, 1873-05-26

part Of It waa carrlod milo army and dumped
Into slough. Mr. Zock's houso was lifted from
tho foundations into tho mir and brokon up, tho
fragments boing scattorod like chat. Tho dwoll-
ing OF hlr. Davidson, who lived nohr jackson
township, was struck and thrown down. Ho wna
killed., and a hired hand named Housol was 80
badly cut up that ho diod In few hours. In
ncarly oil tho houaos I have mentioned
Bomo ono was manned or killed. Tho Huddlo-
ford Hohool-houao WIS destroyed. 1t Was located
noar Thomas Walters house, fronting tho road
way. The school was In session, and tho teaol,or
and nearly all tho scholars wore bruised, hall b
dozen Of thom badly injured, three Of whom nro
not expected to 1.-Two. a daughter Of Horny
Rohme1, who waB In tho schoo1-houso, was car~
ried about quarter Of d milo and crushed a.
most to jelly. Thoro waa apparently not
whole bono In her body. It Is q wonder that al
tho children wore not killed. Tho foroc Of tho
storm WAS torri1ot the ground looking AZ II an i'm
mense flood had passed oror 1t. As near as can
be learned, tho oxtont Of tho whirlwind WAS
thirty miles lonE by quarter Of q milo Wido,
although 1t varied in Hone places few roda In. :.
width. At some points It waa only faw yards
vido apparently, and thon agnin It skipped largo
alightod, nothing could arrost. its prosresB..
4 hoavy iron cylinder -was thrown half a
mile, and cattle weigling ovor thou
sand pounds we're knocked about US il
they we're calves. Tho buildings were reduced
fng or.
is no distinguishing line between the fields, tho
rotor having oblitered almost al traoe1! OF the
@ fences. Msny o. + ", tie nyRg timbora were go
removed, and there nro pieces Of land 40 fun nf
those stioka that they resemble tho back of
poEcupine, and 1t Is doubtful Il thcy can bo cul-
tivAtod until thu wood decays. 1have heard somo
place OF land than Attempt to raiso anything
there. Bonrds wero driven through cattle ind
hogs, and I hoard that ono bow was torn to
pieces, and = 1ittcr Of unborn pigs scattered
around promiscuous1y. have underworld to
is that It will DO between @66 900 and 375 600. In
Washington County, ten or eleven poraons naro
killed outright or havo died since, and tho
wounded probably number thirty, Some Of
then wero so severely injured that they aro not
expected to live. .
STATEMENT OF COL. nENyAsnN onADD.
from Col. Benjamin Crabb learned tint h1r:
soesst nSosS s@lased though not rendered. un
habitablo. Somc timber no saw, probably
Notwithstanding and joiBts, looked as II II had
boon in O grinding machine, so fine were th8
particles. He observed w'ndow-sseh VIII tn ths
during trip over the pathway Of tho tompoBt.
lifted into tho air, but, the flooring Iemain-
cd standing. In ono corner OF 1t WaB
tho whole OF 1t was not taken. cannot 30 &C.
counted for 1t sras not fastened to tho floor;
yet wagons, corn-she}lers, aud the building we're
soizcd without trouble.
STATEMENT OF HORACE 8. J. ABLE.
This morning had protracted conversation
with Horace 8. ]. Able, who las lived In Iowa
for thirty yeara. He knows everybody, and bis
occupation, proprietor OF stage limo, brings him
II IN contact s sas R p'oRgs from T. aauaeaas al ps5ss
ua much shout tho ravagou Of the whirlwind ~
ten or twenty ordinary people. From him OBJ
tanned the following account Of It: I WAS tn tho
train, whon I first heard the roaring Of tho
storm. It camo from tho northeast. NO waitod
lelt an hour to see what It would amount to, and
then hitchod up. Whom returning the wind COM
wSsa 70 and ea g. S' sosh ths
the town. lady passenger got tout
there, md sLe .was hurried around
50 80 that we could hardly got her III tue house.
was shining brightly At the tine and tho roaring
passed to tile north. In the course Of an hour
reports came in from that direction that fearful
da1nage had been done: When wont to tile 9
lad %et c dhi hg Lad h:lo ~t9
O'Clock. measured ono, and it WAS inches in
circumference. That was three hours after
il had fallen: Reports continue to como
in lator from tho north, and thoro waH much
was the first in, aud every vehicle that could bo
secured WAS engaged, and hundreds OF people
went out to see what damage WAS done and at-
tend to the wants OF those who were said to bo
wounded. All tho horses in town wore engaged
for to-day also, and nearly everybody IN town
has gone out in carriages or on foot. / could
not find out where the storm atartod.
The first re heard Of 1t was eight
accounts it's course VAS little north of east for
about miles, when it took q northwest course
towards Wost Liberty, whero 1t ended. Yestor-
day morning reports ,cano tn from Lancaster, so
or, that that town had been destroyed, al tho
buildings being swept away: After tho storm
left tho vicinity Of Washington, I noxt heard OF
IT at Muscatino, wheroa Q great dcal Of rain fell,
and the streets and collars were Hooded: Pas
soagore who 4ad been TO- to Dog Moines
becoming ungovernable on account Of tho storm,
and having to be tied up. That is aa far east as
esaon aTos2B to a s0aS & PFes y
IN Illinois, was touched violently. Northeast Of
Washington dozen farms were loveled Of
everything above the ground 4 cook-stove be-
longing to Mr. Babcook Was carriud half mile,
torn out Of tho ground and reduced to
knocked down and killed, and pieces
tho bodies Of some them, fastening them to the
Garth, Carriages and wagons were demolished,
md no remnants OF them can DO found any
where on the farms Of the ownors. Nearly al
OF Gibson's stock was killed. Hc had six fat
stoera, which were aold to be delivered on FRI
day, and tho butchers wont out yoBtorday and
brought their carcaaacs to town. Ton or dozen
people worc killed and about twenty wounded.
have not seen any Of them, and therefore can
not toll you about thom. Forty hogs wore
killed on Cunningham's farm, md al tho cattlo on
hia place. His house waa blown of the founda~
tion and the grain In his granary into the cellar
It would DO good place to start q mill now. One
building In that ueighborhood was turned around
80 that It faced contrary to what 1t did originally.
It now stands on only q few feet Of the cellar
walls. A young man named Laughead, who was
planting corn on big fathers firm, hoard tho
leaving tho planter in the field. When
near tho building. tho hurricane oyer-
took him and he dropped fiat in tho
road: Tho cloud jumped o!er him, but caught
up the planter and carried It . great distance.
Tho storm cloud did not coyer a space Of moro
than thirty ol forty rods In width. 4 Lady who
came in from Koota told mo that sho watched
the storm with . great deal Of interest. Bhe