Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-12
Violent Storms Of Rain, Han and VINO
Crops Destroysd---Loss q Life IN Io-
"a and Illinofss-. Shockin. Scenes

"a and Illinoiss-. Shocking Scenes
The unu.,alIv cool weather which we are nov,
almos. in the middle Of Jsne. experiencing 10 &c
.onn,oJ s,r hv the iraouent occurrence Of violent
and destructive storms of rain. hail and wind, in
almost every section of the country. The or press
train rum baltimore for Wheeling was attacked
hv ,be heayiess kind of hail storm whilst psssng
| Tyanberrv summit on Thursday evening. The
| hail IL Ia stated ruttled down upon the CARTONS
like n never. ending charge of grape shot. and in
such immense quantities rs to nearly obscure the
track.
There was also heavy hail.torm on Thursday
| on tho National road, west of Wheeling. and 1t
| was with difficulty that horses caught upon the
road were kept from running away. The horses
! attached to an omnibus coming east became
frightened and tried to run away. the windows OF
the vehicle were broken, the passengers jumped
out to DO peted, and the greatest alarm was &C.
casioned.
On Friday afternoon last destructive tornado
passed over the vicinity Of Norfolk, Va. There
waA not much rain, but the wind blew with great
violence accompanied by hail The Norfolk Day
Book after stating that the storm was preceded by
a heavy, dark cloud, which suddenly divided,
saws:
The cloud that passed of in the direction of
Tanners Creek gathered strength Us IL went, and
when it reached Mr. WIN. Jones farm, on Little
Creek. had become almost whirlwind. In It's
course it took up trees Frustrated fences, and nl-
most destroyed vegetation In Mr.. Jones' field
tho tomato vines were uprooted and sent sailing
through the air while bushes and limbs OF trees
rode upon the wind like things Of life
The cloud that passed of in the direction OF
Craney Island cut across the county in the rear ct
( Portsmouth, and swept everything before it
what tho wind did not pluck up the hail cut
down, and it's breadth Is said To have boon rs de-
vnstating us the much dreaded smooon Of Egypt.
Cabbnges were destroyed. tomato vines torn up,
two instances houses unroofed.
At Weldon, on Friday evening, there was q
violent tornado. A letter to the Petersburg Press
says:
Tho whole of Col, u. NJ Longs growing crop
Of corn and cotton Ia swept clean, and not n soil
tary stalk left standing on the plantation. Every
plantation il seriously injurcd The roof OF Hap.
por's Hotel WINS blown 'uE and large number uf
trees uprootcd in the town and vicinity Col j.
Il Inlicon,.r has hut ono CHIMNEY left to his
house, aud a tree has fallen three feet through
the roof
We continue to receive the n ost painful &C.
counts Of the terrible tornado in Western Illinois
and Eastern Iowa. on the 3rd instant No similnr
calamty ever Inns bcpon TO eaual this one in ac
tunl destruction of-Gte and property. md in all
the attendant frightful circumstances. Severe
as the storm VIA, and great as wns tho damage
done ON the Illinois aide of the Mississippi river.
tho storm visited with far greater violence tho
section IF Iowa living between Cedar Rupids and
tho riyer An extra of tho Mount Vernon. News
Linn county, Iowa, contains thrilling accounts of
the tornado and ts disastrous effects in TINT quar-
tor. We quote the following:
Tho wh,rlwipd when first seen nrobably six
or seven miles nwny had tho nppenrance of Il
lar.c black SHIFT or column. shnpcd like mn IN.
,ipht hour.rlnss. oxtcndin, from n tremendous
threatening cloud which for some time had been
bnngin, over the West Ia the ground Hundreds
heur,up directly toward. Mount Vernon. II was
attended with "A heavy ROM. rs of n hundred
trains of ears Branches of trees could he seen
in the mir. while irs chnnrirr form and tho fakes
of clouds, thrown from H. sides showed its whirl
ine motion. When within two mile. If us while
/ nonnic WEI, se.kiny saf.tv in collars mr. M in
some eases, running wildly nbuut the streets. il
veerod ON III course, and swept by in full sight
sublime but fearful
Hardly had il pas.cd ere n balfdrcssc3 man.
bleeding from wounds upon his head. md reelipo
upon his horsc. rode tsrio " into town calling
for helm. Talking incpherentIy. he repor,ed ner
sups killed and others injured ut li,te villaue or
bamIr, one and n. hnlt miles west known az 8,
Mnry's In n f,w minutes hundreds were on
I their wny there. Tho wild s.rne dcsolo,;on
they found bcrsars description. We had imaoin-
cd the horrors Of battle field. but never bad nic
tureJ ANYTHING 40 wiul M the si,bt or ,hnse n,or
victims. l,sabieJ dyinr and dead
.rhe power ami force IF this ",iemon of the Gle.
ments" must have been immense. We reached
tho uath of it's fury less than An hour nftsr il
went bowling on. We found n hundred men
atnnliue around mutc and nybnst. 81, Tho ,ntfsrcrs
Ind been borne away. but there were other eyi.
lcnces of it's fearful mission. Houses zone. ut.
terly gone. and nothing but blnckon,d nrd smca.
| red foundations told wht re- thew had been tree.
one and two feet in diameter md even lnryer nm
rooted and hurled many rods. robbed of branches
| and foliage carcasses OF horses cattle and swine
| strcwed the former harnvnrd
| And ga, ,be ,rnck of tho ,vh;r,;ru dom,, Urn.
! not moie than twenty rods in wid,hcwe sncoL IF