, 1873-07-12

THE STORM.

THE STORM.
Further Accounts at tho Destruction
In Illinois md wisconsin.
| oINEY, I'LL.
o'"<n 1T yy 81 corxSsspene''ce u the 81. Loss
About o'clock yektordny nfternoon thia Vi
chilly for mlloH around wan visited By two of tho
hnrtoBt storms ovor known In this }0cnty. No
particular tlamngo waB tlono In tho city except
tile blowing down Of q numbnr Of trocs. But tho
country nround did not faro 10 wcll-two miles
east of horo Mr. Lnwyor's house WIS unroofod
mud partially blown down, but no ono 60
ronsly hurt. Then for about thrco
rnilos tho State road was almost in,pnssablo with
fonces, trooe, and buutllea Of wheat. Thon for
!a!bout about two miles thore was no particular damage
there Waa still moro damage aono. 4 bnrrl, be-
longing to q h1r. shunor, blind man, WIS
| blown flat. Also tho roof WAS blown OF Will
Ian a., shsors burn in the ammo noghborhooa.
IAo damnge to cropH and orchards and foncos
can scarcely be estimated; corn blown flat to tho
| ground oats md whoat blown and scattered,
and aoaiod with wator, and unloas the weather
clears up 10 1t can bo dried will nprout and bo
| completely ruined. Meadows blown and twisted
in Huoll inanor that 1t will bo almost iulposBi-
| blo to cut 1t with mowers.
CLEMENT. HI.
Clement ILL.,, tJuFy 81 Gorr;:Teae"ee of'he St. 1oats
Your correspondent drew on his rubber booss
| thiB morning, md proceeded with several farm
ers to somo Of tic adjacent wheat fields, only to
realize that the reported damage to whoat was
IN evorY respect truo. Oue-llalf Of all tho wheat
o1sminoa was found to bo in ruinol condition.
! somo fields that hayo been badly shocked, or
Wnete tho shocks have not boon woll nttcutled
a1ser tho many storms Hince harvest arc found
20 10 al! sproutod and worthless. Corn Is badly
qa,m,nged. Ono 1argo field owned BY Mr.. John
l4lhuley, soemB to hnvo all broken down. Tho
conclusion Of tho formers is that there will not
pe ono sere OF oats harvested in this part Of tho
county. county Ihoy arc down on tho ground perfectly
storm laat night was tho most Hovoro Of tho soa-
aoh, aoing moro damage than NIL tho reHt
There iB scarcely farmer WHO will not long ro-
momDer or ,a!t last 1ngt Noary al tho foneos aro
burn was demolished Atr. G. T.. Davidson aud
Alr; Moyors both llad thoir barns blown down,
orchnrds damaged, and shade aud forest treoa
rooted up generally.
sasen M. yusy 81, coT'ssroaisnee er IL. St. Lott.
.x 1scpuMican.
Tic laBt calamity that visited us wats torri-
M nc - and destructive wind storm on last evening
at Gt5 O'Clock. Our fine and superb III. T.. Church
soems to have fallen the victim to tho lnogt do
structivo devastation in CONSEQUENCE Of tho
storm. Tho north gable ond was blown III and
scattered l'ronsiacuo1isly. over tho floor Of tho
urpor story Of tho building, the roof yas torn
from it's rcsting.placo, and part carried ncrons
Matn strect, whilo greater portion Of 1t struck
tho d"cllin1'-lonso occupied by Air. ". II. por-
tor, cavnt' IN tho roof Of hia houno. Tho loss
informed tllat tho storm was protty general iii
ovcr this part of the country, and tito loss Of
property worry grent.
rr,,, D.. ,,,,, All ASHFORD, w!s. =.
''''" 1"e Font d" ,,h;~ M%s ID ot81'> Commonwealth,
Our correspondent III tho town Of Ashford
gives tic following account Of the tornalo's
dotings in that rnrt Of tho county:
Tho tornado Which passed over this town On
Friday, July !, beggars all description. 1t
raBsod over this town from northwest to south
cast and lastod nbout twenty minutos. It was
from eight to nno ,nioa In width; how far 1t
extended South do not know but in this town
will giyo fow items Of damage dono; Totcr j.
Manol, house unroofea. and nearly blown
down; ]. ". Odokirk, barn unroofed; J. e.
Mo!mor, barn +unroofed; G. Hangartncr, n.
q aIcschoo1s' M' ~, II II. curtor. r. cntin, 2.
roofod. l. Powell had both Aouse and barn blown
down; L. Hines lad o barn blown down aud gomo
cettlo Killed. The roofs aro OF both tho Catho-
lic and Lutheran churches in Now Cassel.
New cassol, and some were III tho grove when
Tho storm commenced. Ono young man, J.
Donel1y, was instantly killed by falling troe.
Ills paronts reside i'll Lomira, Dodge County.
ago to stock is great 10 buildings IT is still siill
money. Tie loss in timber connot bo re-
paired; and somo farms arc entirely
stripped, Of timber. Some largo orchards
Tho fury, OF the wind was. terrific. Large
branches torn from trees were carried through
the ar from ten to eighty rods, and left in hot
tiolds Of grass and grain. In Kewaakunl, q brick
WHO resided near tho railroad WAS absnnt from
homo, leaving her daughter, IL years Of age, in
charge Of the house. Tho house waB entirely
blown down, and tho girl carried ten or twelve
roda to the railroad, to tho track Of which she
These are but fow Of tho incidents of the tornado
in Ashford and vicinity.
oSTAn1o, WIZ.
From the Sparta {Ilis> Republican, Jt.lY4.
on Snturdny evcnlng 1aHt, tie village of On
tario, twonty-two miles southeast Of Sparta, WAS
visited by Of tho most disastrous Hoods ever
known in WisconHin.. In thirty minutes the
! atreota were rivors and the village vast lake.
tho depth Of ak ioet. filling tho 1owor story Of
tho buildings, and driving tl,oir occupants to tho
chambers, before they could remove tho goods
fro't t bsoT; 10 T., At o'clock 1 On Sunday morning,
rain Ind ceased to fall, and gradually the waters
aubsaod: until, at sunlown Of that day, tho |
water had rocedod from the streets, and the Kick
apoo River Ind rotlrod within it's proper banlse.
Ten bridges across that stream iii the town Of
Whtestown wore carried away, and many otlera |
IN tho adjoining towns Of Stark mud Clinton. |
Both tho mill-dnms in tho vinge Of Ontario nro |
gone. Whom tho waters subsifletl, drowned hogs.
cattle and shoop were found in all directions, |
aud Tho crops on tho low lands Of tho Kickapoo |
Valley arc completely destroyed. Foncos in TINT
valley, and Brush Crock Valley near by, aro I'LL |
swept AWAY.
The damage to that locality ia immonao, many |
losing all their craps their most valuable louBc-
hold goods, and alao thoir stock. Fortunately
10 liyoa nro known to layo boon lost The sui-
don fa'l Of water ia supposed to l,ayo beon tho
result of tho bursting OF q wator-spout.
Six 1srotIacrs Shooting Mt Each Other
One fkiileu and Their Mother Scri-
otlsly Svountlcil.
Wincheasr, Fa. Juiy @, Correspondence Of tho Ba-
1Hore Sun.
a terrible tragedy occurred yesterday morn
ing at the residence Of Frnnklin Little.
o highly respectable citizen of Ularko
County. YirEiulA. about Hnyen rllea fr01l |