Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-06-16
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TERRIBLE TORNADO

TERRIBLE TORNADO.
Oas Hundred ana Ten Lives Lest
between Cedar Rapids and Ats.
~, 1ll..-OvsP Tive Hundred In.
jursA-.SS Fatally.-2O0 Head ~
Cattle and Morses Killed.-Ovsr
eaOe,ooo worth sf Property Dss-
sreysA.
About 81 o'clock, last Sunday evening,
occurred the most terrible storm which
this region ever experienced. The lorna.
do consisted Of two wings--one sweeping
to the northward. and the other to the
southwark Of this city--in which the awful
working Of the reused elements could be
distinctly seen BY Us as they swept on
their maddening course. The noise was
like o stupendous cataract, and all turned
palo as they listened. The formation of
the water-spout or whirlwind which was
in the south wing Of the storm was wit
messed by large number of our ci,izens,
being 6rst seen bellying and surging down
from the clouds, and twisting and writing
like huge worm till it finally reached the
earth and became an hour lass-shap ped
column rushing wildly onward with the
gale. The column looked to be about q
quarter Of mile high, ard four to Eve
rods through the smallest part--an awful.
ly sublime and magnificent spectacle
The cloud which passed over Cedar Rap
ids appeared 70 be as full Of force as tn ose
at the sides, but fortunately rose too high
TO do much damage; directly overhead
the clouds we're of purple hue. bordered
on the van by pitchy black. and the rear
BY gray and lurid white, constantly illu-
minated by flashes Of lightning. The north
wing of the storm was much more extsn-
sive than the other, aud comprised the
real tornado 50 far as the effects prove,
aud had the appearance Of q mountain
mass of heavy, inky colored clouds crash
ing along the surface Of the ground. To
The north east, between Marion and Lis
bon. the two wings combined, and the aw.
full force thus concentrated sxooped round
passing again near our city. then rushed
away to the eastward to deal death and
destruction to the unsuspscting families
who happened ia the storm tends path
The course Of the storm. after leaving this
vicinity, was due east till it reached the
Mississippi. though verging GU. of line in
some places from eve TO ten miles. We
give an account Of the calamities 40 they
come TO our knowledge:
To begin where the tornado first com
menced about Ave miles north Of Cedar
Rapids, FIRST We have the dwelling Of Mr..
Parks, which was unroofed, and all the
out-buildinRs destroyed. Chapan Howard
AID Sarah Smith we're badly injured while
standing in the yard.
Then the course of the tornado was q
little south Of east, and the next dwelling
We come to is that Of Mr.. Wooley's. This
is good sized frame house. |, was turn
ed over three times. Mr.. Wnoley's family
present were himself, wife and two daugh-
ters, one of which, aged about FIVE years.
was instantly killed Mr.. Woaley had
every bone in his left hand broken. be-
tween the wrist and first joints Of his fn-
gers Mrs. Wooley and little girl had
taken refuge in the cellar. but after the
house had been moved the wind lifted
both Of them from the cellar and lauded
them in the brush sbou, five rods from the
house. The last thing Mr.. Wooley remem.
bers doing ia the house, was trying to put
the key in the key hole. When he came
to he Was about sifty feet from where the
house stood, clinYing to stump. He
started to tho assistance Of his wife, when
the wind again took him aud carried him
into = creek about ten rods distant, and
when he came to his senses he was trying
to extricals himself IRON the creek by
cliuging to the willows. The little girl
that was killed was lying on the bed, as
leep, at the time, and life was extinct
when found by her parents.
We have merely mentioned the build
ings where accidents occurred. Barns, sheds
ami out houses were demolished, wagons
carried a quarter OF a mile and broke all
10 splinters, fences were strewed in every
conceivable manner, trees uprooted and
carried from tea feet to as many rods, or
chards are ruined, aud in short everything
that came in its way was moIe or less de.
stroyed.
Its course was abou, due east, and the
width about half mile.
The cloud TO the southwark passed over
the town Of Shueyvllle. destroying two
buildings, and thsn passed on through
Banner Valley, unrooling the Lutheran
church. No lives were lost in either of
the above places. 1t then took a south
easterly direction towards Cedar river,
passing through the Rogers settlement,
seven miles from Cedar Rapids, on the
west side Of the river, destroying the
dwellings OF Mr.. Thompson and Mr..
Carns. Mr.. earns son was instantly kill.
ed. A child years old was carried by
the storm a distance Of miles over the
Cedar river. The destroying 6end then
,ovk jump. and the next we noticed Of
the work was at St. Marys, small hamle,
2 miles south OF Nj. Vernon.
The Mt. Vernon News, in an extra,
gives an account of the storm. A place
called St. Marys was blown 10 fragments
and many killed and wounded. The fol.
lowing names Of killed .re reported: W,
VAIN, Patrick Lynch, Columbus Sparks,
Clarkaon Thompson, and boy unknown,
whose body was carried across the river in
the storm. The names Of sone Of the
injured are Family Of Mr.. Cunningham,
daughter, mortally; Stephen Smith, NOR
tally family Of James Burge family Of
J. Smith. and H. II. Fuller.
After il left St. Marys it took another
Jump Of about two miles over the main
portion Of the village Of Lisbon to the de
pot where it was Joined by the tornado
that made such havoc and destruction
north Of this place, but Is reports Of all
kinds come to ". We left Tor Camanche on
Tuesday morning and gathered the FOL
lowing particulars along the line Of the
Railroad.
Al Lisbon, 3 warehouses, Goodrich's
eating house, two dwellings, and two lum.
Der yards, are oil stove ~ 6ns - kindling
wood. One car bed Vas carried more
than 40 roda into q Geld of oats. Thu