The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-04
FhoDro1oUs' FpBos OF .4nE, WIND AYp

MAsslon, Neosno county, Kansas, CO. es-
pondent OF the Now York World says:
a tornado excelling in fu aud in de-
vastating effects any tf vt ihas ever been
known in this part of tho State occurred
at about 3 clook F. NJ, on last Thurs
day, in L ncoln township, in this County.
The hou. 8 expos to tho power of the
hurricane fell before it as if they lad
been bnilt OF cards. and their component
par were scattered in almost breath.
ing space. BY this whirlwind, no less
than seven lives hnve been lost, and ten
persons Envo been wounded, some NOR
tally, while an immense amount OF pro.
feEty has been destroyed. The details
Of the calamity, as recited by persons
from the scene, are awful. at least
eighteen residences and barns, Eot to
mention dozens of smaller honses, were
demolished over the heads Of their occu.
pants. The tornado commenced ut
point three miles Northwest Of Jackson
vile, scattering fences and posts and
iitiing hen house for.y-fect in the cir,
but fortunately killing no ono. The
next house reached vas in South east.
eily direction. Here liz cd Mr.. Black.
with his family Of seven or eight per
sons. With ut q moments S warning, the
house was swept away, and all in it we're
left injured, Mr.. Black mortnlly. The
tornado then veered round to tho North
east. and struck the house of Mr.. J.
". Bosard, nbOut quarter of d mile
Instant. The building was nearly de-
moiiohed, but tie occupants escaped.
iWo other houses in the vicinity, both
unoconpicd, We're crushed at tho same
lme. Tue next suferera were Mr.. Heze-
k!aa Smith aud MIR. Sturgeon, Secretary
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hoeses were also dismantletl. Mira.
Smith was seriously wouudcd; Mr.. Spur-
geon's father was led and two of his
children had limbs broken. At Mr..
Spurgeon's farn. the wind made clean
sweep OF ont-houses, wagons, fences,
&c. Alter it hf passed, a chicken was
ioun entirely denuded of its feathers.
About mile from this place, two other
occupied houses "ere destroyed, but no
ono was killed. The Lighthouse Of An.
drew brazoll was the next in order that
was ievelled to tho ground, but his wife
and child, who were in the house. es-
capped. Not so fortunate was Mr.. Ro.
senbury, living half mile further On i.
The same ruin overlook his residence.
and its debris, with everything contained
In 1t, disappeared like chaf before the
whlrlwind. An infant child was here
blown from its mothers arms and dashed
to pieces. Mr.. T. Dumbauld, Master Of
the Kansas State Grange, had child
Killed in the destruction OF bis house.
A widow named Hooper lost two cIil-
dren. Her house WAS blown down, and
one Child wss INSTANTLY killed, while an
other, n little girl, WI car ed quarter
OF mile, and was d-owned in n creek.
tonr othor farm houses, al! occupied BY
o1
ther with any loss Of life, Is not known.
The belt Of land visited by the tornado
Is laid waste, ana tho people the.c are
saflsr' IS for the necessities OF life.
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A REMa anABbE ISsUKAScE CAst
GROSS vs. TFG MUTu.L LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY the United States Circuit
Court, yesterday. before Judge Bond.
the trial Of the case OF Eliza Nj. Gross
against the New York Life Insurance
Company, We commenced. This was
On action to recover So, ,OCU on life
policy OF insurance issued to pluintiff by
defendant upon the life of he. husband.
Winfield S. Gross, who was burnt to
death February z. 1872, it is alleged, at
his work shop The being n glider Of
frames near Cold Spring Hotel, on the
York Road, where he was also experi-
mensing to find substitute for india
rubber.
The defendant denies the indebted
ness, on the ground, as the course Of
examination she We, that the death Of
Gross has not been proved. and that the
body lonnd upon mis- promises after the
tire WAS no mutilated by fire, tnat it
could not be recognized; that It yus not
the body Of Gross, aud TINT there was
reason to suspect frand. Three other
companies arc Interested IL tho result of
the trial, the deceased having been nlso
insured, for the benefit Of the plaintiff,
IN the Travellers Insurance Company
for $lO, 600. the Continental Life lnsur-
ance Company for 5000, aud the
hniekerbockcr Life Insurance Company
Tor 80, ,000--making the total ins,,rnuce
S25. 0oO. = -i5'hHimore San, 29M III.
AHrlF.cIAL EYEs-We fad by the
census details that all the people of the
United States depend upon ono shop 70:
their homo made artificial eyes, and this
shop only employs three hands. Think
OF tho consequences to one.cyed people
II this shop should burn up, or one or
TWO OF these mon shOn;d liz ~, tI,ov