Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-22
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gave way before he reached the village
ana the flood rushed past with such fear.
liul rapldlty.- that the work of destructior
was, consummated before he could ar
rive. 49, -
MRS. Eddy. aged about 60 years, saw
Inc looa coming. and returning to hel
Eoea, wrapped herself up in the bed
clothes. the house was borne down the
stream, and she extricated herself in
tsafety. -
Ihe hrst bell had just rung, and sever.
tai persons had left the houses which
were swept away. Had the disaster oc.
CURED halt an hour later, the destruction
10 HE would have been much less. The
whole da'n' composed in part of large
stones, was scattered for half a mile be
How.
! Inc spot has been visited by thousands,
ready TO offer every assistance which
could De rendered No language can de-
scribe the feelings of the survivors. and OF
those who were the painful spectators OF
the scene
IRE AT WAsHISGToN-Afr fire broke
out between and 2 O'Clock this morning
10 the building occupied by Messrs. Lang
tree and OSullivap, and Thomas Allen.
as printing Offices for the Democratic Re-
view and the Madisonian. Before the
IRE companies reached there, the fire had
made such progress as to leave no hone
OF saving the building. or any considers
Die portion of the printing materials in It
Messrs. Langtree and O'Suliyan saved
most OF the stereotype plates of the Mad
lson papers, and about 1000 copies of the
nrst volume of the work the other two
volumes, we believe, were entirely de.
stroyed The edition was 1900 comics.
three volumes to each, valued at from
$4,000 to $4,000 They were insur.
ed for $4,000; and their property DESTROY.
ed IS estimated at from 5000 to SIS
QUO. The materials of the Madisonian
office were all destroyed, and no insur-
ance on them: They were worth. we
suppose. fronp $4,000 to $4,000. The
root and the upper floor of the Medical
college were burnt; insured for 50 600 !:
and It will require that sum, it is su3nos.
ed, to repair it, The Baptist church ,yas
injured to the amount of $500 or $500
a frame soap factory was entirely de-
stroyed, worth, probably, between $500
and $1,000. oo
1t IS not ascertained how the fire ORIG.
mated. Some of the hands in the Madi-
sonlan Office were at work until after l2
O'Clock; and the fire had made great
progress when discovered, about half aft
er O'Clock. But the prevailing opinion
IS, that it occurred in Messrs. Ian otree
and OSullivan's Office.
Destructive GALE IN WAsuIse.
ToN.-The Washington city papers con.
tain an account of a'yoIent hurricane which
passed over that city on Sunday last. and
proved very destructive in its progress.
The storm was accompanied with light
nIng and rain. by the former eff which
many persons were struck, and two killed.
Inc hurricane caused great deal ofdam-
age to the buildings of the Arsenal and at
the Pennentiary-the injure at the arsenal
alone IS estimated at not less then fifteen
thousand dollars Several houses wer.
injured at Greenleaps point, and sheds
fences. &C., blown down.
The National Intelligencer ne,,;ons
as an instance ofthe immense force ,D;,h
which the gale moved, that aboutlwo hun
bred feet of heavy coping stone, which
surmountet the wall of the peniten.iarv
yard. leach block Of which was two feet
and half wide. from six to eight feet in
length, and six inches thick,) in which
was liked an iron railing, was blown
down, and broken to pieces.-Bos. Press
and Post.
MISSION TO THE HUDsoN's BAY SET
TLEMENT.-The Rev. Messrs. BarnIey.
Randall and Mason, arrived in the packet
ship Sheridan on Sunday last. on their
way 10 the audson's Bay Company's
settlements. These gentlemen 90 out
from the Wesleyan Missionary Society
and under the auspices of the Hudson's
Bay Company. They left this morning
for Montreal. with the intention of EN-.
barking In the company's canoes, which
are to leave Montreal about the 2Otb Of
this month Tor the interior. These mis-.
sionaries will confne their labors to the
East side of the Rocky Mountains, and
will not at all interfere with the mission
on the " est side, under the care of the
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Y.Spec.
STUPENDous BANK RoBBERY.-A.
committee of the Bank, under the snper-
| intendence of several heavy stockholders,
were laboriousty employed from, the time
OF the teller's DISAPPEARANCE, up to Sdtur-
day afternoon, in investigating the matter
Their report, it is understood. will be made