Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-06-09
Tornado'andsyvater spout.

Tornadoandsyyater spout.
The terrible tornado, which visited ILL
nois on 26th May, is thus described:
JAckssNynIEa H., May %.
The severe storm of Thursday evening
made its appeafapcei ID The Southwest at
p. II. Il seemed, at first appearance,
about the size ola mans head. Its first
APPEARANCE was that Of fountain boiling
over; it increased in size, throwing small
clouds like folds from the=cloudsz ztoz.the
earth, increasing in width and, violence az
ii approached she earth. y -<sa-sS -
As far rs sheard from, it began: in Gal
houn county, carrying every thing7men,
horses, barn, fences, trees, cattle-=RitL Y.
From Manchestsrto 10 . distance Of twelve
miles directly northeast, we can count thir-
SIX dwellings,, houses, with an Che barns
and ous-houses, destroyed affT
The number killed. as far as beard from,
Is eleten, among whom are Mrs. Rottb. a
SON of George Van Zandt, Samuel Brown.
a Portuguese in the employ Of Nj. Kute.
Jonathan Carlisle, Jacob Sample and wife,
and Mr.. THomas. - - -, 80 49, ~
: There are about fifty seriously, if not
mortally wounded. Most Of them fear,
mpstsdie. To give an idea Of, the force Of
the storm, I hare in nay possession stone,
weighing three pounds that was lifted up
and; carried sixty, feet passing through .
window four feet. from the foor.. "A winds
mill was c,rrisd over 400 yards, with'pipesy
pumps, &cs attached, small end. foremost
There was not ten feet square within the
route of the storm that has not got rails,
boards, &c. stuck in so that no one can
easily, pull them. out Whole partitions of
houses are gone and cannot be found. a
man riding in a field was blown. from his
horse, the saddle torn,of and carried about
two miles from the place. s..-1 2 c:s.f
mo one can form an idea of the terrible
effects of this storm, which lasted fiyendin.
utes, with but little rain. The cloud was
very bright, while on eithersside of 1T. was
so dark thatsit was impossible toe distinr
guish the objects So ;ez I'd iaa II
- A correspondent Of Che New YorksTyt
5uae describes the water. spout that did
such terrible execution at iowa: City son
the evening Of May Path, tbus::.s - -
Last evening while yet it was.light, there
arose suddenly violent wind, accompanied
by strong indications of rain. In d few
moments, the whole horizon became pitch
lv black. and the. most vivid lightning dar-
ted athwart the sky. A terrible thunder
storm burst upon US. While yet it was
raging fearfaliy, the sky suddenly appeared
unclouded in the east for space of several
degrees IN width, Many Of our citizens,
who .wers watching from their windows the
raging Of the storms discovered, indistinctly
at Erst the rapid approach of an immense
water-spout. The phenomenon was so un-
usual that the attention. Of. hundreds was
drawn to it. The appearance of the huge
volume Of water as it reacted fem earth
|, TO sky-swaYing 10 and fro Ike a rope
hungi in the wind-Eas exceedingly grand.
The water-spont remained in sight nearly
fifteen ,minates, when the sky becoming OBJ
secured, it, was lost sight Of: The Storm
soon passed over, and all.waited anxiousiy
for news from the prairie, distant about six
miles from this city, over which the water
spont passed Scarcely an boar elapsed
before news was bropsht that Jesse Berry,
a member or Common Conncll bad, been
killed II, a. barn which. was thrown down
by the violence Of the wind and. water
The next, express from the Country brought
us Information that -a.sfarnils By the name
Of, Morgan, three, in number had been
struck, two Of its members killed instantly,
and the mother so seriously injured that it
is, thought impossible fol her to recover.
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