, 1873-06-02
number Of people. Tho losa In Fulton County

Il esi.'aar Il rsoRss e ooo 'o'' fa''n County
Tho loss In Warron County, oooaslonod BY tho
fully ostlmatod, and complete description Of
tho ruin II hha wrought IL almost Impossible for
our language to cxprese. 4 fow tninutos attor
oy sra ais ssss S"a esss 9so M nosh a,t Gt ths
H,o E = Pr % above. This oioud was a ,whirlwlnil
'wost, where It unroofod . barn for Mr. Samuel
tearing down foncos for him and deorgo r.
Sloan, and almost utterly annhiialfng
tho. flno orchard OF bnmuol pattison
sss@ya sst5oytE ' an, fsnSes tbo h ts nsan
oif and uprooted largo and handaomu treoe, ,ln-
res'aoa. Here the whiri apparently aftod lit
tlo, though It tore away tho crib from THO corn,
took ip o6ckon-ooopa With tho oi.iokens, o,a or.
Rod thom about 20 rods. whore the coora wero
n PSc9s e Firm rom s
bor, lowing fallon md broken trooB 10 mark lta
path, until 1t ronohed THO rosllenoo Of Mr. ].
Nichols, whose houeo and barn woro unroofoi,
WHOM 1t tnrnod aa to tho hoavor work notol olso.
concerned, abruptly terminated, to tim inleuao
re1iof of cyory ono III tho limo Of lts matuh.
ss s IL ,ds ns.snsn ,. e"9ssa Rst 1y a.,
tn tho Wcetorn country. pnrnntl about nix Or night
miloa north Of 1}uHhnolf lnat ThurnstAy oyonltg.
About O'Clock y email oloud wnn moi rirfi,E III
aud thon visible, bit no ono wonhl hsya ,rca,noa
that the small cloud oorlA hAya n,rrAl r,lcl. do
structfon broadonnt ovor tho fAoo uf thu country
and In 60 worry ehort limo. li.r elnl,1 Bnol,,rsl
to tsayo1 nosrly ao north. en'l prcscnlly ntotty
slmtlnr cloud war Scs'n nInklnw sta wnr towarsla
Youngstown (aorshwcnt whtlicr lin 'lsnt.tncf,~
toned Beonoa also drifting. Tho two woro avi-
of afhs ,iS M hor tSo i r* s soes % ws%
dark, torriblo ono WIS soon brootllng ovor tlo
country in tho vicinity Of Youngstown; -,
tho small end down., md il was also Observed
tho same Was lowering, to tho oarth raplply.
heard, and tho country aaemed enveFoped In ono
Of destruction had commenced in earnest.
Buildings wore torn to piecoB, troea taken BY
tho roots, horaos and Cattle raised and carried a
abort distance, aud then daa]1ed to the earth
with forco that crushed them, fonces blown to
plcceB, OTTO.
Tho house Of Thomas Warmoth, situated a
hrBt to bo demolished. Tho Building was on
tirely blown to pieces, but we have not baon able
wore 5.dl7 lnta4sd o. ny set iss aa1t
house and barn were entirely swept
away. Here the work Of ruin seems TO have
aSsn S os on11R s11R@SS IT, as hsTs s.s Tss asreS I ss
were eight persons In the house. all Of whom
sought 1ofuge In tho collar. Ihoy had barely
reached tho collar whom, the house was
swept from its foundations, leaving thom unpro-
Here a ion Of Mr. vapdivor, about II yearn Old,
was killed. It is thought that ho met his death
BY . fold roller which dropped upon him from
above nfter the house had boen gwept nwny.
Nozt to tho aon: Nj. yandiyer was tho only
mombor Of tho family who sustained any groat
injury. as ono Of his arms were brokon. Hia
loss Is estimated ut $4,000.
The storm continued eastward, and tho next
house blown down WAS that OF Mr. a. J. Oason,
and three ribs OF his wife were broken, besides
having her face badly disGgured. There were
aix persons in tho building, all Of whom woro
moro or lcaa injured. It is said that thoro WAS
tion. But strangcst OF su Was the adventure Of
habo. It Was blown from it's mothers arms
and carried fifty yards and almost buried in mud
and water, with evory particle Of ito clothing
! the head and fnoe wore ar tho injuriea IL sus-
tanned. At 1nat accounts 1t Was doing Wcll,
seeming none tho worse for little ride On o
"9,MlHn. Nc1t %aa oh,r1oa porrv. nonao blown down
and all badly injured. Hlmaolf and vito arc in
| jurod, perhaps fatally. There woro Biz perBonB
In tho building. Another strange treak WIS tho
carrying OF Of q wife aud babe, and lodging tho
ground: The tree was blown down, and both
! escaped without serious injury. The woman
WAS The wife Of a minor living In tho odge OF tho
| timber. We have not been ablo to 1oa1n the
| namo
Next we notice Mr. ". B. Rood. His house
! was torn to pieces, himself aud vito alight1y in
jured and two horsos killed.
Noxt in tho path Of destruction was tho
! house and barn Of Mr. d. q. Brinkmyor.
| This devastation waa equal to that Of Mr.,
| VandiVer's as there was nothing left. Tho land
ia aa bare as whom he frat settled on 1t several
years ago. He has found but one thing ninee
the storm, and that waa d chair. Mr. Brink
storm commenced. After it had rained aud
hailed few minutes he arose from sofa on
which 10 had been reclining, and went up atatra
to see Il tho windows zero oil down. While
tho weat ona came open, and tho building waas
Immediately tilled with wind. He tried to
roach the west door, but found 1t I'M
ssa tic 1z B'S os ao"a Soon to-
| found himself On the woodpie. What fnterven-
cd WAS a blank. When he cano to his sensca he
found himself considerably bruised, but this waf
nothing compared to the horror Of his feelings
house and barn wore gone-nothing loft. Mr.
Brinkmyer WAS IN Bushnell last Tuesday, and
| from appearances, he must haVo been roughly
handled. His loss is estimated at $4,000.
At this point the current turned from east tx
southeast, and next unroofed tho baruH Of Wm
MoEahiu and Peyton veugn, about mi1e cas-
Of Drinkmyer's. Here tho atorm-current arose
and travelled about seven miles without doing
any serious damage; then suddonly lowered t
the earth and swept away tho houaes Of Measrs
Niohola and Hollister. Both families badly In
iured.
Next total destruction was the house and barr
Of q Mr. Aokorman, all swept away. Wo hay.
not been able to learn tho extent Of the injury
to his family.
The house and barn Of Nr. aorham vas tht
next to BUFFER entiro destruction. The family
were badly injured.
The house Of Mr. blaholland WAS then blown
J to pieces. Dir. Maholland had leg brokon,
while tho rest Of tho family wero ali seriously
hurt. It soema that tho forco Of the storm was
pretty we'll spent at this point, as tho I'D,
ditional damage was comparatively slght. How
ever, before quitting entirely the work OF de-
| struction 80 we'll executed, It unroofod the barr
| Of Oliver Chatterton, about five miles east o.
prairie City and lifted two sohool-houeea from