, 1869-07-05

In Iowa and Canada.
In 1pWA
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from La NL1H4t* 1shax&, JNtP
as,er, cansed By the elements, to re1ate, our In
foruant being Nj. James Hughes, who has tusr re-
turned from tour through the southern portion
most fearful storms ever known passed through
the lower part Of Clnton County Last Saturday, 1t
being nothing more nor ftss than Violent to1ua-
do, which pursued nearly tho aAme path nafked
ont by the famous ComAnche hurricane In 1850.
Nothing EAs ahle TO Withstand til pfoR1esa-
Fences Ee5s sre{s away s fn IIes
tn we're taken up into the als, carried great dis
tanee nnd Killed. But the greatest SCENE Of ruin
sna sno 81 1ae Neai!
every house IN The village Eas leEei'ed 70 the
ground, aud one woman Killed, while several 9TH
mated Ut several thousand doIlarh Tne tornado
spent ts force this aide ol the fye a. no ACCOUNT
OF It's raSages has come 70 " IRON Illinois
N CANADA.
From the Foodatoet TImxA
Only those who Witnessed the dreadful tempest
Of Wind and hailstooes. with the SUBSEQUENT
dnwp-pe1r Of ic1cles, Oh she afternoon OF batpr-
day last cau form any Idea OF the terrific .ur
Of the stor1u. for understand the eject produced.
About . O'Clock dark cloud appeared IN the
This was succeeded by 4 strange rambling noise,
and Immediately the tornado wAs introduced
through hsa'y tall Of haa:onss = % Thls was
atmosphere, but no sooner Ind the hail ceased
than the wind Increased, and Large masses Of tcl-
cies, Of crystal form, descended, GAIT, INF des1uc-
ton 10 a1 vegetable matter, stripping the trees Ut
leavta, carrying down branches, and devastating
crops Of every kiud. The poor bird1, wild with
nlsht, 11ew In hi directions, now and then comipg
70 the ground stunned BY the force of the pctlng
storm, and many were picked up quite dead. The
cattle and sheep naddened with terror aud pain,
scawptstd % tic nfases, shelter, or SHRINK into
and without the ability 70 move, and people
plunged Into every nook and Granny that PROM
ss s.uns insfI e ezre isa nd fa
eninK thunder shook houses to the foundation.
After few minutes the storm abatetl someWhxt,
wher, .. with Increased <t1enxth, u ragged in aug
mented fury, the falling masses Of Ice having In
creased In gtEe, and descending In great force put
to utie1 dessEucuan the LITTLE vegetation LETT by
the prior atOIm. Ths fail Of rain during al this
time WIS something really marvellous. The hood
awept the streets, the gH1liens, and the neldA,
bearing AWAY the dehtts Of the gardens treasures
and the fruit Of the aelds- Not = hoose IN the
town escaped the storm The canadian Institute
windows we're forced In Nil directions, and seven
eundred and foEtJ seven s1uares Of Ethss broken.
tionately. The photographic galleries and all aky-
ltghla we're carried away, and strcana Of falling
water poured down the s.ai 10 the streets Of into
struck by lightning, and partially damaged All the
ofeh2tIs suffered more OF lt.s IN urrootea tfec.,
and the utW BAN and sheds on the property of
The gruun1, with other damages 10 the extent OF
ae.efal Thousand dol!azz- TIE direction of the
late tornado MAS precisely ln the line Of that Of
l5sa; bat the previous one wna sfuply Hint- On
TINT occasion track as Of road clearing was
male through denst wood, and houses were
swept away and people Killed This time the de-
glaas: but what wat most singular NAs tho stzn
and character ot tue c1ystAl'fofm icclea. Some Of
circumference, and u size equalline TURKEY egg,
hut presenting IN Moat exact anRles the appear
ance Of conRclatlou OF 8ma!l PIECES Of tho clear
xsa aP u e9
stur1a r1h kubssaet, And when the fear of tianRtr
had passed away, re1e Weighed, and tndicated
6r4r hoI bnnH ~ m 3nA fhk
ssprm ms, BE- gathered from the tses that 1s
this fan Of ice was such ~ ia shut out
Al ,sht ras of T rhas on,, "ss eu,a goIng
tht mischief 70 their neighbour housea when Ill
Has o. ct and the heasens had put On the garh Of
spring rrposc- bg O'Clock the noo1 OF ~ater had
In neaAuFc found escape, and the streets we're
passabIe. Then 1t Wss that the extent Of the MIS-
chief could DC measured, and 1t Is no exaRger2tt0n
to say that 4 more dlIspldaied town than Wood
stock then presented could not be 1oand. An
earthquake might hare been productive Of more
serious injury to life and property, but 10 neld,
garden aud house the wreck WAS complete Shrub
btIy Of tTefy Ana Il REePt awa., an! utter
Eu,u Is seen IN the garden and the consefFatoIJ-
1t Ia exceedlngl! fortunate that the sp1ce swept
oseE ~ the storm y ci,eumser5ed ;a p Il began u
us, 1asstnG IN IN tasterls direction 10 an equal dis
tanle 10 the east, Increasing IN fury M 1t paased
0nS f. or x 1e has 8 hata
NE reliable source@ Some Idea ot tho
Taen 1t is esase.s TIN, @ caeh aTeiiips
Of neally eight hundred has aser1se OF tro
dozen sGuales a s!ska TO renlace. This. perhaps,
Is the le1st a&g1ayAt1nG part rs Man5 nEe depend
ell On tte!r gardens for essentials II not for kup-
port: and where the 1eld crops III! IN the track Of
ihe tornado, tleak surface Of bare ea1th Il AL
that rc1aatns- gCazteE Of = E0ilAo1 Of dollars
T1ll not make good the loss +: but, a. We said be-
fore, surrounded by an appearance Of an abun-
osncs, tae consequences are not as sedous as ut
The tornado il lss cou1se swept over a large
portion Of The County Of Aldalesex. The Prototype
says the soun.nir Of London was visited, on sun.
taJ, By cnt pf the most destructive tpnadoe1 thai
eser passed oEer this portion Of Canada It 1rst
exhibited ITSELF On the Thirteenth Concession, and
TOOK colrse nom The north weat ia south east
cIi7 DIRECTION, sweeping Almost everything before
Il. II was truly tlsn1ng, mighty Htnd, the IKE
Of which wns never before Witnessed or heard BY
James Young, Of he township, Who wss N eJe-
lDs. one o. Of 'a' the Eee1e most 'essSss s1saups :
thing fell before the ruar Of the wind "a swept
along, tearing and denollhhtag e1erythiag = III
course, was terrific. II visited the rc:ghboEhood
About O'Clock, and cout.pued Its terrible T1SAEea
for Al lezst halt AT hour. At one tt1c the air WAS
6led with the debris Of destroyed batlulnSt tofn-
up trees. and other .ulseilea, when were sent
Of any o1e those misfortune It ra4 TO be outaiie
ot shelter. Sotw.tnstandinG its fearful esecs Ne
ope ot s"o pe-sona Are seeordea - hastnE been
injured The Wind E.Ftng expended lA fury WAS
succeeded BY sctJ heavy fa1 Of rain. In p2as-
ing over the to1nlhsp It Nlted bodily cater
belonging 70 NJ. Nicholson, ol tas Fourteenth
Concession. from the ground, and depo9lted It ID
NHetts Wood, about thteequattcrs OF nile
dlstauL The same g-nllcman's house MAS COM
pie.eiJ un1pofea. aai his barn blown md SCAT
teTsd 70 The winds seyesal sheep were Atted ron
distance awa!. Even large stones we're blown
about on the rsads y u theJ we're mere fea;herz,
The buAh Of Nr. Thomas Taylor. &oo1t forty
acres N extent, On 1he zane concession, waa
literally leEeled With the ground. reminding one
Of neld Of grain After the sickle h8d passed 0ret
It. The tush OF M Scott and tha: Of Nj. sales
we're nearly a eozapaeteay de1no'isned. On tae
Inrteenta Concession. NJ. p.cktnsons barns and
shcsis Tefe thoroughly Destroyed, and his = ell
1ns.house un,ooled Gf coulse, whas We here de-
'Ah nniy came under the observation a1d HoNi-
ecSe Of one person. In other parts Of the town.
ship, We fear sad accounts viii Jet hare 70 be re-
corded, The ktrocco then sped ouwa1u to tue adj
joining low nsalp Of MISSOURI who're 1t did ncAlcu-
la'1c dan age, besides seriously lnturtn2 pfrsou
uamed Moore, Wno EAs struck bI some fallen
tiElcra sent dying about Heyc nc lost Al traces
Of the Devastating clement
4 MARINE COLLISION.
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