, 1861-06-28

an eyes were tnrned toward the fearful
tempest that Vas last approaching at
the Tate Of two miles 8 minafc-
bolted, men ran ron the aeldHnot u q breath th
of air stired-no thunder broke the Stiffness
no mutterings from the clouds, for swift as
sound on It, came bearing In its van huge
clouds Of dust, asweep with It's rolling force,
dash of hail, q closing in Of darkness with
the roar Of thousand cataracts, 4 fearful
Behind 1t the small grains were cut as with
sc5the, and passed over with a roller. The
com and potatos wiped out-the fields were
covered with mud and water; the hail which
was Of small size but hard So ice Lay two inch
es deep Or drifted into heaps. The orchards
that Lay In the centre Of Its path were stripped
OF fruit, leaves, aud the bark from the north
west side cf the trees. Buildings torn down,
fences crushed as with huge rolleE and from
this wreck went up the wailing CRY Of women
and children, whose homes had crumbled to
pieces like paateboard in the hands Of giant.
For the first half Of It's course the main path.
way Of the storm was about three miles wide;
but after passing the farm of MI. j. B. Phfn.
ney, It spread ont to about five miles, and to
this may be attributed the taving Of any por-
tion Of our nursery stock, which though seri-
ouslJ injured will in great measure recover.
= INJURY TO PKBsoER
We do not as yet hear Of any fatal accident,
though large number Of persons were more
OF less Injured. In one house one woman had
several RIBS broken, md another two broken
and otherwise severely bruised. Two large
families occupied this house which WAS blown
to pieces. Yet. etrange to say, no one was
Killed, and but three Or four ont of sometwen-
ty at all injured In another house boy had
both legs broken, one of them in two placcs.
The freight train on the G. ". railroad
creased the path Of the storm, and the caboose
sar was blown nom the track, and two Or
three Of its occupants somewhat bruised. In
~ eome thirty persons were more or Less In.
1utgd ~ falling buildings, and large number
badly bzuised By tho hail, being unable to reach
shelter.
TIE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND FKnCEs,
Nearly all the buildings In ita pathway vera
more or less injured, ali Of the gIasa On the
North and much on the west side Of the hous-
ea were broken out, q large number of build
blown down and others unroofed, and, as
perfect flood Of rain attended the hail, the pn-
roofed buildings were completely drenched,
the Plasfeflng destroyed, furniture and house
bold goods Injured. Nothing WAS blown any
distance, the storm appeared to roll over and
north side Of our barn was crushed in and left
In that condition. We had over two hundred
oak fence posts broken of, none of them hay
Ing BEEN set over three years, and in places
NueIt lucy were uOE Heu seL LQey were throw n
down. Full half Of the fences running east
and Heet were thrown down. Our green
house is leanto against . two story bu{|dinr.
and was thus protected, losing only about fifty
feet Of glass.
DAMAGE TO CROPS AND ORCHARDS.
For the first fifteen miles nearly every
orchard in its path is ruined, the
OF Of On the West side Of tho trees. On tSs lie
farm Of Mr. Phiuney not 3 green leaf was left
On fruit or shade trees, out OF several thou-
sand; every tree will have to be cut back to
the ground. The place is three years old, and
. large sum had been expended within that
Ike that Of III. r, Viii recover b being cut
back, but few trees in the old orchards along
the sangamon will be saved. No bark Of any
account WAS stripped from our trees they
ate badly SCARED, but as this Is the season Of
rapid growth, they will in . great measure re-
err. Fruits of al kinds arc entirely ruined In
onr grounds. Fortunately, nearly all the
| goosGbe111es, currants aud strawberries had
been gathered, not over onehAlf dozen
bushels being lost. 0ur crop Of plums- the
largest and best that We have ever seen In the
state-ls lost. AZ the small cereals, such a.
| wheat, rye, oats, &c, are . total loss. EARLY
| potatoes are considerably damaged. Beams
| that were up are ruined, but arc rep1auted
| Contrsry to expectations the corn, the great
staple OF this section, Is hut little injured. not
| so much ss though cut down by q severe Iost,
| md within tie last tvo days It has made rapid
| pcogress to regain Its lost standing. Many
hare plo~ed up their wheat fields and have
| planted to corn, potatoes, beaua. broom corn
and Hungarian gfa.s. We haye some fear as
to The broom-eofn. that the injury Of The n lin
| stalk win give it atendencv t. gucker hadly.
| 1uhfch .ri1f 1acsan }fa va]ve
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| the a1mT wnr,, iof whfch 10 sha,f nira a ~ I
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IN Tnsnv n,araa ~ a. Iosa ae +Sa erTai,,
Ent ~ re rros1,nct 10 e-ooJ for 90 a., nh,,E
crop Of corn iatn cron Ell 6f silver we N W;th nthe,
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