, 1879-06-03

completely OF OF hun while ole OF Mr. r1nrrB'
boots WIS torn OF Of hfs foot. Mnl l'ts clothlng
torn 10 shrWfs. The. c!,ildren's clothing was
dnn'agctl Int little. All Of them wcrc cotu.
potciy covered with n lhIck,
BLACK. .sutrnUnaUs. sMgttigG MUD.
Portions Of the buildings wern found scat
tcrct around al distances from two to four
hundred yards from tic placc where tho house
stood. TIC cook!nE-stoys WA earriel q ais,
btrted IT. mud, with lire still In II. Fences I'll
tia vicinity Of the 1larsla residence werp COM
pleey carried awny AMI scattcra,l alt over Lie
nssnt n, ~ f ss',''tsy, Nh, ea:t'e ni hous VERY
strike tl,e town Of l}ile spr!ngs. but was very
planly dfsccrnihle fron tllut rulnt.
!. Tt.c Tornado, after lqer'nE Tho Harris place,
TIL SAME onsans1. p,nacrios,
reached the residence Of atr. Underwood, half
. mile may, which 1t also completely ticmof.
ashed. Tie family saw tho STORM coming mil
saved themselves by rs.nnIig gu: Of tho houtc.
lying fiat on the ground, aid cl!ng!ng. to tbe
shrul'bety. The ,!c1t and the last place tho
storm struck wns tlla residence Of Martin Gore.
one nlilo further ou. Tho gable ends Of his
dwelling ncro torn out, IcnvnE tho scs ssann.
Ing aIa the roof IN. After this the sturif, lid
no further damage Ut 'c0nscqucncc, nnd inter
pursut!E Its corsc for thrc1 miles farther II
seemed TO scatter ntul WAS seen by ex-Couuty
Judge a. 9. Williams 10 rtsc diTectl y In front
oI MS IcstueHcc atH disappear into tio cIouus
with loud nuisc like
TIE ROAR or AnTr11Enr,
Mr. Williams anu family were preparing to
Vacate their dwelling when the storm dsap-
pearod. Al! along the whole path nf tho torna-
do trees wcFo uprooted and the leavts vera
them. As abora statet, tho cloud from, which
tho Wind and rain secmcd to coma was iu tbs
shape Of
AN 1AfMENsE INVERTED FUNNEL,
Of dark, BLUSH cast, a,iti seemed to be con-
t!nualy whirltng and grinding within Itself.
Tic funnel seemed 10 float along with The bowl
part close 10 tie ground but frequently bound
f,g up nnti almost disappearing in the air for
space OF several seconds, when It wonld again
drop 10 the Garth. Thu storm wns accompanied
By llcavY fail Of raln. md IN tho Vicinity OF
Bnc Springs the rainfall was accompanied by
large showers OF tla black sulphurous mud.
;ihe ator'n waa plainly vtsthls at Independence,
lsuekneF anl othcr ,adtascnt points, but no et-
thu most terrible, ns well the most disastrous,
storm TINT has ever visited Jacksor County.
aud otse which will long be retnenlbcred anl
talked OF. Tho da1nngc oue BY It cnnnot be
approxttnatcd With any degree of accuracy.
THE sToRM NEAR BARNARD.
DAnNAnD, Aio, May W.1Ti1e :Ui eyclonc first
struck tllc dwelling o' Tom Smith, seven miles
from Darnard,, OH the Andrew and Nodaway
County line; tie house, goud frame one, wua
demolished. 1t then moved q swath over field
House owned tx deorge K Montso@sry @ NEE ,aa a"i
occupied by German named Schmidt, which
was torn to strede anI scattered broadcast.
Mrs. Amanda Schmidt was severely MID proba-
bty fatally injured. antl Al!aa Lfzzto Davis,
young lady abuut ~ years OF ngc, who ,sas also
IN ehe house. & sustained serious wounds. It then
one-iourth miles, whtra u encountered tho Old
sixtecrs-1nile House, on tue Muryylllo und aa-
yauuah road, large building formerly used %
lotcl, nna wiped It fsotn tho. cnrth; the In
hnbttanta, Ar. Phelps and family, escaped from
its doors mud we're blown into tlle hedge.
1t then went tnite and half TO Jack Turner's,
Anta 0t new house built this summer at cost
OF over S1,0o0 not q stick stands. 1t WIS lifted
up md rarriesl one-slxth Of mile, dashed TO the
storm coming aild had left the house. Twollun-
dred yards !itstnnt It reached the house nn barn
Of lienry Harmon. The bnru waa the best In
this part ot the State, mud ha1lt to resist storms.
IL was
AZ m1"h Aao i"foFkNF
Y tc EIasp VI tlle cyclone as one mule OF paper:
Neltner house nor bAfn fenai1. Two sous Of
az. Harmon, VINO were ~ tt1e barn, were badly
ln1nle4. NJ. Hafmoh's ioss exceeds 81, 60l 1T
Srossed H,.esa .,aaa tae ~, ono Mandrca a.'d Two
IL missed ~ ieW Yarus. but cut n road-
WAY tasouEh Inc ttmbcr' IT crossed the Mary
WIG prAhcn OF 1llG n. u, ~: Joo q = u. Rail.
+ toaa aoous ml!e hofsa o. BArnart', ant! p9id
N- e-'N} - WIN @uiuA ~
iosth' carrying aH1v ono end OF the
@ oarn, ahaE on her stabet twisting
away hcf ofchdrd anu missing the dwelling BY n
lew !eGt, ~ iass, tAgowlnE t!.e loop completely
asoano y uestfoynE properly on ali sldes ot It,
nut WstNont hurting sElng!o on ita ROOT. It
M tMhen esqsseu I1sh riogc ahd Struck tic dwell
ihss OF FRANK ConllAs, Two iii number. Both
tnesu nouses Wefa on the san'e iine, one was
flca hoott ttty yarls from tts Foundation alkl
4ashs4, shap'ess, bFoky'' MESS, to the Garth.
One a,lle laltner On atooa tlle otie-nnu.n-ta!l-
stoEf nnusc OF Lem ltobinson, ocElipcd by ILL
:. ess "a nut p'amh ae.nh,is l.sEo the iencc.
~ ,,at1" uiu.r ill., IT, ,ua,. MICS
iim,cr wbcrr Il, annorn n har,. o,, ,1s It's
anncarrh Noihis IL i:rnw ~ tt t ,,,e Mu ,..n
rnst or flint hnnt nj, r ,rt.n Iost ~ sao, +
wa3 mori,,t m ,r"rt in" for f.o,,s, y, ~