The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-03
JUNE. 1889.
A severe AurrIcane.

/ "A 8evGtO nUkkDe0oes
A ferce tornado passed over this county on
Tuesday evening OF last week. The citzens Of
0skalOosa may remember, a. we do, seeing
dark, swift, ard singular shaped cloud short
distance south west of town. We mentioned
last week that In. that neighborhood several
houses were unrooied and many fences blown
down. The cloud passed on toward the north
west, and We do not hear Of material damage
being done until it came near the village Of In
dianapolis There 1t descended to the earth and
swept everything before it Il was funnel.
shaped, the smaller part being quite lengthy
and reaching nearly to the ground, and moving
with frightiul rapidity. 1t struck the house Of
A. J. Myers and left IL wreck Barely ca.
Gaping the house Of Willis Baker, 1t demolished
bis saw-mill and destroyed his grove, also his
blacksmith and wagon shop and store room
were completely destroyed. The house of Mr..
Burkes was ruined; that Of John Evans turned
round and much damaged, that o James Hines
moved and well nigh destroyed, and Mr.. Leakc's
store turned round but not much injured The
school house standing on the public square was
torn to pieces and swept completely away. The
residence, smoke house, stable, etc, of James
Mccoy destroyed The house of Mrs. Mussey,
the wife OF q soldier, was apparently crushed,
she and her children being protected by the
high posts of the bedstead on which they were
reclining. The village church was picked up
and carried about sixty feet the roof being taken
clear away, and the bare walls left standing
The house Of James Green. occupied BY William
Biggs and !. N. Garret, was wrecked complete.
ly. One of james Bridges, occupied by Daniel
White, was destroyed, and Mrs. White and
child considerably hurt. One of Elijah Sewe!l,
occupied by VIM Crafty, wrecl,ed. One of.D.
Tinsley, occupied by Reuben Cooley, unroofed
That of Mr. Robb DESTROYED Several other
small buildings were blown away. Just after
passing through Indianapolis the cloud struck
the ground and for some distance swept it clean.
Further on the two story residence of Mrs
hutchison was DESTROYED, and alsoj that of O.
Kennels; Mrs. X. being seriously injured. Jos
Bonsalfs house was destroyed, and he and his
wife received some personal injury. a
>. b Leake, ESQ.,, to whom we are indebted for
the above particulars, mentions several interest
ing incidents. The hurricane was about two
hundred yards in width, and travelled with won
derful rspidity. Dir. L. thinks it could not have
been more than half minute from the time the
cloud came in sight until il was gone In one
place shingIe was found driven deep into a |
solid oak tree. The "suction" was 90 strong
that the windows in some of the buildings on
the outskirts of the storms path, were drawn
outward and swept away almost with the rapid.
~ oil lightning. In one instance ledger, living |
On desk four or five feet from window thus |
carried away, was taken off and had not been
ound at last accounts. We are sorry to learn
hat some families not very we'll off at best have
been lett in destitute circumstances bv this de- |
'tructive tornado Oskaloosa Herald.