Morning Star

Summary of Intelligence.

DREADFUL TORNADO-LOSS OF LIVES!

The Richmond Compiler of the 9th inst. gives an appalling account of a dreadful tornado which swept through the counties of Nottoway, Dinwiddie, and Prince George, turning up houses and trees, and destroying the lives of men and horses, &c.

At Mamazone creek, the overseer and two negroes on a plantation were killed-and great damage was done to the out-houses and fences.- Thence it proceeded south east to Pool's Tavern, and carried off two large buildings--thence to Mr Kennan Price---where several small buildings were destroyed. It swept away the dwelling house of Mr William Bosseau, and out-houses and fences. Thence keeping nearly the same course, and passing within 1-4 of a mile of Mr Lanier's on the north of Mr Pegram's on the south of its track it reached Mr. Wm E. Bosseau's--A large dwelling house, stable, carriage house, corn crib, kitchen and every other out house was completely destroyed, every fruit tree and ornamental tree about the dwelling was torn up by the roots, the yard and garden paling and fencing completely swept away-Mr. Bosseau's brother, a youth of 15, and a female servant crushed to death, another servant dangerously wounded. Mr. and Mrs. B. were both severely bruised and injured by the falling of timbers from the house on them. Mr. B. was in a field at some distance from the house, saw the whirlwind approaching and ran to the house to get his family out into the garden for safety but was too late to save them all-His brother was killed in the porch door.-The houses are described as broken to pieces, scarcely any two pieces of timber to be found adhering to one another, most of the large pieces broken in two.

Thence it extended through the woods, destroying the trees in its progress, blowing them up by the roots and throwing them in opposite directions through the space of about 100 yards wide where our informant saw it, until it reached the lumber house of the P. R. R. Co. near the North Spring blew off the roof and did little other injury to the company-Thence it extended to Hallfield, formerly the residence of Mr William Baird, where it killed his negro waggoner and two horses and did some other injury.

It appeared when seen above the horizon about 3 miles off like a large black dense cloud; yet somewhat resembling a volume of boiling water, the whole mass moving eastwardly around, and at the same time in a state of internal commotion like water foaming and boiling over.