Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-06-20
Iowa CITY, June z.

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Iowa CITY, June z.
A tornado passed south of Iowa City
last night, unroofng and tearing down
houses and barns, and destroying stock.
No person injured. Orchards and crops
destroyed,
CANTON, ILL.,, June THE most des-
tructive rain storm for many years passed
over this vicinity last night. All low
lands in every direction are flooded, and
great destruction of crops is reported
along the Illinois River bottoms. Every
thing is washed away, houses, barns, and
stock. Northeast of this city, several
houses were washed away. the inmates
barely escaping with their lives. A large
number of hogs and other stock were
drowned. Our farmers report two hun
dred fat hogs and shoats gone. Southeast
the losses are still more extensive
fences, bridges, culverts. small buildings,
railroad tracks, and everything movable
have been swept away. Seven narrow
escapes from drowning are reported, and
one invalid, who was compelled to move
out in the storm, died of exposure this
morning. All the coal mines are flooded
cast and south of this point. Southwest
of Canton, OH Spoon River, the damage
is reported as still greater. but no par
ticulars can be obtained, as all communi-
cation is. severed. The T., T. and W..
Railroad is badly washed away on each
side of Canton; bridges gone and tele-
graph down. The c., B. and Q. track is
also badly washed south of this. Several
bridges between this point and Rushville
are gone. The damage to crops cannot
now be ascertained with any certainty,
but it is beyond doubt that all grain in the
| low lands is washed out The higher
prairie farms have not suffered so much,
! but have not escaped entirely. 1t will be
several days before the real extent of the
damage is ascertaiDed.
LATER.-Reports make the damage
much worse than first reported. 1t will
take several days to repair the railroads.
In all, ten miles of ira X and bridges are
gone. All communication is cut oil Tor
several days Two more death by drow-
ming are reported.
TOLEDO, June IA furious storm OF
wird and rain passed over this city at D
o'clock this evening, lasting about twenty
minutes, causing much damage to proper
ty. and the loss of several lives. The walls
of Reno & ESpy's drug store, which was
partially destroyed by FIRE a few weeks
since, were blown down, burying three
men-C. III. Eddy, William Steele, and
Joseph Mcrrill-in the ruins. Merrill
was seriously injured, ard may not recov.
er The others we're severely, but not
dangerously hurt. A frame building
adjoining, occupied as Canal Collectors
Office, was crushed by the falling walls,
and Young man named Lewis Cooper
who was in the office at the time, was al
most instantly killed. He was bowsmal
ON the canal-boat George III. Tickets, ane
resided at Delphos, o. A. sail-boat con
tanning two young men, Ira Garter an'
James Williams, was capsized on the riv
er. and both were drowned. They re
sided at Adrian. Michigan. Various
small craft anchored in the stream abreas
of the city were capsized and more or les:
damaged. Wabash Elevators Nos. l anc
were partially unroofed. The engine
house connected with them was demollsh
ed. and the engineer, David, *. Stebbius
l probably fatally injured. Another en-
eine-house belonging to the Wabash Rail
way Company, was unroofei and otherwiS
: badly damaged. The roof of the UnloI
: Passenger Depot was also conslderabl.
e damaged. The amount of loss cannot nov
J, be stated, but will be large.
CHICAGO, June S.-Further report
from the great storm of Thursday nlght II
Central Illinois show an Immense amour
of damage done. In Peoria, Fulton
Knox and other counties in that section
of the State the destruction of the brldge
ON the country roads has been almost uni
versal In Peoria fences and trees wer
blown down and cellars filled with water
:, Every railroad leading out of the cit
r suffered more or less, and no trains lei
: there yesterday.
O The Chicago, Burlington and Quinc
O Railroad had about four miles OF track an
o many bridges swept away.
s The Toledo, Peoria and Wabash. roa
r also suffered severely, losing one loo-fee
II bridge. and the entire road-bed IN a nun
# her of places is gone. A large force
q mon are at work repairing the damage
e aid there will be but little detention
IS trains.
a Tn the town of Hilton the damages al
d fearful. The town is almost entlrel
~ footed with water, and barns, stock, ct
It have. been swept miles away.
,e The most singular thing is the runnir
es mn streams of the Illinois River. An IL
4. mense volume of water poured into Il
b. river below and has created back waite
d from which there is strong current ru
d n;ng nor,hward. The river last night W
ar still raising very rapidly, and fears
Id damage from this source were enterta
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