, 1873-05-25

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Doraty; CONDUCTOR On the Rock Island Railroad. .
nan Of iuteligence, stated that he in drug store
hsn 2iSssd 9g m esaes.
Inches IN circumference A gentlenAn had one
weighing 9 ounces and 80 large and sotid -;. wsre
1hsy resemble large Jumps Of cenr transparent tcd
Some were round cannon ball soIna elghtlT o.
long like IN egg others attcDed Ike doox knobs
Down they caMe with detonsttng sound like the re-
port Of pistol. No in the streets. It was ns
much as life was worth to be atruet By one q these
from their hitching posta, and dashed wildly through
the terrlhed town More than one vehicle met the iate
Of the "onohoss shay" Windows were broken and
much small injury done IN various Wye Inc only
indication sgourney had Of tho work OF destruction
ffns IN agg &
moving rapidly over bridge. p
Haysyiue, in Lancaster Township, keokok County,
not far from the town o1 Lancaster. Mr.. James
G an od 10 eoa oeeber 81 md move
Idly In uortheastarly direction The frat obstacle Il
encountered the Jones schoohouae tn tho vctn1-
ty Of Lancaster. School vas II session. The teaeh-
or and achoara barely noticed the darkenng Rky, when
hail began to fall, and the sound OF the approaching
cyclone s1note thcir ears lke messenger Of death
danger. Suddenly tho building = !:
-, WAS LIFTED -
from the ground, turned round, and carried twenty
feet away, whore it laid down right side up With
care, the Storm King felt there were within pre-
cous innocent lives that should not be sacrificed The
inhabitants ot the building hardly knew what hap
pened before tho destroyer paused IN search Of other
victims. The children were bruised and cut By the
falling desks and eeata, hut none were eeriously in
jured. On swept the Irresistible column, announcing
ta sproaoh by tho same loud roar which brought the
people OF Lancaster to their doors They It in the
distance dark. cone-Gke, Opaque maas, moving
/ = ~: APPALLING HwuTsEss.
t waa coming directly towards them. soIne thought
it was the end Of this diepensatlon and fell their
knees in prayer Others more practical hurried to
their cellars, their LAST and most secure refuge They
had scarcely found their hiding places and tho storm
The sound ot falling timbera told them that their
saerinced. Il lifted one house from over the collar
where the family crouching in fear, and the roof
raised from another building. The outskirts Of
probably because the houses, being isoated had
ing bnt the foundations to hold than to the EARTH
Tho suoke-houae aud granaries Of 3, @. Moore, one
mile from Lancaster, were utterly demolished, aud
vss s
home and fences tie four Winds his loss being
zssn'Ps Tss wdaaasd 5 F II nkS sSsd S1s
Among other injuries, his arm WAS broken.
Having crested confusion and alarm IN Lancaster, the
aousss, and fences of ara Dagget which were broken
up Into kndhngwood and carried or on the current.
FLOCK or sHExP CARRIED AWAY.
Near Skunk River woods flock Of 1,600 sheep wcre
quietly grazing when the storm arose With an in-
stnctivs dread they gathered in circle that compn-
eongregnted directly in thone Of the Storm and when
It cine 4 e1etstsd @ then HILL ,,n ~ - N e5e-T%taess %
They circled round aud round the velocity Of the in
ner current overcoming the attraction Of gravauon,
until the centrifugal motion moved them to the edge Of
ie t. tbe esrtb. b tSs | 1885, % only 10 wore foana sa
are up to this afternoon and Is beessd that the
remainder were killed. They were absolutely divelu
Afa foY1Y,1 hnY +1anr
and bushes, und strewinG the around.
M1. Ash was the next victim, il thero is any snch
Hs house, barn, and fences leTeled, he was
verely wounded, and his w1fes arm wus broken. "-1
T. A CEMETERY RAzED.,
svept AZ il With be.o The tanbstoncs wcro thrown
down, and according to some, severl were carried
awny-
Tho storm maintained its northeast course, carry
ing everything before for width Of from 100 fafd
were Of no account. Men, women, and children, and
al kinds Of animals, mingled III the moving mass
T % sr st hss sp Of from feg to to ay tz feet
the forests seemed as immense ecythe, propelled
BY invisible g1nnt had cut oil that darea 10 be its
way. The awath marked the path. Of the destroyer:
Nothing but the eternal hills, up which 1t swept and
Invested Of their natural covering could stand against
It's mighty force. Over hill and Valley it moved, laav-
ing In its track. For few miles from Lancaster
the country Is rather thinly settled, but 1t Left Its
marks npon the face Of Nature.
appetite. It had reached Clear Creek Township,
miles from tlis place. where there are many houses
the house Of lir Nicholas Engledingle whose wife
vas lying sicf, her husband being absent: She wss
torn to utoms, and Tue unfortunate woman and chi;d
went with It to destrucon Her fato is very sad. She
wsa literally .--..
The trunk from the neck to the abdomen was found
in one place. the In another, and tho head and
neck further awny. Ono limb stuck in the sand where
&ha Fer
was Killed. the top Of the head being blown off, giving
The appearance Of ssalping Great sympathy Is felt
noiehbor's house With tie father.
and ehd IT, It osr taer II
the child being killed This happened about i've u1iles
from Harper Station; Elk miles west Of hare.
met MI. stone living seven milas from Harper, a.
be and his hands at work repairing tho damage
He believed the storm passcd his farm ut O'Clock.
earth to heaven, and coming from he southwest. T.
WIS black He could not through It. He lost eev-
crippled. 10 could aos the fannel Tor asen minutes
before It disappeared. He understood thres
;5ss onS belonging to Mr. Tgmas
besides Be 19o hogs and dozen hogs Of Riddolphs.
Nicholas Lake lost two cows. Fred Letze'a barn was
loss Of stock will nevsr be known.
NJ Starr w. working ehesru IN TIE ruins His
bis field lay dcaa beaf inst sHnaed, and desd hogs
and sheep scattered here nnd there Fence posfs
were stuck firmly In the ground whers they stood aud
the terrific strength of tho storm visible On every
hand. In another place pump Was drawn
out OF the ground and Deposited in the soil
half T. mile away, where it could be pumped though
pumping would fetch no water.
The horsepower Of 4 threshng machine, Weighing
2,340 pounds WAS raised # 1t feather and |.
dropped quarter Of d milo from home - !,
The house Of Peter hlarsh vas blown down, and one t
child k2ed It Is stated that n the rest Of the fai
a}9{ ~
Eesge Of clothing. Tho dead child found eighty
sards from the site Of the dwelling.
Mr. canpbel lost his wife, His two children were
badly hurt. Mr.. Beg1ns, OF Germantown, lost his
barns and fences, and Mr. Lentz new barn just An-
shed Soy |
Tho town stood In imminent danger. ctti0ans Raw
he columns approaching and one gentleman had ca1-
:uated TINT would strike the post-oace FIRST So 1t
would, had It come directly, and fortunately It did
lot. '7' |
THE sToRH Jumps. /
Three miles from here 1t seemed to jump over the
OWL, and the noxt heard Of 1t miles to the north
rest where 1t seeed to land and continue its appall
ng progress It Ia calculated that it Jumped 10 miles.
eaying all OF that length OF its course from here
hrough Warrington County, until. 1t disappeared /
omewhere in the Mississippi Valley.
!, . THE VELOCITY OF TIE STORM. /
wide diversity Of opinion exists to the rate at
'hich the storm travelled Twenty miles m honr ts
he opinion Of majority, hut probably 1t moved much
aster at nearly every point O'Clock Is given the
at which it passed. It travexsed region of re-