New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-07

from Evansville Indl Journal Of the Doth uItl
5Iany remarkable and most strange effects of the
grim Storm King in Illinois have from time to time
beenrecorded. Accounts have been given of the
tearing up of the very turf the prairies of that
State but the facts we are about to record have
no parallel in the history of destruction by the
elements that we are aware OF.
We were yesterday visited by Mr.. VIM. Brill. an
old and respected farmer of Jefferson county, ILL.,,
and one of the most extensive in that county, who
furnishes US with sucGinCt and detailed descrip-
ton of tornado that passed over that neighbor-
hood on the Goth, which caused terrible loss OF
life and the total destruction OF everything in the
line OF its march, entirely uprootng Whole FARMS
carrying away houses, trees wagons and every,
thing above the ground and bringing misery and
mourning into the happy homes OF many.
Mr.. Brips farm house rests upon an emlnence
sufficiently high to give him view of the section
through which the destruction passed and on the
day Of the 20th he and his family had perfect
view of the sublime scene which the angry ele-
ments were euacting in valley only hall mile
50 re describes the appearance of the storm as
Hte ,ost terrific witnessed, or that the mind
csr 20, lceive. dense blackness enveloped the
yaliep h, low, while it was quite light on the hills
eal 3S a, d this added to the distnctness of the
bnIa n e most terrific roar rumbling and
aorin dlIa,' the air, and the smell of sulphur
was very strons The mccarthy noise seemed me- to
:, aIvanned apparently with the moderate
.need If incomotiy,a Mr.. Brill observed high in
The air the most extrao. binary spectacle OF trees,
crushed houses wood ra Is anu op3etls INA. ap
W in danse volumes o. dirt and dust, all in
The most inc xtricable confusion The very heavens
were filed with the contents OF farms. EyeEy o.
iect seemed torn from the earth and loiaeo up
ward Splintered tmbers were torn up anu heaVea
inward Houses were taken up bodily and dashed
overhead and perfect desolation spread over the
valley. ,--,,. .,;, .orro5o
nassed was in the neighborhood of Tobacco Post
ppf6ce, and within a few miles, if we understand
him rightly of Golconda. The tornado moved
from west to east, and appeared TO keep IN h. a
chosen path. The country is very broken put
those living in the small valleys seemed to suffer
As The tornado advanced, the indications OF its
course were very deceptive appeatns ~ POM from
the revolution going on in volumes OF dust ana
sulphnric smoke that enveloped everything IN me
valley, and which, at times, seemed 10 roii anu
spread in all directions.
The whole country was inundated, and the sol
in many places washed down to the substratum o.
clay, as though the clouds had burst and hoodet
q the earth with oceans of water at once.
The following is the list OF lives lost, ana tota
destruction as far as named:
Joseph Harper was MORALLY injured, three
his daughters were killed outright, and five other
of his family of nine mortaly wounded. his nom
and every object of his place was entirely carrie
away, and nothing has since been found OF any
a.. thing. A wagon load of flour and meal in sack
~ was taken up by the tornado and no trace of
ii money was also blown away with the house.
Mr. 3. Bayne's house was also taken up or
blown to atoms. His stock of boots, shoes al
dry goods were carried for miles and scattert
, over the country. Everything totally lost
Esquire Worley had nine in family: one klle
and eight supposed to be mertally injured. Bsus
~ and everything on the place swept away,
g = John Jones lost child. Everything totally los
80 Jonothan Waters farm was literally torn IN a,
..gs carried Off There is not an object left:
ADO Louis Mc'Gowans farm was also totally 4
stroyed Houses barns, and everything gone,
Woodson Vests farm was entirely destrove
and everything on it swept of. 49,
Orchards were pulled up by the roots and ca
ried five miles. $50. = H..s ....=s.
Every one who escaped destruction in the Ii,
of the tornado as well as those who were kille
~ were blackened, as though by SCOT. 7
Mr. Brill was one of the fortunate few who live
off from the line of the tornado, and thus escap,
- with a sghtloss.
He tells us that the scene, after the tornat
passed over was one of the most heartrending
had ever been his misfortune to witness. Eve
farmer who lived in the path of the angry Ell
ments, is homeless and totally broken up. D
structon is to be seen everywhere. He is
opinion that the hurricane in Natchez many yea
= ago was no worse in its effect.
~ Cows, hogs and farm implements in some cas-
q" were found at great distance Of course near
all live stock in the line OF the storm was d
astr0yed.. e. @s.A s.rs
This tornado, in less force, visited many par
of the country, being what is known as the ECU
noctial storm; but its violence in johnson count
is without parallel