Litchfield Enquirer

Tornado at St. Louis, Mo.—A letter of the 29th ult. furnishes the following account of a remarkable hurricane in St. Louis. "Last evening about 9 o'clock, we were treated to a regular hurricane, passing through town diagonally. The rear chimneys, parapets, rear walls, &c. of almost every store on the north of Main street, and the front work of those on the south side are demolished. On the hill some 20 or 30 houses are laid low, others are unroofed, with both gable ends blown out. In many instances whole sides are gone: trees are uprooted; steamboats are driven from their moorings with loss of upper works. Our store is the centre tenement of a building of three stories, divided by high fire walls, and covered with lead. All this is swept off. Masses of lead weighing at least 200 lbs. were stripped from it, and lodged on buildings over the way. By being on the spot we have avoided damage, although our roof is a complete riddle. Only one life, as yet, is known to be lost."