Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-20
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II r. A., 81,


80 ~ - ~ Lsst y1nIss y n = Tt:
siffic tornado swept through the Cedar Val
lev on Friday, leaving evidences Of It pres
enea ma track Of ilfSy miles n BREATH
There had been considerable rain during the
mornine. but the storm bad somewhat aba.
ted When a about sir o'clock p. NJ, q New
Hartford. hurricane swept down from the
hor4h vest taking trees. fences and every
thing movable in its path, and whirled them
through the air like wisps Of straw.
So 'u~At wAs ies power that the depot
building 1t New Hartford was unroofed,
and the roof was carried distance Of three
hundrod yaras.
The train Of cars, standing on the track.
with brakes down, vas blown down the
track. Treesw&e twisted Of and npfooled,
and the fences Of al descriptions we're scat
tered in every direction. At Cedar Falls
the awnings on MAJ street, and the poarch-
esn bun 10 6sse sea1 Rtlse tntough -
~, and ~ 1gprt1 testens vers. satee
talnsd l6tvAStAft9 oftbs 80 ueoeanti
buildings. The large trees in the beautiful
park in the center Of the town were blown
down, and its beauty ruined. Tho glass
fronts to the stores were only kept in place
by bracing them from the inside.
At Raymond it is said, . school house
was blown down and two children seriously
injured in the ruins The large and new
brick block, opposite the Waverly House.
at WAveriy in Bremer county, was unroof
ed, and the chimneys Of the Waverly House
and Of other buildings in the village, we're
blown down. Much more damage was un-
doubtcdly done, Of which no tnfosmeAisu
has yet been received, 40 this il said to
have been the severcst tornado which has
ever been witnessed in this part Of the State.
During the severest portion Of the tornado
there WAS bat little rain, but during the
night following, heavy thunder storm rag-
ed, the lightning striking rapidly, and o.
ten. II Il supposed that soch crops q
were standing high enough to take the force
Of the wind must be seriously damaged.
At independence several buildings were
totally demolished. One brick building in
} progress Of erection Was leveled to the earth
} by the wind and rain.
: This storm was similar 10 the storm
which passed through the same section Of
. country in 1860, and extending TO the Mis-
. sissippi, destroyed so much property at Ca
. manche. BY some it is pronounced to have
{ been more scvere.-Uubuque Herdtd
II ALARMING FEAT or SoSSAMrBuLIsT.-
) Last Saturday night two brothers named
h Corby, recently from Ireland, were sleeping
j, in room in boarding house. One Of them
rose from his bed in his sleep. raised the
n window, and, Notwithstanding the efforts OF
{ his brother 10 restraln him, leaped from the
4 third story striking against the railing,
twenty or thirty feet below, and breaking it
o to pieces lie lit on his feet and ran Mt n
] furious pace, and lcaped over a ten foot
il fence, when he was overtaken bv his friends
i lie appeared to be in terrible state OF
y alarm and imagined that he was in boat
= on the ocean, and cried out, 1.-THE boat is on
r fire, and they are after me-" lie was at
0 length aroused from his sleep, and was as
tonished to find that he was ON the street
; with only his shirt and drawers on. The
) strange part Of the affair is that he was no,
injured in the slightest degree by the fall
It is supposed that Corby was dreaming Of
the Inflated Sultana. and imagined that he
! Was on board st Louis Dem.