, 1873-05-26

afornoon, two hHra .ftnr IT, r,,,,i',s uoEK ~ aalo
heard. At tint ti1no aoyornl fermora n"So +" H.
on hom9u willie will foam, sa ard el toid Of Of
and tho Inmates oor o I0 on aoransv 6,owm ,,r n9
etl. Thoy aSkod for u1oilicnl nsaiainnco ard n,I
tho plysioianB oro inmoiintnIy ninrIca ' n +Ia i
localities Indicated by lno ritiora to nnro far III
To1Hs snaasd f.Ess Dr. s2 Sss 5ss MsSSsrE Pitt
wants and natlo them az com:ortnhtn m ,nssih1nl
Thoy brought bauk oyon more 50 f'0'''''o:
;, nA1.now1Na ACCOUNTS
81 va so a so19, o Thar tho assengGrs had
devastated locality lator in tic i1,y ~ oratfv t
their ouriousity. N"' " s'ast's
TIE soEvr
was natouislod at tho ruiz, wrought in ~, m,r
or two, s.'s'~ : ~ nou1
Tllo first farm visited wns that Of .1oia, n
Cunningham, which Is about seven miles north.
asviaiblo. TLey had been torn to piocos. aJ n,l
only fow fraomonta remainci ncoriv III H. H.
timber having beon blown away, Piooea Of
boards wore stoking out Of tho folds. some Of
tiahtly that tat tbov could not 10 i nmiloa e ot t.
Dead stock was visible oynrywllero. horeos.
COWS. pice. and chickens having u1, ham
hustled about 80 lively :, aE to be
wore piga impalod to tho ground, who froauont @ de
" ollickeng Worc oncol1,torod without faathnr
On thom. The Inter statement mny soo,n n},-
surd but 1t is fact. Throe hundred head OF
@ tsoyed wore % worth sbeat ooo e II the awell ra
ing whom tho tornado approached woro Mrs. No
Coy, daughter Of alr. cunningham and Mrs.
Carfingor and two ol,lldson Of tic former They
went into. tho collar for shelter, but ro-
thrown to tho ground, Mru. .McOoy hid Ter
head cut, and was badly bruised. Mrs. caringer
found lying ID i hear, beside tiie collar wallis
DAVIDSON g FARM. -.
East Of ounningham'g, near tho, Highland
township limo, Ia tic farm Of A1r. DaTidBon.
aolf waa killed.. Mr. IIousscl, who was with
lin at tic tno, Saa fatally ininrod and died on
Friday morning. ALI OF the lattors clothing wis
torn on his body, and his friends in Washington
nAu 70 ''pp' 'Ho habcooss Esa'g S4asl. ~ e'' A Ill.,
John Babcook. Iiin Residence barns, ''e out t.
houses, and granarios wore demolished. Hid
large barn waa ono of tho finest iii the county
having recently been erected at cost OF 81, 900.
It was full Of grain, and moro wea deposited In
bureau bur aud drawer. ali tho furniture Va "a miss. ii
ng apd m hence o,a tue Vii 9nsg sgn saan0t b & %
$1,000. Fortunately, hiH Efarnily wero at his
brotlor's house. which vas ont Of tho range OF
tho atorm, Mr, Dabcocls himso1f mud Jacob
Beook SAW tho cyclone coming, mud ran into tho
house, and took t,p what thoy imagined to bo 4
plnoo Of security in tho cellar Tho house was
fifted OF tho Nominations. aud had not niece Of
timber fallen on them tloy would hayo oacapod,
Tho board struck soecl. Oh tho head, intlicting
1u1 iursd T T6a roof M Of ' tSe barn a'S vas blown
fuiiy d quarter of a. mile and alfahted
almost intact. Tho apple orchard, ono OF tho
largest in tho county, Is now without trees.
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a1ong,; A grove Of ionoy 1ocuats was also
snapped aa clay ripoB can bo. Some Of tho
gtumps remaining look rs II Il sawhad boon usod
-" :: cANEEn's rAnal: =. ::
Tho next farm visited was that Of David
Caneer. Hore was tho sazno dosolatiou as uolic-
Cd at tho other places only less building n,atori-
al was observable. Of tho. houses, barns, md
Gibson aud Mr. Cancer wero in tho house, mud
dobatod whether thoy should go into lilo collar
for Bafoty. They concluded to do So, aud Ind
scarcely reached it whom tho wind struck tho
building aud it won't up into tho mir. Mrs. Ca
neor, Who aiso took rofigo in tic cellar was was tic
only ono badly hurt. Sho liftod up hor' baud as
tho house was leaving, r.nl board
striking one Of her nn3ora, broke 1t.
Some timbera foil on Cancer aud Gibson,
and thny wero slightly bruised 4 hedge-fonco
facing tho roadway presented peculiar appear
ance. AgainHt Tho outside Of it, for nearly a
qunr tor of O. mile, Was hay and straw mixod in
Discriminatory. How it came thoro can only DO
accounted for in Que way. a water-apout drove
it into tho hedge. a simple rain-Btorm would
not have fastened it 80 securely. Scarcely any
rail-boards or wiro. fences could 30 eeen, ali
having boon lifted up by 'tEo whirlwind and
carried no ono can tell whero. piecos
Of in1heddod' timber, wcro SO thick in
the folds TINT forty Or fifty acres
had tho appearance Of having been devoted to
tho raiBsng Of beans and hops. About forty
rods distant from tho Caneer farm stood tho
Deedloford ...
scHoo1-nousE.
Il waa IN cid frame building, mado Of square
tmborg. Hofhing remains on tho site, hut
quarter OF q milo down tho road wore found
what had evidently been portions of it.. School
Was In session when the cyclone nndo its ap-
poarance, Rbouf twenty scholars beng in attend-
hnco. Tho rtmb11ng frightened them, and
thoy. gathered around tho teacher, Miss
Smith, Thinking .sho could protect them.
The building SHARED tho Same fato as the othors
which came within tho graap Of tho tornado, and
teacher alld scholars cannot imagno how they
got into the roadway. The wind demolished tho
windows FIRST and rushing into the building iift,
Cd i up as If 1t we're made of paper and kn9cked
It about Like Hhuttlecook. A daughter Of Henry
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