Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-08-20

GaEAr SroKn AT NAsuuA.--The Nashua Tsl,-
graph Of Friday gives particulars of mos, des,roc.
tive Storm almost unprecedented in this part of,h
country, which occurred at that place on FRIDAY AZ
iernoon. The storm combined hail. rain. wind and
thunder and lightning, attended with loss oclic.
aud the damage by the blowing down Of buldinc,
chimneys, fences, trees, &c, and the breaking Of
glass, was immense. The Telegraph says
The large building used by the Nashua Msuuf,c.
turing Company for the construction ofther water.
wheels was blown down Several men who had TAI.
en- shelter IN IT, were more or less injured M,
Gordon Bailey had his leg broken in two placs.
and his hip his stomach, and back so injured tL,,
his recovery is doubtful. Messrs. NJ. +. Dodss
senior. Geo. W. Blakeslee, and a Mr. Pierce. we,s
considerably injured. One hundred and ffiy feet
OF the brick walls Of the range of buildings no
erecting BY the Nashua Company, portion of which
had been raised TO the third floor and the east end
Of the block were blown down. A new house inc,
boarded and shingled, built by Mr. Ebenezer Nc.
Intre aud house Of two tenements, unfinished
and unoccupied, belonging 10 Reed g. Marin. ma.
sons, barn belonging 10 Mr. Samuel Vose, 10 which
Mr. Conant had stored his sleighs, we're blown down
Mr. Conaut's loss is heavy. The lumber BUILDING
a, the steam shop was partially unroofed A barn
on Hollis road was blown down. The house occu.
pied by Mr. Alvin Greenwood and Mr. Asa Ayerv
and the stable occupied by Mr. Reubin Godfrey
OH WaInut-street were partially unroofed. The
roof Of store on Factory street, belonging 10 Nh
William d. Beasom, which had Just been raised 10
add another story, was unroofed. The driveway
Of the tavern stand at the harbor, was blown down.
aud two men, who bad taken refuge there were
saved from being crushed only by large box which
received the weight OF the timbers,
Upon the houses OF Messrs. Francis Winch. Sol.
ONION spalding, George w, worhen, Alfred Gree.
ley and Gen. ]. Hunt and upon the schoo-house
in District No. 9, Nashville, chimneys were blown
down and went through, or otherwise damaged the
roofs Two chmneys upon the Town House. two
upon the Universalist Church, one upon Rev Mr.
Lamson's church, one upon Judge Cores house.
aud one upon the house of Thomas w. Gillis, ESQ.
are among those we noticed blown down, without
other material damage.
il is impossible TO estimate the amount Of glass
broken in the village. In many houses there is
scarcely whole square left on the exposed side
In the machine shop more than thousand squares
are broken. In the central building, in which is
our Office. there are -four hundred. Other build.
ings suffered nearly the sane rate The amount is
immense. We have heard it estimated as high as
so, 600 lights There are a thousand on the west
side Of Main street, between Front and Water
streets.
The damage to gardens and fruit trees is very
great. and many shade trees are sadly injured and
some destroyed. The damage TO corn, as FAR as the
hail extended, must amount nearly TO a perfect
ruin.
Out of the village 10 the northwest, the wind
seems to have been more violent than here The
gable end Of Mr. Abel Blood's brick house, on the
Amherst road. was blown in. and the roof scatter
ed in fragments all around for great distance. A
barn, also owned by Mr. Blood aud occupied BY Mr.
Robbins short distance this side, was stripped OF