The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-06-14

t How many arose on Sabbath mornil
n and looked out on the beautiful cart
clothed in "lovely green and baskin
in the bright sunshinc-littlc rcckiu
that before that sun would sink benin
the western hills, their spirits would r
;. turn to the God who gave them-ho
! little rocked they that in few bri,
hours they should be called to crappI
with Death-and Death 10 surh a garb
| learn from one who saw it that
r Onion Grove, about eighty rods from ii,
' house whore Mr. Baker was killed.
beast was grazing which was carried b
the wind and laid a lifcless Carcass Of
the floor of his Mr. Baker's) house
Mr.. Allen house seems to have :too'
near the ccrtrc of the whir and mus
from the appearance of the timber
have described almost circle before i
struck the ground Then a large sill
twenty feet in length struck the grount
at an angle of about sixty degrees, driy
ing it some fifteen or sixteen feet int,
the ground. Then it was that the house
was broken up and the unfortunate per.
sous were dropped or Mroun rather upon
the ground in a circle-one here. one
there and one little farther on, until all
were thus killed or SO badly mutilated as
to die in few hours. All who we're 10
this house were killed. One of the chill.
drcn who were killed had the head almost
cut in two aud was found lying near a
pillow share against which she probably
struck.
/ On Monday evening, Mr.. Aliens
whole family were escorted by large
and solemn procession Of citizens and
4 ncig bors and coDsi .ned to that house
that house where the tornado and the
calm are alike uufelt, unheard There
were no relatives-as none live within
the State-to see them laid in the
'cold, cold ground or to bedew their
graves with the tear Of affection. All
were laid side by side in the same grave;
the father the mother, and three child
rem according to their respective ages.
1t was sad, painfully sad and heart
rending spec, Gle and one that the silent
throng will never forget.
In conversins with Mr.. Piper, who
was injured SO badly and who lost two
children, he says he remembers all the
circumstances connected with the storm
distinctly and did no. at any time be-
come unconscious. lis first efforts we're
to keep the door closed, but IN this he
failed, and then the house "a log house,
was blown down. He was thrown out
on the ground and went rolling and tum-
bling he says "like a wagon wheel
every now and then timber hitting him
or a log rolling over him. Mrs. Piper
certainly displayed the greatest possible
presence of mind during the storm. As
soon as the wind ceased blowing, suffi-
GENTLY for her to stand she started cut to
gather up if possible her family. And
what task hers must have been What
'gonIzing fears must have possessed her
as she went forth with the expectation of
hiding her husband and children dead
AS soon as she could see-for the wind
and rain were fcaIfully blindinr-she
found her two little boys side by side
behind pile Of dirt that had been
throw from the new house cellar. COM
unhurt, and took them to the
Darn which was partly standing. At a
Instance of about q rhty rods from the {
'ouse ehr found her husband with his ,
rm anu - she ,.c"vht both | is limbs
roken. Him, too, SUI carric1 10 the y
arm. Still the little babe and Oldest
aushter were gone on 70 be found and =
eturncd to her bruised, manced. dead :
he gentleman who found the former {,
iys her head was more than half buried !
a the ground
Jacob Cole IN trying to hold the door
hut had bed quilt b!owu into his face.
le had previously told his wife and
hlidren to crouch down in the middle cf :,
he floor. which was done accordingly a
Nth the exception Of his ,hr Oldest l
oys. who had got into the cellar. Find
NJ that he was unable to keep the door .
losed aud that it actually burs, in upon
i'm, he threw :he quilt over his wife
nd three children who were on the floor
nd falling over them he eraspcd he floor v
Trough some cracks the wind bad made.
nd while in this position was carried 5
Win the house some forty rods, when
he building was made "a complete wreck,
leaving the floor with the
Ills attached and the family who were
hus fastened to the floor, unip iurcd.-
he boys who were in the cellar Jared
'orse. l will state that Charles Cole, I
Tho in my last was reported in critical
Is improving rapidly, and am
Apply to say Is completely out of danger.
Will al so state that | was mistaken
avlns been wrongly informed-in stat '
ng that that little boy of Nr, pc,it's
al his leg broken. None of then were
INJURED to any extent at all. having all
cen successful in getting into the CELLAR. :
one, With but few exceptions, VINO were
bic to get into a cellar, were injured -
ar. Allen had good cellar under his )
'ouse and if they could only have gotten G
n there the probability is they would al 9
rave been saved, since nothing at all was t
ound IN the cellar that would have in. |
ured any one. Mr. Brockl.hurst, whose /
'as destroyed. but who fortunately with
us family were unhurt, says if they had
zone down cellar it would in that in.
sanee have proved certain death. When
he house was blown off the foundation a
'n'rl was set up in the cellar tina, proved
he utter demolition Of kes of sof, soap
knocking the keg into splin,ers and
BEAUTIFULLY 'soi'-soaping" the cellar. Ia
hat instance, with the rain, proving an
dmirable natural ana gratuitous appli-
alton of the II ydro,>athir tre,,ma,. 49,,