, 1873-05-24

!S333@Ss32e1s8!3l,aEs55l4 49, f&Ag
ia In ruins. As wo MO writing, moro bui1dinet
aro reported blown down, further southwest.
| tsnectat Dispatch TO Tia CAtcaao Tribune
AhokuK, Iowa. May 23,-Wodneslay nipllt',
storm did not roach tl.la place. Tho noarest II
camo to ua WAS Washington, In this gtato. Tbe
tt tmat,ot Observer hero states that 1t waB at m,
IT, .,',s,. s al w.t. direction, but a cbanpe IN
DEs MONIES.
Special Dfspalch to The Ch;caoo 11;ayn.
| DEs Mo1NEs' Iowa, 21.-Tho seyoroBt t1un.
uo.-"sorm a. Rto"n Tor several years passed over
this locality at o'clock this morning. srho
"1no o'ew a tempest, and, wlilo it did no ercat
harm IN this city, 1t caused great damage In t},o
surrounding country. Eighteon or twenty farm.
houses wore blown down in this county. Tint
1hero SHOULD havo beon no loss Of life Was mracu-
louH. Near Nordyko Station, tic renidoncos
of Mrs. Nordyko aud John Tynor woro torn to
pieces. No ono hurt.
ri! N Walnut Township, the residences of N1r.
hllnn and Preston Donnatt woro blown down.
and also Methodist Church in tho Bane nefoh,,
horhood+ No one hurt. ''-'~ @'0''
A.; At Altoona four or i've houHea wcre blown OF
their foundations, and ono entirely destroyed
! No9r Ayor's Grove tho residonco OF Henry
siobort, with family OF eight persons In it. waa
torn all to pecoB. The man and Lis wifo ind
lEn1o limbs @ broken, but mono Of the six children
half 2 mile. His barn, containing ten horses
@ was blown to fragments and not horse hurt
Two Of bis noghbors, Mr.. Mayer aud EuocG
casebeen,, Ind their residences blown
dia dGm' distance sr d1eaa from their as
Doz hloines. Tho brick church at tue town Of
De Soto Was nearly ruined. The roof blown from
IL crushed small dwelling, but injured none Of
t,. tho inmates The only loss ct lfe reported is
that Of man near stuart. killed by lightning,
unknown. "'""4o
Fences were wrecked for milos. and MANY
trees arc uprooted Such thunder mud light
ming arc rarely soon in this latitude in tho hottest
; woather: For over NIL hour tho play Of Light
ming was SO continued and so vivid that
paper could have been read BY the lirbt
Of tho terrib1e and lurid glare. !rho phonom-
onon Of hre-balls Of electricity passing from tho
Garth upward formed feature of tho Wild car-
niyal. Some Of these wore rs large az foot
trail Of sparks.
Three houses we're struck by lightning in this
Special Gispatch to The Chicago Tribune,
DEsa1o1S1s, Iowa. May 22.-Eyeuing-DetaiIs
o. lnrther losses BY Thursday mornings storm
besdes the news sent before. No further oss l,as
will ho slight. The storm Seems o to .'bo bo
'Goneral, sone ,oa all over the State. Thoro is
tug do%n 50ss Of thls hupGfeda GXsdnty By the oi blow
1enco. Numbers Of cattle wero killed by light
nlhg. One farmor in Alair County lost twolyo
head, TINT woro standing by wire fence whom
1t was struck by lightning.
hours Inter in Washington County, but nothing
later is known here than ia given ia The Agsoea
oiNtod Press dispatches. O ''"'~
Special Dfspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
FtHrUt
OTTAWA, ILL.,, May 23.-Tho tornado which
passed. through central Iowa seen,ei tn hnvo
spont lts force hero last evening, this city being
~ IL, ilrect Line cast III the progress Of tho Iowa
~ Mha,"tmu. ai' Az enormous quantity Of rain fol-
both railroads were delayed for hours. Bridges
Woro swept away, and much damage done
cA1no.
Ill., y:s Msy TIe % IT, ehssgS osyies stiIf hasorm
this afternoon between and o'clock. Hail:
esonos 81 wore picked up that measured five inches
nrahn m annesor: Ine GROUND wHa covered. conBid
IN torrents, and lasted two honrs.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, May 23.--Tho groat tornado |
ot washington County exhausted itself twelve |
miles southwest 1 OF this city. There vas high
Sas hurt. A0 9Ao
PRAIRIE CITY, ILL.
PRAIRIE CRY, AIcDonough Co., ILL.,, Nav o.
! fearful tornado passed. one aud ha}f miios
iorth OF this place yesterday at about $40 ., M.
10 extont Of which is not yot known haro'
hough Wo have Aeard from it ten to fifteen mileR |
M 'aat and west; The storm travelled eastward, |
weeping nearly everything with It half q milo
q Width, blowing down houses, barns out
!ousos, fencos, and telegraph lines, killing and
njurlng several poraons. 4 number Of horses
I'D d, cattle were killed and injured.
Tho Following aro few of the oasupltfos:
il1ed.
Joel Nichols house and barn DESTROYED, EIGHT
ersonh were III tho house, One cl,ild has a fog
r9keu, and ia not expected to live. Others mora
/ lesa injured.
A, J. Cayton's house and bnrn DESTROYED, Mr.
ayton has all arm broken md one child killed.
Charles Perry's house aud barn destroyed, and
lrieH. ' ~
Andrew Mulholland's house DESTROYED, aud
T; E. iMulholland has leg brokon.
brinkmeyor's house destroyed. No ono at the
ouse but himaelf. He IL badly hurt
an 1dea of tho fercencBs Of the storm may bo
a'ned from the fact that it carried heavy silts
II II rods, and oven moved honvy stones some
s1aice from tho top OF cellar walls.