Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-04

Large Mum Der OF Persons Killed and
WOunded--ThirIy-SlX Houses BIOUn 10
Pieces--Great Destruction OF Crops and
stock.
From the St. Louis Republican.
JACKSONVILLE III Friday, May 27.--Tesierdsy
evening terrible tornado passed over portion Of
This county, (MOrgan.) doing much damage both to
life ard property. We have not received full intel
igenee respecting the damage done, but hasten %
send you what we have already learned. We will
send further particulars tomorrow, if We learn any
thing new concerning it. The storm appears TO
have originated in the south east and proceeded TO
the north sest. The d8maged done is as follows:
house belonging to Joseph Fry, about eight miles
southeast Of here destroyed, and the tenants
wife, Mrs Richard Rout, child Of Mr.. Geo. Van
zant, and Portuguese boy. were killed The child,
We understand, found in a cistern.
4 house belonging to Mr. Bedford Brown was
blown down, and bis son Samuel killed A house
belonging to and occupied by Mr. Barnsbss Bur
rows destroyed, sad We are informed two Of
his children are missing.
A house about nine miles south Of here, owned
and occupied by Mr.. jesse Henry, was blown down,
but what other damage was done we have not
learned
4 house southeast of here belonging to Jacob
Samples was destroyed, and his son-in-law, a man
by tie name Of Thomas killed man named
!. iona han Carly Wss killed, and bis house torn
de9D We have heard of several others being
killed in that neighboIhood, but as J ct have not
horses, &c, are in the same category.
Very many persons have had their limbs broken.
Several horses have been killed by the stables fall
ing on them. Fences are SO badly used up that In
places it is impossible to find rail where the
fence was Those persons we mentioned as being
killed, were literally mashed to pieces to be
scarcely recognized We are very fearful that when
all is known fully, it will be worse then snIici-
pat d.
On the Great Western Railroad, two cars, which
were standing q switch, were run of aud turned
oser on The track, so that the train coming here
frIm Springfield was delayed until midnight. Tie
rain fell in torrents all over the country aud was
accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The day before yesterday storm passed over
Springfield, during which the end o, a double
dwelling house was badly torn by lightning. For
tunatey, no lives were lest, that part Of the house
which was struck being un3ecupisd. The ether half
was occupied.
Ii is possible that very mach damage has been
dOne by the storm Of yesterday, hut, of course, it
viii be some little time before we learn exsctl, how
much, or how many lives we're lost. We hope to
learn that t5e matter has been exaggerated, aud
MT so bad as now represented, but We fear the
woTst.
We also learn that the ststicn-hcuge at Bemoni,
on the Great Western Railroad, east Of Decatur,
was blown down.
The mail-lrain ~ approaching, so we must close.
Whatever else We may learn We will communicate,
JACKSONVILLE, ILL1SoIs May %.
The severe storm of Thursday made its appear
aRce in the southeast, at four o'clock p NJ. Il
seemed at first about the sizs Of a mans hand. Us
first appearances was that of fountain boiling over
1t increased in siz, throwing small cloud like folds
from the clouds to The eslth, inereasng in width and
violence as it approached the earth
rs far as heard from, IL began in Calhoun csuuty,
carrying every thing, men, houses, barus. fences,
trees aud cattle With it, from Manchester u a dis,
lance of twelve miles, directly northeast We can
count Unity six dwelling houses with all the barns
and out-houses destroyed TIE number OF killed,
Vanzint, Samuel Brown, g Portuguese in the CIa-
ploy Of Mr.. Route Jonathan Carlisle, Jacob Sample
and wife, and Mr. Thomas, There are about fifty
seriously, il not morally, wounded Most Of them,
it is feared, must die.
10 give 81 idea Of the force of the st )rm, have
il my possession q stone weighing three pounds,
that was lifted up and carried sixty feet passing
through window, four feet from the floor. The
floor snd partition Of a sohool-room, twenty by
thirty fee, carried away with heavy timber,
and al can not be found within two miles Of the
place A Windmill was carried over four hundred
yards with pipe, pumps Sc, the small end fore
most There not ten feet square within the ute
of the storm that has nat rails, hoards &c, stuck
in the ground, so that no easily pull them
out. Whole partitions Of houses are gone and
not be found A man riding in a field was blown
from his horse the saddle torn eff and carried about
two miles from the place. .ts
No one can form an idea of the terrible effects Of
this Storm which lasted but Eve minutes, wi bu.
little rain. The cloud was very bright, while on
either side it Wss so dark TO be able to d.,
linguish objects.