Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-12

Illinois and Indiana papers contain
copicus details of fearful tornado,
heretofore referred TO- which swept over
portions of those States on the Goth ult,
IL seems TO have risen In Southern Illi-
nois and spent its fury in the heart OF
Indiana In Moultrie and Douglas
counties, Ill.,, one man was killed and
twenty or thirty wounded, The &C
counts Gifts ravages in Johnson county
Ill.,, IS very thrilling, The tornado
caused terrible loss OF life, and the to-
tai destruction of everything in the line
of its march, entirely uprootng whole
farms, carrying away houses, trees, wag-
ons, and everything above the ground,
and bringing misery and mourning into
the happy homes of many. A resident
Of the section through which it passed
thus describes the scene
"A dense blackness enveoped the val
ley below while it was quite light on
the hills around, and this added 70 the
distnctness of the whole. The most
terrific roar rumbling and moaning
filed the air, and the smell Of sulphur
was very strong. The unearthly noise
seemed to drown the voice Of speakers
close to each other. The portion of the
valley where this tornado passed was in
the neighborhood of Tobacco Post-otlice
and within a few miles of GolConda.
The tornado moved from east to west,
and appeared to keep in a chosen path.
The country is very broken, but those
living in the small valleys seemed to
suffer most. As it advanced, apparent
ly with the mad rate Of a locomotive,
Mir Hill observed high in the air the
most extraordinary spectacle OF trees,
crushed houses, wood rails and objects
that seemed to him to be horses and cat
tie, borne on by the storm in dense vol
umes OF dirt and dust, all In the most
inextricable confusion. The very heav-
ems were filled with the contents Of
farms. Every object seemed torn from
the earth and folded upward. Houses
were taken up bodily and dashed over
head, and perfect desolatiOn spread over
the valley
As the tornado advanced the indiCa-
cations OF its course were very decep-
tive, appearing to point in all directions.
This effect probably came from the revO-
luton going on in the volumes OF dust
and sulphuric smoke that enveloped
| everything in the valley, and which at
times seemed to roll aud spread in all
directions. The whole country was in
undated, and the soil in many places
washed down to the substratum of clay,
as though the clouds had burst and
flooded the earth with oceans Of water
at once.
Joseph Harper was mortally injured,
three Of his daughters were killed out
right and five others Of his family of
nine mortally wounded His home and
every object of his place was entirely
| carried away and nothing has since been
found Of anything. Thirteen thousand
| dollars in money was also blown away
with the house Mr.. Baynes house was
also taken up and blown 20 atoms. His
stock Of boots, shoes and dry goods was
| carried for miles and scattered over the
country. Everything was totally lost.
ESQ. Worley had nine in his family, one
, VI "hbIu " ~ AlutO, duu cISuI ait pup
posed to be- mortally wounded. Houses
and everything on the place swept away.
John Jones lost a child, Everything
totally lost.
Besides those above mentioned, many
! others had their farms completely des-
troyed. Every one who escaped des-
tructi0n in the line Of the tornado, as
well as those who were killed, We're
blackened as though by SCOT