The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-24


oracklinr IKE : great oonfIasration. I'll
was too fearful for the spec,a ~. 3 sccu.
rstely conceive much less describa. Fhs
air grew dark With mss6os OF tinh. T
boards. shingles andtAs other debris II
,be buildj nd -. vsosnen md en-
dren everywhere running hither ana
thither = Sseate the eslsmie3 whieh seem-
edyndy y ovsswtsln then. Eooa -
to the meaAst place and there witnessed
the appaIl;Sr spectacle bat were almost
deluged with the torants of raia. Az shsl
furious blast passed along through the
General Hospital grounds, the Ward, IA. /
Plison. Of Ward No. -Four. hasioe .wia-
messed the destruction Of the Dead House,
sad cav thst the Wards we're inl danger, |
then the Ward mAstefs Of No. Three and |
Four, with Cofpossl Casson Of ths lash |
New York acted With great energy and
resolution. They just removed the last
man and were stepping ont Of .he Wards
when the tornado struck the lover part
If Ward No. -Four, and in an instant il
vas perfect wreck, the portico and the
floor only left remaining. When i touched
| the Wards there seemed to be . cloud OF
white dust, they we're gone and the frag
ments OF Ward Four were piled upon
Ward Three. The iron bed -s,eads we're
piled together, bent up and rendered
worthless. 1t was very remarkable and
| providential that no one in, these two
| Wards, which were 90 completely de-
stroyed, was injured. This was owing to.
the fact that all the patients, With tho
Perception Of two, were able to walk out
of the Wards. Had this happened when
the Wards we're filled with severely
wounded men, the loss Of life must have
been fearful. II was also strange coinci-
der ca that all the men of these War, 4
we're awake at g o'clock in the morning.
The morning work was going on and all
| we're up and dressed as il thew had re.
ceiyed some premonition Of the calam;tv
about to befalI them. Too much credit
sanpot he given to those Misses and A.
, ,eud.nts who 40 faithfully and eoeroe,i-
c.liv nerformsd he Dimes If thar .t..
lions A number of her bn;ld;noa vere
more or lass in;nrad Some we're nart;al.
!, IL unroofed and the MASTERING loose n.d
from the v.,la
The Hammond Gazette Office v,s.sliob..
! 10 ;n;nraa and tho editor wbo hid .tsr
! nod o,t ~ ,ha door -. .raaanlv ca, "a
nv !. al;oh, cns, f,om ~. tarn.ao Ia
wh;r,ad srornd H. for,un.,alr o,.s,.d
g a most bu, his ha, wen. nm sailing sam,
500 feet in the air bnt wa found sevar,
. hours afterward. and returned to i. own,
!, or Ward g vas very l;,b,lr tonchea h,
the faarfol y;s;,.nt he;no t.Leo -, f,or
e it's foundations. carried back abou, , /,
: IN feat and at dovn .o.;o .na s,r.na,
: TO saw. none Of the inmates we're hurt
!. The tornado PLAYED some yery str.np,
!, freaks with several Of the men about IN,
! Hasnital One man near Ward r -.
n taken IN and carried over to Ward C
a As he sailed along he saw the FRAGMENT,
!. coming also and he thought that the c,rclt
: of wards were in motion. He passed owe,
Q into the bar, Owed under The waters
10 experimenting there was danger from ID,
u falling fragments, but after a shor, tim,
,e rose again and came safe to shore. A
" colored man was seized By the storm an,
Of went up whiriing through the air. NEE,
, ing in his upward course foe tree ant
10 passing through its branches wa,
ID scratched and bruised consider ably. H,
,e was carried out some distance into the ba,
,e but was saved with some trouble an,
Of brought to shore. The officials of tn
- General Hospital were prompt in al
d means in their power to meet the DANCE
as and confusion. The General command
or ing was present to zee the amount OF dam
=. age done aud the Provost Guard with tn,
70 Harbor Master and Chief Sergean. of til,
0. Guard were on hand near the ruins Of th
,g Suffers store to preserve order and pre-
it vent depredations on property. Mr.. Don
If nelly, the Sutler, has probably lost no
il less than $4,000 The estimate of losse
J, is not less than $4,000. The TORNADO
IN began and ended its work on the Point
IT, in from Eve to ten minutes. From thu
e, most reliable accounts compared together
g. the water spout struck the shore near tn
n. Potomac and deuged some places will
q. water. 1t passed over the Point as tor
a nado. "a il left tho Point nass;no oca- ).