Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-31

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little south IL west and burst with unex.
aanplsd power, flooding the streets and ren.
dsf1ng many Of them impossible in q ycry
short spacr Of tipe For an hour the rsfn
ieli iitera9e b sebSrentA III Nv, seemed
livid with raQet I'D ,from the bIsck,st
cionds ~ llgttnisg; flashed klipdinely,
tivid,' WINE tde lodd th6ndlr rvIls6 ~
reverberated, hike. ~ bounlns Of thou.
sand batteries Of the heaviest artillery.
~, It was trighffut storm The clouds
hung oyer the city like pail, and aptn
ruatly % close THAI they seemed to rest
upon the housetoFn. Great sheets of Hame
thrust forth from the Memphian gloom
that overskad6wGd the city, passed oSef Il.
l,ack AID forth, lssvisg loag, . agulxr xiu.,
gag lines around the whole borlzon p..,
after peal VI thunder, sometimes muttering
IN the distance, and gradually growing
louder, till It burst in uagllty crash, ANA
at others giving no warning OF Its sppsoact,,
but failing loud and heavy upon the ears
OF startled sleepers, formed terrible base
tor splendid hastn0ny, Of " Which the rain.
drops made most melodious treble. Ma
ture seeined al MAR, and UT ali tile while
rendered magnificent anthem, terrible in
Its power, but sublime in its beauty.
THE STORM CLOSES WITH TORNADO.
Two Aours later violent tornado, about
five hundred feet in width, arose In Mali
creek Valley, about q mite frUm the city
limits, and tot about a quarter OF 4 milt
Frustrated everything in its pathway 1t.
appears as II the storm had b0en gathered
Tor one mighty effort, and hurled against
the Garth with the utmost fury. Ii first
rage was vented on bottom land west Of the
spring Grove Avenue, belonging to Joseph
liciscr, q gardener. His hot-beds were
RAISED high IN the air and scattered over
the adjoining fields. But gathering pow
er rs 1t went, the tornado unronfed the
house Of Henry Melcher, and treated his
beds in the same manner. Ills fences anu
trees were Frustrated, and the fragments
OF each were carried hundreds Of yards, and
tossed about with the most magnificent
reOkicssness
AAD-CAP PRANK WITH A MARKETMAN.
A man named Matthew Eberllart, in CON-
pany with his wife, ON his way to market,
having wagon filled with vegetables, met
the tornado just at the moment 1t crossed
the avenue. Selling the horses and yehi
Gle it carried them across the road and
turned them topsy-turvy in fence corner
njuring the former and completely dcmol
ikhIng the latter Mr.. 4. was somewhat IN
jured but not seriously. Some csns OF
mix were carried fifty feet and ennptied
Of their contents, while Bushels Of toma-
toes were blown high in the air and final
ly made part of The crop Of nsighboring,
gariens, in such.s manner n to cause them
to believe that nature was 1ayoring them
with liberal shower Of this tayorltc veg
etable.
INJURY TO THE PREMISES OF DR. RICHARD
When the tornado reached the premises
Of Dr. Richardson, on the west side Of the
Cumminsville turnpike, a short distance
byond the tollgate, it seemed to have
reached it's utmost force. II took up M
clubhouse and distributed it in atoms all
over the premises, carrying the door across
the road and piling it up neatly against
the fence. His orchard was totally wreck
ed almost every apple tree being utterly
destroyed or seriously injured. An i'm
mense locust tree, that had withstOod the
storms Of fifty years. was uprooted ami
dashed against his milk house; small
patch of corn was levelcd as If with "A huge
roller, and large shade trees were blow
down and twisted off as if they were the
merest saplngs. The roof an old log house,
used recently AS a smoke house, was lnt4d
mp high enough to permit some logs to fall
Of, and then deposited in its original place.
All the fences about the premises were de-
molishcd, one Of them carried of beyond
the possibility Of recovery, leaving the
posts, like a row of teeth, grinning dcri-
sivcly at their owner. large poplar tree
was rived from the branches to the ground
IA distance of twenty five feet, as If some
giant had split it with colossal AK For
tunatcy the house and barn were uninjur-
cd but the grounds were denudcd of the
identifying labor Of years, and left total
wreck. Many Of the trees which were not
uprootcd or broken down, were so injured,
that it will, we judge be impossible to save
them
A BARN BLOWN DOWN.
A barn, opposite the residence of DR.
Richardson, and belonging to man named
koup, was blown down, but some horses
stabbed IN it were uninjurcd. Here again
the tornado played havoc with the hot beds,
and on which it seemed toexpcnd its force,
for beyond this there was no damage Col
Young lost a few shade trees, but the dam
age to him was immaterial. compared with
hs more unfortunate neighbor.
THE LOSS
The loss caused by this terrible storm
cannot be estimated in dollars and cents.
The repair Of Mr.. Mclcher's house and hot
beds, will cost at least 81 900, while it will
cost similar sum to repair the fences
about the premises Of DR. Richardson. But
the greatest loss is that which even time,
we fear, will not be able to replace. The
grand old trees that lifted their arms like
benediction-D breathing priests, and cast
their grateful shade indifiercntlv alike for
both the just and unjust, are gone forever.
Perhaps 5000 will pay for all that can
be paid for; but there is no compensation
for the loss to which we have alluded. The
old willow that has been the special adj
mlration OF all who passed along. this part
Of the turnpike, was deprived of every
branch. and its naked trunk stands there
with but few leaves trembling in the
evening breeze and weeping, like Wolscy,
over its fallen greatness.
THE TORNADO.
The tornado Of yesterday morning SEEM
ed to have some Of the peculiarties of a
whirlwind, while it still preserved those
peculiar to itself Its dimensions were not
greater than those we have named, but its