, 1873-06-02
Its Isavagcs II, Illinois.
One Person Killed, and Over
Twenty Injured.
Great Destruction Of Property.
a Request by the Signnl-scrVice
Office for Information ns to
tho Tornado.
The Tornado in illinois,

noupty was Visited BY ono Of those destructive
whirlwind foEnhdooa which 1cavoB naught but
min and dosolation In lts track. Early Friday
morning It waa reported On tho street That
storm had swept through Swan and Graonhuah,
destroying dwellings,, barns. orohhrda, stock,
foncos, groves, and timber. It was also report
I'd that Mr. AhBalom Vandeyor waB seriously In
turod, with an arm broken, his aon being In"
ttaut1y killed., whilo great numbers Of others
eere wounded.
Tie course OF tho tornado WAS little south OF
EAST through Swan and Grcenbush. Tho whirl-
wind eAnas down wost OF William Huston's, about
three miles south Of Roaevilie, and west aido OF
tho railroad track. uoro it un1oofed hia barn,
sheds, and tore down fonces, passing on With
terrib]e roaring, upzouting and breaking down
trees until it came TO An unoccuped log house Boz
longing to ]. Wortlen which 1t unroofed and de-
mouahed. Tho width here appeared to be noar =
xnilo-gradua1ly drawing in IS 1t reached the
crock bottom, into which 1t ca.no with iTesist-
ihle force, sweeping almost everything before It.
Onward went tho dark cloud Of wind whirl-
Ing and roaring up the hillside until it carno
10 the log house OF William Ja1pd, un-
roofing It In an instant. Mrs. Coon,t
widow, {dAnghter Of Mr.. Jarea,) and leR
child took sefuge undor bed in one corner Of
that part aud held 1t fast and thus saved their
lives. The furniture and clothing wore scattered
around proniscuously b the wind.
A fow rods beyond, tho wind went into tho
tho toughest trees, laying tho tops In almost
every direction. On tho top Of thp hill, treos
which had withstood the storms OF cunturips,
were eithor leveled with tho ehrth Or their onor-
mous branches broken, and tho bark peeled oil
from tho s1nnlleat saplings, Which tho shirl had
twisted like Yitlce
Tho course Of the wind Was down tho crock
bottom, whero It soomed to have concentrated
and settlcd down to itB work Of destruction. At
this place tho ,plank.house Of Thomas Warmoth
stood, and which tho wind scattered In frag-
ments in eyory direction. Mrs. Warmokh waa
takon up with q babe in her arnae, and carried
several rods and loft III tho top Of fallen tree.
The chair In which she 9aa sitting whom carried
oil haa tree on It, showing how narrow was nor
escape With life. Sho Hns bruised 8emeHhat,
but not BeriouslY. while tho babe, still In hor
arms. eHcaped injury.
face of Tho ground looking as though It had been
raked with o harrow. Juat over the hill it
reached tho house Of John Bootep, which 1t up
BET and then completely destroyed. Fortunately
tho family were at q nelghbora at the time, thus
escaping almost certain death.
Near BY and close to tho timber waa tho resi-
deuce Of Mr. NJ J. Reynolds, tho roof Of which
vas taken on, while the splendid barn, only a
4eW Eoub ulaLRHE1 WAS uQlaluTGu.
About eighty rods north, and In tho oontre OF
tho ssorm-track, Wna the Residence Of h. J. Caya
ton. Mr.. Cayton and his wifo, and Mrs. /. Bar
bor, With babe four nloptha old, wore in tho
house at the time. Tho wind hero lifted tho
house up bodily, taking it oger the topa Of some
whore Il came to tho ground. and striking ang.
ling With auch forco on one corner na to sink In
noarly two foet. II was lifted instantly aud car
riod fifty yards further into tho timber. where
striking 2 tree, 1t WIS. rent into fragments
which, with every article In tho house, wore
ecatterod in all directions Tho trunks ant
safe were crushed In pfecea. The township rec
ROD away by the wind. Mr. and Mrs. Cayto1
and Mrs. Barber hnd hoen hurled about f8ft1
yards, and not tar from each other, whilo the
babe vas carried fifty yards further away, and,
perfectly donudea Of It's clothing. Mr. cayton''
though dangerously bruised, had found tho
women and babe and got them together whom
the nol8hbors camo to their relief. Mrs. Oayton
had three ribs broken, her face badly bruised,
bor escaped with slight bruises about tho face
and arms, whilo her babe lad received only fou
light soratchea on iss faco aud head and in ahorl
time WAS as lively as though 1t bud never boon
WAS almost entirely stripped of her clothing
whatever Was ieft hung In ahreds Tho warm
hearts and willing hands of sympathizing noigh.
611s took .t the family to tho house Of Jacob
wants relieved. All tho books papers, and &C
connts Of Mr. Cayton, many Of which are val.
liable, and cannot oasi1y bo replaced, wero lost
!, The next house in the line of tho wind was
t tnst OF william Jonos, which WAS totally do,
etfoyed. HIS wife waa severely bruised
The tornado, aa il preparing for fiual effort
camo whirling down as though lashod by the
rates and the Furiea " upon the farm Of Mr
Absalom yandever, which It Bmept % with tht
ed, Mra. YApdeYar. two danphtera an1 enn
went to the cellar Tor safety, Mr. Yanieyor ant
Oldest son attempting to hold tho door. Th'
suspense, though brlef, was an age to thom, nnt
1qents, aa though 1t had been but seoda. MI
Vahdeyer had an arm broken, md was other1Yis
injured. while his wife, daughters, aud oldeB
son escaped serious hurt. AS soon as the build
into tho cellar, striking George Vanaevor on th
baok Of the head, MI. Vandeyor succeeded II
getting bis wounded son on hia shoulder. and
"ath hia wife carrying his broken arm. the fami
II started for the residence OF his son-iu-}aw Mr
Larkins, . distance Of about one-quartor OF ,
milo, but his son died before they arrived thoro
a complete description of tho wreck hort
nahde, 1t ID almost Impossible to give. A large
sWo.story frame dwelling house, completely fur.
9inhed, at cost Of some six or seven thousand
dollars, and now barn costing O., 500, carriage
Wagons, etc., all were swept away In a moment
The farm was one OF tho best In Warren County
md stocked With the best breeds Of horsos cat:
head Of hogs waro killed. Not tree In hiB flnt
orchard ia left standing. It ismost truly q scene
OF desolatlon, ontlro aud complete. Cattle and
hoga Tere lifted and dashed down 30 as to hail
imbed them in the Garth. Tho losa here was to
tai and cannot be much less than S16, 600.
The tornado next destroyed a vacant frarnt
louso, and toro OF tho blinds and blew in the
windows Of tho two-Btory brick dwelling -nomet
OWE Owned and 3D., occupied BY Charles Tho@as liz
Of perpendicular. rendering 1t SO unsafe es t.
so1npei tmo ~ rebuilding Of ono end OF the uppel
was destroyed and two horaoH killed,
"a short distance. further east the house O.
Char'es Perry Vas blown away, and his famll,
seriously and himHolf aud vito aro dangerously
and perhaps fatally injured.
.. 4. Reed, Jr., Was the next to have hi
house destroyed. Ills wife waa caught notnee, M
t, The stove ard ceiling and vory badly burned
Mr. Drinokmayer had Ills house, barn. an,
orchard totally destroyed. Mr. D. waa ptoke,
up and carried to wood-pils about two rod
from the house. receiving no particular injury
Iho wood was not moved by tho wind, and hi
bIinekmayer IL thanktul for this thoughtful car
OF his corporal system,
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