The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-09
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- SfRallSo, Ill, June 3. 1sua
q wS0teme4 {eeeprddy frs5m ~ n, ~ =.
~usacee. while there The siRht that n,.. A
As Pefsectly horrible to look upou. A., !,
pen y adequate to the task Of couve, ~, ~ ~.
.A'ns idea OF the dis s,rons cecta ii she
: e.. pissed ov,r that place.
n;,,a ana cattle are lying in eyery directie,
I .Me1 from the effects Of the storm, The hr;l,
M =, "ok as snougts they had all been torn
s'"'u IragmcntA scattered over the whola Co.,
sry, and feathers from the bed clothes linz sh
, Icno, ana then eli had been over.svept M
We went into one building where vrrc sf,..,
Oodaes, some mangled in the most ftiehtfnl ma,
usI,and only wrapped up in . ssest, ana put I'M.
rough pox. ready for burial.
! " nowell. Of Fulton, Informed us that ffen
SUNDAY evening to Monday noon he had v;s;t..d
limbs. 's-s1W oroker
Is saw fesaty-eigM dead bodies, and .hcre A..
e'Knty'two that require strict medical
~" ~ many more that are more or less hur, -,
: afe sosc TO b. around. "a addition to this r,,.,
~ ~ nty.cisht were swept from ran IN ~
n.es tnat was 'ssing the time, and len are v..s
a.ssl Ir"sn tne town. that are supposed TO ~.
aud drowned. '"'o "'c river
with the exception Of half doseu hou.c. ar,
."c no "a side Of the town, csery sisole 6;Ly,.,
aged. ''e' WISE oam-
worse sight M human eve ever behs,a -,
tne neart grows sick IN seeing such 4 tlrstrn',;
a. -. a"a property The town is entirely ruin
T' ana we 90 not see how it can ever he r,.,nilt
..;.e, ae wno'e blocks OF Its that are vacant.
entirely, with nothng but the cellar ~ ;nd;"..s
mat house ever stood there.
we saw part Of wagon consist;pr or ~,
Forward axletree and one hub, and no NOR. ar /.
could be found ~ "'o'e :"
| Out OF the contents Of three dry goods s,or..
found. - e~9 ''"'e e'er oeen
~, The tornado struck the town little past seven
oe'oeA, ana IN less than ten minutes the whole
was in ruins. After it had passed. the town ~
al ahoat with water; all that could began ,r r,,n
from place to place screaming ut the ton of fha;r
voices, calling for friends and FOR children T.
every pile of rubbish, and from every demol;sh
Cd house, the groans Of the diving and wounded
were heard. and as the sound came from ever.
part OF the town, no one knew where to 90 trss
Inc darkness occasioned by the black clouds the
air being hlie1 with rubbish Of every con. .s;,a
BILE character, and the near approach Of n;ah.
rendered the scene still more appalling and snch
ws'i OF iamentation, sorrow and woe never went
up from any place in the history of tornadoes as
DID from this ruined and DESTROYED city. Noths
ing could be found 10 bind up the wounds Of The
suuerihg, no medicines were to be got. and the |
waits OF the mother over her dead children. the \
anguish OF wife over the lifeless remains Of y
husband, the father over his slaughtered child |
rem, hunting in vain for his wife-all these are |
scenes that eannot be possibly described.
!" one family si that was left were three little
girls, the father ard mother and twn children
naving been instantly killed We saw where |
yeace BOARD had been forced clear through the |
sac OF house, end ways and hundreds Of shin. |
giles had forced themselves clear through the |
c!apboards of house.
We visited the grave yard, and saw te.,ty-esoht
graves side and side all dug, waiting to receive |
the rough boxes containing the remains Of tho
slaughtered people. 80
Inc whole atmosphere around the town sis
s'cken,na, and stencil Is pervading the whole
path Of the storm that is almost imno sible IN
endure.
The loss ofproperty is immense and can never
be known TO It's full extent
We have just learned that three Of the men on
the raft have made their appearance. They state
that they were blown from the raft clear ON 10
the ILLINOIS shore beyond Albany, and for long
time were unable TO move or STIR but after re-
covering from the shock succeeded in crawling
TO house where they we're kindly cared for
They know nothing Of the rest Of their comrades.
not having seen them since they were on the raft
together
In this vicinity, near Sterling, the wounded are
dying almost every day. and every farm house is
a hospital for the dying and wounded.
Yesterday public meeting was called, and re.
lief subscribed TO the sufferers with lberality
unparalleled. They appointed a committee who
are now doing all in their power to aid and re-
leve the sufferers. -
In haste, A. A. TERRELL.
From the Davenport Gazetts.l
De WIrT.-The town Of De Witt was not ill.,
jured, asreposted yesterday, the tornado passing
TO the West Oft Vest rasy, however, ~ bod
les Of persons killed near De Witt were inter-
red at th,t place. We are indebted to
Mr.. Nichols, OF this city, for list OF their
names: Mrs. Sarah Foster, James, Henry and
Matilda Foster, Catherine Henry, Mr. ana Mrs
Clint, Mr. Maynard's child. s..ra6 Hatfield, Hat.
field Ely, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Walrod and
child. aud child living with them; Mr., Mrs.
and Miss Gregorie, David W. Willard, and Ger
man employed by hin; Mr.. Wipney's child, Rob't
Boyd and child. Isaac smith, Mrs. Myers and
three children, Jesse Persali. great many
wounded. Several families saved by going to
the cellar when houses were DESTROYED
MouNr VERNoN.-0ns mile south OF Mt Yer.
non the sornadc committed great destruction,
aud barns we're DESTROYED everywhere on its
track The following persons were killed: Two
children Of James Burge, W. VAIN, G. Sparks s
Stephen Smith, CLARK Thompson, Patrick Lynch,
an unknown boy, blown across the Cedar, Mr..
Pipers two children, VIM. Andre and wife; Eve !.
killed in one family named Allen.
ALBANY. ILL-The destruction at Albany is
not SO great as at first stated. large number
of houses were DESTROYED or injured, but not
many rdtai2e buildings. Loss probably not
100000 There were Ave persons kiiled--Ed
ward h'fNe:. .. nuck, 7. SHeete, boy named ,
Riley, &C. Alexander. 4 number VERY fatally .
wounded, among them several ladies'
HrgER Ri AcEs-Yhe tornado branched at &c.
dAr Rapids, leaving that place ualnjurcd-one
branch SIX miles northwest, and the other six
miles southwest The northwest branch CON-
menced in MunrOe township, Linn copasv. de-
stroying three dYsl,ies-, aud killing Mr. Wool
eys Guild and injaring Mrs. " and Miss Smith
badly-passed on and DESTROYED the houses of
Cooper, Mcclure, Vaughn, Reed, nayHond and
Lenszes, killing La daughter aud san, and
Houndiag Others, II next appeared west Of Mt.
Vernon, where we have already noticed It. At
Lisbon il destroyed three warehouses, eating
saloon, and blew seven heavy box-cars complete
" to pieces, scattering 1900 bushels OF grain,
killing four persons and injuring paay others-f
Six miles north Of Eechsnics7illc 16 persons
geye killed; II more badly injured, 2 inortally.
Two miles Of Onion Grove Station two mea we're
killed, and four MORALLY wounded, It thus
swept doWn the ridge to pamanche, woupdng
many peysonS.
The Southwest branch destroyed two houses
Mt 6hueyvillc. At Banner Valley the Luthe. an
Church was destroyed; at Rogers settlement Kill
led son of Mr.. Carney, and carried child four
years old over two miles; passed North to s..
Nary's, where nine buildings we've dssroysd, iii:
led five persons, iRiarsd Aiteen, four badly. It
seXs appeared near London, distance Of twenty
mifes-@aesttoyed -four dwellings, severely injured
Mr. Bleyer, wife and four children. Next it u.
pcared twelve miles west Of re Wit. where Il
Joined the atoer branch and went to camancbe.
LINCOLN AMONG THE CHILpREx.-The follow
ing circumstance was related ~ . teacher from
the Five Paint 81 Rous. of Industry in New York