The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-31

the wind reaohsAit, but could not
keep them shut The iyclene
strudk thssreaf end Of to house
first md turned .it around divid-
ing = from the FONT portion. Mrs.
g. I'D hsr child we're near the divid
in& me, and fen into the cellar.
Two invalid children who had been
put into . feather bed for security
were found some distance from the
building, the bed having been
lifted up And carried there BY the
wind. They were almost smother
ed, being hidden from view by tim
bsre and hay piled up On top of
them. Neither received . scratch.
The corner of the corn-shaller was
thrown ; quarter of . mile. Bah
cocks family were not at home.
They were st . neighbor's house
which WAS not touched. His son
and . hired man went into the eel
lar for protection, but they sudden
II found themselves In . slough
forty rods from the house, and say
they cen not tell how they got
th1re. ] think they were frighten-
ed and ran into the slough without
knowing It. I do not believe they
we're blown there. Most OF the
material blown away by the storm
was dropped into the slough.
Household utensils, corn, boards,
cattle, sheep and chickens we're
thrown into piles. Some Of the
corn6elds look as If hops were to
be grown there. The storm moved
forward in lgxag way, sometimes
northeast and sometimes north
west. Il went within few yards
of some houses, and apparently
changed its mind, going either to
the right or left Two men who
were coming along the road saw
three storm clouds ono large one
and two smaller ones-approachin
and took refuge in the ditch, de-
serting their team. The largest
cloud went to the right, and the
. other two ON either side of them,
but not near enough to affect them,
though the roaring was very loud,
and they were badly frightened.
Every one that ! talked With who
had seen the big cloud said it WAS
shaped Ike . balloon, and was as
black as+he blacklist night. No one
could see into it, but after it passed
the remnants of buildings and
barns marked It's path. The whole
force of the storm seemed to be
concentrated in the clouds, because
where it skipped for four or Eve
miles no injury was done. I have
lived in Iowa for thirty years, and
never heard of such . storm before.
We used to have years ago . great
many gales, and sometimes hurri-
canes, but none of them equalled
/ this last one. In 1912 there was .
tornado in Jefferson county which
moved . swath in the forests fol
several miles, but no lives were
lost, because very few people lived
there. There was another twelve
years ago, which blew down a
school house. The Camanche
storm, about fourteen years, ago
which went from there over into
Illinois, was . big one, bnt it did
not last long. I think this Last one
came into Washington county about
ten miles from here. / have heard
! Of Il nine miles of. Some damage
VAS done beyond, but it DOM
amount to much. The hail storm
seemed to be distinct. Hail fell d
.Sigourney, - I told You, bnt There
was scarcely any wind. We had .
little hail at Washington, but only
one gust of wind. An immens.
quantity of water fell over th,
country, but I do not think thu
crops viii be damaged materially
It stormed in Washington Thurs
day morning, but the weather wa
clearing up when the cyclone arose
The air was very warm all day ani
the sun was aiming brightly Ehe1
the rumbling commenced.