The republic., 1851-08-14
The storm at the East.

The storm mt the East.
The telegraph informed US yesterday that
siderable damage was done at the eastward by the
storm OF Saturday afternoon. The mail of this
morning brings us the details.
At Hartford, Connecticut, they experienced the
tornado at about five O'Clock, the clouds coming
from the west and passing of toward the east. 1t
was accompanied with thunder, lightning, rain.
and hail. But slight damage done in the city.
The Hartford Co,Tanl says:
'sIn West Hartford number of barns were un-
rooted, and the trees blown down, but its greatest
| force appears to have been spent in the town of
Windsor. Its effects the most visible on the
Windsor road, commencing at the brick school
house about four miles above Hartford, and extend
ing nearly to the village. with an intervening
| space of about half mile. Two or three houses
and about twenty barns were unroofed; number
of sheds were blown down, and hundreds Of trees
some of the largest torn up by the roots
| In of the houses Mrs. Alderman and
| child, and an Irish girl. While Mrs. A. was emp
| tying some ashes at the door, the chimney fell
| down and buried her in the ruins, deprivng her
instantly of life. The Irish girl was hurt, but not
seriously. One of the large elm trees in front of
Affords tavern stand was blown down. 1t is said
that every building the island opposite Windsor
| is injured. The corn crop must have suffered Sc
verely'
| At Springfield, Mass, according to the KepubIi-
can, the water came down in perfect dcluge, and
| the lightning was vivid and incessant. Hail fell
in stones of the size of Inusket-b balls, but not in
| large quantities. The storm continued in all it's
violence from twenty to thirty minutes. The Re
publican says
"Thc house of Mr.. E. Coomes, brickmaIser,
the hill, near Armory street, was struck by light
ming. and a Frenchman employed in the brick
yard instantly killed. He had just come in from
| the shower, and was in his chamber changing his
clothes. The lightning struck the chimney, pass
ed down the roof short distance, ripping up the
| shingles, when portion OF the fluid seemed to be
diverted to an iron bar running through the house
| to hold the walls together, and from this bar the
unfortunate man probably received the fatal bolt.
The only external marks left by the lightning are
| blaCkcned 6DOt side OF the and another
on the hip. We understand that woman in the
room below had her shoes ripped of, but was not
otherwise damaged. The house itself was not ma
terially injured
| cat Holyoke during the storm, the barn Of
Mr.. Stephens, the old Ireland road, was struck
| by lightning and fired consuming the new stock
| of hay, and also involving the lives of two horses
| The fire soon communicated to the house, which,
| with the barn, heap of smoking ruins when
| the northern downward train passed there early
| in the evening.
| ''As would be expected, the corn and standing
| grain are beaten down on every side. We shall
probably hear Of further damage, but we trust that
no further fatality remains to be reported.
.sWe learn that the name of the Frenchman killed
| in MIR. Coomes's house, Louis Lord. His age
| was nineteen. There was another Frenchman IN
| the room at the time of the occurrence, who was
| knocked down, and who lay some ten minutes be-
| fore coming to himself and he coming down stairs
gave the frat intmaton of the death of his COM
radc the lady in the meantime occupying the at
tention of the family below. The name Of the lady
| whose shoes were torn off is Miss Emeline Biss,
and though she has been copiously treated with
| cold water she remained, Sunday evening,
filled with electricity that her skin painfully
sensitive to the touch of any thing but silk gloves
awe learn, also, that the house of Mr. George
Kibbe, that of Mr. Coomes, was struck appa-
| rently at the moment. Mr. Kibbe's house
was protected by the 'Dr. King rods one line OF
which the lightning followed until near the ground,
when it entered the house by the bolt which held
| the rod and demolished water-sink or box con-
nected with hydraulic ram, by which the house
is supplied with water. Beyond this there was no
material damage done.
"We are told that house at Westfield Farms,
| in Westfed struck by lightning during the
same storm, and was destroyed by fire. The to-
| bacco crop in Westfeld is said to be totally de-
stroyed."
At New Bedford the storm made its appearance
about seven O'Clock, two hours later than at Hart
| ford, and continued for about half an hour. NO
| particular damage was done beyond dePrlving tne
| trees of their fruit and branches In the vicinity
of the town, however, the effects were disastrous
| The Mercury says
"In WestporI, about dozen miles southwest
| from New Bedford, we learn the tempest was al
| most if not entirely, unprecedented in its fury,
accompanied with violent storm of hail. Full
| grown trees, fences, and even stone walls, were
| levelled to the ground. In one orchard more than
dozen trees either torn up by their roots or
| broken off The cornfelds were completely lev
elled and the leaves OF vegetables were cut by the
! hailstones as with a knife. The hailstones mea-
surcd about three .fourths of an inch in diameter,
and proved greatly destructive to windows, not
| only to the glass, but including window-iraines,
and moreover to the IVeS OF poultry. IN the uWeu-
| ing house of Mr.. J. Kirby 1875 panes of glass were
| broken; that of Mr.. II. W. Kirby, 200; Mrs
Delight Waite, 100. H. w. Smell, "a, sc. The
hailstones came down the chiinneys In prolusion.
The tempest passed over tract about three fourths
of mile in width, rounding in southeasteriy
| direction
The Providence Journal furnishes the following
particulars Of the catastrophe on the Narragansett,
| resulting from this storm, mention of which has
been made in a telegraphic despatch:
| "The squall took the direction of the river, and
| on its course down the bay, and when off Bristol
and between that place and Prudence Island, cap
sized three boats, in of which were eight per-
| sons, four of whom were drowned. Two of them
were the daughters Of Mr.. Rufus Read, OF this
| city; one aged sixteen and the other ten. The
| other two, daughters of Mr. Potter, who reside on
the island of Prudence, and with whom the family
of Mr. Read was boarding during the heat OF the
summer months. They were crossing from Bristol 10
the island when struck by the squall, and within
view of the shore, where Mrs. Read stood, watching
the progress of the boat at the time of the melan-
choly occurrences Mr.. Read, who was in the boat
with his daughters, narrowly escaped watery
grave by clingng TO the mast a small portion oil
which remained above water. The two Misses
Potter under the age Of twelve years We
fear that several others have been drowned, as no
one seen to escape from the other boats, but
VIC were unable to get any further particulars az the
time of going to press The bodies Of the daughters
of Mr.. Read have been recovered, and were
brought TO the house of the distrs~sod iamily' In
Pine street,
PACIFIC RAtLRoAp.-Wc are informed by tho
president of this company that the contractors ior
a majority of the work tho hrst division have
already commenced grading and quarrying ON
their respective sections Tho rest OF the contract
ors are making their preparations TO go to work inn
mediatoly il is scontempl TO finish the eastern
seciops of the road first, and TO put on some loco
motives next summer. To meet tho current ex-
| ncnses we perceive TINT call has been made upon
The subscrbers to the stock OF live per cent. pay
I able TO tho treasurer at the Savings Institution the
frat of August. BY resolution OF tho board of di
| roctors, six per cent interest per annum is allowed
,nd Maid upon all amounts of stock paid in