, 1859-06-01


rods in width, aud from five to seven miles
long. Its course was from southwest TO north
east. The largest trees in its path were torn up
by the roots, nr broken and twisted off like
pipe stems. The roaring was terrific, and could
be heard for miles The damnge to the timber
in this county must be immense. W. D. =.
IN 1LLISoIs.
Correspondence Of the St. Louis Republican,
JAcxkosv31LE, ILL.,. Hay e ls:s.
We can give YOU no better idea Of the sever
ity Of the Storm than By stating Il vcrr few Of
the many terrible things that happened, On
Mr. Jos. Fry's place, tterything--housc, barn,
furniture wcre torn into sl.reds the fences scat
tered for miles, fifteen horses were killed; lbe-
sides the human beings We mentioned yester-
day;) seventy hogs, several head Of cattle, und
all his fowls; even the rats about the premises
did not escape. The wagons were blown to
atoms, spokcs knocked out Of the wheels, and
even the tires bent This is hut one case in
many. Several others suffered III the same way.
Tic house Of Wm. Mcdonald, south Of this
place, WAS torn Into atDnis not ten feet square
aftbc house or barn remaining; and, singular to
say, himself. wife md cllildIen, escaped with
their lives, though they were badly bruised, yet
not dangerously. 1T tile p1ace Of Mr. Burrows,
Of which VIC spoke yesterday, in addition to the
destruction to life and property, he lost one
hundred and ten hogs out OF one hundred and
fifty.
i horse was found in the peighborhood, dead,
with Il rail run through him lengtlwise, 50 that
both ends were visible. Another horse WIS
found dead, with bride and saddle on. but the
rider or owner las not been found it is feared
that he has been destroyed.
Those persons who We're Killed were badly
tnangled; in some cases tho clothing was Gu
tirely stripped of the bodies, and in most in.
stances the bodies carried long distance.
All this may appear to your readers to be 4
the :ru,l, Of it there eau be 10 doubt. Many Of
the citizens Of this place visited the scene
yesterday for the purpose Of helping the
the sufferers, an! from all those WHO returned
we learn the same dreadful news. The citizens
Of this place called meeting yesterday for the
purpose Of taking measures 10 relieve tho suffer-
ers. Committees we're appointed, who at once
proceeded TO raise money, workneu, etc. to
help repair the damage as much as possible.
This morning many wagons. loaded with the
citizens Of this place. started to assist in putting
up fences. anl to do whatever they could. It.
Il credit tu Jacksonville that her people have
shown themselves willing to respond to the call
of distress.
How many houses were destroyed or how
much dana &c Was really doue has not yet been
definitely ascertaincd. Ever; tenement within
six or eight miles was swept away.
EF'mm the rtus!z Transcript
Thursday, the w1,o!t country round about;
seems to have experienced the effects Of storms
F! in almost every shape. An ob{iging correspon-
| dcnt ut FL paso, informs US Of the most 'disas-
truus consequences Of the storm i'll that vicinity.
The wilt. blew i tornado aud the rain came Ike
| a dcluec. \ large barn ownrd by VIM. LONG,
| five miles frunl I'll Paso. WAS blown down. Il
ct,ntained four horses, which were uninjured.
Nr. LIS house was considerably damaged, aud
the trccs and fences i'll thc vicinity Frustrated.
| The town Of FL Paso, greatly injured by the
Storm Of 1851 escaped this time. 4 house
| owned by Mr. Winters, about two miles north.
east trum tllcre WAS taken from its foundation
and carried several yards. The inmates at tie
time, Mrs. ". and young Guild, were un-
| harmed.
f''a tic r'"n''s:" r.ss's: ns,'ss,Es1 Ysv1 :. t.,.
| "Nr. LItlor We were VISITED in this ri
cinity tive niles cast Of l'anola, IN the .Stl'
hy violent storm Of wind and rain winch
proved both disastrous aud fatal The wind
was Ilowiug violently from the south, WHEN il
suddenly changed to the north, and just ut this
time we observed in the south dark funnel
shaped cloud like the one in appearance tLat d.
strOvcd Ellison. seeming 10 touch the earth and
bound from it again. Vie watched its progress
with intense anxiety, but it soon passed away
leaving, however, its work OF destruction BE-
hind. 1t moved house formerly occupied by
Mr.. Irwin about forty rods, completely unroofng
aud tearing out one end. 1t NIX. moved tic
house occupied b. Mr. Pau1ey, twisting and
| moving it III various directions but leaving il
right side ul'. 1t then passed IN about half g
mile 10 thu premises Of Mr.. Otto, 4 German
completely demolishin3 his house, barn and ey
cry thing belonging to him, almost instantls
killing his wife, and scattering h,s goods to til.
four winds Of heaven.
Yours, J. J. HING.
q. ". Kent writes lis from Grid1ey in relation
to this same storm. The fragments Of Mr. Otto.
house. ut miles west Of Gridley,l were scatter
cd for third If ! mile. and Nrs. 0. was in
stantly Killed, and carried some seventy yard:
BY the wind. Alr. .. had at his house the slass
hardware, Ac., for new house which he dc
signed building: these were scattered and los,
There was s2t'o in paper, and 80 in gold UNI
silver in the house, Of which only portion O
the specie was fnuna. An empty house belong
ing to Thomas Irwin, {cook at the Pike 1Ioust
in BIouminglnnl was taken up entre, carrict
about Is yards, nnroofed, one end torn out
and turned completely around. Mr. pauly'.
house vas taken of its foundation, but no
much injured.
hlr. Winters house, at miles West was tor,
TO pieces. Mrs. ". and child were in It, bu
were not injured. 1t was new house, having
been built to replace one destroyed by the tor
information from gentleman just from the ru
lns, and considers it entirely eliable. i Afr
----- told Mr. Kent that oak branches one or twt
feet long, with tue leaves on, were scattered al
about his house, g miles North ofEGridley) an4
~ the grove mile north of Panola is the near
est timber, it is thought they must hare cou,,
six or seven miles.
! The Storm was also severe in WoolforG coun-
IT,. IN tho ncighhorhood Of Bowling Green, 81
miles from PEORIA several houses were uurooC
| cd, fences demolished. dc. 4 buggy containing
three men wns capsized by the wind, betweett
Netamora aud Eureka. and the horses tool
fright and ran into field. The men were no
| 1riftr fhpr1ns xrt,o tsl.c -
House, near Peoria. was drowned that evenin,
i'll attempting to ford Farm Creek not far from
home. The horse and buggy were also lost
another man was swept awuv in crossin. :
creek OF the Morton road, five miles fro,1
peoria, but both he and his horses were rescued
and ran after him in the storm to warn him q
his danger.
IN MINNESOTA.
lFEcaa tie Nabashaw herald, ,Aahl
This vicinity was visited on Thursday nigh
last with storm, the parallel of which is be
yond the recollection Of the oracle in such mat
ters-"the oldest inhabltant." The principa
damage done, however, Was the breaking up IN,
destruction Of Eve RATS, four of logs and nne n
lumber, owned By parties in and around Stiil
water, in this State. We learn that they hn,
been towed throug the lake on the morning O
Thursday, and moored at Rasicott's, about hal
mile above the mouth Of the lake, on accouu
Of tue seyerc rain storm which was then FILLING
the wind blowing from The southwest, leayiu,
them protected By the bluffs About sundown
however, tho wind changed md blew perfec
hurricane nil night from tho northeast, feayin,
them exposed to the full tuFy Of the gale, antt
about four O'clock 10 the morning, during til,
hardest Of the blow, all went to pieces, and
more perfect wreck cannot be imagined. Scarce
~ two logs or boards remained together. ant
daylight presented sight that paincd every cyc
The bank Of the river as far below Us could b,
seen, was lined with logs, lumbeE. ia.h aud shin
nearly all the lumber was split OF broken, ont