Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-31
The Tornado.

The Tornado which visited the South
western part of the State on Monday af-
ternoon, the 2Ist inst, was unprecedented.
From the CIpninnati papers we gain par
ticulars.
The storm burst upon the city at Z.
NJ, with constant flashes of Lightning and
a tempest of wind. The roof the Office
of the Commercial was blown off, and por-
tions falling on an adjoining building went
through into an ice cream saloon, badly ln-
turing three persons. The Fourteenth Dis
trict School House was unroofed. The
teacher in one of the rooms, apprehending
the case, placed her back against the door
to prevent the scholars from rushing Wild
ly down stairs, but was struck by bricks
and badly cut, so that the blood streamed
over her. Six children were badly hurt;
one probably fatally, the cap stone of the
building falling on her legs, breaking both.
TIE teacher is very badly bruised and will
laid up for a month: the chair from which
she sprang to hold the door was crashed
the moment she left it. A new three sto-
ry brick building, in which were three car
penters, was blown down, burying two out
the three men, killing them instantly. An
other man was killed by shed being
blown down upon him.
The damage to houses and to grounds
is beyond computation. The beautiful
places out at Mount Auburn and Clifton,
including Bishop McIlyaine's suffered by
blowing down of trees, one-tenth OF which
were destroyed.
The steeple of St. Joseph's (Roman Cath
ohe) Church went through the roof, Sl5,-
600 damage. The church was finished
within the last week. A pinnacle was
blown off Trinity (Roman Catholic Church
and heavy stone going through the roof
completely demolished the organ which
cost, two years since, $4,000. Almost ev-
cry church in the city was damaged. Mrs.
Judge Burrett's beautiful gardens were
completely ruined. One brick yard suffer
ed $4,000 damage. Scarcely house in
the city escaped some damage.
A rain soon set in and drenched the
roohess houses from garret to cellar.
The storm on the Covington and Lex
ington Railroad was fearful. Conductor
WoodalI says:
When the train was within fifty yards oi
a clearing, twelve trees fell within fifty
feet of the cars. One of them a soft pop
lar, three feet eight inches in diameter, fell
just in front of the engine, Ohieh leaped it.
leaUing her trucks, cylanders and steam
chests behind The tree is under the bag
gage car, and the car on its side. The train
stopped within a distance of forty feet,
throwing passengers in heap at the front
end. When the train stopped limbs oftrees
were falling like fails, and two trees came
crashing like a thunderbolt, and filling the
air with trees and boughs. The tops of
several trees fell within few feet of the
ladies' car.
The screams of children, the shrieks of
terrified women, the pallor of stout men
was scene to move the soul. 1t was aw-
full. All the employees of the train were
more or less hurt but the passenger es-
capped without injury.
The Cincinnati Times of the 22d says
the roof of the Lunatic Asylum was carried
away, the carpets actually ripped from the
floors, and the stair cases badly damaged,
and trees and shrubbery prostrated: $780,
600 will not repair the damage to the Asy-
lum. A picnic party in grove at Read
ing was dispersed, losing hats and bonnets
tree fell striking a horse and killing il
instantly, but the carriage and inmates es-
capped. AT Reading, also, Catholic
Church was nearly destroyed.
On Walnut Hills, the Episcopal Church,
the Seminary and dwellings were injured,
and opposite the Seminary seventeen trees
blown down; fruit was badly injured and
gardens spoiled.
At Chevoit a large oak, twenty inches
through, was snapped like pipe stem,
and fruit and ornamental trees scattered
far and wide; roofs were taken of, build
ings prostrated, telegraph poles scattered.
In Covington (Ky.) great damage was
done to a rolling mill, the glass works,
houses and shade trees blown over, churches
damaged, and at Independence the Court
house was unroofed. In Newport the end
of the Episcopal Church was blown away,
and houses and trees blown down and
damaged. At Alexandria "buss" load
of ladies were blown down street. At
New Richmond Ind, store houses, dwell
ings, and school houses, were unrOofed,
and distilery demolished. There were
six pair of coal boats in sight in the river
when the wind came, but nothing was seen
of them when the storm had ceased, all
hands on board perished.
AT Chillicothe the railroad engine shop
was unroofed and fireman killed, pub
lie school unroofed, the tower Of the Pres
byterian church blown down, and another
steeple swayed from its place. At Green
field Methodist church was demolished,
} the seminary unroofed and many buildings
destroyed. AT Hamilton block of build
ings was unroofed, timber blown down by
the acre. and hail stones of immense size
fell.
RAISING BULLS TO FIGHr LocoMo-
TIvEs.-The other day, says the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, plucky little bull, who lives