The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-06
rrLEGRAPHIC NEWS.
1Igeper,ea for the Richmond Dispatch.
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
,ve Kindred AND FIFTY LIVES LOST.

s. In lliiheis and lewa-Great De-
fe"e,iem Of Life and Property-Whole
S..n. Dcs,rsy~d-R abroad Trains
nsshcd 10 Pieces Blew az Wiimi ngton,
i, g., &c.
,m,c,eo. June A terrible tornado swept
-" Tsstesa Iowa aud Northwestern ILL.,
'' last night, which has caused more de-
n o OF life and property. especially at
,.,ton Iowa, than any similar visitation re.
.,.mt.rsd The towns Of Camanche, Iowa,
m's lhsny Illinois. were completely demol.
az In the former thirty-tWo dead bodies
,sns s already been discovered, and there were
a as,is mum Der under the ruins OF demolished
s"iSirrs In Albany 1--WE OF six dead bodies
e". teen found, aud there are some nifty per-
as wounded, some seriously. NO list OF the
s,,.os has been received
VIZ, r. dos tructicn was csi ealiy great at Nor
Illinois. Mrs. Richardson, Mr.. aud
~ Darr George Rowor,h and hoy named
lam were killed and Thomas Dighy,
,ns'n1sn,,n Lathe and wife, Mr.. Richmond and
nss,n Mann were seriously injured.
MI widen several persons Were killed, and
1.'asn peYscns in the vicinity were badly in
jared 1900, ...> ,,,;,as ,,,.,s
and it's reported that over ten persons
p',, r,lIed there and number badly IL INJURED
~ Moss. and n child named Biiisby, were
Ned; also, a daughter OF Mr.. Sackett, a boy
.synsa Noyihway, and Mr.. Wright.
Anna course OF the tornado WAS almost due
AS, from the Mississippi, TO Rock River
Tnsre IS scarcely house or barn, in the dirsc /
,-srs o. half a mile IN width. LETT Standing
Th, total loss of life cannot be less than sixty.
W. loss in property has, OF course, not been
-.sr,ained. bat must be very large.
Si.~,s-The names Of the killed at 4 lbany,
,,,,,o,. ale a. follows: DR. Buck, l. Enner,
Nm Sweat, two children OF Mr.. kiley, and
Miss RYDER missing.
ua-v S.agc.D Sgsgg, Mrs. Siocum.
RAY Injured Mr.. Perkins. Mrs. Sweat,
N,s Cooper and child, Mrs. McMann, Mrs.
Sic. Moses Bishcr. wl!e ana ch!id Mrs.
s'ie- Mr. Ostrauaer. and several others.
nuh,c meeting of the citizens OF Fulton
- ,asoly.d 10 furnish the sufferers with
homes and assistance
TsYcONp DISPATCH.
.,,,r,ao lime the tornado was fir st
.,a,t.a5 hatwren Maricn and Cedar Rapids,
I'm coup,y Iowa, gong north, south, eas t
and west Three separate currents crossed the
,rsck of The Chicago Railroad several times.
A, IiSbou the depot and warehouse were
n,,erly deulslis he'd and a train of ten heavily
laden freigh: cars was lifted from the track
and dashed 10 pieces
BEFORE reaching Lisbon. the tornado killed
sixteen persons
through Mechanicsviiie and demolished the
rlsce killing sixteen persons.
Another current passed through Union
Grove killing seventeen persons in that vi
u,
killing twenty persons, of whom sixteen
belonged 10 the family of Thomas Hatfield
II then passed still further South over the
towns OF Ronersal aud I.ammoor destroying
The house OF David Willard and killing him
and a portion OF his family.
|; then struck the town of Camanchee. on
,hp Mississippi, at which point the less Of life
was much greater than AT first reported, not
less than iity-five lives being destroyed al this
nlaee alone One hundred and twenty FIVE
rersous We're woundeG-some fatally. Ten
aIe missing
A large timber raft, with 4 crew of "a men
and Two women, WAS scattered, and II men
and boz h women lost.
The tornado Travelled dis lance OF so miles
in Iowa, and - i'll Illinois.
The loss OF life is estimated at $50.
Two trans were rnn every hour yesterday,
from Clinton 10 the scenes of disaster, To af-
ford relief 10 the sufferers.
LOUISVILLE, June 5 There was violen t
but bret storm yesterday, here and on the
Lebanon branch OF tle Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, des troyiug buildings and crops
and Trees III Marion and Bullitt counties.
ST. Louis, June THE storm Saturday
was severe at Alton, Illinois, and did DANA sc
10 the extent OF SlOt,"u0. The Roman Catho-
lac Church was completely wrecked; the
Episcopal Church lost lis steeple, aud was
badly damaged !: the Methodist Church fell
through the root. doing m Ich damage, and The
"Dem0crat' office was badly injured. Tie
hail was also very severe. There We're many
narrow escapes, but no lives lost.
Northern Missouri also suffered extremely.
WILMINGTON, n. C., June 5A terrible
gale passed over This place this morning. Its
course was from Southwest to Northeast
Several houses were unrooied, and fences and
chimneys Frustrated, and river steamers aud
shipplng damaged, but no lives were lost