Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-06-09

a peculiar eight. They fell from the outsldes
Of the track with their tops towards the centre
Of the track. Two new wagons just painted,
were literally torn into mere particles.
From the region of McLain Ferguson's the
storm passed crossing the Brookville and
and Alex. Mex Kinstey's.
| Thence near Knoxville, in Knox township,
where it did considerable damage. Here
follows the next disaster:
HORSE KILLED AND MAN WOUNDED.
About six miles up Sandy Lick from
Brookville, fearful storm passed on Wed.
nesday about noon, prostrating trees, &c.-
The track of the storm was about one-balf
mile wide there. Samuel Montgomery was
working in q clearing, near where Joseph L.
Halls dam on Sandy Lick is, and was over
taken by the storm. He had his knee and
hip Joints either broken or put out of joint by
the falling trees. The horse be was riding
wss killed, while another one escaped. This
one is so hemmed in by, the fallen timber,
that he will have to be fed there several days
before he can be got out.
1t passed on, and crossed the Pike at
Henry Amer's, near Reynolds the roof
off his nouse-went to Dietrick's where it
tore his buildings to fragments. AT the
country line, it did similar damage. Mr..
Deitrick's boy got leg broken, and q man
his head badly cut, and thus went the storm
in its career of destruction sweeping all be-
fore it, away towards the northeast.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The rain and hail storm of Wednesday last
will be long remembered by the citizens Of
this immediate vicinity but the tornado
which passed over part of Beaver township,
this county, on the same day will have firmer
hold on the minds of the people Of that vicini-
ty, since so much damage was done. We
have the following facts from persons Who
witnessed the scene. They saw sev /
winds, one of which was terrible 'e,
and did the damage. The track s.
troyer was not more than two y.
Henry Sparr's barn aud house n
down, and nearly all of th.
orchard were torn out of r.
thence to Mcksin Ferguson -
tore his large double frame pieces,
and laid them fat on the and left
them in as regular order as if' aising.
Two horses and a colt were
time and were not hurt. \
a field, was lifted up and
and turned upside down,
with such force as to smash
His large two.story frame
upper story torn away, or
boarding of the first story W.
The same persons, on their wa
saw some Of the weather. boar
from the place it started.
MIR. Ferguson's was Sigh
leveled, and trees stripped
One half Of the roof of Isaac
was torn of, and carried fror
or four rods. Shaifer and
neighbors Who does not
those who have met With tb
The WESTERN ToRNADo-F
TICULARs-TERRIBLE DEsTRUCTI
Chicago, June 5.-The devae
which visited Eastern Iowa and
Illinois, on Sunday night, was
between Marion aud Cedar Ra
county, Iowa, going northwest al
IN three separate currents, and
track of the Chicago railroad seve
At Lisbon the depot buildings
warehouses in the village, were et
molished. A train of ten freight CT
loaded, were lifted bodily from the
dashed to pieces Before reaching
it had killed sixteen persons. On
passed north through Mechanicsville
ishlng everything in IS course, an(
sixteen persons. currer
through Union GroI in til
seventeen persons.
the railroad, near De
seven persons, sixteen o,
the family Of Thou
passed south Of the
Lowmeor, demolshlng
Millard, killing Mr.. Mil
his family. The current
of Camanche, on the
point the loss Of life is
first reported. From
cannot be less than SO
alone. Some reports give
estimate, bat the bodies CT
There are also l25 wounde.
are fatally injured, and 10 o.
this place, large lumber raft
twenty-four men, was scattered,
one OF the men were lost. Two
we're on board, were also drown,
The tornado is known to hav
distance of ninety miles in Iowa.,
n Illinois. The loss of life cal
than,o hundred and fifty.
During yesterday, two trains
,un every hour from Clinton to
iIsaster, with relief for the sufferer
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
A despatch from Newark, NJ
he cattle disease has appeared iu \
our out of seven beasts already ha
rom its effects This ia a startline