. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . enj., decended to thecellar at the approach of the cloud, but John, the eldest son, left the cellar 160 MOUNT 3I0RRIS: PAST AND PRESENT. to investigate and was caught by the storm on the south side of the seized hold of a tree, and in some miraculovis manner succeeded inclinging to it vintil the fearful disturbance had passed, notwithstandingthe fact that the tree was brok
. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . enj., decended to thecellar at the approach of the cloud, but John, the eldest son, left the cellar 160 MOUNT 3I0RRIS: PAST AND PRESENT. to investigate and was caught by the storm on the south side of the seized hold of a tree, and in some miraculovis manner succeeded inclinging to it vintil the fearful disturbance had passed, notwithstandingthe fact that the tree was broken off not far above his head and the barkskinned off of the stump nearly to the ground. He was exceedingly fortu-nate that he escaped with his life and as it was, he had one leg broken,and sustained numerous severe bruises caused by being struck by flyingmissiles. The others of the family who remained in the cellar were onlyslightly injured by flying debris, Mr. Fridley being bruised the there were many curious sights, such as chickens with every featherblown off running about as if to escape the kettle, and animals with piecesof boards driven into them. The path of the storm both west and east of. RUINS OF BARN ON OLD FRIDLEY PLACE. the Fridley place presented a most remarkable aspect, because of thethoroughness with which all fences and vegetation were swept away andthe clear definition of its limits, shown by the thick slimy mud with whicheverything remaining was covered. The old Fridley place, along the railroad, occupied by Jacob Bonarnext was visited by the funnel-shaped cloud, and although the house wasunharmed the huge bank barn was left in a heap of ruins. Mrs. Bonar,and her brother, David Hedrick, were milking in the barn at the time, butboth escaped without serious injury. Mr. Bonar lost much valuable farmmachinery. At this place there were further evidences of the terribleforce of the storm. Pine sticks, some of them not more than a quarter ofan inch thic
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