, 1873-05-26

No otllors have thus far boon hoard Of. Mrs.
named will 10 crippled for lifo.
Tho rornona wllo visited tho locality to~day
brought many rolios, aud this evening arc dlH-
ousBing
THE AWFUL EFrEo1a Or THE CYCLONE.
Many Of them lind imagined they could pic.
tnfo the dosolaton when tn Washington. but a
View Of the district convinced them that thoy
Ind not made 1t aa barren waHto as it Ia. All
will romember tho visitation for n long time,
hoping, no doubt, that thoy may nevor havo
occasion to walk In tho path Of the storm king.
RID AND SYMPATHY.
4 call has boon fBsued for meeting Of tho
Many have signihed T. Willingness to contribute
OF tloir mennB toward n f,tnd for tho roliof Of
tho impoverished farmers and the wonnded. A
largo Htnl will probably DO raised to supply tho
immediate wanta Of tho sufferorB. -
TIE VICTIMS.
Tho arlu sat Tonight on tue gravca OF tho dead
wlo wero n,utilatod 80 that they Ind to be buried
tho day aftor tho disaster. and tic romaintler
osclllato betwoon life end DEATH and IL ID
feared that tho lcath-roll Of tho diaastor :.
is fr from ccmreto. 0thors will llngerr r
b T 81 s sna tsrn md Sop o1 oo
will pnyB AWAY but the recollection Of the great
storm will" DO transmitted to poaterity, and the
sad tao will DO told whom tho actors In tho drama
are no more.
Iress.
About + p. m. this evening we Wero visited
by ono Of tho mont destructive storms ever known
in this vicinity. From those who viaitod tho
scene Of disaster re gather the following par
tioulars:
Deacon Rowe's barn completely destroyed,
and Lis houso considerably rackod. Mr. Van
Wrinkles houHe unroofod, barn blown down, md
orchard dostroyod. A house on J. D. Hatcha
farm, occupied BY Frank Auattn,, unroofed and
badly shaken, tho barn blown down.. also m
empty house on the Same faTm completely demol-
iHhed. IN. Aokorman's Is house ,1nroofed and upper
part destroyed, his barn also blown down. Mr.
McDrido's house unroofcd nnd barn blown down.
Mr. Johnson's house nnroofed and aplit In two,
ort tho Foundation: Il small house
that occupied Rg T. Ro0o aa sSpss ss ts er
destroyed ontiro1y. n1r. N1ohollands house
destroyed, and himself badly injured, having
had bis led and shoulder brol,en. Mr., Mohol-
land wns the only porson aoriousI{ h.1rt, ~
though every house was occupied; I y Il fa ',.nc 1,y
ter, BY the roots. Took npplo-trcos and carried
them for hundreds Of yards carried ono wagon
over quarter of o milo. aud swept the fencoS
in it's track level with tho ground. Taken al
togerAer 1t was tho most destructive storm wo
| aver witn4ssed.
| ANOTHER rronas AT AND ABOUND DEs MONIES.
Special Dtspatch to The Chicago Tribune
! ANNAA'4Sof
rain storm occurred horo this afternoon, COM
meucing at noon and continuing three hours,
| accompanied by hoavy thunder and lightning.
During tue storm Seward Smith, Esq,
| waa knocked down Oh the sidewalk, lightning
| striking his umbrella, and passing down. struck
him on tho right shoulder, penetrating his cloth
| ing like bullet, thonee dowu his back and on
! each side Of his loft leg. Tho lightning loft
| him, tearing d lo1e through his boot at
| tho ankle. Tho loft log ot luis panta was
| ripped at the seams clear down. Smith WIS
I! pnralyzcd for some time, but is now aal right and
suffering but little from tho burns OF thu light
| ming. No doubts are entertained Of his tccoy-
cry.
FoarB aro entertained hero Of disastrous
| food Both the DosA1oines and Raceoon Rivers
aro still rising rapidly. Tho water il now within
| ten feet OF tho four bridges across the Dsa
MoineH. The river banks are washing badly on
| the eaat side Of tho river, and but little moro
rise will carry tie flood behind the cast end plort
Of the bridges. All Of > tho old wharyes
above the bridges arc submerged, and drift-Wood
| is running quito freely. Numbers Of loayod-o -oua
| treeg have been uprooted, and aro passing down
| in tho currout.
| Last nights and to-days storm will probable
cauao rise OF some three feet moro in tho rivers
Beyond that mark the consequences will DO verJ
| disastrous.
The Iowa River is reported very high, over
| flowing its banks, nnd flooding the bottom lands
causing serious damage to crops.
Tho outlook is threatening for tho coming
week, and great anxiety s felt BY all people liv
| ing along the rivers throughout tile State.