New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-11
TIE GREAT TORNADO.
--LATEST NEWS FROM THE SCENE OF THE
DISASTER.
sf Tn. ohic.sO Pre'' ard Tribune,

fnanrhe While there the sight thai met the eve VIVA
Ys.feo horrible 70 LOOK upon and no pen is adequate
aRrous effects Of the tornado, as il passed that
place.
Horss and cattle lying in every direction, killed
from the effects Of the storm. The buding look as
Though tbcy had all been torn in small fragments scat
tered OVER the whole country and feathers from the
belcothes strewn upon tee ground and them al had
bctn ovefswept With rushing waters. ea.
we went into one building where were fifteen boz
6ieJ some manged in the frightful manner, and
only wrapped mp N sheet, ard put into rodgh-box,
ready for burial .i - - ..s'.sJ rsf
Dr. Howell Of Fulton Informed us that from Sunday
evening 10 Monday noon hc bod visited ningty ono
wounded, and g. twen,y-threc broken limbs.
We saw twenty-eight dead bodies, and there were
eighty two that require strict medical ATTENDANCE and
~ many more that arc moro less hurt yet able
10 be around In addition this number twenty
swept from rafi in tho river that passing
ri the time, and ten are yet mssiBg from the town,
Thai ART supposed 10 be buried III The ruins,
blown into The nver and drowned s'V .igF
With the exception Of half dozen houses on the
north sidc Of the town, every single building either
torn down, -nhroofed or otherwise damaged.
worse sight no human eye ever beheld, and the
heart grows sick in seeing such destruction OF life
and property. The town is entirely ruined, and we
do not see how il be rebuilt. There whole
blocks Of lets THAT vacant, entirely with nothing
but the cellar 20 indicate that house stood there.
We saw part of a wagon. consisting Of the for
ward axetrce and one hub and no more OF II could be
found
Out Of the contents of three dry-goods s'ores not
one cent worth Of the goods has been found.
The tornado struck the town little past O'Clock,
snd ia less than ten minutes he whole was in ruins.
After il had passed tho town was all aaoat with water
al that could began from place place screaming
at the top Of their voices calling for friends and for chill
dreD In every pile Of rubbish, and from every de-
uoished house The groans of tbe dying aud wounded
heard and as the sound came from every part Of
the town, no one knew where 10 20 first. The dark
occasioDed by The black Clouds the air being filed
with rubbish oi every coDce vabe character aud the
rear approach of nigt, rendered the still
appalling and -ucb wall of lamentation sorrow, and
woe, went mp from any place in the history Of
tornadoes, did from this ruined and destroyed city
Nothing could be found to bind up the wounds OF the
suffering no medicines were TO be got and the walls Of
the mother over bef dead children, the anguish OF
vito over the bf ess remains Of husband the father
bis slaughtered children hunting in vtdn for his
wife-al these were scenes that cannot possibly be
described.
In one family ali that was LEFT three little girls
the father and mother and children having been ia
stantly killed. We whore fence board had been
forced clear through the deof house. end ways and
hundreds of sbibgles had forced themselves clear
through the elapoo OF d bonse.
We visited the graveyard, and saw twenty. eight
graves eide and SIDE, all dug waiting 10 receive the
rough boxes containing the remains of the slaughtered
people.
The whole atmosphere around the town il sickening
and stencil is pervadiug the whole path Of the storm
that is almost impoe-ible to endure.
The loes Of properly is immense, and can never be
known 10 its full extent
We have Just learucd that three of the men on the
raft have made their appearance. They state that they
were blown from the raft clear TO the Illinois shore
beyond Albany and for long time were unable to
move or STIR but after recovering from the shock gnc
ceeded in crawling bouse where they were kindly
cared for They know nothing Of the rest OF their COM
Iades, bot having them since they were on the
raft together.
In this vicinity, near Sterling, the wounded are
dying ain every day and every farmhouse hos
pitsl for the dying ard wounded
Yesterday public meeting was called, and relief
was subscribed 70 the sufferers with hberay unpar
alle'ed. They appointed committee, who are now
doing al in THEN power aid aud relieve the sufferers
In haste, A A TERRELL.
correspondent Of The indianapolis Jonrna! writes
% follows:
On last Tuesday afternoon, violent storm of RAIN
hail and wind visited portion of country about nine
miles south of the T. H. k. r., doing great damage 1t
confined itself to very narrow limits extending only
few yards Wild, and about zen miles long IL com
menced showing ils terrific force with Robert MeCan
rick of Putnam Co., by first unr0ohng his dwelling
and while at this Mr. McCanriek ran outof his house,
intending take refuge in the WELL when he was sud
denly lf of his Pegs and carried up IN the alrfor
a distance unknown TO MIN, % miDgle with the en0r-
NOUS amount Of trash and timber of ali descriptions
He was let down ina wheat field about quarter OF
mile from his house, injurng him so much that 1t is
supposed his care is fatal.
The storm also carried of for him some o. head OF
rigs; thence masking its way east twisting down the
largest Of rees and playing It's mysterious tricks until
il reached Mt Washing. snau village situated 10
ing Louses and hfti the fragments 70 great distance
and at the same lime taking with 1t about "a dozen
chickens, all belonging 10 one man.
Those who witnessed the scene say that moved
along very slowly.
No person ie said to have died but several were Sc
dously injured.
MANY 81 the incidents connected with the tornado at
Calnanebe can hardly be credited by those who have
NOT ssen the ruins. A chimney weighing about Two
TINS was broken off s junction with the roof lifted
into The air and hurled down into the front yard bury
ing teelf in the ground depth Of three eet waou'
breaking OF cracking single brick light pine SHIN
OLE vss driven from the outside through the clap
foards laih and plaster and pr lecte two inches IRON
a. ;rs;r wall of dive lliDg-honSe No other known
free could have accomplished this. common trowen,
sr.b A. II reed by uasons, driven through pine
kpot ia lie side Of barn projecting iuii Two cnes III
SIN 20 h;ch was gone and twisted into thousand
shap+s I<avee stripped OF their tssue, ieaVnS
the fbers clean and bare AZ II botanst i'd heary
,eked II off Tree trunks were twlsteo seVeTaI tlheS
sou, uutil they were broken off, Inc hilsro honse,
a three story brck structure, fronting norto Was III
mn from lis Foundation and turned completely rouh1'
A. that the front door faced the sOuth III theh cor
Iss,ed and .,-lntd 20 fall outwaroy IN vacun n,
and strange TO relate out OF seventeen persons ~ '
home only two were killed One house upon ths o'iuh
was lifted from its foundation and whiIled INTO Tue
river crushing as IL fell and drowning taree person.
the inmates H.
towD ard carried Eole dtssniicS u 'ie ii'e' '"H~ 49,
out bIeakipgit. c-...
The effecff upon some Of the houses near Cananche
which were IN the outer edge OF the tornado were
very curiona- Upon como roofs the shihg'es "e'e
stripped on in fancinl shapes, pare sPo' upon On
- exaetly resembling tho figures. Some roofs were
entirely uashinged aud in some easee every cspoos,d
,ras tom off The sides of some houses were heraly
erfraie3 It'll boards splintered tiubers and sharp