Litchfield enquirer., 1858-06-17

ding also had considerable money in the house at the time. This lady's husband was in Vermont, and was to have started West on Monday.
 It would seem impossible to convey an ade. quate description of the terrible and mighty force of the sweeping tornado. We saw large and sound stumps which had been torn from the I ground and carried some rods. Small hickories, four to six inches in diameter, were twisted to withe. The very ground was torn up and the grass swept away. Small hazel bushes were cut off and in many places taken up by the roots. Large and heavy logs were carried for rods.
 As we passed on We found portions of MT. Johnson's house in the shape of small spniers, which had lodged against some low stumps or had been into the ground. Occasionally might be seen portion of q carpet the size of mans hand, and then piece of bed quilt, a chair round. pieces of crockery broken as fine as half dollars. We found small pieces of a two horse farm wagon, the largest remaining was the hub, and that was split, not even whole spoke was left. A portion of the tire was found i'm. bedded Tn the ground two feet and half A tin ;ea kettle was carried against the body of a san. ling, and Was there found clnched
 When about d quarter of d mile from the house. or rather where II once stood, we tound small splinter about four inches in length, which from the paper that was pasted upon it, was pronounced portion of the trunk lrcn contained Mir. Hurd's money. A few rods di found the pock 1 .t-buok of MT. H., which contained notes and money 10 the amount of over $40O We also picked up eIglit silver led spoons. Nothing of the gold dnd silver lost could be discovered The house of MT. Johnson was substantial two. story Nothing but portion of ,he sills and that much broken, remdinrd near the founda- 1 ton.
 We returned 10 Ellison to take more particu- lar view of the ruins. The large and beautiful timber immediately west Of the town crus,- ed down to. the space of nearly quarter of mile wide. Many of the marble slabs in the 1 ly-6ve dwellings in the place, and all but three were demolished. One of the ,hreo remaining was the house of MT. Joseph Knowles. Another remaining house belonged to Mr. kel- y, carpenter His shop was destroyed, and he has not been able 10 find the first veslige of his chest and tools. The third was occupied by " idow Frazier. ...--
 The school house was taken up about thirty feet in the air, when 1t broke into thuusan md fragments, and not a vestise of it has since been seen. F < f1
 Several cattle, horses and hogs were killed One horse, We learned, was taken several feet in the air, and fell into slough unirjured Some of inc wounded testify that they were carried fifty to one hundred feet in the air, and suffered by the fall. The width of desolation immediately in Eli son was only about twenty rods while further west it appears 10 have been wider All the houses destroyed in Ellison were destroyed in compass of thirty rods.
 The dreadful whirlwind seemed to rise imme- diately after i, had passed over Ellison, and the damage We hear of beyond is t:ihng
 The loss to property by this tornado can scarce ly be estimated. The people of Ellison are com pletely s'rippet of all they possessed. Many of the survivors are not even left with proper cloth ing -