, 1860-05-25

and osanpiedsbt Nr:aGis.1er, ~ers removed
from their fnu udatlouA q large building, on
State street;; owned: by NJ. Souers, WAS un-
rooted 4 portion Of ,thc frunt Of Mr. Daily's
dwelling. ms Iazed. 70: the ground. The glass
and sash III the Iarge> open front buildings,
destEo: ed. The dwellings, Of George Barnard
and John Sanders were severely injured BY fy-
ing rails. boards and timber. The entire roof
ct AeGinleY's new mill was taken oT. and sew
eFat windows stove in.-FFhheir damage IS eoa-
siderable The L. part Of Col. Stones house
Was lodged in Hr. Harriugton's yard, several
rods distant, and every chimney on his elegant
new brick khousssWsAtdKow1 down. SomalouE
OF tlTe freight csrs were taken by tie wind and
run cornpfately over State street, and that too,
without any track. The stables OF &. Eldrich,
Mr. Rich, Mr. Reed, LIT. Lyon, and how many
more We know not, came out Of the 6rses< m 4
deplorab'e state. There is scarcely an out
honse standing on the North Side.' At least
one hundred chlmney1 were blown down. So
far as trees are concerned, our town looks like
a"ftlfd piece" Locusts, = foot in diameter,
were twisted of, as ono would twist tender
tHig. Garden fences wers nowhere.
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So far Is va have learned, only John Rose,
Geo. Bsta.?s st52fi Fl aSE ,ds.a5 pink
place, were injured. Nr. Rose is seriously hurt.
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WV. Woods fthree miles from town. house
9ud ;barn were unroofed. 4 portion of Mr,
Rehsfds house vas demolished, and his new
pafMracKed severely. He had store aud a
large toe OF furniture destroyed. Judge Uar-
pess barn bit the dust, and that Of the Misses
hoon, was removed from its foundation. a fine
nouse, belonging to Judge Harper, In process Of
ned - feet north, feet west, and left in very
seemly condition.
FINK PRA1R1k.
seferai houses were partially, and some en-
tlEely destroyed at Pink Prairie- The dwellings
Of Af- brown, Vim. Duncan. Mr. Little and
otnefs we're; more or less injured. One man.
Whoae name We hare forgot, was severely hurt.
Inc tornado was very terrific on Pink Prairie.
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The destruction by the wind at this place was
great. The store Of T. F. Davenport, Esq. VAS
able stock Of goods, WAS found Monday morn
lng, 3avinS aEuund promiscuous1y. over m area
Of o4e hundred acres. The steam mill was de-
stro3ed, besides several valuable houses.
SPRING cRxEk.
4tSpHng Greek, the house Of Mr. Hort Of
New York, Of which Harry Jones' is agent, oc.
cupied BY Sit. Razor, Was tsken up by the wind,
isas1ag Large and interesting family" sit
mersanlts for some twenty rods, it hi: ridge
and, therefore, could not, by its most intimate
aeqaaintanees, be distinguished from pile Of
rubbish: Narrow chance for R,zors family,
but miss is as good ~ mile.
RAILROAD BRIDGE.
| The long covered Railroad Bridge Of the G,
I. Railroad, over Rock River, was blown
dowh and is d perfect wreck. This will be a
sesious Inconvenience to the company, besides
beiHg. sevese loss It will, doubtless, be
speedily rebuilt.
The amount Of .dau,age done in this town, we
cannot, ~ this time, estimate; but it is very
large, and falls heavily upon come Of the suffer-
eEs.' We nearly forgot to mention that several
Of ohr citizens received calls from the wind,
which left Its cards in the shape Of chimney
less1 houses, broken windows, shattered cor
nices, &C., among whom. were Ms. T. Soule,
Geo; Perry, Or. Morse, Dr. Wells, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Macarthur, Nr. Warrington, John Wiltshire. Per-
~ & spaulding. and numerous others, whose
names We cannot now cau to mind. They would
do veil to heed so emphatic warning.