Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-16

! Co"i'NJ. MS mas about 500 lnhaDi-
ANTS, and is Of abont the same ace as
Camanche. 4 bluff, not very abrupt
rise OF about fifty feet extends along at
the rear of the business part of the
place. AS at Camanche the tornado
passed through the heart Of the village,
leaving scarcely house uniniured, and
utterly demol;shing many of them"
Immediately after the calamity. mes
sengers were despatched to Fulton and
Clinton for aid. A steamer which Law
at the landing at Clinton was PROMPT
" despatched to the aid Of the suffer
eTS, and special train sent over the
Z. |. 8 n. Il. r. A gentleman WIN
visited the scene, reports:
| "All was the widest disorder. and
shrleks and cries resounded in every
direction. Many were manned and in
Jured, and of these the greatest portion
were women and children. Parties OF
men were exploring the ruins with Ian
terms. Women were rushing ti.ant;cal-
y to and fro i'll trenuied quest Of their
nusoanosS. Children were wailing in
fright and terror. EVERYTHING was
alarm, anguish and confusion.
Everything was done III both Alba
ny aud CAmanche dnring Sunday night
10 administer slch retiefas was at nan !,
ana early yesterday morning special
trains commenced running every two
hours on the Chicago, Iowa g N>bras-
.ia i. Il, be2rsag medical attendants,
nurses, an! nea}' Of relief, All return
ing with loads Of the sufferers to Ta!-
toN aAl CLIFTON, where more could be
done for their comfort Throughout
ycrterslay the wounded were being
brought nD by these Trains"
La other parts Of the State great de-
vastAtjon5 were made. At Lyndon,
lit. Pleasant, C,iomo ana ulhnemon,
Ill " hltesile county, and in the vicin;
ty OF Anooy, Lee county, houses We're
destroyed, stock killed, and d nam0 2I
OF lives lost
- gentleman who was 4 passenger
northwarl on the Illinois Central Rail
road, counted ten buildings destroyed
On the line where the tornado crossed
that road. 1t is impossible to estimate
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Jo,unuJ, writes to. that paper from
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AS J "Ii'e YOU al 'iie cAarhng HI
'ie '!iiaGe' Whicn oot me fertile slopes
Oh %, el'hef sue OF Cle tnicago, Iowa d
NeoFasAa lIaliroad between Cedar
is@pldS ana Cahanche, are wrapped in
desoFat'0n, ard tIialr inhabitants clad
m the vcSt;EreS OF mourning. The ter
rltic torn@doeS, OF which the telegraph
has furnished condensed facts, have
passed owe" them like the wings Of the
destroying ;lngel, anil towns which one
moment stood beautiful in toe setting
san, 1t tn next moment, in a second,
IN the twluNjiaz Of An eye, were rana !
10 the ground in ore mass If chaotic
ruins; hearth stores were DESTROYED
the hopes Of She farmer AMI mechanic
t!tWar1el by the terrible Cyclone; and
mHny family circles in IN instant bro
ken, past reunitinr. In many places