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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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A severe tornado struck a military camp in Indiana Territory on the evening of March 13, 1801, destroying equipment, boats, and parts of the encampment, killing one sergeant and one woman, and wounding numerous officers and soldiers including Capt. Lukens and several lieutenants.
Merged-components note: Section title for Indiana Territory merged with the following letter/report on a military incident there, as it forms a single logical news unit; relabeled from story to domestic_news for US territorial event.
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SIR,
14th March, 1801.
It is my duty, (although but too well known to you) to report that yesterday evening between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock a dreadful tornado visited our camp :-It came a S. W. direction, accompanied with a torrent of rain, taking along a part of the quarter-master's camp, and in an oblique one N. E. over our encampments, tearing trees up by the roots, and carrying all before it, destroying a great quantity of our camp, equipage and clothing, which is not yet accurately ascertained and though painful to relate, by the falling of trees, has maimed and killed some of our fellow soldiers, of which the following is a statement.
Total killed—One Serjeant.
Total wounded—One captain, four lieutenants, two quarter-master Serjeants, two serjeants, one corporal, one musician, and twenty-one privates.
One woman killed and several wounded.
Names of the officers wounded—Capt. Lukens, badly, lieutenants Webster, Bayborne and Shiras, lieutenant Hookes's leg broke, and otherwise badly wounded.
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed)
FERDINAND L. CLAIBORNE
N. B. Several of the boats are destroyed particularly the quarter-master-general's.
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Indiana Territory
Event Date
Yesterday Evening Between The Hours Of 4 And 5 O'clock, Reported 14th March, 1801
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total killed—one serjeant. one woman killed. total wounded—one captain, four lieutenants, two quarter-master serjeants, two serjeants, one corporal, one musician, and twenty-one privates. several wounded women. several boats destroyed, particularly the quarter-master-general's. great quantity of camp, equipage, and clothing destroyed.
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A dreadful tornado visited our camp, coming from S. W. direction accompanied with a torrent of rain, taking along a part of the quarter-master's camp, and in an oblique one N. E. over our encampments, tearing trees up by the roots, and carrying all before it, destroying a great quantity of our camp, equipage and clothing.