, 1873-05-25

init wes deposited in the opan-mouthed cellar
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
we're go numerous that mention Of individual
cases is unnecessary. The fact that any lives
Lad been lost ii Washington County Raa not
known in this city until about Aoclock in The
afternoon, two hours after the rumbling was
hcard:- At that-timo* several farmers came in
On horEes white with foam, and told Of
ind the inmates either killed OF seriously injur.
ed. They asked for medical assistance and all
tho physicians here nmediately' started to the
localities indicated by the riders to care for the
wounded Drs Deras 6o9eld Mar6ogars' s tbai 1af
wants and made them as comfortable as posslnle.
They brought back even more
NARROWING ACCOUNTS
OF the catastrophe than the messengers had
given, and several hundred persons visited tn the
devastated locality later in the day to crafty
their curiouslty.
A reporter Of THE TRIBUNE took 3 ride over
the route Of the hurricane this morning, and
or two.
The first farm visited was that Of John G.
Cunningham, which is about seven miles north
east Of Washington: Neither the barn or house
only few Fragments remained, nearly all the
timber haying been blown away Pieces Of
toards we're sticking out of the fields some OF
them imbeddcd in the ground two feet, and so
tightly that that they could not be pulled out
Dead stock was visible oyessThere hoFass haa
hustled about so lively - as TO- be
deprived Of the breath Of life. Here and there
we're pigs implied to the ground. while frequent-
~ chickens we're encountered without feather
IN them Tho latter statement may seem ab-
kurd, but it is 3 fact. Three hundred head Of
stock we're killed outright The buildings des-
tro5ed wero worth about 81 600. In the dwell
ing whom the tornado approached we're Mrs.. Nc
Carringer and two children of the former. They
went into the cellar for shelter, but re-
mained there only short time, being
lifted up and carried some distance, and
thrown to the ground, Mrs. Mccoy had her
lead cat, and was bnd1y bruised Mrs. Cauinger
WIS rendered insensible, but was ne| ~ ~-ioasiy
hurt The children. -,.-i1 lofed. 1hey we're
fonna rs:-o ~ neap penue ene cellar "aus'
cI oAs1nsoss fAA1.
East OF cunn1nPnamb b, nea1 Lue dlbnlano
township Ane as tie ta15n OF NJ. Dav1dson.
Ills house and barn were destroyed, ana he him"
SELF w:s klled. Mr.: doussel, who was With
him at the time, was fatally injured, ana d'ed On
Friday morning All Of the latters clothing was
ton OF his body, aud his friends in Washington
- nAncocx's Farm.
North from Cunningham's is tbs farm of
1ohn Babcock His residence, barns ont
largo barn was one of the finest in the county,
having recently been erected at cost of S3, 600.
T. was full Of grain, and more was deposited in
ths Snesa ssaE da~ St his ii ss le as aa $3.50 So MIS- III
ing, and honce the money cannot be re-
covered. His loss will amount to about
$1,000. Fortunately, his family we're at his
brothers. house, which was ont Of tue range OF
the storm. Mr. Babcock himself and Jacob
Seek saw the cyclone coming, and ran into the
house, and took up what they imagined to be d
place OF security in the cellar: The house was
lifted off tho foundations, and had not piece of
The board struck Seeck on the head, inflicting q
serious wound. Mr.. Babcock escaped unin-
jured. The roof OF the barn was blown
fully a. quarter Of . mile, and. alighted
aimost intact. The apple orchard, one Of the
largest in the county. is now without trees:
They we're torn up By the roots and hurried
;long 4 grove Of honey 1ocusts WIS also
carried away, Trees eighteen inches thick were
snapped as clay pipes can be. Some OF the
s5umps remaining look as if saw had been used,
20 smooth and clean was the break.
cASEEn's FARM.
The next farm visited was that Of David
Cancer. Here was the same desolation rs MOTTO
4 st 1a s Sssss s's& Of e. saR 5s1
sheds, scarcely 9 veshge was left. Alexander
Gibson and air. Cancer we're III the house, eud
debated whsther they should 60 INTO the eella5
tor Safety. Ihey concluded to 90 90, and had
scarcely reached it when the WIND struck the
building and it won't up into the air. Mrs Ca-
ncer, 1rho also took refuge u the cellar, was the
only one badly hurt. She lifted up her baud as
the house Was leaving; and "a board
striking one Of; her fingers, broke It.
some hmbers tel on cancer and Gibson,
ana they we're shshtly bruised a heago-ienco
facing the roodWay presented peculiar appear
ance:- Against the outside OF ~ Tor nearly
quarter Of mle, was hny and straw ma1ea n
>dlscnmlnsteiy: BOW y came there can Only be
Gceounted TOT IN one "ay. = Nater-spout orove
~ lnto ne heo9e. = IMPlo 1A'n7sIolm "oulo
'ao1 pave iasteheo II 80 secutesy, 9carcely any
rl:poasus OF ~ne FENCES Gona 90 seen' ~
having peen A1tea' up ny tne ,"nlrl"1nq, ano
ca1aeo 9o one eau ten "nefe: !. f1eces
o. insonuaeo tlnpet we're go thlcA N
the nelas thae 1oIty OF h1ty acres
nao me appearance OF ha91ng oeen aeYotea 70
tns ra.sin5 o. beans ana hops. Apont 1orty
Iods olstant from tie cancer farm STOOD the
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tt Was an ola trame nundlns: made o. square
t!noers. Noth1ng remains on the Site, but
quarter o. 3 mie down the road we're found
What haa evidently peen porlons OF It: scnoo1
vas IN Hesslon Wnen tne cyclone made ITS ep-
Fsatshcek hpous sWenJ scnolara Deing u attend-
ence' ino rumpung 1nEh1enea tnem, anu
lucy gataared around tne teacnef, Hiss
hmth, tmna1ng sue could protect them.
lhe building snafea a. tue sumo 1ate a1 Is me otners
which came within the grasp of the tornado, and
teacher and scholars cannot !maglne how they
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