The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-11-28
A Fearful Eurricano.

. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The London Times
! of the Sth has tie following account of the
hurricane in Sicily, which DESTROYED the
town of PolazzOte. There has been no IN
stance of such calamity within the mel mo-
ry of living men. No earthquake ever
caused so much destruction. There were
houses ruined, houses fallen to the very
ground walls cleft from end to end, walls
hanging; outwards as il to rest On adiol-
ing houses: there are roofs wholly swept
away, sunken vaults, balconies torn f-om
their places, windows and shutters either
entire carried off or hanging loos, from
walls, lamp posts forced from thoir sockets,
uproo.ed trees; and this is all one sees
along the northeast side of the town. Not
a single house rcmair in which the whole
roof and windows do not require thorough
repair, The streets are Il mass Of fras
ments and rubbish.
The incidents of disaster are so strange
as to be almost Incredible. There was
store with twenty-five peetalitrcs Of wheat,
If which not Il trace is to be seen. The
books If the excise and of the land registry
offices have vanished and only their leaves
have been found here AMI .herc at
kitchen utensils were blown through the
roof. In another benches and heavy
ch EST. few through the windows. The iron
tars II one balcony are to be seen curled
up one way, those Of another twisted an
other wav.
There is pillar of u palace, which hes
been moved forward one foot withou.
breaking AMI stan Is up isolated, all in one
piece: there is wall Of another palace
which has f,llea back mpre than three
feet without a crack Here is II beam of
one house which h.; thrust itself into
another house; there is half a bedsteal.
the thcr halfof which lies no one knows
where All the tiles of one blilling are
huddlcd together in one spot on III roof,
crushed and broken up small, a if they
had been pounded. The rafterS of an
other building are all bare; tn, tiles have
fcwn, 10 one ON see where. In stable
on the bare g-ouni men are laying the
bodies, one By one, as they are beias dag
| out Most of them arc in their night
dresses, having been crashed d. they were
. quietly sleeping. Their features m forms
are S, disigI red that one cannot look at
In III without shuGdcr Their noStrilS
ears anl mplths are storpci up with
earth; the white dust has everywhere
pierced through the skin. HIRE Is a b, ly
Of man holding close t. his heart Il
child, prrb lbly his owl chill; the saaii.
Of both are shitte-c l. There are two
| yo ng men in each Others arm, p-obl
/ BY brotbrrs; the chests AMI backs of bOtt
are crushed. Near them is another youth.
covered with block. lie was u cierl. in
Government Office. He has his eye GAS.
still stuck in his right eye. H. was proJ
| ably reading or writing when stracx.
There are some mrule past rec 'gnition,
, others seem unhurt, an / looking a. il they
were sleeping.
Without cXageration one thirl of the
town is dismantlcl, anl m prc than Il thnns-
ami families literally without n home.
/ About 900 more have one little corner Of
! what WAS oaec their ho Isc to shelter til II.
/ The deal are thirtytwo; seriously hurt,
/ abou: hair =. scO-c.