Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-22
The Iowa anl I.linois T0rnale.

rRo,s M'ClrRE, late of ClIol Co, Pc, now
Of og.e Co. H., IN private Letter 10 iaend
IN Lewisbnrg, Pa, gives he following details
oi ~aa. he saw ami neard Of tne iafs terrible
devastation III fan OF the ABOVE named
States ::
JuxE IO-Last Monday morning. we found
scattered over the prairie piece, of boards,
shingles, &c, ,ha. hai ev!irn.iy belonged 10
ne hIG>e. About GoGn. We heard ia4t
tornado had passed through TwIngrove, 1!
niles >0E,h-ea>t Ok Us. and WeHt 20 see IL
effects. The FIRST house | saw near IL JracH,
had lost only The roof aud both ends OF the
man building, bot an addition 10 Il was blown
aWav, aud with O, uue man, s.ecp.n-, was
blown - rods and lodged, badly hur, IN
small grove o! lyCus,s Whl.e man sleep
Ias wiil MIN vas blown 20 rods and not hart.
The next JII.i.us.a UiaCs-m.lhs >nopi. gone,
ana { buggy aud lumber wagon mad both axes
broken ana mostly mashed 90 atoms. Oi the
next house. i SlUrrys hl5h. not 1870 boards
have been found together tae family, per
sons, were blown INTO Tie grove. and all badly
inferred. 10 paS>!cG through the grove ~ 5,cw
down ur twisted Fl almost every laTse tree
bot broke the force ui the .ad So iha. The
next hau>e IN The edge O, the gtcye, lost only
lae roof and p0rcbe>, aud the Windows blown
90. IN, no one hurt N-xt, siolt a house and
black >mIlh> shop. Of which scarce veSuge
remaIu>-even the cooking stove was broken
IN pieces, and tls bottom plate carried nearly
a mile. Or The family Of 4. one child was
blown nile. and al were badly hGIi The
occupants Of the next house were out visiting.
aat coming back found no home, nor have
they vet heard from II. On the County line,
10 -s by ha
ISo children. wa killed. Ms. MICS bones
were broken, and the other child injured
horses. cows, sheep, ans pigs, were kI,led-
and 4 slo1e weighing - or Il hnntret
pounds was moved 40 rods. Three miles
east Of this the tornado seems 10 have spent
is force. or rose from The earth. lis general
course was easieriy, 10 = ziE-zag manner lac
The lil'le whirlwInis we of'eR see. varying
from IS 10 10 and 60 rods N width. II lis
sweep, there Is not a s;sn of corn ieil, while
grass looks wilhered aud muddy. EVER
fence Is gone; IN some cases, fence posts
were lifted out Of the ground, and IN others
driven half their length into the ground. Per
sons who saw 0; agreed that there appeared
10 he balls Of fire IN the air. and trees. logs.
and every Imaginable hing whirlins MP and
down. An old sailor said he knew al! day
there would he a 'walsr spout as ne had
seen hunirel>-thai the air was tp'l Of fire
ba lS-hs was 50 sure Of a >ioTm that he had
his wel. prepared n retreat into. 4 gentleman
OF TwIngruve sand lhey had unusually heavy
thunder and hall ab0uttWO-mIngies-Iice ceased
Slddsnlr. and there was a dead calm for a
moment or fro. when the crash came which
seemed 10 last bnt few seconds. Another
SAID It sreinei as though the clouds strHck the
ground. aud the next instant It hal passed,
with noise Ike a tram o. cars on the rails in
a cold frosty morning. Not less than thou
sand persons came 10 Twingrore to see the
effects.
I'VE read elsewhere that the wife and four
children of Rev. ]. Edpins,er formerly Of
White Deer Valley, Pa) were among those
wounded by this storm IN the demolished city
OF Camanche. Money, provisions and clothing
are literally contributed 10 the Northwestern
the relief of the suferers.l