The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-18
A Te,y,bse tornado in tutI,un..

terrible tornado passed over Q portion Of Sheffield
oSrtbip 10 this county Wednesday last, prostratog
oouses bsyns, trees, and s~eeppg of fepoes, hay
whsst stscks Ike feathers before the wind. large
amount Of property destroyed; but fortunately no
nves lost, any ono seriously iojursd M
o. j Bull, ~ho resides short distance from Dayton
whn quarter ofs mi OF The track of the tornaco vse
AZ ely witness 10 us devastation and describes tn
most terrible ~tr sind be ever witnessed. HIS attention
was rrsf directed 20 q Singular motion among the
oioucs. ~bicb, moving from the north and south, me
snd ngled ABBOTT the dole or yr.'rru
sid seemed drifting scarce one hundred feet from hs
ground
conclusion sounded ke the OF artillery the
distance, sn the clouds, in dark, heavy Dassss,
mept, which brought them stl tee earth, tn
io,paco descended lie approach sounded like the Olaf
In less than two mputes bad passed 70 the eastward
leaving RUN and devastation IN 's course The lagee.
,oet. ees were t~s,ea 70 spiinters and Sve.y move
occupec by James ForesohD ard owned, believe, by
homat Roy al vas caught up by the whrlvind, lifted
fro s foundation and completely demolished The fur
rure, beds, carpets and cooking utensils literally
scatte,es the wind. All the ouhoases tag and shes.
stacks caus hi and s~ep. Oft Not the most
mote susp,con Of encs remained upon tue pennies
Happily, MI Foreman and bis family were absent from
home bsd iheS oeen 10 Tho eouse, ,aey maa, nevis
by have heep crushed N death.
Mex. N the direct OF the furious vhirwlnd vas
tto house of Mr. Ryscreit, well knovn farmar Ees,
BY psovdehtiai erpos,tioD, The swerved
from street tine, snd gassed within twenty feet o,
ed al the fences prosuatsd, aud every mqvoabie
sfiicie carried eli l. 10 a singular fact, thai tha
arse Gem In Wfdcst creek, near me rastepce
Of NJ Ry ecra sud directly IN he course of tho :Iru4io
*ss bsied sDost cry. Mr.. Bull vodcnes tbaS large
turtle found me game evening pesry q mil.
,cn creek rhe next house epcon.ereS wse that o.
T. Rze On The bank Of tho Wildcat IL Cas cub
stsnt structure, but vie fury o! tie eoro1
cred II 10 Fragments in the twinkling OF eve Warnsc
br tee rpmbrg pcise ~bcn ptecec ed the whrlwIud
enYe fspiiy BY com im9use sought refuge il be
cellar, escaped uuniored NJ Rzer's less Will no.
fall eeors If $3.50 ls nhe orchard wAs almost entirely
oeeSroyed,
Fruit es, twelve to sixteen riches in diameter were
taken by toe foots sod carried over two hundred as
ibe B'osping teifr Vircebt Dyo Charles Serrii, VII.
IAN SnodoS, ME- Band ant H. PEERS Sustained more
jsnsRe Tbe whrl@ind cue clean swaih through
beautiful grove OF timber belonging TO Mrs Snoidy
strip Of aouny laid as,e about two bupd1eo Yards
wo,b upd three niles IN ierg;h The tornado had rpent
rs force before reaching loe county line OF Citation
ana G'd 40 fur her damege E's. Petsra and Mrs
Brand were, be only persons Injured, spd they out
sebty. This WEE the fat tornado experienced 10 this
he5ispt, and, coDederirg It's extent snd DURATION,
perhaps more destructive TO properly than any record
From tho indianapolis Journal
The approach OF tie tornado vas ked oy si,eusr
appearance Of the clouds. gentleman running the
lafayette railroad told me that they searcd TO be almost
red Up the Peru road, Hr. Eogneef Davis informs
the obstruction of timer surpassed any toipg
Twenty four bown The track in
drtance Of bali milo go, ana thonsauds were prog
tTa;ed on both snes far as the could reaca. In
many cases tic tops of The trees at about aty feet from
the ground, we're twed OF ADD blown through the air
for considerable distances. inc only house IN sgh OF
the road leg one, blown all 10 paoes. The country
habtsnis the injury might have been terrible 70 per-
sons we'll as tmper
SPEcULATUNs IN GUAHo.-A sudden and some
what mysterious movement In Baltimore has recently
csosed advance 10 price Of Peruvian ga.no Dealers
aRe, believe in expsnaton Of this rise that al 10 the
sgepte hapos has becn good faith disposed Of but this
~ very doubtful The amount OF this kind OF Ruapo I'm
ported tos year IN t~'ce, DOT thr nuob s in 1865,
ard fn,egn sslss have been lees. In at6on to tna,
intelligence has been received from Cac that 5000 tous
ehpped il Tho month OF Juno which ray reasonably
be eSrecnd here 10 September and that twelve
tbtps, averaging probably than coo each
londrg at the CbDcba slspds for Hampton Rosds most
OF which may be expected Mt this port in October;
70 u may 90 confidently calculated that the guam.
fity of Peruvian Ruano which will have eotered
tie Chesapeake Ba5 10 tn. let OF November next
gebsr with that ytore The LIST Of Jeouary
scsicey he cse than 4OC0 chs for the years supply
1t IL evioont reore that there aycai.y some
Imu saies must have been sde to qu1; purchasers
rbcn in time will be cancelled 10 sut their convenience
or r'rrpps TIE Patrnce agent may nave voluntarily
COZ pSeu nj moboroy BY placing inKoenso quaatieso
aoaro % iea bands oi two Operators. We know
10. Row thas may be- but tbls sro~, that ask
I'D extra rice for graro OF Tho farmer end planter under
WeseNs circumstances, Is wrong, and, insisted %,
base imposition Hence advise the public 20 be IN
bury about bayrg and seoner thpn psy this
bot 10 use pcruvsn guano all. Thsre other
rosss equally az good, aud Of them superior Bal
n'noTc Citi7U, august II.