The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-06-07
Terrific Tornado.--Many Lives lost.

A terrible tornado passed over East.
ern Iowa and northwestern Illinois
Sunday evening last, by which over
one hundred lives were lost, and in
some instances whole towns were de-
molished. From all that can be learned,
it appears that the track of the tornado
extends from the heart of Lynn county,
Iowa, near Cedar Rapids, the present
terminus of the Chicago, Iowa & Ne
braska Railroad, in a generally north
east direction across Clinton county,
crossing the Mississippi at Camanche
and Albany,-towns fronting each
other respectively on the Iowa and Hi
nois shores, and thence maintaining it's
course towards the centre of the State
across Whiteside into Lee county, its
latest ravages heard from being near
Lee Centre.
The entire distance thus traversed is
upwards of one hundred. miles, and
that through a populous and fertile
farming region, with thriving towns
some Of which, fell in the path of the
destroyer. At Clinton, Iowa. it COM
menced at 7:30 in the evening, and al
though lasting but D minutes, it caused
more destruction to life and property
than any similar storm that has ever
visited this portion of the country.
The town of Camanche, Iowa, and
Albany, ILL.,, on the opposite side of the
river, and five miles south of Clinton,
were completely demolished. In the
former place thirty-two dead bodies
have already been taken from the ruins,
still there are number that cannot be
got at. In Albany five or six dead
bodies were found with about SO
wounded, some seriously, and have not
yet been able to obtain list of the VIC
Tins. The citizens of Fulton, ILL.,, and
Clinton, Iowa, are doing everything
for the relief of the sufferers from 9TH
err towns on the route of the tornado.
that can be reached. A despatch to
the Press Dc Tribune, says that the des-
truction to life and property at Morri-
son, ILL.,, is equally great.
The storm passed some two miles
northeast of Amboy, ILL.,, destroying
houses, barns and fences, killing 10
persons and injuring many more. A
despatch from Sterling, dated June 4th
says: A terrible tornado passed about
three miles south of this city last night,
unrooting houses and entirely demol-
ishing others, killing several persons.
and breaking the limbs and otherwise
manning great many more. We also
learn that at Lynden, twelve miles
south of here, the tornado was even
more destructive. The physicians and
people generally from this cily have
turned out to aid the sufferers.
A correspondent of the Press de- Tr;-
6a'ae, writing from Dewitt, ILL.,, saws
The southern portion of our town was
visited by most fearful tornado be-
tween the hours of and Z P. NJ. SUM-
day, leveling everything in its course.
and carrying sorrow and death to verv
many families. The entire number of
deaths cannot be known at this early
hour, but from l6 to lS are known to
nave been killed. Vehicles are now
leaving for the country to bring in the
dead. Eleven dead bodies now lie in
the old De Witt House awaiting tho
action OF the Coroner. Some of them
are fearfully mangled. The city prop
er seems to have escaped injury, with
the exception of broken fences, &C.,