nexss
Monmouth by our intelligent Informant, the sky~'s
south west had most threatening appesrsscs
heavy bank CT clouds 81 inky blackLess seened @,~
upon the very surface Of the prairie. 10 the lsny.T
Of John McN iiliams, who is elsewhere rsfensap,
relative Ct several OF tie victims, and a. sss,
bis t1eruons for the relief of the survivors,
seemed to sweep the very prsire.' Mr.. Mc"tI
noted the approach of the storm from bic fTe H'''
about nile north Of the street. ,s
lie raw two Threatening biack clouds uee', ~
eLtly about mile west VI the yilsge, VIA I1' M
est couhotlcr, ard move 90 toward the viSge "a
utmost alarm filed the minds Of MS o9n fanny
OF hose IN adjacent fanm.houses. III
The track OF he temIfst must tsH inc 'e1,..,ra
'oIIado struck the yiIlse6 abont5a COCK an -
~ continuance 70 ram tel. The houses wena,sr,
structures. There was lsrge tavern stand spa. sd
stores those Of Samuel johnson, Joseph hoos .ss<
another. Tie appearance Of the dwellings, ana wv