New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-06-15

his wife and child badly injured; MI
Wolrod, house gone. There were sew
en- persons in the house and SIX ol
them were killed. Mr.. Wallace: hous
tarn and corn cribs all gone; family
safe; Mr. fairfield, house and barn gone
himself and wife hadlyi injured; Mr.
Foster and family, consisting Of fou,
persons:y visiting with ldm were killed
five other persons about his house were
also killed; Mr.. Burnett's house gone
his Oldest daughter somewhat hurt
Tlf's includes the most of the damage
for abeat seven miles in its track, be-
yond which we have but runlors of dis
asvous effect. The wllirl wind seem
ed tocommence about four miles sonth-
west of here, and come direct for our
town, butas it was within a mile of
hereit vcered to the cast and left us
just outside of its vortex, and increased
in fury as it went east making a dull
bot heavy roaring. Large trees were
twisted like pipe stems, and cattle, hor-
ses and Logs-in fact anything that
had life was killed or mangled. Some
Of the wounded were carried from SO to
100 rods from where the house stood
that they were in. as far as heard
from, there have beenl 16 killed. There
were II dead bodies brought into town
last night.
Comarche loua; laid IN ruins-Great loss of
Life
Camanche is town Of some fifteen
hundred Inhabitants, eight miles south
of Clinton. 1t occupies level plain Of
plateau, elevated about fifteen feet
above the river. The town was built
along and Immediately upon the brink
Of the Mississippi, and somewhat com
pactly fora a western town, this being one
of the comparatively older points, and
founded in 1887. 1t had numerous
substantial buildings, and others in
erection, and three churches.
The tornado came upon Camanche
about 7 P. NJ. All was over in less
than three minutes, and where, ere that
brief interval, had stood a thriving vii
lage, all was now tcrrer, desolation and
ruin. Not a single business building
in the town remained standing. The
large three story brick structure, the
Millard House, built and kept bp H.G.
Sessions, formerly of Erie, Pa, was to-
tally destroyed, and rendered. a shape
less mass of rubbish. In this building
quite number of persons were killed,
though how many had not been def
nitely asc.rtained, Three stores be-
meath the hotel were destroyed with
their contents. The three churches of
the town were destroyed.
A noble brick structure, nearly COM
pleted for business purposes, three. .sto-
ries high and aid one hundred teet
front was also totally destroyed. ...
The entire length of front street was
scene Of ruin. The dwelling ola Mr..
Waldorf was demolished, and Mrs. w.
was killed. Several dwellings, standing
on the brink of the river were blown
iuto it and their inmates drowned. A
large raft was passing at the time with
twenty men on board. These were all
carried into the stream and drowned,
and the raft broken up. Manlfestly
amid such terrific violence and ruin,
the loss Of life must have been serisus,
and it was so. One account places the
number killed at over fifty. Up to-
| A. M. Monday morning ty-eight
dead bodies had been recovered from
the ruins and were being identified
amid scene of grief and anguish that
urpasses description.
At Albany as at Camanche, the tor
nado passed through the heart of the
village, leaving scarcely a house unin-
iured, and utterly demoishing many Of
! them. 4.. ,.f. . ~
! Two churches were destroyed, one
I Of them substantial brick structure