The New York herald., 1870-01-22

the cave where the water was procured. the en-
gine, wrencned aud moved aoout stiii STANDS but
lhe daughter OF Mr.. Mallory was shs wise Of I. W.
Stefrett. sou OF Colonel Robert sterrett, near ow-
icu's, well known In our cisy. snc had an infant
child two weeks old Wlen the poor laly was
found she WAS pnoned 70 the earth Nv the secoud
moor Joco ciaspiDg n her sheiterng arms ner baDe
thus from The very breast OF deata ~ the terrioe
stoini, the litJe tenuer baDe was Drought iorth
alive.
Further on in the track or the remorseicss whrr
Wind was the mouse occupied Dy Mrs. Tuft widow
anu hve chilcrcn, who lay IA the.r beds when tae
house iei upon them IN ,erriole confusion. leaving
them unharned; Out OF the crossed and interninyed
umoers the motncr ana chilarsn were taken them.
Sc YES spared, Dut tber household effects torn INTO
strips and carried out OF sight.
Tue house oi Andrew Davidson. an honest, indus
liivus blacksmith seemed AS " actually swept into
Fragments from Us tounlaton. me women In
Tue mousse were but .tle hailne1. but the poor
man hiinsclf, struck ana gashea III the mead, was
found IN the poad OF wa,er thirty yards distant
evidently carved there Dy The same remolseicss
power that ielled his house. The ground from the
runs OF his house looked as II raxcd with IRON
teeth, carrying forward everything dessractiule
toward the pond. How human life in thus ease as
wcil us IN many Others, wls spared Is as mlracu-
lous us our saviour raising the dead. Providence,
wnAe showing the great extent OF nature 8 powers,
toucpen lie Out lightly and the dead ana wouuded
are Dut lew when compared with the many expo
sures
We feel powerless 10 describe IN fitting language
the ELECTS OF ths terfbe cyclone spread out before
US with such dstinctncss as We waiAed over The
ground strewn with the wrecks OF home. Tue IN
spelkalbe horrors Ol that night OF terror, with It's
beating rams, its nasnng hsntnings lie exploding
nre balls, the howling and roaring OF the pal-lkc
wind-coud eectrlc-cha,ged rs 1T leveel nearths
ana altaIs 70 the drenceu carn, with the hoaseies
vctiuls wounded and slliverlng III tlcir scaGty
cOthlng, around their RUNS with their dead before
them, ~ picture that cannot Dc drawn by pen, Tut
ihust b@ seen 10 40 luily understood.
The toraado seemed TO take q sweep OF O
Quarter oi m'le. aud seethlng ana whiting,
o tnunderbot, struck here aad there WITH ruth.
less power, until 1t swept over the town aud
wooded tract, anu at last was supposed 70 be par
n a nynl a iha rr.r
the northeast. Ruinore riie that passed over
struck into ruins Mr.. Edward Pierce's house ana
barns and leseled TO the ground the little hamlet oI
uardyvilie twelve miles distant.
We hear tnaL the storm bore through Nelson and
sumner counties leaving N.shvn.e 70 the heat scat
teing death ana destruction IN It's furious course
lhe extent of the damage done caunof IN the ore
sent excited State OF the country, be known. iile
oss III property at Cave City and vlclnity VIII
account 10 over 500 000--a large iuss ior u small
place IKE TINS to suIier. VIII De remembered
when houses were struck papers, money, everything.
disappeared or was torn 70 tatters-iience the
greater loss.
We cannot describe the strength and power OF
somewhat. when we say that sarea OF strip
ol wearing nppare or pedclothing could iouEd of
any value Here and there dirty torn hauuiul OF
rags may be seen, and that Is all OF household tre-
suie tnat were 80 plenseous moment before the
The air was literally lled with fragments OF the
uptorn houses, and the furniture branches OF rees
rals, every possible thns that could be torn .rom
The earth and Dclne OH the wings or the cmorse.ess
Windinry, were deposited tnlcxiy over the ground
for thousands OF yards To wax over the ground
aud glance ut the extent OF the ruin NJ one could
suppose tnat happy Comfortable homes tasty shrub.
berry, and long Ines of fencing covered tue bleak
desoate ground thar now spreads out SO sadly before
the eye.
The following, as far as can pc ascertained are
the names OF persons killed and wounded Ia Cave
CITY ana wthin tue Vicinity OF Prcwetts Knob anu
GlasgowWunctiOn:-
PrcwetL's Nnoo--John Bishop leg broken and his
ms wife severely wounded; MISS FriLz Killed ana Mr.
and Mrs. Fritz badly wounded.
Glasgow junction vicinity-ioseph Haron killed.
TWO men unknown, employees on the Glasgow
branch, killed: TWO men named Vaughn Killed.
Cave Clty-George W: Poynter wife and culd. II.
J. Davidsoa and Mrs. Maggie Sterrett Killed.
Wounded-Mr and Mrs. DR.. Wilson, former
slightly, latter seriously; Mr.. and mrs. 1eorye
Neviil, seriously; puss Neyil!, mortally: Mrs Ddd
Nevll, mortaly; Mr.. and Mrs. David McKiuny, Dad
~; ". u. Lyons, badly; Miss Matte Dram, reg
broken and head injured; Mr.. J. Il: Foster ana son.
dangerously: Mrs. Susan hlnhey, DANCE ousiy; j. H.
BrowD, mortally: CHARLES Mhee.er aud vile, Dadi,
Dr. Isaac A. Stcrreu. badly; John Edwards badly
slightly; Hev. j. Grubbs, Cnrtstian church. sig
y; Al. Mallory and nephew, slightly; Professor A.
daughter slightly; Ed rrigg wiic aud daughter,
badly; Waiter Parrish, slightly.
keary all the dead were buried or taken away
yesterday. Colonel Sterretts dau ynter Mrs Maygle
ter:ett, will be taken TO his faulty vault near Row
| let's aiio3. The Old Fellows came up rom Gas
gov ana assisted IN the ccremoniss oil nLerriny te
| brethren
| The coorcd people arc so demora'ssel by the
scenes ney have witnessed that they can scare -iy
DC aduced 10 perform any duticS incuInpeat UPON
them.
Conspicuously among the gcntlenen at Cave City
were Co.onel w. /. HOontze. AsMcCoy Juna Il.
Rogers Dr. Hatcher, DIR. Garnett, DR.. Williams,
Cyrus Nevlil, Eugene Hatcher ana Lewis VLc VINO
rendered the unfortunate CITIZENS every assistance
anh will brave hearts and willing arms eaaured the
cold ana fatigue OF monday, taking OF inc killed
and wounded and saving what little could be found
III the gencrai wreck.
The citizens or Cave City will to-day forward
petition 70 the Legislature asking Lat assistance be
rendered them To enab them To buy Iood anu pro-
cure shelter for the unfortunate.
Some eoplc.frontthe kn0uS. with q heartessness
unequacd by the coast wrecKers Ulsied tUem selves
WIN stealing the lew attc cS vi vaue tnat cast
hlther and tnithcr and making way with them.
In concluding TINS imperfect sketch OF the results
oil nomenpa time in the hands OF q cyclone the
Ike Of which never was known on this continent
we icel confident that mucn mas been cft untold
which must be Imagined Nv the reader. Faiiy one
thnd OF the thirty-hse wounded VIII probao.y die.