Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-16
FROM TYNER CITY.
4 Young HurriCane.--Sevcral
Houses partially UnrOOfcd
and other Damage Done.
TYNER City, Ind, Aug. -, Il

TYNER City, Ind, Aug 13, 1866.
EDiToRs REPuBtCAN.-We had a CON
siderable blow at this place Yesterday,
Sabbath about o'clock, u. NJ. and as it
is not often Tyner is honored with exciting
occurrences of this kind. allow me to give
you brief account of its devastations. n
number of the citizens of the village were
at Church. and the minister had just COM
menced to preach when the attention of
the congregation was drawn off by roar
ing sound that came rolling and rumbling
up from the southwest, a of distant thun-
der or heavy train of cars. Its near APP
proach created quite a panic among the
congregation. Some children screamed.
and some older persons, whose nerves were
not the StOutcst or tirmcSt, gave way, and
the meeting house was empty in very short
order But the storm ficnd was at their
heels. lie tore few shingles from the
roof and hurled them angrily after the fly
ing ana terror stricken people. The wind
next came i'm contact with Mr.. Strawhack-
er : new building. from which it tore the
ratters: from thence il passed to the stable
of Mr.. James Cummins. from which il tore
the roof entirely off and deposited il i'm a
lot across the alley. 1t next struck the
barn of Mr. Brush. tearing il literally to
pieces. \ mule that was in the Darn es
capped unhurt, although he was surrounded
and buried beneath the ruins. Mr.. BrlIsh's
residence also sustained considerable dam
are. The rlof on the front of the house
was raised up six inches, the tops of the
chimneys Knocked off, the siding on the
east end battered by flying plank and tim
bcrS, and the furniture inside upset. "A
wagon was lifted up SO high by the wind
that when it fell il broke one of the axclS.
The storm next came in contact with the
stave factory: blOwcd down the smoke
stack. tore off portion of the roof. and
carried off quantities of the slaves that
were stacked in the yard. a number of
plank some II feet long were carried mp
100 feet or more in the air. y portion of
the roof of Mr.. Francis dwelling was also
torn off. and also one entire side of his
horse stable.
Take it all in all il WAS n very respccta-
bic young hurricane. The oldest inhabi-
tants say j. was the ficrccst blow they ever
experienced in this section of the country
b fore.
In regard TO other topics | have not
much to write about The Turpic-.
Johnson mon. as usual. try Ia buster and
brag. and get up II little confidence among
their friends in the success of their cause
this fall. hut il is an uphill business with
them. Their CouI;cnanceS and choking
u;teranccs. when they speak of Dave Tur-
pir beating Schuyler Colflx, bctravs them.
AMI proclaiinS rs plainly as though they
wcre 10 say it in as many words ihat they
do moi believe their own statements. If
thev do ;hc friends of ColiaN do not.
Do no; be alarmed at the boaSing of the
Copprrl,,idS in rcgirl To the vote of this
township next fill. The Union men of
Polk arr moi asleep and win dive good
account OF themselves next fall, noiwiih-
standing ihe predictions of the smart young
man who writes for the Democrat. and
who had the Scilool House built on land
belonging To Il nonresident, without any
authority or assurance that the owner
would give the township a decd for The
ground IL vas bull on. w. III.