, 1862-08-11
FEFARUL TORNADO IN FULTON
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND MAEY
WQVEDED.
Great Destruction Of Property.

EF;em ths Falton Qn( Democrat, Aae. 8.
On Monday evening fast, august 4th, be-
tween the hours Of and 0 o'clock, the north
ern pats Of Lewiston and Liverpool town
Dadols peculiar to the vest.
1t seems to hars touched the ear!h first in
the vicinity OF Mr. Abner Laws, some two
miles northeast Of the town. Here great
many trees had been broken down and up
rocfed.
IL next visited q forty acre piece OF timber
belonging to Mr. Vardycke, three miles north
east cf town After the tornado had passed
through it not enough good timber could
have been found On the lot to have fenced it.
Next in order is the farm Of Mr. Frank
Harrison. All his crops and large portion
OF his timber was destroyed.
Next waa the tarm Of Mr.. John G1isby,
&Fhers the storm fend seemed to have mlde
| his grandeet display Of power. No such thing
| as 1ence vas any where visible, except about
the wheat rieke, where the ncighbor5 we're Mt
work putting up the rails to protect the scat
tered bundles. Here We were shown bundle
| Of wheat that had been hurled bntt foremost
t against the hard, dry trunk Of a dead tree. and
with such force that the straw penetrated the
ccmnlodions and good-looking two-story
| brick, aud was one Of the best farm houses
in tEat ne.ghhoshood. The upper story was
hurled ueou the one-story wing, and
/! the entire structure, with the exception
d demolished. I Ai Mr.. t0o and MIS-: s Gns6y ': aud
part Of the eAilaren were all crushed to
The dcor 1y the falling timbers and brick,
being preserved from death BY some ioists
falling and resting upon an open door. Mr.
sud btrs. GrlAbY and boy xers badly Injured
ard was lifted bodily from the ground aud one
Of the largest trees WAS carried hearty s mile
| sWar, while most Of the others were scattered
promiscnouaiS about large fe1d at the east.
Hia barn WAS nearly DESTROYED, and OF gran,
aryzhat stood near, even the found 4tion could
scarce be found. Mr. Grhisy's corn fields
seemed to have been the scene Of q hard.
fought battle, except for the a5senca OF wars
psraphercalia- Tee stalk. we're stripped oi
b1ades, shoots, &c, and left lying upon the
| ground ss though trampIed over for 3 day b5
corn will mature is a dead Loss. Nr. Gzigs
by is damaged By this storm to the amount oi
$4,000 or $1,000.
Hugh Flemming had the roof torn off Ills
house.
Rearnan Grisby's log house was destroyed.
z. Foote'S log houEe Was also destroyed.
| George Smiths frame house Was deynol
: Isned, and bis father, Vim. Smith, WAS s.rucl
il the head by some missile and almost in
stantly killed Smiths wife is also reporte,
as having received scme injuries.
John Sfufflebeau's log house vas toru to th
ground, and most Of the family badly in
| Iured.
The sixth Idissrict sc1ool-house in Liver
| pool to wrship Was also destroyed.
Young Elijah Wllcoxson's log house va
also torn down. Que Of his children bad
limb broken, and Others of tie family yer
more or less injured. ..taa:Et-.
o. L. Lilies house WIS unroofed tana.hl
ont-houses were destroyed. Mr. L. was badl
bruised n akteIbpti keep the doors shn
A. Carey, living On Ewing MtGeenee'
| place, had lis house torn to the ground, an
| his faulty injured more or less, hia wife bein
badly hurt.
Nimrod norgan's large log house was CON
plete]y demolished, and his family were 3
mere or 1ees injured.
4. I; Wilkins new frame house was r1
!: I rooted. ~.
Theodore Aaron's house was also III
! James -Fr1cbard's house WIS likewise Ii
jured.
| The storm passed over the Illinois Rive
Just north of Liverpool, utterly destroying
| we are told, the tres0e:work ACROSS the Iakt
We have heard nothing Of It's ravages in Maso
, | ccunty.
It is impossible to estimate the damage don
? to the farmers in the course Of the whirlwin<
in the destruction Of their buildings, crop
! fences, and timber, but it must amount
many thousands Of dollars.