Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-11-11


in one field.
A Mr. May was found three-quarters {
q mile northwest of his house, his viii
about the same distance north, and his iii
Tie boy, four years old, the same distonc
northeast. The Ncwbcrry families, con
slsting OF seventeen persons were all lost
They lived near each other. They oync,
a mill and Three farms. Old Mr.. Newberr,
was not found. Charles Newbnrry raj
about half mile and fell, and his two bows
running hand in hand, were found littl
beyond their father, lying side by side
while wife and mother was found on th,
road near bridge. She forgetful of he,
own suffering, tried 20 save her babe. .-IIel
charrcd hand was pressing the head Of her
child upon the ground, so that il might not
breathe ;hc fire. The child's face was al
that was Injured. One Of the Ncwberrys
was found dead in the water under the
| bridge. Warren Church, probably TO cs-
cape worse death, cut his throat with n
jack knife. Charles Lamp took his wifi,
aud four children in wagon when the fire
| began the horses became unmanagcNhle
anu ran away the children were thrown
out one by one Mrs. Lamb was thrown
out Mr.. Lamb was dragged into the
corner OF field, and was the only one OF
! tha' lnmily saved. Mrs. Caroline England,
! expecting to be confined every hour, rode
iour and half miles to Peshtigo, stood in
! the water five hours, saved three ont of
four OF her sisters children, and rave birth
to a daughter the day after. In the mid
aie OF sugar Bush a boy jumped INTO a
Darrel OF rain water that stood near The
mousse but seeing his father and MI ,i'',n
u green turnip patch, stlrt",b ne Vrlcu "
but getting badly .lcnt back ana GOT INTO
climb the iemau. The father and mother
the ,hRurncd. The boy was found there, |
TWO days after, alive. The Davis family
SOUGHT refuge in well. The curbing hurn-
ed, and the whole family OF six persons were
lost. They were not found Tor three DAYS;
One woman with Il babe ten days oid, ana
four other small children. displayed more
bravery than many general on II batlic
Grld. She gathered her children around
her and pickcd the Goals OF her family rs
they lcll. she was badly burned, and one
of her children has since died, but the ba9y
escaped. MIR. Tanner, SON n-lAw oi A. H.
Hart of Calumet county, tried to save ms
wife aud two children; when his wiic ltll
dead. he took child under each arm and
started on the run. His children died in
! his arms, and then he drew knife and
tried to take his own life Alter stabbng
! himself twice, and before he could nccomp--
! lish his design, n limb OF n tree knocktd
him inscnsiblc and thus his life was saved.
nossiug on to Pcshtigo we found tho ic-
ports published iihd sivqr hut FAINT idea
q! tha loss. Not Il stc,; os timber was lort
of the houses, and on the south side Of the
river the only evidence lett that there was
once n town there were the posts of the
garden fences, which were not burned 80
close TO tho ground but that we could trace
the outline Of the fence.
1t WAS reported that one house was left
uuburncd. This house was not completed
only rough bords inclOscd it-and yet il
did not escape without one side being burn
ed black. 1t would be uCslCss to attempt q
description. You can imagine beautiful
and thriving village, with lis immense
, manufactures and busy life, now waste
Ufslnd, deserted. The CarcasScs of fifty
horses lay in regular rows as they had
stood in their stalls, with scarcely a yestigc
Of the building remaining. The people had
only ten minutes warning of the hurricane
Of lire, and ~ time To comprehend they
started for the river, but were ONcrtakCn by
the storm Of fire and left in the middle OF
the streets. One man carrying his wife,
approached the river, but the blast drove
him over some obstruction. and falling, hc
was separated from her. lie picked up Il
woman, suppOsing her 10 b. his wife, car
rcd her 10 the river ana saved her. II
proved 10 be another mans wife, and his
own was lost. One man was sick Of ty
phOd fever Il young man stopping with
, him took the sick man out back Of Tho
house aud buried him in TIE sand. II,
was saved aud is rapidly gaining his health
The half has not been told {; the wEolC
will never bc known. The loss of life in
crcases every hour. On Friday last, twen
ly-siN dead bodies were found in the woods
and Saturday tnrty-siN. The woods an,
r fields are literally full OF dead bodies, an,
many We're burning entirely up. We iOunC
some teeth, Jack knife aud a slate pencil
= 1t must have been all that remained OF {
promising boy. Truly in this case thC
darhuess preceded the light. On SUNDAY
night, October oh, Just alier the churches
were closed, Tor ha!f an hour there repncC
the Stiffness of death The smoke stttlct
down 50 lhickIy that the darkness, liz,
Egyptian, could be felt. Thea came hgh
gusts of wind, aud ia ihe south was seul
through the smoke and darkness faint glm
, mcrs OF light, Tho carth Irvmbivd, ant
: the roar OF the approaching tornado an,
the shock ut the falling trees broke the aW
iul stiffness No one could realize the up
preaching Danger when in almost mu
mrut the holocaust was upon thcm. lh
= lire, IN It's mlddcuing range, could not kecI
pace with the wind, aud trees, and house
, uud mpn were blown down that they Nigh
: br mule rapidly consumed, Mru womcl
= aul children rose again Ia rush like spec
tres lhruuga the llaNo, and ic.l srparte
from each nthrr. la this terrible mulucu
men thought the final has 1'i e"'"u Nut'
< a.. .",,I auuud uo burnt, aud 'hvy hnWv'
: themselves 30 oArr their last prayer Nor
might have been saved IL this conviction
: had uot spiLvd them, Oue man galhcrr
his family into his stor,, aud r,sgnedl
waikeu 10 aud iro la the room, awaitin
. the awful consequences, aud, II they bu
liyyel prophecy, had they not reason Ia
: this buliyty A day of darknpss aud q
glulmiuyss, day of clouds aud thick dark
J ny,s, as the morning spread upon a.
mountains, \ lru duvnutrlh before lhsu
aud hrhlud thtm llamn burnrlh ih
y laud is 40 the garden oi Eden bgingu lhrm
y aud hrhiul then ds sulate Wildplursa
q Sos, and nulhiug shalt escape lhrm IA
= appearance ol lhem Ia as tho appearance ,
. hulara aui hul srmru, 80 shall lhry rui
= Tho earth shah quake belufu lhym The
. heavens aAall trrmhie, anl The auu au
: mopn .hall bp dark, and lhe slaTs sha
p withdraw thpiT shlnluH,