The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-30
ANOTHER GREAT CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS

| Many Lives Lost, a Vast Amount of Proper
| " Destroyed, and Hundreds of People
Homeless and Destitute OF Food and Cloth
ing.
A dispatch from Taylorville, H., saws
o cyclone passed owe a portion ofChris-
tan county, Saturday evening, mark.
ing a course thirty rods wide and ten
miles long. Houses, barns, timber and
fences were carried away, and several
lives were lost. Among the killed are
Mrs. II. j. Langley and two children OF
Alonzo Cutler. One of The Cutler chill
dren was found in a brush pile 200
wards from the house, with the upper
part of its skull gone. Besides these
Mrs. Cutler, John Hay, Harry Langley,
| Mrs. Iioefner and two children, Alex.
ander Elliot, James Watts and wife
arc not expected to live. Mr.. and Mrs.
Higgins are in a precarious condition.
They sought shelter from the storm be.
! hind a chicken coop and several hours
after were picked up a quarter of q
mile away, mangied almost past recog.
milton. Other wounded ones are Liz.
zie Leigh, Thomas Chew, two children
of John Hay, T. j. Langley and child
and Benjamin Leigh, three children OF
Mrs. lioefner, Mrs. Elliot, T. w.
Brents and Thomas Hill.
Fifteen or twenty dwelling houses,
barns and other farm property were
leveled to the ground, and the debris
was carried by the wind miles from
where it was picked up. Willow Ford
bridge across South Fork was torn Ia
atoms and some of the heavy timbers
we're found q mile away. The damage
done to houses, barns, fences, wheat
fields and stock, will reach $50. 900
Many families are destitute of clothing
homes and food. Relief has been fur.
nishcd those bereft of the necessaries OF
life, and further assistance will be rem.
dered. All the physicians and many
citizens set ont for the scene of the ca.
lamity to render assistance. Great
trees were torn up by the roots and car.
ried rods away, bodies of horses, cattle.
sheep and hogs were lying around
everywhere, some of them having been
thrown against the ground SO violently
as almost TO bury them. One horse
was found standing on its head in a
barn. Others were run through with
rails. Miles of fencing are down.
The cyclone struck Sheffield, H.,
blowing down Valentines store, in
which two powder cans exploded, Sc
vercly iniuring Valentine and fatally
%wounding a clerk. Several houses
were blown from the foundations and
a large number of people were badly
injured. Mrs. Abner HAYNES was
blown 200 Yards and killed. Over
100000 worth of property was dos.
troyed. At Edinburg, ILL.,, five houses
and barns were torn to pieces and Mr..
and Mrs. Giggings were fatally injured.
At West Prairie. H., the cyclone des-
troycd some eight houses, and killed
Mrs. Langley, and fatally injured her
child, also Alexander Elliot and Will
liam Grubbs. A child of the latter was
carried away by the wind, and Is not
yet found. Physicians and help have
gone from Clarksdale.
At Farmer City, H., the creeks and
slou9hs arc higher than ever before, and
fences, culverts, bridges, walks, etc.,
arc carried off. Charles Strausburg
was drowned at Kankakee. The river
rose five feet, the farm lands arc flooded
and work will be delayed two weeks.
Much OF the lately sown grain will be
drowned out.
In Lorraine, Ia, the cyclone destroy
ed everything in its path, n half mile
wide. Seven houses were levelod and
a number of out-buildings DESTROYED.
Several persons were seriously injured.
The rain and lightnings caused much
damage in Chicago. Halt a dozen per-
sons were injured by lightning striking
houses. Rochester, H., and C~arlinyille
also had severe and destructive storms.
ANOTHER N MISSISSIPPI.
A destructive tornado swept over the
country in the vicinity of Macon, Miss,
Sunday night. Telegraph communica-
ton is interrupted, but meagre reports
bring intelligence of the loss Of several
lives.