Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-06-03
ra.rfa, rorpaao in Illinois.


Loss of Life-Great Destruction OF Houses
Stock, and other Property
FCorrespondence Of the St. Louis Republican, OF SteF
day-I
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, May ~
Yesterday evening a terrible storm and tor
nado passed over a portion this county tMor-
gam doing much damage both to life and prop
erty, The storm appears to have originated
in the Southwest. The damage done Is as fol-
lows
A house belonging to Joseph Fry, about
eight miles southeast of here, was destroyed,
and the tenants wife, Mrs. Richard Rout, a
child of Mr.. George Vanzant, and a Portu-
uuese bow, were all killed. The child we un-
derstand, was found in a c@istern..
A house. belonging to Mr.. Bedford Brown
was blown down, and his son Samuel kilied-
A house belonging to and occupied by vi
Barnabas Barrows was destroyed, anu We "o
informed, two Of his children missing
A house, about nine miles south OIL mere
owned and occupied by Mr.. Jesse llenry' was
blown down, but what other damage lone We
have not learned.
4 house southeast of here, belonging to ia
cob SAMPLES was destroyed, and his son-in-la",
a man named Thomas killed. A man named
Jonathan Carlyle, was also killed, and ms
house torn down. We have heard OF several
Others being killed in that neighborhood, but
as vet have not learned who they are I'll
course. fences. barns, horses, &c, are IN the
same category.
Very many apersons have had their limbs
broken. Several horses have been killed by
the stables falling on them. Fences are so
badly used up that in ~'rne places IT Is mpos-
sible to find a rail where the fence was. Those
persons we mentioned as being killed were lit
eraIly mashed to pieces, 50 as scarcely to he
recognized. We are very fearful that when
all is known fully it will be even worse than
anticipated.
On The Great Western Railroad, two ears
which were standing on a switch, were run and
off turned over on the track, so tiiat the tram
30 coming here from Springfield, was delayed I'M
til midnight. The rain fell in torrents all over
the ~coiintrs, and was accompanied by thunder
and lightning.
The storm made its appearance in the south
west, at 4 0 clock p ~ 1t seemed at first
about the size of a mans head Its first APP
pearannee was that Of a fountain boiling over.
It increased in size, throwing small cloud-like
folds from the clouds TO the earth, increasing
IN width and violence as it approached the
earth.
- As lar as heard from, it began in Calhoun
county, carrying everything, men, houses,
barns, fences, trees and cattle with it, from
Manchester to a distance of twelve miles, d-
rectly northeast. We can count thirty-slx
dwelling houses, with all the barns and out
houses destroyed. The number of killed, as
far as heard from, are Mrs. Rout, a son Of Geo.
Fanr1ant. Samuel Brown, a Portuguese in the
employ Of Mr.. Rout, Jonathan Carlyle, Ja-
3 cob Sample and wife, and Mr.. Thomas. There
ARE about fifty seriously, if not mortally wound
ed. sMost o 1them, it is feared, must die.
TO give an idea of the force of the storm, |
have IN my possession a stone weighing
three pounds that was lifted up and carried
siHty4eet,, passing through a window, four feet
from the floor. The floor and partition of a
school room, twenty by thirty feet, was carried
away, with heavy timber, and cannot all be
found within two miles of the place. A wind
5 mn was carried over four hundred yards with
pipes, pumps, &C., the small end foremost
There il not ten feet square within the route
of the storm that has not got rails, boards,
&c, stuck in the ground, SO that no one can
easily pull them out. Whole partitions OF
houses are gone and cannot be found. A man
riding IN 4 field was blown from his horse, the
saddle torn off and carried about two miles
from the place.
No one can form an idea of the terrible eff
fects of this storm, which lasted but five min
utes, with but little rain. The loud was very
bright, While on either side it was so dark as
not to be able to distinguish objects.
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