The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-06-13

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TIE MOUNT \ CARMEL TORNADO.
CINcrNkATI June s. The CONNER
ciol has the following account Of the disas-
ter 1T Mount Carmel. Illinois;
/" A terrible tornado passed over the
town ut 8 o'clock lass evening. IL struck
the town ut tho south end Of cherry street
and passed almost due north. taking in n
bout one square east and west, aud des-
troying almost everything in its course.
Twenty-Five dead bodies have been found
thus far, as follows: Geo. Watkins. VIM.
Newkirk. Geo Bryan \. Goodrich, Fred.
Cooke, j. Masierson's child, John Tennis.
Mrs. Burton. John A. Edgar, Uhas. Nor
man, Benz. Ballard, Geo. Moore, Willie
Waller. John Long. james Higbee. Miss
S,ockmyer. JAS. Keel, Mrs Duiph. Dyer
La,Lrop. b. LebAner, and U. i. Poole.
The danage 10 property Is estilnased Ut
$30O, 0UO. The ire WAS finally subdued
alter six hours steady work by the fire.
men. Many persons were wounded whose
namcs canavt how be ascertained. 'ihe
loss Of life cannot now bs estimated. as
number VI fa.nlers we're in from the eoun,
try whose teams are scattered among the
debris. physivians were brought from
uarai. and adjoining towns " special trains
TO assist IN tue caro VI the wounded
Mount Carmel isa thriving town Of a.
bout 5000 Inhabitants, on the Cairo and
Nincsnues railroad. fhe most prominent
buildings destroyed we're the Court House.
two newspaper Offices three churches. one
Of them the fassi in Southern Illinois, and
two school houses. About twenty business
houses aud nearly hundred residences
were destroyed pr damaged either BY the
storm or by lire. Tue loss is estimated At
from $500, OUU to $500. 900. t.s's
The same tornado damaged q number OF
buildings in other .o~ns lying in is path.
way.
The Co@merciafs i Mount Carmel special
tonight says: I. Two conyergiug lines Of
devastation prove thu. the tornado Of yester.
day parlook largely u the character Of y
Cyclone. The frat wreck was frame farm
house. wLioh was blown out at the sides,
lo,ting the roof down upon the foundation.
Thence the wind swept over small strip
Of tinber. and was met by counter cur
rent Of wind FROM the west. which did no
serious damage except 10 fences IN its
course. These currents met on Rourlh
street below Main street with force
which isdessribed 10 have ressmbled the
crash Of timber or the tapping ofsai.s, and
in the space of fsw seconds the air was
filed With the debris Of hundred dwell
ings. public buildings and business houses.
Some Of the wreck was carried distance
Of mile.
:. The prinsipal force Of the cyclone was
spent on the liae o. Fourth street. running
northeast TO the woods wsst Of the river.
shsre the wind was again raised from the
earth. The amount Of the devastation be-
you'd 10 not known, because Of the absorb
ing interest taken in the disaster at this
point. Half square above Main street
on Fourth street, the furious eddying Of the
storm carried the Methodist Church steeple
10 the opposite direction. landing il 500
feet away in front Of . saloon. The bell
was dropped IN the middle q street near
by.
"a A little boy who was coming from
school below Main street was lifted above
the houses. and landed unhurt at bis house.
half mile south. lie said he passed over
the church stesple as il went theoihsr say.
:. The fury Of the storm was spent in tie
business portion Of the town. In some
cases buildings were only uhroofed. bet
the demolition Of other houses was com.
ple.e. The Presbyterian church i razed
70 the ground.
+" The loss 90 property BY storm and FIRE
Is estimated At $500. 900. but interest there,
10 is absorbed IN concern for the dead and
missing.r
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