The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-30
The Tornado.

The Tornado which visited the south.
western part Of ths State on Mondsy aftsr.
noon, the 2lst inst, was unprecedented. -
From the Cincinnati papers we gain parti.
culars .---
The storm burst upon the city at P. NJ,
with constant flashes OF lightning and 81
tempest Of wind. The roof Of the Office Of
the Commercial was blown Of, and portions
falling on an adjoining building went through
into an ice cream saloon, badly injuring
three persons. The Fourteenth District
School House was unrooied. The teacher
in one of the rooms, apprehending the cause,
placed her back against the door to prevent
the scholars from rushing wildly down stairs,
but was struck by bricks and badly cut, so
that the blood etreumed over her. Six chill.
dren were badly hurt /; one probably fatally,
the cap stone Of the building having fallen
on her legs, breaking both. The teScher Is
very badly bruised and will be laid up for
month : the chair from which she sprung to
hold the door was crushed the moment she
left It. A new three-story brick building, in
which were three carpenters, was blown
down, burying two out of the three men,
killing them instantly. Another man was
killed by a shed being blown down upon
him.
The damage to houses and to grounds is
beyond computation. The beautiful places
out at Mount Auburn and Clifton, including
Bishop McTlvaine's suffered by the blowing
down of trees, One.tenth Of which were de-.
stroyed.
The steeple of st. Joseph's (Roman Ca.
tholic) Church went through the roof, doing
$4,000 damage. The church was finished
within the last week. A pinnacle was
blown off Trinity (Romam Catholic) Church
and heavy stone going through the roof
completely demolished the organ which
cost, two years since, $4,000. Almost ev.
cry church ia the city was damaged. Mrs.
Judge Burnett's beautiful gardens were COM
pletely ruined. One brick yard suffered
$4,000 damage. Scarcely house in the
city escaped some damage.
A rain soon set in and drenched the roof
less houses from garret to cellar.
The storm on the Covington and Lexing-
ton Railroad was fearful. Conductor Woo.
dali says:
When the train was within fifty yards Of
a clearing, twelve trees fell within fifty feet
of the cars. One of them, a soft poplar,
three feet eight inches in diameter, fell just in
front of the engine, aohich leaped ii, leaving
her trucks, cylinders and steam chests behind.
The tree is under the baggage car, and the
car on it's side. The train stopped within a
distance OF forty feet, throwing passengers
in heap at the front end. When the train
stopped limbs Of trees were falling like
fails, and two trees came crashing like q
thuDderbolt, and filling the air with trees
and boughs. The tops Of several trees fell
within few feet Of the ladies' car.
The screams OF children, the shrieks of
terrified women, the pallor of stout men was
scene TO move the soul. 1t was awful
All the employees Of the train were more or
less hurt, bat the passengers escaped with
ont injury.
The Cincinnati Times Of the 22d says the
ROOT OF the Lunotic Asylum was carried
away, the carpets actually ripped from the
floors, and the stair cases badly damaged,
and trees and shrUbbery prostrated 500. 900
will not repair the damage 10 the Asylum.
A picnic party in grove at Reading was
dispersed, losing hats and bonnets ; a tree
fell, striking horse and killing it instantly,
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Reading, also, Catholic Church was near.
ly destroyed.
On Walnut Hills, the Episcopal Church,
the Seminary and dwellings were injured,
| and opposite the Seminary seventeen trees
were blown down: fruit was badly injured
and gardens spoiled.
AT Cheviot large oak, twenty inches
through, was snapped like pipe stem, and
fruit and ornamental trees scattered far and
wide ; roofs were taken off, buildings pros.
troted, telegraph poles scattered.
In Covington (Ky.) great damage was
done to rolling mill, the glass works,
houses and shade trees blown over, churches
damaged, and at Independence the Cour,
house was unroofed. Ia Newport the end
Of the Episcopal church was blown away
and houses and trees blown down and dam
aged. At Alexandria "buss" lond OF Ia
dies were blown down the street. AT New
Richmond, Ind, store houses, dwellings, and
school houses, were unroofed, and dIstil.
lery demolished. There were Fix pair oil
coal boats in sight in the river when the
wind came, but nothing was seen Of them
when the storm had ceased, all hands on
board perished.
At Chillicothe, the railroad engine shop
was unroofed and fireman killed, public
school house unroofed, the tower of the
Presbyterian church blown down, and an.
other steeple swayed from its place. At
Greenfield Methodist church was demolish
ed, the seminary unroofed and many build
ings destroyed. AT Hamilton a block ot
buildings was unroofed, timber blown down
by the acre, and hail stones OF immense size
fell.
| HFTheodore Parker is said to be at the