WHEELING, VA., May 21. – A destructive tornado this afternoon unroofed and demolished the Lutheran Church, occupied as a school, killing three and wounding six scholars. It also blew down the steeple and partially unroofed St. John Episcopal Church. The same tornado demolished the upper works of the steamer Marion, bound down with troops. The captain mate and pilot were somewhat injured, but no lives were lost. The hull of the boat and her cargo were saved.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 3
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