, 1866-04-02

SERIOUS Destruction of Property In
NgontGoInervstOnnIys lnd1ana-ANVlde
sweep Of Dee0lat1on.

Sweep Of Desolation.
T from the Talloga, Ind, Herald, 2ih.1
On Tuesday evening about seven aud . hal
O'Clock, terrible storm came up from the
west, about two degrees sout of west, touch
| Ing the north edge Of town, unrooflns houses
barns, and tearing down all out-buiidings,
fencing and timber. We have heard from the
tornado some three miles west, and some two
| miles east of town. Tie track Of the storm
| was about one half male wide, destroying al.
most everything, No lives lost, as far az
Mr.. Hdikay's large new house was uurooted
| and all bis fences and ou.-houscs torn down.
Mr. Martin Nehr's house, west or town
large fEnme, was unroofed and partially torn
down, bis barn unroofed and blown some six
| feet, md his f1ne orchard was also blown
down, and every pannel Of his fence. We
learn that Mr.. Nehr's son Was seriously hurt
by stick Of timber, and Lis wife received
/ several bruises.
alr. Vim. Myers, west of town-laree brick
house, roof PARTLY blown away, his out-houses
blown down, and the roof Of bis large barn
mashed In. He says that on leo acres Of land,
mostly timber, not one good tree is left
standing.
Mr. Samuel Graybill, IT,, had his barn un.
rooted and all his timber DESTROYED.
Mir. Frank Frantz's stable was unrooled and
nll his timber destroyed.
Mr.. VIM. Frames brick honse wns unrool-
chnrd literally demolished. One large apple
tree was torn of at the ground and thrown
ono hundred yards.
Mr. Jesse Durham's barn roof WIS blown
partly oil.
sr: J. D. scho1eld's house was blown down
over the heads Of himself and family. Mr.. s.
had two Of his children In his arms, protect
ing them from the falling logs. Ills wife,
who had u child In her 1rms, WINS knocked
down, but We learn received no injury. ET-
cFything they had, except bureau, was de-
stroyel.
Nj. Henry Johnson's stable aud out-houses
were all blown down.
Mr. z. PefHy's house was blown down.
Mr. Tieer's leg house was blown down
while the family was In bed, and fortunately
none were hurt.
FARTHER WEST.
Since writing the above we learn tbat the
house Of Benjamin Walden. twelve miles west.
was unrooied and his farm damaged badly.
james B. Wilson'S buildings and farm are
damaged.
Nine miles west OF here, Henry A. Foster's
house and barn we're blown down and scat
tered. His wife and two child en- were killed
one child only survived. Mr.. F. himself at
the time was out In the sugar camp. The
sarvivfng child was fund In the wreck un-
hurt.
Matthew F. james. north Of Parkersbure,
and seven miles west Of this place house,
barn and out-honses all blown down. himself
crippled, one child killed IA daushtcr), mud da
hired man badly crippled, who, Ii is thought,
will die
DR.. straughu, close by Mr.. James, had his
house blown down, aud his little daughter
blown away quarter of mile and baaly
hurt.
George Heckathorn's barn was blown down
and stock killed. A1r. Il. fonnd door Of
house on his farm that mus. have been blown
by the storm several miles.
Mr.. Richard Grnyes, three miles east Of
town, lost the roof Of his new house Also
Still further cast, Mr.. Alexander Rogers
down.
Alr. Ellis house was blown down and torn
5lr. Harvey Mart's house roof was blown of
md the out-houses blown to pieces.
STILL LATER,-T. II. Messick's barn was
unrooted and Ills farm Injured.
JONAS Baker, five miles cast, had the roof OF
his new frame house blown Of.
As fur as VIC could learn, east and west for
half mile wide, almost every useful tree was
blown down or destroyed. The telegraph
poles were all broken of and blown across tho
thread Of the storm.
This Ia but q hasty sketch Of the damage
done by this dreadful storm-nll done In q
few minutes. The cloud, as 1t went over,
roaring like thousand railroad cars running
over bridges, aud the clouds and lightning
lifting and wheeling IN darkness above tho
horizon, terrible and sudden.
We have given all the news We could learn
Of the tornado up to tho time Of going 10
press. We have traced It as far enst as Leba- |
non, and learn that 1t has swept everything |
in its way. Several lives were lost in the
ueiehborhood OF that place, aud 1t was still |
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