Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-15

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Atalissa, will appear In our next
To the Subscribers fer the Sufferers
In the TsFnaa0.
Your committee would respectfully submit the
following report:
We left on the steamer Metropolitan, Capt.
jerks, for Camanche; making known eur mission,
We had free passage. One has to see the destruc-
ton made BY the tornado to realize it. Al
Cananche. 50 were buried up to Monday ;llth). 4
~. From two to 4 more will die. Ninety others
uore or less injured.
Left in the train at 40 ?. u. for Lisbon. Made
cur business known and were carried free On
the cars. Arrived at lisbon at $50. The
next morning David Dsrwart took bis buggy
and kindly accompanied ~ through ell the tornado
district. Going first 10 Nj Vernsn, w met Rev.
Mr.. Collyer, of Chicago. Hs had come through on
the line from Camsnche, having distributed to the
sufferers, $l5, sac. or $25 each, making in all
$1,000. He had $500 more to distribute on the
route to Cedar river.
We went next to St Hary's, where We commene.
ed distributing our aid among sufferers. We
appropriated as follows:
Joseph Cunningham, blacksmith, . very worth y
nan, little giI! badly injured in the hsad-lost all
800.
Stephen Smith. young man, oss leg and one arm
broken, skull fractured, very lev but prospect OF
rseovsry-$4o.
Minor An james Burgs lost thsi, houses.
Vim. VAIN, killed.
Mr.. Thon pson, killed.
Peter Carney, blown into tree top and brains
dashed out.
4 man living with Minor Blrss, killed.
A child fosnd dead in the woods.
Yankee smith hurt il the thigh and head.
Harvey Gillst says Cunningham and Stephen
smith are the only objeo:s Of charity in his viea
ity, under the provision Of any moderate amount
Of contributions. All others have the means Of
their iosses
Went next to Lisbon, where there WAS no one
hurt. East of Lisbon, Widow Evans lost house,
nobody hurt, 10 we'll of. needs no help
Next went to White Oak Grove. VIM. Andre,
farmer, wife and children, house and barn totally
destroyed; nobody hurt, family went into the
Grove. Lie i, amply able to stand his loss.
Miss Keziah Yetter, school mistress, lost her
wardrobe and furni ture-lived with Mr.. Andre
SEQ.
W. Kohl, farmer, wife and II chi !drsn, buildings
oil gene, some Of his cattle killed. The only ono
injured was himself. havi e his nose split and
upper lip cut. Able to sustain his loss. Wsntsi
to know ths price of wheat in Muscatine.
Henry Scott. hous. gone. family want int col.
lar, nenc huft-ampiy able o su.tain his loss.
Mr.. Alien, wife and three children, also Q Mr..
Miles visiting them, all killed.
Pred. Piper, children killed, himself and wife
injured lost all his buildings and hogs-s able to
g. Latiner, farmer, wife and 2 children, house
destroyed, wife badly hurt, self soms-needs No
nelp.
I;aso Sicily. renter, wife and children. none
hurt. Poor aud worthy. Contributions have been
before the tornado.
Alex Mathena, renter, house gone, wife and one
ehild, all ;ls gsn hurtrPs0r-sa'e him cooking
Isaiah Sehsles, renter, wife and ; children,
buildings all gone, desti:ate Of sverything-$s5.
John BrecheIhurst, 70 years old, wife end 2
children, buildings all gone, no one hart, farm
mortgaged, family psor-$2s.
N. BARNARD, renter, VIE and children, bsild-
inss all lost, himself burt-$25.
sbiid killed, vile badly hur;, very poor-$25.
Samue' Cook, single. man, at Miller's, badly
hurt-$25.
Andrew Petit, wife and children, s~ns 80
acres, mort gagged $3.50, crop good, buildings all
Charles Robinson, wife and childre. building,
gone, himself burt, OWN 80 acres ffss-$25
Myron Nicterson, wife and children, no one
hurt-house destroyed-needs ~ assistance.
J. q. Cole, wife ana children, buildings all E1ne
3 children hurt-$25.
J. H. Burris. renter, house partly blown away,
horaaa killed. owns 100 acnna land. arm nj
not in de BIT.
The above are al north and in the vicinity Of
Msoh.piesvills. From this point to Onioa Grove,
II miles, no damage was dose. At Oaion Grow
killed, Mrs. Baker mangled, buildings oil gone
-$25.
MI. McMackin and son killed, Mrs. MeMaokir
badly hurt. children living, owns 200 acres free
crop injured considerably, buildinss, furniture
bedding and clothing total less fences all put NJ
-$2s.
John Story, single man. living with his sister
= maiden lady, house and furniture destroyed
aple to bear his loss.
VIM McFsdd,n, renter, Lost al, peor-$2e.
In all the above cases in which houses wer
blown away. the furniture, bedding and clothing
were also destroyed. In addition to the above
contributions are being made 70 these same partie
from surrounding neighborhoods, and in . few day
the pecuniary condition Of nearly all the abov
named to whom We made appropriations viii be .
good a. It before the tornado. We found that tn
people had turned out en- nasss the day after tn
storm and put up the fences, 30 that the crops ar
secured from depredstions BY stock running q
large. The crops are very slightly injured Tn
crops throughout the country look - well as the
ever did in Iowa.
The local committee ct Camanche Is N. ,. Bakel
Judge Cotton, Milo Smith and Horace Anthem,
Distributing committee, b. Anthony, G. W.
Long, G. H. Toll. Treasurer, B. Lake, Lyons.
The committee at Camanche has sent persons q
along the line as far as Dewitt, who have reperte
infinitely the condition Of all the sufferers and the
Immediate necessities are supplied. Any contr
buttons may be directed to the person for whom
il intended and, if going west of Camanche, shou
be sent to the committee at Clinton, and fro
thence it will be sent free Of charge on the railros
to any point on the route Of the tornado. Al co
tributions should be reported to ex-Gov. Bake
Contributions to Onion Grove should be directed
Friend l. Culbertson, at Onion Grove. Those &
White Oak Grove should be sent to T. c. AcCls
land. Mechanicsville. L.
4 The recipients Of your contributions were NUT
surprised to learn that you were raising means f
their relief, and manifested the most heartft
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