, 1860-06-05
SHALL CHICAGO AID THE SUFFERERS !.

Etc. Etc, Etc.
SHALL CHICAGO AID THE SUFFERERS.
1t becomes our painful duty u Journalistic to
place in order such details rs we hare received
Of most appalling and widespread calamity,
which on Sunday evening passed over portion
OF our own and an sdjoi7ingt State, tho most de-
structise and frehtful in loss oflife mud proper
y that has ever visited the Northwest. It we'll
nigh realizes the worst We have eEer read Of
thosc scenes of elemental strife and deyasta-
tion which have been deemed peculiar to the
tropics. The tornado in question will stand
thus lar, tand long hereafter We trust) without
q parallel in the annals Of disasters in cur
northern cline. 80,
From the best Information We hare been able
to COLLECT thus far, tie the track Of the tornado
extends from the heart Of Linn county, Iows,
near Cedar Rapids, the present terminus Of the
Chicago, Iowa Sebraska Railroad, in gene
rally northeast direction across Clinton county,
crossing The Mississippi ut Camanche and al.
sany,-towas fronting each other respectively
on the 1oTa and Illinois shorcs,-and thence
maintaining its course tow ards the centre Of
the St,.c orr,,, x-h;.oe;, -.
latest rayacss 1eRr from ~, IN ,,css,t ..-;t;nr
being near Lec Centre
Ihe entire Distance thus trayersed is UPWARDS
Of one Aundr*d mike, aud that through popu-
,ous md fart;!e fo,.,,;,o~
thnriny town. sonc ~ a,;a5' 49, ~. .s ,-. ,.a
low to record fe,t in Tho -.,1. - a.. aas..s.
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Poescss'oH Vi mass o1 lniornlatlcn which,
though it lacks completeness aud miruterrss.
will nevertheless riyc our readers arch rclia,,,.
a.t,,,s fran, w.. s,,. ...,
- ''"' LIE "e'c'A' ano numerous points
visited us to acquaint them with the nature and
terrific violence nf This xis;t,t;,n ". h,~a
c,o.oa :. ,,.a..-. ne
e-msa: a ~ p'eesn. our material IN tue order OF
'oIo"lng t"c route OF TIE tempest
above stated in linn sountv @ ,,aat rs o' illus
,,ss+ IF H.. x,a,
"ea' oi 'ne ''isslss'pnl f'sef, :.baut n'Shttas',
its ravages belug, Us far Us heard from, in the
vicinity Of Cedar Rapids, Thence j. rcssed in
a direction little ror,1, ~ a.s. oro..I .;.,,..
crossing the line ci lie Chicago. Iowa & Nc
braska 1ailroud: AT lisbon Star7-n. sixty.four
miles west of C,;atnu 1bc <,anot s,r'..,,, &c
ao,no,;.,,ua ...1 ..;..r. - ~. "'se
'"''''aaeo' 1'o y NIL VI 'en te'shs cars Stand
ing OH the track we're lifted bodily from their
trucks and dashed 70 pieces Som. If +,,ss
were loaded with Grain. which was xc,tte,ed
broadcast far rods, On. ,xos ,o,da1 ,.;.1' 1.s
ber, which was carried aud dispe,sca msnv
rards distant
correspondent, Frank AoWig, writes us
from Dewitt, Clinton Co., twenty miles west of
the .ircr. "a follows:
IT., ,.,.,.,,-..,:.
H., 'ne 'a soaeesn pefnon OF our town was r'>'ed
y y ines moss iea1f9! tornado beween the hours
=, ~. .a,,r.. amr ~ ounuay, Hse1ing everything N
'sa s. soatse, 4no ,c:at1yn5 soffow and death to
3eoths ca1rat ia ,.'.o-,-, ne u. ehtre nah'oes "l
frc,n 1c ~ "a o o,.. u. .ots cary noaf; hus
Vst;c,.s ~ 80 ,a' a.s Auo"n 70 mare oecn killed.
hr;n@ =, ~ dna' ,,o" 1or 1he coantry to
~ H. ~ IL ~. Me ,G;,. se" oeaa ?oa'es now ale
~ - .t'., Ga. ~ ~ WIZ uouse a"An1nE Tue action
,no".sioJ RI. :.une y! tce1l are iear!ally
..a"s,sS ;.; aue c:H E1eFer seems to hare
fencas .''n3' nr, ~ "'.n Tue exception ol 6rosen
,nS ts,.,, 49, S ~ ou lue nearly cast and "es',
.ss 'to. oae " ,"o u'lGs sotita, the destrHc-
.on see1na comnlete' inc two- story brick
. nu"sG y. oeo'se Ahes' an olu ana wealthy resi-
s- usat 1eae, rs completely ae'noliseed-nat one
~ ~ a. ,Hoo Iao.uef' Among ale dead are
a!i' my airs; fcstef, son and daughter, Mrs.
sa'au ~ na.aeia una SOP. Mr. and Mrs- Gregory,
o.. ~ oie la1n1'S o. IL persons Just learn :
eeeaPeo a4!'e. IN anothef lamf'y all we're killed,
;pe "a inaaut I "lach WIS CARRIED into an aJ-
Jimmy ~ aau :ouuu ~ lss CRYING HE city -
| ~ 4unl'eEsa4 s'ooh.
From the samo place l.. Sheldon writes AZ
| follows:
49,.
Aooat o c1ocx 2 1ef1ihc hurricane passed
one 1nlc soutn o. THIS place, taking everything
thnt If ~, S,a;,,, -Isa ins. Il. no~s W.
then l.. Lowery's house was al EloTn awur
mud three injured: Henry Dwi1e's do. fltniiy
.assa; ; f. T.. u; nraks ao., iamnS somewhat IN:
wife hadiv ;ninrsd ,,aa ch;,Sran I n.I1eea a., na
slightly; Mr. Belts house gone: Geo. Aues'
house gone, son injured slightly; Mr.. Fuller's
Injured. Mr We,nd hos,so S "'e an uno enla T eauy
seven persons au tue house and six of them we're
killed; Sir: Wuilace, house, barn and corn cribs
haI, a gons; aamny h' s.1s' NJ: Ma:asia. hvasc and
Mr.. Foster aud family. consisting r. tnmr ,'rr
sons visiting with him were all killed; fivc otl-
~ Pg,sous ao6u. ms mouse were also killed;
somewhnt hnrf Thss ;,'atdo. e ,i.s
damage for about seven miles in its track' he
you'd which VIC have hut rua,ors Of disastrous
ene. e,.ee, ane ;,1 "nfflwsno seemed to commence
direct FIR mr. toxn h., :, neae anu es
Of here, it vcered 10 the east and ie{t us iust
Outside OF us vortex, md increased in fury as
Inrcc trccs wcr. 1I;.tsS T H. ..;,, aoar."E;
cattle, horses ard hocs-in TACT uuyfhjn. II. +
had Life was killed or maneled. Soma Of the
wbcre ihc stnad ,sy a ~ 10 avo aoas from
fur as heard from there hare been 1c Killed.
The'e we're II dead bodies brought into town
'ast n'en''
Az" po44' seventeen "''es "est o. tue river,
1.. ',. y. "Als" :. A's NV ~ possession o',
oI'e."4 n'1'e' "sf' .oia ~ p'eces' and from
"n.eu s'eas . .nan ST. oA Oh oonoas e'en'ng'
'u'us pos'nes'e ~ .ue river LOWE " ca"anene'
efn'on w. 'oF a'u' ue 1eaeaea only to
n'o 'ne 'o.oaoo nAa pfeseaeo INN and lelt the
""n IN 'ana' MS ~ LUIS point maj tue most
"pPa''4us 'otee u 'Ho to'nao" "as a'slHa}eo'
camaocne II 'o"n OIL aoou' n''een hnhofed
annao:1ants. eight miles south oi Clinton. 1t
occupies level plain or plateau, elevated about
n'teen aeet ADORE the river. The town was
uu''. a'ong and 1mmsdla'els upon the brink OF