Irving, Illinois Tornado
April 16, 1860
THE STORM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Irving, Ill., April 17, 1860
To The Editors of the Alton Courier:
Last night our town was visited by a tornado
little less destructive than that which occurred
in Pana
near two years ago. The cloud made its
appearance abut five o'clock. About half past
five the wind began to blow, and so great was
its force that a building of
James Kelley's
occupied as a drug store, some thirty-six feet
long and two stories high, was blown some five
feet from its foundation, destroying a large
quantity of drugs and medicines. Another house
was blown down; it was owned by
John W. Kelley. Thomas
Black's lumber was damaged very much,
being piled up in his lumber yard. Some of the
lumber was blown one-fourth of a mile. The
methodist and Lutheran Churches were much
damaged; but few houses, in this place, but
received some damage; some suffered only the
loss of their chimneys. Also,
William B. Vanborn's
carpenter shop was blown down, and so great was
the force of the wind that some of the timbers
were blown from his shop and struck his dwelling
house some six or eight rods east of his shop,
and penetrated to the interior of his dwelling,
and, strange to say no person was hurt by the
falling lumber and bricks.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL 23 Apr 1860
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