Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-02
TREMENDOUS HURRICANE.

The following AcS cunt of horrirane il
Gates county,, IN is communicated from
respec able source, and satisfac roriy Que he'd
for. Indeed we should otherwise have hesi,aed
TO publish it, so extraordinary are the facts
which it detaiIs.-NoLfok Herald
"SUxsBuRy, AUG %
"During the easerly blow IN Monday at er
noon, Mr.. Costen, of our neighb u hood, wit
messed ore of the most awful and DESTRUCTIVE
, wairIwinds, ever experienced, perhaps, in ;his
part Of The world When hr blnw came e
was standing undsr sh tier sdoining HOUSE
in which there was considerable quantity Of
cider, low via s, Sc and was in tie ao, Of COO
pering cask He described the sound u he
rushing whirlwind as resembling he defamation
of a vast number of cannon jnined in owe Com
tnued roar, in its approach TO The spot where
he WAS; and fully rqual 20 ,he sou"d was the
violence offs effects on every object with which
ii came in crnti,t-large Iiees w"re prostra,ed
ar twisted Of u: the roots in the twinkling at
an ,ye' and fences sweep from heir places and
whil, d alofr through the air like chaf. Mr.. Cos
ten stood aghas' attht appr"ao hing drvasiation'
which was literally sweeping al bsfre ii with
he besom of de>troct,ou, and threatening him
with utter anninilarinu As his only hopr of
preservation, ne brew himself PROSTATE on his
face until the tornado had passed. and thus rs-
csped lis fury wi,bou, any serious Injury, while
every Object abound him was swept awav he.
fore it. The shelter under which he lay, was
g ne.--aud. incredible as it may appeal, the
still house TO which i, was attached, though
very strong built, and 80 fee, square, with is
con'en,s, was hurled from its foundation to
consid rable distance. a barrel Of iow> wines,
which was under he shel'er, ives taken up, and
borne along with the bias, TO q dis'aa' p IT of
the Fl Id. The largs cider I, ough, full OF pom
ace, and weighing about halt ton, was blown
10 q considerable distances fact which ] could
scarcely believe, until saw the ST uation il was
in after the storm was ovsr. Afer il passed
the dlstl!crv, the whirlwind took southerlv
direction, and came in contact with four or five
negro houses and other buildings, all OF which
were dem oIished, and their fragmcn scairred
afar: the roof Of one Of them has been founo
something like qnarter uf mile from The
spot where i was taken from. I would he 100
tedious TO mention all the particuiIs.--How
far beyond Mr.. Cosen's plantation he devas-
taIing effects vf Ihp Storm has been traced |
have not learnt. Mr.. E. estimates his loss al
$500. What is perhaps as remarkable as any
olher fact in This case, though there were PEG
pie in several OF the houses which were demol
ished, not one was seriously injnled. Pro'i.
violence, in his unerring wisdom, seems 10 have
interposed for tn ir preservation; for il would
appear almost impossible thai Two or ,h'ee
persons could be taken up aud thrown TO a dis
lance Of 20 yards against paling fence, as
was actually The case, without being killed -
MIR. Costen bears his loss with S much resig-
nation as any person could, aud is 'ruy CRATE
ru! To Him who directs The storm iha, il is
no worse"