, 1876-03-13
HAZEL GREEN.
Tales Many Stretches Beyond
tho Most Elastic
Credulity.
Tho Atmospheric Eccentrlcity that
Lately Listed 10 Cross Tho
Smitten Town.
Doings Of a Force that Cuffs the
Untamed Keely Motor into
Peurility.
Tuenty.thres Houses Ground Finer than
Sample.0rists from tito Mills
Of tho Gods.
A Great FEag:Stone, Weighing a Ton,
Rides on the Top Of the Column
for Nearly a Mile.
Two Horses Are Watched as They Go
Up tho Column to Height
Of Sixty Feet.
The Terror of puny Humanity
In tho Vicinity Painful
and PItiful.
Two Horses Are Watched as They Go
Up tho Column to a Height
Of Sixty Feet.
Tho Terror of Puny Humanity
In tho Vicinity Painful
and PItiful.


sp.c&ai Dtspatch to Tia CHICAGO Tribune
dALznA, ILL.,, March 12.-Hazol 0roen is SET
tling down, and, to q certain o1tent, recovering
from thu Excitement incident to tho horrible fu-
Fiction Of Fr1dny. It Is absolutely Impossible to
picture the aceno which was 20 suddenly shifted
in the contro of tho lttso town. II your corro-
spondout wore to faithfully portray tho appear
auco Of narrow strip running disgonally
through tho contro Of tho torn, The TRIBUNE
WOULD DE LAUGHED AT
as porposrating stupendouB hoax upon lis
rendess and tho country. A photographer, with
speculation in tho eyes which ho did
glare with, undertook 10 impress . coun-
torfois Of tho sccno to-day, and finally gave
1t up. as /. would tako d hundred views to pro.
seat oyen tho fainteer idca Of the vrock and
waste. Hazel Green is situated On slight cIo-
vatlon. surrounded with ravinoa from which tito
ground rises aud falls, but At no ttmo to tho
height Of tho village. 1t Is quito popular re-
sort for pioasu1e partios, and, henco, people
from all parts Of tho surrounding country havo
fslsndB ut "the Green" as 1t ls Called and, dur
ing tho summer, visit thero It has alwAyn been
KNOWN AZ An uNLuuKx TowN.
Throo years ago an explosion OF nitro glyce1iuo
lifted Jim Magor 40 feet into the air, 4nd spoiled
M apple-tsco In letting him down again. 6ev.
oral harsh storms hayo douo moro or loaa
damage, aud whcn, two weeks ago, tho scarlet
foyer attacked tho town, carrying oil IN aver-
ago OF three children day, II occurred 10 tho
good people thot something WAS wrong, aud
protracted meeting Was held In the Primitive
Church, and invocasiona offered that the sconrso
might pass awsy. During tho session the ques-
ton Of temperance came up and pious brother
demanded Of tho Almighty thst lie open his
walls OF wrath upon the unjust spoculator. and
purge tho romantic little 6ummor-roBort Of that
seoton Of tho serpent.
THE WORLD AND THE DEVIL II dIEE,
Tho xhlflwind lifted tho stueple from that
church aud carried 1t throe miles aud half, md
tho sons Of Dellal say thoy hayo nevor aold 10
much whisky binco the Inauguration Of the town.
The unregeuesate claim tho catastrophe to bo =
rebuke from God to those who condemn whisky,
and they Significantly point 10 the dismAntled
| church, and recommend the dcaoons to contlno
further e1hortatlon to limita. which do not in-
cluds tho bung-hole and two nngers+
1uK THING 1TeELr.
| II ia now definitely aAcortalnod that tho whtrl-
| wind resulted from = coliision petwenn two soc-
| tiona Of cloud which had divided and como to-
gothor again. Tho clouds joined and long
| cylindrical shaft shot down. Tho cy1lndor wns
height. It struck tho ground mile southwest
Of Hazel drcen, aud. plowtug furrow GOO feet
long foot wido. aud several feos decp, soemea
to absorb the oArth and rocks. As it moved
along In northosatofly direction 1t locked liks
c1Ax-ooLonEp COLUMN
! whirling with Incredible speed around 4 oeutra1
vacuum. Il wad solid mass OF heavy rubbish
Occasionally rock or a!lck would Ehoot OF at 4
| tangent znd Was driven Into the GROUND, until
tho aweling stretch botween tho point Of coil.
tact with tho earth and tho edge OF the village
10 dtninutivo gFogo composed ct pieces oi
scautling hugo rocks. and tho branches Of
trees. They arc driven Ia to the ground witt,
their heads pointing In ali directions, demon.
stEasinR thai 1t Was Hhirlwind, aud that tbs
counterfeit grove resulted from otYshoots from
| tho outer circumference.
COMING TO TOWN.
| Al tho cylinder cAns up tho asops, tho rush,
and yell, aud whrs Of the column-no unding
like the rush and shrieks OF tho wind on the
soa, and Ako tho thunder Of guns-atsrsotod the
attention Of tho paoplo OF Iazel Green. and
they fooked to theis doora and windows. Bteadi-
" 1t came on, sometimes bounding 80 fset Into
tue air, then rushing down again. In two min.
| utos 1t descended On the littlo hazel grove Just
southwest OF tho town. The trees woro snAtclod
up by tho roots and whtrled % fcet into ths air
and supported thore.
/ MOST INohEnInLE.
The cap Of the column was skono s fset long,
feet wide, and 8 feat thick. This stone was
hold In its position whilo tho column co1oroa a
space OF thsee-quarters OF milo. Just be-
tween tho grovo and tho town, $50 feet from
either, tho column balsed and spun around oyes
emal! space. aud then recommended Its march.
Tue ALI waa fllod with tho yolta nnd lamsnta-
tiona Of tho people. Mover before has such =
tornado reached 40 far north, yet 20 fearful and
threatening was tho coming column that tho pro-
phosic soula Of tho people seamad TO warn them
Of tho danger, and those who weso not paralyzed
diyed into their cellars, aud there. shtverlng,
awaited tho doom they folt muak come.
THE eAAsu EMPHATIC.
Tearing off corner Of franc house, the
column rose some so feet Into tho Air. and thare,
hovasiu9 for an inasant. fell Pespend1culszly up
on the roof Of tho Masonic Hall. stone build
Ing. Tho structure waa mashed fat. This waa
II 1850, and meeting had been called for
o'clock, half su hour latot. Seventy souls
would have been assembled In tho upper portion
Of tho building. Tho next house was Of franc.
aud occupied by Mss. Richards and her family
A daughser-in-iaw aud her two Children wore
saved By the scantl!ngs above them. while ths
rsst Of tho family wore ki!Iod outright.
THREE oik1s.
4 fsyiug-pAa contAnlng thssa oakes wAs OF
shs store. and tbs fE1ipg-Psn, ssll sontaiainE