The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-04-17
rFrom the Evansville Ind. Courier, March e. ]
Most Extraordinary Disaster Ever
Recorded.
Terrible Tornad o I'm johnson
County. Illinois.
GREAT Loss OF LIFE.
Houses, Trees and Wagons Mile High
IN the Heavens.
WHOLE FAMILIES AND FARMS
DESTROYED.
Sublime Grandeur of the Storm as
Witnessed from an Eminence.
SEEKIN G. THE LOST.

| SEEKIN G. THE LOST.
Many remarkable and most strange eff
fects OF the grim Storm King in Illinois,
have from time to time been recorded
Accounts have been given of the tearing
up of the very turf on the prairies of that
State; but the facts we are about to record
have no parallel in the history of destruc-
tion by the elements that we are aware
Iof
| We we're yesterday visited by Mr.. VIM,
Brill, an old and respected farmer of
johnson County, ILL.,, and one Of the most
defensive in that county, who furnishes
US with succinct and detailed descrip-
Ition of tornado that passed over that
neighborhood on the 20th which caused
a terrible loss of life. and the total de-
struction Of everything in the line Of its
march, entirely uprooting whole farms,
carrying away houses, trees, wagons, and
Everything above the ground, and bring
ing misery and mourning into the happy
homes of many.
! Mr.. Brill's farm house rests upon an
eminence sufficiently high to give him a
view of the section through which the de-
struction passed, and on the day of the
10th, he and his family had perfect
view of the sublime scene which the an.
(gry elements were enacting in valley
only half a mile South of his house.
He describes the appearance of the
storm as the most terrific ever witnessed,
or that the mind can conceive, A dense
blackness enveloped the valley below,
while it was quite light on the hills
around, and this added to the distinctness
of the whole. The most terrific roar
rumbling and moaning filled the air, and
the smell of sulphur was very strong
The unearthly noise seemed to drown the
voice of speakers close to each other.
As it advanced, apparently with the
moderate speed of locomotive, Mr.
Brill observed high in the air the mos
extraordinary spectacle of trees, crushed
, houses, wood, rails and objects that seem
ed to him to be horses and cattle, borne
on by the storm in dense volumes of dir
and dust, all in the most inextricable con.
) fusion. The very heavens were fllet
with the contents of farmsl Every OBJ
} [iect seemed torn from the earth and fold
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up anu nessIu la:, upSaiu nousys as'e 10 70
perfect desolation spread over the valley
) The portion of the valley where thi
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enect Prooapiy came from '1e leyoiu.lol w,
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also ploWn aw ay WIN 'ne mouse. =.
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hVery1alns sosa.ly .oss,
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