, 1869-04-26
THE STORM,


AFLnCf Accounts OF itH DCyuHtu4
tt0ns.
FrusH The Gokna (Iu} G.a.ette, dprii u
:. INC tornado which visited Dubuque N Sunday,
me 18th instant, took m easterlr direction Into
GIant County Wis, passing through the town Of
jamestown, between the villages Of jamestown
and fa!iplay, thence into Hazel Green Township,
scattering nun md destruction In 1.s track. In
jamestown It blew down the barn OF aIr. Rufus
!lannlu, tipping 1t completely over; took his
house up bodily from ia foundations, and landed
It in splinteh two hundred yards distant Mr.
The Saa;nss - bvansng Il gHs 10 10 IT. 5. on nler
ctrtt his house, were hlown over and crashett
IN pieces In Hazel Green Township, It demol-
'st*-l the Eranary Of Mr.. John Rogers, lifted the
n'of frum {. Kefstacks house, and carried 1t, lke
leaves Of The iure:t, i distance u forty yards,
',ropp'ne It in Mr. Ran'la 3 helt'. Mt: VIM Huse.
boards nnl shingles went whirln1 through the
atr IS though they had been as light Al down Mr.
titseman says: :" shoost stand there IN ter ml,i-
hea,l.'' 4 t'llt,ln1 belonging to Mr. White was
1.GHn down. and Ali the lences III Mt, Abe Carucs'
place were demolished All aiong the track Of the
TT. The loss to farmers IN that vicinity will reach
!, h4ytl figure.
Fio.n lie D::ztu7 tlll, Republican, 4prf1 q,
Wherever windows faced towards the west con-
s!terufe 'lnnagt was ln!'lctel-thc R.;,ublcaH Of
1re aln1lc having ftfty-nne window lights ,,rnlo-
,shs Thc .,,l WnaHws r Of ths asrlcnnr Wo5k,
tlHws wcfe shattered. The fuuf Oh Dr. Kings rcs-
i!cIce, i'll the nofih part of the city. WIS dir
}lacea and removed about eight feet BY tho fury
I the tornado.
In Naroa and Macon considerable damage was
su'tal,"l: nas We are glad 70 learn that there Is
lluKn down III the latter place.
Fra" The It"r.a tih> Transcript. Apri1 %
The storm on Sunday, though there was very
little hall, did considerable damage In Me'lfna
washing away fences and bridges Scarcely a
hrligc Is lett III that plE1 of tile town, anl fences
ttros1 the sloughs arc all gone. ute farmer, vito
hIh u 1ITIYt far Ind hh
bridge over It w:L-lltn. away, al as 1t WIS from.
TX 10 twelve feet eer. lie hal TO go around al'out
tsrer miles to get Ia III. work on t'.e other side.
From tie Burlington {Fis-> Republican, AtrU y.
The heaviest rain storm NJ the seas,u, anl,
WITHOUT doubt, fur nntntGr OF years, visited this
vicinity Saturday 'srl sunday nwlts last Tie
extent ard poured firth ynIuue unon volume ii
: .stsr. The Storm wa3 accompanied with
hail. md was M ai1'"S rs terrific rs 'hn;s;' ',:;
Houses we're s"er; away. railroad, track
and bridges we're 1'aliy damaged, mill-lt1ns
washed out, neis Of grain destroyed, AMI general
was ever known hefnrr. tak'ng everything before
IT.. II Is rti'ortet! that itture's Nllf. between
ts snge a1a I IEaye,ts was rassH away a
slacraly damaged, 80 that regular trims have not
rnh for several days- The pecatonIca ro=e very
liiga but sid not oscrrun It's banks.
From tie CAu,as47;tH (IM.) E'hoa.
On Sunday egenIng last bolt oflIghtl!nE struck
the r'tmncy Of the house Of Mt. VIM. lIanter, ~
miles south Of rerA and passed down Into the
room in. which Mr.. anil Mrs Hunter,
s 8 Se Se's soeH sus a ii er r
SIT some distance rum ttc stove, received no fur-
ther injury, bnt all the Others vert severely burned
M nron The leer, anh Their shoes except 1lsat upon
years, were stripped from the feet This little grl
was seriously injured, the nu!l passing
ns 4n a !i Da ses ,e, u.s. cDe fns ,he on II If xSs @
TWO other PERSONS In the adjoining room ESCAPED
unhurt. pr. y: a: Wanting, Of rera vas at once
Of the sute re- e a he dns "
the blood was very slight especially In the Of
the little etrl It was feared TINT i might become
traces CT the lightning TO he seen: 1t broke the
tlrttrn cEock, where II pastel frpn the chttl-
ney, and. besides bursting the shoes with thu eS-
Of them that no part or !, could b. found. Where
the t!utd left the room Is not Known.
From the Sterling tIn) G1,<tte, AprRet.
vicinity Of Tnionvllle, Two miles from MoTrtsor. On
the farm recently owned hy ". II. Riley, utterly
demolished the tenant house md barn on that
course, leeellcs ts.fythn9 ieforu s-,arns, com,
erHs an, fsncesIternnn1tng Its carer liz snas
and harm Of Mr. Drum Fortunately M one
was injured, the residents Of the demolished
houses helng ahsent at church at the time,
Il WIS distinctly seen hy great MANY Of the Nor
rtson people, the afternoon services III the church
trinY just completed. The black wh,riins cloud,
reaching lown almost 10 the Garth, AMI lifting up
The debris Of the ruins It hal made, like so many
dead leaycl WAS a spectacle not soon TO he for.
gotten, even hr tie most thnu0htleSS.
From TIE Nhitesit Ghunty my Sentinel pril 90
TN last Sunday afternoon a 1o.n:'4o swept
through portion 0f o1t c1unty, destroying large
n;nhunt Of property. VIC learn that it commenced
on the edge Of the Cat-tail'-a tract Of swampy
land lying sonth and wtst Of this place-Whefc It's
Erst performance to suck mp q body Of water
covering fiji area Of stx OF seven acrcs from
thence It took II northea-tcry co1,rse doing Its
first 'anaec on the premises Of Mi. George Drum,
In nclht. where tt took honsc, barn aud every.
thing; fortunately Mr. Drum and family werc
nttstnt from home ut thu time, or theIr death
would haze been almost certain tpon their return
they found themselves homeless. From this rofnt
tile tornado passed. short Instance to the farm
If Mr. Zook, where it entirely demolished a fine.
NEW barn. II then took q northcry course and
seems to hare done no damage until 1t reached
the farm fate1y owned hy Mr. Kelley, In In!ou
Grove Township: here II tore M tenement house,
Just erected by Mr. Elnonlort. the present owner
of the farm, Ant1 also completely ur>nftl large
tarn, hesile doing seriou2 damage otherwise. We
have ns yet not hcar,l OF the tornado doing any
further injnEs. II seems to hare been about
twentF ro1ls tn width, 1n.1 to hare had terrible
force. The value VI the property DESTROYED NC
hive not asccrtatned. II is extremely fortunate
that the coursr Of the tornado WAS through a
Of 1nf nj faI