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

A terrible tornado passed over casters
4 Iowa and northwestern Illinois, last night
The telegraph lines west of the Mississip
pi river, being dowe, we are unable to as
certain how far wes. the tornado reached
and what amount Of loss Of l;le and prtp
erty was occasioned At Clinton, Iowa
it com mencsd at 1880 P. NJ. aud although
lasting but two and a half minutes il
caused more destruction Of life and prop
erty than any similar storm that has ever
visited this portion of the c-untry.
The town Of Camancha, Iowa. aud Al
bany, illinois on the opposite sides of the
river and five miles south Of Clinton were
completely demolished
in the former place, thrty-two dead
bodies have already been taken fFom the
rot be got at In Alhany, five uv SIX
dead bodies were found, with about fifty
wounded, sHme seriously The cifzens
OF Fulton, Ill.,, and Clinton. Iowa, are
doing everything Tor the relief Of the sut-
terers. From other tawns on the route OF
the tornado, that can be reached by teie-
! graph, we learn that the destruction of
itie and property was equally great At
Morrison, ~, the following are killed, us
far as we are ahle to learn:
Mrs Ricfniond, Mr.. and Mrs Dorr, G
Reworth, and a phild named sBarnum -
! Seriously wounaed, are Thomas Digler
berl 10th and wife, Mr. Richmond auI
! Hiram Mann,
Al LyAen, three miles south ofsterling
fifteen persons we're badly injured by har-
! ing legs or arms broken. The storm PASS
ed two miles north west ei Amboy. Re-
! port says over ten lives lost, and q mum
Der badly Injured. The names Of th"
KILLED, as far as known are Mrs Morris
and a Child named Bigsby Injured. are
Mr.. Moss and daughter, Mr. ySaskett, a
boy named Norihawayr and Mr.. Wright.
The tornado appears to haze taken q
pi to Rock river. Scarcsly house or barn
in the direct track, which was about hail
a mile in width, was left standing.
In all accounts, probably not less than
sixty lives have bpen lest. The exlen: cf
damage to stock, property, which is very
large. eanuet be fully sscertained Ior
some Lime. .f.... ............ ......-. .
The following are the names of those
killed Wy the tornado At A'Bany, H., last
ehisht. ~ Buck, +. Efner, t~osehiiaren
Of Mr.. Riey, MISS Ryder. Missing aud
fatally owoupded Mr. Riley, Miss Mary
| S;agg, Mrs. Slocunlb. Badly .hurt--Mr.
"srkiua, Mrs. Sweat, Mrs. Cdpef ana chha,
Ms. Mcslanh, Mrs. Cole, Moses Bfsa'ef,
wife and chiIdyArs. Whisean1h. ieg bros-
Ell, Mrs Elfaer, Ersd Miller, Mr.. Osiran-
der, aud several others, more or less in-
|, jdred.
\ public meeting Of the citizens Of Full
ton. tQ-d4y resolved 70 furnish all sufferers
with houses and al as$istancc raquired.
..--..., ...-...,., Chicago, JQpe jtb.
We learn. he following particulars Of
I part OF II was between Marion ard Cellar
Rapids, in linn coupty, Iowa, going west
ward and southeast in three different d.
reetions, crossing the track Of the Chicago
/ Iowa and Nebraska railroad several times.
AT Lisbon station the depot buildings and
all the warehouses IN the village were
completely demolished. \ train Of ten
freight cars, heavily loaded, was lifted
bodily from the track aud dashed to piec-
es. BEFORE reaching here, We learn thai
sixteen persons We're killed. From this
point one vein ot The storm passed north
Of MechanicsYille, demolshjns everything
in lis course and killing sixteen Pa,sons.
The rest took in It's course Union Grove,
Killing in this vicinity seventeen persons,
then passed south Of the railroad near
! Detroit, killing twenty seven persons, six
teen of them belonging to the family oI
Thes. Hatfield II ihru possed south oi