Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-04
Exte nsive Storms-Llves Lost.

The storm of Sunday night of last
week was very extensive, and did con-
siderable damage in Mississippi, Ten
nessee, West Virginia, and even in the
southern part of East Virginia. The
damage done at Macon, Miss, and
portion of Tennessee, and in Greenhrier
county, W. Va, is noticed elsewhere.
At Hun tington, w. Va, the rain was
accompanied by terrific gale. Houses
were unroofed and blown down, trees
uprooted, &c. The steamer Bostona,
lying at her wharf, was torn from her
mooring, and completely turned around,
tearing away the ladies' cabin and 9TH
erwise injuring her.
Between Kanawha county and Hun
tington the rain fall was very heavy
and caused number of slides on the
railroad.
at Danville in this State considerable
damage was done by the wind to the
fences in the vicinity, many of which
were blown down by it. The new
bridge across the Dan river was also
damaged by it, about two hundred feet
of the portion of it north of its centre
being unroofed, and the bridge being
swayed from its original base about one
foot.
On Saturday night, preceding this
storm of Sunday, there was a violent
storm in Illinois, and near Taylorsville,
there was terrific cyclone. Many
houses were demolished and the in
mates crippled, killed or carried away
Many are still missing, and many were
rendered homeless by the storm, which
lasted from seven P. M. till midnight
Alonzo Cutters house was blown to at.
oms, one of his children killed outright
and another carried off and found dead
in the morning. Mrs. T. J. Langley
was killed. John Gessner's skull was
fractured and he will die. A mar
named Watts and his wife were blown
about quarter of mile locked in eact
others arms. They were badly cut
bruised and insensible. T. w. Brentz
Mr.. Elicit, wife and two children, thu
little daughter of Ed. Leigh and Thorn
as Hill were injured. Hundreds of cat
tie and hogs were crippled and killed
and fowls were found dead and stripped
of their feathers in the line of the CIV.
clone.
Only few days before this, severa
towns along the track of a tornado from
the southwest moving in a northwest
erly direction, and reaching from Mis-
souri, to Wisconsin, were almost entirely
destroyed, involving a loss of life al
ready reported at over one hundred
with a very long list of wounded
Among the towns thus disastrously Wis
tied was Marshfield, the county seat O
Webster county, Missouri, situated or
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, abou
"a miles north of Springfield, the STATE
capital. Here, at midnight, death lis
of seventy.eight was reported, with s
large number Of citizens missing. The
village school-house was turned into 8
hospital, and eighty-five of the wound
ed were there awaiting care at the hands
of doctors and nurses sent from more
fortunate towns. But fourteen build
ings were left standing in the village
One of the singular incidents of til,
storm was the finding of child LODGED
in the crotch of q tree, thirty feet from
the ground, and yet, strangely enough
but slightly hurt. In one house two
children were discovered, one dead, thu
other badly mangled, but still alive
Their parents were nowhere to be found
So along the entire line of the tornado
devastation is to be seen, entailing {
loss of thousands upon thousands o.
dollars to the residents of that portion
of the Union who escaped with tbeil
lives.
THE COURT OF APPEALS SIT Down
UPON MAssEY.-Thei instructions which
Massey short time since gave to the
collectors of the taxes requiring them
to collect the capitation tax and one
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