, 1862-04-03
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAP PH.
TORNADO AT CAIRO.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
The Town Flooded with Water.

The Town Flooded with Water.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
CAmo, April 3, 1861.
4 tremendous gale from the southwest |
passed over Cairo at-three o'clock this morn
i1gp and for time the destruction Of every |
thing movable seemed inevitable. BarTacks |
and houses were 1eyeled to the ground. The t
shipping in port was badly injured.
The loss oflife is supposed to be fearful, but !!
not asccr}ained as yet. a large number Of |
transports we're in tie river between this point |
and the Tennessee and below, and it is feared |
they have suffered considerable; but it is now
too early to learn the full extent Of the gale OF
the destruction accomplished.
The steamer Philadelphia is reported to hare
sunk with I'll or board. She WAS loaded with
corn, and had three ice boats in tow. So far
as aecrtained, the transports at the river lost
five men blown overheard, and several lad
their legs broken.
The steamers suffered to I considerable ex-
tent. Steamers and tugs were early dispatch
ed down the river to discover the damage, if
any had been done, to the blockadlng feet at
Island No 10. Nothing has yet been heard
from below. Fears are entertained as to the
safety OF the transports in that locality.
The steamer Stevenson, with forty Quarter
| masters laborers, was blown over the rive
to the Kentucky shore, but no lives were lost
Coal boats, ice boats, and small floating craft,
were driven into the stream, and sunk with all
OIL board.
The hospital boat John Ivers was severely
injured at Mound City, and several buildings
destroyed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
10 o'clock p. ma small craft tied to the
leyee, in front Of the ST. Charles Hotel, occu-
| pied By poor man and family Of five per-
sops, parted from her moorings during the
gale this morning, and all on board were
| drowned. The wharf boat Of the Ohio and
! Mobile Railroad was blown across tile river,
and is now cntanged in bushes on the Ken
| lucky shore.
! At Padncah the storm was very severe, IN
! roofing thirty houses, including the Marine
| Hospital and large warehouse adjoining the
| wharf boat.
| The damage done to steamers and property
! along the river is immense. The Evansville
packet Courier barely escaped destruction.
The storm was exceedingly violent in the
vicinity Of the Cumberland river, but ne are
without particulars.
The steamer 1Iinncllaha arrived this after
noon with troops from St. Louis.
The steamer Universe has just returned
from successful search for tlr steamer Phil
| adelphia, reported sunk, She Was found about
ono mile this side Of Columbus, and her crew
taken OF, excepting three men, who left the
| Philadelphia in skiF and have not been
| heard from since.
The river is still FILLING.
Nothing Of interest from New Madrid and
below.
THIRD D1SPA TCM
The Storm at Island No. 10.
1035: O'Clock p. aa.--The Pike has just arrived
from the Island with intelligence to p M.
The damage to the fleet is less than was antici-
I fated. The gunboats and mortars are unin-
jurcd. Two transports, the Fike and Swallow,
we're damaged considerably.
The bombardment Is still carried on vigor-
ouely, but the results are unknown.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
; CAIRO, April 2.-The most terrific tornado
that has visited this locality for several years
!. came upon us at 5 o'clock this'moraiug. The
storm came up from the south-wind, rain
!, hail, thunder and lightning. Nearly all the
: transrorts, h, harnes, steam tugs aud 1oaticcGG
property was torn from the moorings on tht
0 | Ohio lcyce and blown across the river. The
t slate roof Of the st. Charles Hotel lies scatter
ed over the town. Several rows Of barracks
! were 1eyeled with the ground, bnt hapr,M.l11
h have been terrible.
t Tie wooden barracks at Birds Point caught
Q the gale about midships, and had to cave il
largely. So also at Fort Holt. No loss Of Lii
:. | at either Of the last two points.
!, Much anxiety is felt for our fleet down al
{ Ieland No. 10. We have no news from below
J. except that the grnboats and mortars are fir
ing; semi occasionally, and the rebels reply
just when they pleaEe.
; Henry Patrick says he expects that "tht
i next glle that sweeps from the South vii
bring TO our ears the clash OF grounding arms;;'
but the last ono didn't.
Butord's capture Of Union City amounted te
:, seven prisoners and about forty horses ant
mules, tnstead Of one hundred prisoners aut
five hundred horses, rs before telegraphed.
The water soaking through the lcyee in Cal
:, TO raised five inches last night, and Is still rs
= ing. Both the steam pumps are working.
+ however. The stencil in Cairo is intolerable
n Medical gentlemen tell nc that. over 200 dis
t tinct and separate odoTs were ascertafned t,
q exist yesterday: with several wards to hca
:. I from and classify.
u The Cairo and Columbus wharf boat liz:
= high and dry on the Kentucky shore opposit
: | here. The steamer Illinois had both he
chin,ne1s and upper cabins torn away, in til
falling Of which, four or Eve lives we're lost
e Captain Carroll, Of the steamer Sallic Wood
s badly injured. Several barges, which ha
e been covered over md were being used fo
u store. houses, broke: loose and foa1ed dow
u the river. The large piles Of Goyernmen
. lumber on the Ohio 1eyee were blown into til
=, river.
'' The coal oil and tuTpvntine trade on til
~ Cumberland river has nearly ceased, owing {
8 course, to the high water.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
CAIRO. April 2, 2 7. M--Br}gadier Gener:
John 4. Logan has 60 far recovered from hi
wound received at Fort Done1son as to
As able to rejoin his brigade, and to-day .starte
IN for The seat Of Of war on The Tennessee. b
u wound Is still very painful.
es Lieut.. Colonel Ransom has been appointe
1,e Colonel Of the 11th regiment, to FL the VI
be Nalince to a Brigadierzhip. Lieut.. Colon
ed Dunlap, Of the 9Th regiment, has resigne
n and arrived at Cairo; Rs have also scyent otht
ne officers Of a lesser grade.
tc Brieadiel General John Cook Of the 7th re,
as iment is here youte for the theatre Of oper
n- 1t is d very singular fact that those who hay
y RESIGNED are invariably those who have hithe
Is to escaped unharmea, while the wounded ON
sr- are as invariably returning to their dutie
or Comment is unnecessary.
II General Strong is absent to-dny, at Islar
y, No. TO-
It'll Tic hospital boat Louisiana started tod
n9 for the Tennessee River, with full compl
d, Of them we're dry when they left here, owi.
"a, to the storm last night.
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