Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-21
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ticulars.
An extract from the press Of the 81. Vernon Ness,
1T Vernon, Linn county, lowe, contains thrilling
acc0ur Of the tornado and Of its disastrous effects
ia that quarter. The extra sheet is dated Monday
June and its contents We here give in full:
We have to record this, morning. enc of the most
terrible visitations that ever desoated country in
hahifed by men. About six o'clock last night a ter
rifle whirlwind, or tornado, passed mile south Of
town, from west to east.
When first seen probably six or seven miles away,
It had the appearance Of large black shaft OF col
umn, shaped like an upright hour-giass. extending
from q tremendous threatening cloud, which for
sometime had been hanging over the west to the
ground. Hundreds watched it as it swept on is
COURSE seemingly bearing directly toward Nj. Yer
non. Il was attended with heavy rOor, Of a
hundred train Of cars Branches of trees could be
seen in the sir, while its changing form. and the
fakes Of clouds threw from its sides, showed ITS
whlrling motion.
When within two miles Of us, while people we're
seeking safety in cellars, or in some cases. run
ming wildly about the Streets yeered on its course,
and swept by in full sght-sublime, but fearful.
Hardly had it passed ere 6half-dressed man. bleed
ing from wounds upon has head, and reeling upon
his horse rode furiously into town calling for help
Talking incOherenty, be reported persons killed
and others injured at little village or hamlet, one
and half miles west, known as St Marys. In a
few minutes hundreds were on their way there IN
clRding Drs. Carhart Belden, Gordon and Carson
The wild scene Of desola6on they found beggars de-
scription We had imagined the horrors Of battle
field, but never had pictured anything SO awful as
the sight Of those poor victims disabled dying and
/ dead
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED IN cAMANcHE.
/ The LYONS Mirror gives alst Of the persons whose
bodies have been recovered at Camanche, number
ing twenty-eight; also list Of persons injured num-
bering eighty-three all of whom expected to re
cover. Many more we're slightly injured, but Of
these no list made, as they were all able to be
about in day or two
DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN CANANcHE.
An extra from the Office of the Clinton Herald
gives us the following list of buildings which were
! totally destroyed by the late tornado at Camanche
/ 90 dwellinghOuses all occupied; warehouses
| dry goods and grocery stores; cabinet-shopsi
Observation-Disclosures carpenter shops; hotel barns
/ 6S barns and stables various Sizes % Sheds ice
houses corneribs, etc; hardware store; grocery
stores; l store, unoecupied; 1 dry-goOds stores
furniture store; / Ware-rOOm; l jwelry store
livery stable; l billiard ROOM shoe shop; Law
Office; l paint shop; l tanRery; school house,
millinery shop; ! meat market; slaughter house
| l granaFy; ! lumber office; l broom factory
! tailor shop; Baptist church; l Methodist church
| ! land Office; new brick block, GO BY 10, thre'
stories high; hotels
Among these were the Willard House. owned b!
Robert Millard, jr.; large three story building
covering a space of 56x96 feet on the ground;
three story brick building 22x7Q, owned and occu
pied by G Westphall, and a new brick house, near
ly completed, three stories high, 90xl2O feet, con
tanning six stores, owned by J. W. Waldrof.
BADLY INJURED.
rs dwelIing-houses, all occupied two ware
houses, three dry-goods and grocery stores, twt
grocery and provision store two mills, one hard
ware store, one dry-goOds grocery and hardwar
store, one drug store furniture ware-room, one
billiard-room one harness-shop, one Touring mil
one blacksmith shop, one wagon shop, one school
house. fifteen barns and stables various sizes, MIN
Sheds corn cribs, ice-houses. &c.
Eight hundred and sixty persons are homeless II
Camanche. The above estimate was made by diree
ton of the Relief Committee, and is supposed TO b.
correct IN every particular.
NFRRASKl