Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-04
Terrific Tornado at Cairo.

Terrific Tornado at Cairo.
CA1cAeo, April IA special despatch
to tue Journal, from Cairo, SAYS Colonel
Buford's captures at Union City amounted
only to seven prisoners and about forty
horses and mules.
CAIRO, April 2.-Gen. John a Logan left
to-day to join his brigade up Tennessee
River. His wound is not entirely healed.
Que of the most terrific toruados that
has visited this locality for several years,
passed over Cairo from the Southwest, at
three o'clock this morning. The tornado
was accompanied with rain, hail, thunder
and lightning. A large number of trans
ports and steam tugs were torn from their
moorIngs on the Ohio Ievee, and blown
across the river. The slate roof of the st.
Charles Hotel was torn off and completely
demolished. Several rows of unOccupied
barracks were leveled 10 the ground. The
Cairo and Columbus wharf boat was
blown across the river, and now lies high
and dry on the Kentucky shore. The
steamer Illinois had both chimueys and
upper cabins torn away, in the falling of
which four or five lives were lost. Several
barges, which were used as store houses,
broke loose and hoated down the river.
Large piles of Government lumber on the
.Ohio levee, were blown into the river
The wooden barracks at Birds Point and
Fort Holt, were demolished. No lives lost.
Much anxiety is felt for the feet at Island
No. 10. Steamers were sent down early
this morning to ascertain what damage
has been done.
barges in tow, drifted down the river, and
sunk one mile below Birds Point. Three
men were drowned. Capt. Carol, of the
steamer Sallie Wood, had his leg broken.
So far as Ascertained from the transports
at the levee, Eve men were blown over
board and drowned, and several had legs
and arms broken.
The boat John Ives, which is used as a
hospital at Mound City, was severely in
jured.
CHICAGO, April IA special to the TFi-
bune from Cairo says: a small craft tied
to the levee, in front of st. Charles Hotel,
occupied by poor man and family of five
persons, parted its moorings during the
gale yesterday, and all on board drowned.
The wharf boat of the Ohio l. Mobile
Railroad, was blown across the river and
is now entangled in the bushes on the
Kentucky shore. AT Paducah the storm
was very severe, unrOofng thirty houses,
including the Marine Hospital and large
warehouse adjoining the wharf boat.
me damage done TO steamers and prop
erty along the river was immense. The
Evansville packet Courier barely escaped
destruction. The storm was exceedingly
violent in the vicinity of Cumberland
river, but we have no particulars.
The steamer Universe has just returned
from a successful search for the steamer
Philadelphia, reported sunk. She was
found one mile this side of Columbus.
Her crew were taken off, excepting three
men who left the Philadelphia in skiff
and have not been heard of since.
Nothing of interest from New Madrid.
1890 P. M.--The s'Pike" has lust ar.
rived from the Island with intelligence to
i P. 81. The damage to the fleet is less
than was anticipated. The gunboats and
mortars were uninjured. Two transports,
the Pike,and Swallow, damaged considera.
bly,. The bombardment was still carried
on vigorously, but results unknown.
CHICAGO, April ga special des patch
from Cairo to the Journal says:
In gale yesterday morning eight per-
sons were blown overheard from the steam
boat Americas and drowned. A flat boat
occupied by poor family as residence
was blown away and sunk, the family es-
Gaping upon coal barge as it floated past.
The Cairo and Columbus wharf boat was
towed back last night not much damaged.