, 1873-05-26

vol, southwest from tho last.' deorgo ,Gi1clrist
. llttlo to the wost,. hlr. Lhughllibet William
Canaor'e, William scranton'a,; Calvin 'urayons,
ant several others visited, nt atf Of wf,fct
tracos Of tho storm could bo saon At Walters
house, A1ra Waltors, grandmother Of tho ownor,1
had hoard driven into her thigh, and she csn-
not recover,
At William oa1lwoll'a l,is child had two ribs
brokcn by tho flying debris. All tho buildings on
those two farms nro ,Bwopt nway. Tho dwelling
Of hlr. Gtlchrist @ns destroyed, but tho inmates
eaoanMaa At ;Langhl|n heper named nshor
along tho road, and, observing the o1oud com
Ing, jumped from Ills wagon md took shelter
aiongaide Of holgc-fonce. Tho wiud struck
both hin, and to toam will, full force, md car
riod the man, mules, and wagon into tho ada
oout fields. Bakor sayB ho went through tho air
liko lightning for about Quarter Of a milo.
hfr. Crayons barna wore destroyed, and Mr.
ecranton's Bhods blown down.
NARROW EaUArE,
Tho CYCLONE cano within twenty feet OF Jamos
K. Marbourgs house, but did 1t no injury. His
cor1i-orlb and outho1aes wero domo!lsiod, tho
wind passing betwoon hiH house and tho barn,
| scarcely touching tho lattor.
Tho dwelling Of i. ii. Wrlght, two and half
mloa from Babcook's. was blown down.
weas rSy 1 eHboa hors Rhel oqs
brought from beyond Koota md near Lancaster.
IN, Ono piece. weighed In the presonco Of several
asVoS onnass nSsns turned the sesos tha a
pieces s ongor osas thsn s nhs aro anid to
a.. nayo boon picked up. Tho danger Of gathering
1nom was 80 groat that few vontured out Of thotr
dwellings, whilo tho hail was falling.
KEONuK COUNTY.
yerY ntflo deiinito Information has beou sv-'
ceived hero Of tho extent Of tho damage to prop
letter, which came IN this afternosn from Har~
per, botweon Bigour1,oy and Kcota, addressed to
Henry doGman, q boot and Bhoo dealor hero, hnB
been kindly furnished mo for, publication. It
contains sotno interesting facts, and Ia SUBJ
joined:
uAnrEn, May 2s-A fearful storm commenced mouth
Of hsre I yesterday aftsrnoo altloa d not auior
wannt pur'ns te storm w ~ not noeed darS s
of ioro We wsfchei it, md ii took northo.st % diree %
o bSeGng .hn baeaes monsn At the
as esa aTssrynInr s5
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bs AMY ID IS 4 aSas S Gs' BaSea s'Ss
fences, ahcda, aud barns. jacob Daker,a house and
burn wero nlso destroyed, and ono Of LIS
CHILDREN KiLLED.
Michael EooEas houBo mud barn anu everything in l1a
place wna torn to PIECES, and Of his children was
Killed. Potter Marsla hot1soo wero swnpt AWAY, and
@ Mes1 hsa mas fs ls M Enss ss ,x we and
'Dt' "''' 'sa o1IS ros 4s pIrass oe'oe literally
sae was cut in two III tho middle, and only one Of
dren VIA killed. It was carried quarter of mile
ssn iSs IT, ston sept sp everything before IT, Te
be SIX funerals in bis congregation at Olcar orcck
This VII give you NJ, i1ea ot the loss ot ltfo. soyoral
men nma 4 sqa number Of on.dssn arc reported lasng
- on $780, MosE 'asss snT4rns xzrno9Re: Daso:' 1'o'fA"
dlstIiets BY thu MOTT mall and shonld turhor pst
a nsasrs sec s'a ends.Cor to .otain isc1 tic.1 ora
very poor and sonahue vii vii m andoabsdy @ be coon
undertaken BY tho eitizona Il Waahlpgon to relieve
eisal eenanee ars we ee Tor fer Il tic of
III: j. X. nIarbury, E.. Il. Todd, aud Matthew Bab-
ers, aud few oi ticn, sali be hurt financially.
m eort viii 10 n,ais 10 raso moey ior o aaitere,r
The people here sytnpalhize with them, and intend
| 4 GENERAL BToRN.
T1earn that tho storm Waa general throughout tho
eaatern portion q Iowa, althoag lot violent ii
| Kcok,lk and Washington Counties.
| Nannow KsuArE.
TIE steamhoats on the Mississippi River were oyer.
Victory, Q! the Keokuk Northern Line camo very near
going to tho bottom Of the river With all board.
and Wien aoou il nes from Dsse,ort ia io nuuio iG
channel, aho was struck by hurricane. Her cl M
~ no H. honse aud sa1n Wesa torn and ear
and submerged WITH tho wreck. THO Two men wero
working their way throue the brokou timber to tho
srf1Tes and ~ wsro ere 5aso9 ~ ther fel!eboatms
bruised about Tho head and shoulders, md
ho akin ami, ncal badly lacerae on QUO lido by tho
o liz he oy sher ad earro sy a
s9orm ewS , on them in three @ agnag the rst ono
oysf YEN g hs H. 1gR the
esrrag them psry ovor and tho III r M aniahod hs
ers Ss t ss ow wGs ssaer es gaas 5 s
had frgltful experience during the STORM