The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-03-07
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gives the folipwipg description of thel
,stornl,lhers ,sastersiay;; ) lttrFai afstdis,1
pcoyeEed ,abant three, mixes, sopth Yest,et
theleitys saa eruse ip,shc general direc
ton of then .rigsrr At, appcared, To ahe
ascut TIVE hupslrei, yards vide and four
to tive feet higa--a yellow vertical COZ
umn, wbirliny and rolling with frigh,ful
vel'city, and apparently bounding from
| place to place. YIie debris it caused is
not found TO have been carried IN any
particular direction, but is scattered all
about. Buildings entirely unscatle,l
stand adjoining those, utterly wrecked,
and upon Main street, with bat few ex-
ceptions. when a house upon one sile
of the street felt the force of storm, ail-
other opposite escaped, showing the
| whirl Of the storm to have been very
narrow, and that its motion was tvihra.
tory. lis duration was not more than
8 minutes, passing in that time through
the city from end to end The noise
was terrific, and the popular description
is that It resembled a multitude % rail-
froad trains passing at fall speed over a
|. long enclosed bridge The farm house
Of Rufus Robbins, six miles north Of
town, was demolished Mr. Robbins
| his wife and three children, and gen.
tleman, lady and child visiting, were all
severely injured, two of the children
dangerously. The tornado struck the
railroad bridge, but without injuring 1t,
after which it descended to the river,
and lifted great columns OF water to the
highth of several hundred feet. 91f
DAMAGE IN GIBSON COUNTY, INDIANA.
| CIscINsArh, February % The Csm.
mercial's special places the, number Of
es.blown down in; the tornado at
! Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, last
night, at thirty nine The storm struck
the southwestern part of the town, and
lasted hut one, minute, 1t badly dam
aged five public school buildings, de-
molished the new Church of the Gwen
anters, uprooted trees and blew down
fences. A large number =, of persons
were injured, one or two fatally. A lit
tie Child was blown from its bed into The
| garden. Another was blown a hundred
| yards and was found on, the railroad
track. The names of the injured, as
far as ascertained, was Mrs. Clark, back
p.oSsss ~. NJ James Taylor, injured internal
Kindie, dc hoth legs broken The ialhFEfy Ff5
| of Mr.. Jennings all more Or, less injur
ed A number Of horses were killed
There are rumors of great damage
throughout the. surrounding country
but no particulars. Tue damage in
Princeton il estimated at over S50000
/ Additional. particulars to the same pa
per from Pataka, o station q few miles
north Of Princeton. say many hail stone;
were found there measuring six inches
in circumference, some nearly eight
The correspondent says reports from
| Princeton say eight persons were dan
gerously injured, four Of whom are nol
expected TO recover. One woman los
!. her eye'sisht. Over htty houses were
demolished, and hfty more we're badly
damaged Inc tornado was most Sc
we're from the north side OF the public
square to the southern limits OF tht
town, In the track OF tue storm II Il
Impossible to Distinguish the streets o.
former location o. residences, every
thing being prostrated several per
! sons were buried under tlie wreck oil tii'
dwellings and were laken out ui uanarmet
to day. Oae FAMILY iount them DlV selves
walking on the ceiling OF Their rooms
the house havI1g been inverted, vet the.
escaped unharmed, while those who at
tempted to escape, we're injured.
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direction. passin q bdiagonally over. th
Z town and thence tbrouoh the country
I Tie storm lasted only few minutes, bu
7 in that time destroyed property various
! ~ estimated at from Sl00, 900 to Sl50