, 1860-06-11

An Appeal to the Religious Public.
Measures OF Relief Elsewhere.

Arss writing we liked its supposed Limits be-
tween the vicinity Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on
the west, aud the heart Of Lee County, Illinois.
on the east. This distance ofover one hundred
miles then gave belt varying in width from
twenty rods to one half q mile, along vlose en-
tire length fearful bosom of dest. t.uctio:: nad
swept, leaving behind it ruined villages, ,devsst,
ed farms and manifold dis6 CURED victims.
The entire workmanship Of ans hands had
been but the playthings Of th sto m demon.
Strong buildings had bowed like card castles,
crops had been ruined in the ,'elds orchards
torn and rent, and the cattle and herds slain in
the pastures.
Along this entire tract went up a vail
Of anguish over homesteads destroyed and
households cpt of, in some instances not one
euryiyor remaining. All this We heard aud
from The few details Imagination could supply
the worst. But each day has added 10 the news
OF the disaster, each mail has brought us fresh
accession to the horrors Of Sunday evening,
when a fercer tornado than ever in the
memory Of man visited the tropics. passed over
an extent Of country, as it now seems from
Western Iowa across Illinois, across the lake
and thence into the heart Of Michigan, dis
tance ofupwards Of four hundred miks.
DISASTERS IN nAnnrx COUNTY, IOWA.
Intelligence received from Iowa in this eity
on Saturday from an intelligent gentleman be-
longing in this city refers to fea1ful visitation
Of tornado in Hardin county, On Sunday after
noon, which did great deal Of injury in and
around New Providence, Quaker village, which
the hurricane passed directly through, prostra-
ting some dozen OF more of the twenty five or
thirty DWELLINGS, in the place, and badly damag~
ing all but two. The houses Of the following
citizens were completely swept in scattered
fragments over the prairie, to wit: those of Df.
Jesaup. Henry Wytham, David Hunt, Eleazer
Andrews, DR.. Tulass, Charles Bucklaw, Amos
Wyth, Anson II. Mulford, and the tavern Of
William Cook.
Several persons were seriously injured,
among whom are Henri Wytbam and son;
(his wife MAS raised ont Of the cellar By the
wind, but escaped With come bruises j Henry
Bliss, Sarah Sanderson (uearly killed,) Alfred
Dorlard, Samuel Shcrmer aud little son.
None Of these are expected to lire. Mrs. Dr..
L..
children had wonderful escape, their houses
being swept away from over their heads, and
they escaping unipjured.
Many Of the families have lost every thing
they had-houses and even their elothiog and
eatab!es. Many more would doubtless hare re-
ceived personal injuries at New Providence, but
for the fact that nearly all the citizens we're ab
sent at the village Of Bangor, ten miles distant,
whittier they bad gone to attend Quaker meet
ing. They returned to find their houses in ruins,
aud their friends and neighbors in pain and
despair.
Methodist meeting was in progress in the
New Providence school house when the tornado
came upon the town. The building, with the
people in it, WAS moved some five feet, and the
doors and windows destroyed, but no one in.
jured.
In other towns in the southern portion Of
Hardin County much damags WIS also done.
At place called P1itchard's Grove, the brick
house Of Mr.. Divine was blown into heap Of
ruins, aud six persons, all members of Mr. DIS
sons are reported killed in that vicinity. A
small place called Quebec, about tise miles west
Of New Providence, consisting Of some half
dozen dwellings, is reported to hare been en-
tirely destroyed. Some twenty five miles south
Of Iowa Falls, on what is called the Marietta
road, the timber VAS all prostrated within the
range Of the storm, and number of farm-
houses are demolished.
1t Fort Dodge, on the day Of the storm,
terrific hail and rain storm prevailed Mt ahout
the same time the tornado swept over New
Providence, aud for a time threatened serious
consequences. At Webster City, some twenty.
five miles east ol Fort Dodge, nearly :" :; :,
window panes on the west si"-i, of II. ho,..
were riddled al If ~ shot, and coming a1onr
eastward = the stage, we hear of more or less
damage all through the country, though Har-
din county appears to be the greatest sufferer,
The amount Of property destroyed in the coun-
IT, including that at New Providence, IS esti-
mated ut over hundred thousand dollars
The unfortunate peopsse Of New Providence and
vicinity arein destitute and really suffering cir
cumstances, it is reported, by this misfortune.
on the lake this fearful visitation was water
spout, and not Tor weeks, if ever, will be known
whom il made its victims. Grateful indeed
should our lake shore communities be that the
storm demon was guided By a course to the
lake which gave it lew victims-had it passed
over our city or any equally dense Community.
the Imagination shrinks from coutcmplatine
what would have been the results.
A letter from Cedar Rapida On the stb inst
says:
We continue to receive from Tho Woo, 1oa-t
sickeninG accounts Of the terrible desol4tions
*louRnt oy tae awful tornado Of Sunday last
ttate Tint sixteen rs-snr <..a 1.;Ha 1:nao,e, =:
southwestern part OF Hardin County, ninety
miles northwest OF this city, and u much larger
Indan,o-n 1;sisas ~ aisp !p9 tnmorea tnat
western part Of Tsna County. was destroved,
but the account WAS not confirmed by positive
4nNe'"seD'e
LOSS or THE scHooSER HANNAH SELMA
The only Lake disaster known e, vct waa
sadly announced by the finding of a small ve,.
sci keel upwards of Gros Point about 10 mile,
north Of this city, as briefly referred to in mn
last Issue.
On nsa,urday the tug Mcoueen went mt n III.
unfortunate cr,ft. and .nrc.edea n hr;.o;n.
her INTO port, aud she has been r;pb,ed .nd
pumped out. Shs proved 10 be- The sco4
schoouer Hannah Selma. Of this port. loaded
with wood. Her upper work. are a}mo,t en-.
tirely gone, ropes severed, sails torn into rib
bons. topmasts and Yards shattered and III,
upper p,rt Of her cabin oone Frn1 +he an
pearance Of the vessel, 1t is evident that ,bt
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