, 1873-05-24
Houses, Barns, and Ponccs Torn Down
and Scattered for Miles.
Eight Persons and 800 Cattle Killed,
The Hurricane Appears in McDonouoh
J County, III.

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rain. nassod nvnr t,,s on1I's VIII nail ant
north Of waahinoton ,,o.to.3,,, st.s.a. A .'''A1
came lin fron, tha aout,,rost 49,, ,,....s 49,. =
tho county litt1o eouth ~ Va,tan r'''0N 0A' y
Tie torna1o ,vaa obort o,o-l,1t ,,,,,. T., ,z,,,,
md torn jnto fropmonta ovorv,1,,, III :.
ita conrac House. harr,a tara.a ~a -
md human he,nca ,roro caught ~, o,,5 ,r,r,o S
throuch thu mir i;ko ,,,oro .o,,a ~ ill.,
to thu pronn will a,,o1, 1;oiar,,o ~ ~ .a1..o
Instant dcath vii, +1o on;,nsta ,a;.. r'1uss mn
housos md barna .voro tnr,, ~ ~. o ,.,.,o.'.
acatterod for miloa around 1'1 ~ 7'''''''' ~'
Fiolds aro dottod will 1oroo t,n,,sra ;,,,vo,,
into tho ground Mt mn oro,o of r;,,ot,, doarna.
and cattlo voro actno11y arvo, hoo1- forornast
into thu anil IN, ,,,, .oo~,a,,, - ~, =.
dovaetat;on or ro,,,1o ~ ,,xas ~ ~. - ~
A1rcadv ,va hovo 1,oar1 - .,,,utao 1,o,.a. ~
many barna TINT woro 1ittara11v i'm ~ n,.aaa
| and mnnv otbora boa1,+ d,,,,.3 f'
School waa In aoaa;on a. . so,,ao,-,o,,. n ,,,:,o.
north ond tho tornaa ."a ~. nl''ea
niocaa and oorr;od 1t-ro,. ~ a:..e,. ~ "
| Honry Rnt1,mo1 ahout n oyortor ~ .s;,o t.os,
tho school -houna and .a1on found s,,a ,.aa ,u,.,
mashed to 1e]lv 0Iina sm,t1, tha ta,orar am5 ""1
ai1 mr. e,eht scholars wore ,,,,rt sor,o .1'
| 1,,,o rifo - u,,,-z, 7r....- ,..,,'.
| h1iaa car5ror az, .o,, - t1.-..,1 nr,
son lio at The no;nt Of doath
Jacob sook was aerioualv ,,rt
Mr.. nnkor 7voa HI; al, INT l., H. ,,,
| Several Of tha famiv NJ 7, camnho,, ro,,
Keot, v,ro vonnded ' A9"N
Nrs Mcr,ov was aor,ora1v hurt
ront]eman. WIN waa noor +,o tor,oao s,~
m;]os north whom II n,aaaa ro,orts +,,.t ~ ~.
h.,,aa. &c.,, ..;.,. ppao9, -opo11o .n". ~ "aa
1sa,,na a.a ss,aa "'su "! 49, 40 s"a. eno 10 1no
,r,;,aa ~, l,o,,. " ''|' 1"'o "a '0'1' ''Ats
r. ,a.-,.sn1.o:, a., x.,
| vhoro - der,a,;s,a1 a,no.a1 Ao~s osa,.,a Aoos"'
w. ..t 1'aas ~ j.. 0aA 'oe4aonssa
1ort,.roat ,s,'n~a - zoa..a "aous 49, az mllee
In,,aoa .,d 90 - r.s.os, ~, .ax4,"a. s" - ao
torcd IL tha four w;,,da t,,a nna ~oa;ssaa"- ss"
and hnrna of Ajax. 0il.on 7 n.1'ooa,"
and J. c. Culinrhom md n1.o ,ova,aa "' ~, .,''
ground tin dwo11;n1a ~ n ro,.o, II ,.,,, IT.
Walters, Mr. Carr1neer and nfr To,r
MANY porsona, lives varo aoyo1 IT,, 41,u;u ,,
t}v 1o,t;arr ;,,ta .,,e,. 0'o0 ~ tnof aas-
Sad havoc was mado with al kinds of stock.
From al eyc-wltness' description it in n1most
miracle that anything in it's track egcanod
alive. Ho Bnys that l1o could sec large piocos of
timbor hurlod from tho cloud az though shot
from cannon.
Hail fell that measured uino inches in diam.
eter. Some wore brought to this civ. and four
honrs oftcr ,hov ,vora 1,;o,,o, m t,'s ~a" .'aI
larco m hans, aaos "~'~ R'A'1 w 'Ao' "o'e III
Tho ro,r;nr 20 ~. 4o,
con1f b,vo heor ho,rd aas;,,, "As 80 .0ala ,n Ala
thia niaco s,~ 1o;,aa e"a". =. '0'- u4oo As
pnllinc snrn,asina :, t"r,,r .,! "an pa.eetiy up
ever haord axoont tha w. w., 5ses H. 'aas We
hatt1a "''' "a y so'11no
4 telegram from Kcot. ,ost ova,,;n, .,.a.,..
five persons vera ki1tc;, a1o,,t t5'roa s.;,e.
from that placo. ono ch;d ,ros torn ~ ,,;aaa" o'
Our reports are from oniv sow ,,ats oIsa. nn .,,
line of tho terrible deatroyer anil ~ connat
innate tho amount Of damaga hut - ' n.a' Is .s
many Thousands of do1lora h1snv nor. 10y r.oo ~
wero nrohab1v 1oat tban +hcao ''1.e .aso'a a'10
and no est;n,nta "a, ba nado " 49,.
etoc]t kI]ted Not1,;,o horat,,osa
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