The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-30

was caught beneath il, bis legs under the
house, bis body outsider and that his bara was
gone IL nest reached the house occupied by
Mr. hye, a carpenter, His Wifa had lately
been confined, and las sick la her rhAmber
Instantly the roof was blown on, the chin
neys falling about her. and buyinR her Ia the
dust and rubbish. On the other side Of the
WAY, and the outer Whirls Of che air graEed
the depot, and the front of Mr. Usher's house
destroying the blinds aud windows, aud de
molishing tl,s small house next east Of his
Ia this house man and woman were injuFedi
the man by bad fracture Of the arm. Next
WAS the house Of Capt Wyatt His family
was fortunately absent llls house is,a con-
plete wreck, windows, ehimneya, and roof all
gone, The carpenters shop in the rear Of
ms hp'tss ~ss ssFs4sd- aaay, and a cheai ~
tools that was iu the shop, said a. weigh 300
pounds, WAS ioud AZ distance OF many rods
The school house Ia the rear Of Capt, WyAtts
was entirely blown away, aud the floor. with
i'sseliea attached, liea al Anme distance. turn
eel upside down, II was vacation, and the
term was % commence on Monday neKL IL
next came 10 the house Of Mr Samuel Teel,
Jr, His chimneys were blown down, con,
siderable portion Of the roof blown Oft, aud
the wipdovs broken. lie house Nas very
mach Injured inside, No person was serioas-
y injured here. A girl was making bread
IN the addition, la the rear OF his house. and
stepped into the main house, and ~ an In
slant the addition was borne away, Some Of
the family were bruised, but not seriously
llis harm was blown down and his horse and
COW bruised In the ruins, A. Mr. Caldwell's
house, on the hill in the rear Of Mr. Teers,
Mrs Caldwell stepped out Of her door aud
Instant gas aeized hy the wind. and horne
through The air distance Of more than five
hundred feet over fences and trees, and A.
lighted without serious injury. The next
house west, owned aud occupied by Mr. Lane,
wax very much injured. tits rhimnry-s a,sl
roof we're blown away, aud his windows were
broken, a part Of the l. blown down, and his
sheds ana barn blown down, Mr. Lane had
iust loil the barn and stepped into the she'd
lac was carried n little distance with the shed
but u was blown away from above his head,
and lie escaped with few bruises. AZ tho
next house, owned and occupied by Mr. Huff
master, Mr. III. and his wife and daughter
vert sitting moment before the whirlwind
in n chamber. Mr. II. started "a go totho barn
he had just stepped from the door Of the
house, When the side Of the house fell uPoa
him aud crushed him 10 the ground-and his
barn was blown down. lie was oxtricAtcd,
bnt 10 such an injured state, that IL Il feared
lac will not survive The next was n brick
house, occupied by the Rev John Pierponi.
His chimneys we're blown down, and the
south side Of his roof blown away. Ills barn
was also unrooied Next was new house
being built by Mr. Charles Rollins ofthia city,
for the Row. -. G.. llaskina. This was en-
tircly destroyed, and no part lcf standpg.--
There were several men ne work in the house
but they Gall but one) had sufficient warnna
10 run out aud lie down ia hollow under a
stone wall. The man who was lcA IN tho
house was injured, but not very seriously
The wind next unrooicd the house formerly
occupied 10y Mr. Johnathan Brooks, aud blow
down five ohimncys, doing great damage 10
the inside Of the house, and blow away the
outbuildings and barn. A horse was buried
under the barn, but not much injured. IL
next destroyed part Of the house occupied by
y =i>rrtilia. and hfs barn. HE wife ,y@a
with child Ia thospart Of the housc that was
blown away. She threw herself on the door,
over the child, and although the falling raft
crs aud bricks were all around them, they cs-
capped with nothing more than bruises. A
new barn Belonging to Mr. johnson was next
blown ,uTi' n,d tl'- i...''Tsa az tie EshiElHind
was through,the fields and woods, until IL
reached the house oEMr Kidder, on the Med.
ford Turnpike. There IL tore up pine tree
hy the roots. ard whirlcd Il into the air IL
came down on the top OF Mr. kidder's house,
through window in the front Of the house,
and the tree Is len projecting out the roof
The writer being on hill had an opportu-
nifty after the whirlwind had passed 20 observe
its course for n distance Of several miles. Al
though it. effects were felt through strip Of
country three hundred feet in width, the
black column rs il moved along seemed but a
few feet IN width. IL seemed to extend of the
same width high up between two clouds, and
then 20 take the form OF an inverted CONE
AS it marched through the fields and woods,
the stoutcst trees were swept before il, and
large branches seized and whirlcd into the
air, and we could observe the smaller objects,
boughs and bushes carried in circles TO the
very clouds. The loss at West Mediord falls
upon people who can i'll meet il. Besides the
loss OF buildings their furniture. gardens, and
fruit trees are destroyed. Mr. Lane is large
loser. lilo told the writer a few days since,
that he considered his fruit trees Increased
the value OF his place $1,000, aud they are dci
siroyed. No tree in the course of the whirl-
wind was strong cpiogh to withstand its fury
Mr. Rollins loss cannot be less than from $4,000
TO $4,000"
The following interesting account was fur
nishcd to the Traveller by theIattending sur
geon of one OF the suiIerers;--"The son of
MIR SanioId, keeper of the Mcdford station
was iound stretched upon board where he
had been laid after being dug out from be-
meath the sill Of his fathers house, which had
been lifted up bodily and carried some TWEEN
ty feet. Without n complaint or groan, he
told an inquirer that both his legs were crush
ed OIL, and upon examination, one foot was
found completely ground up; the other log was
torn open from the knee joint to near the an
kle, so that the foot had TO be taken off Just
above the ankle, and the other above the knee
which was done at the Mansion Hospital Of
DR. Townsend. Tho courage and patience
OF this sufferer under his horrible affection, is
highly worthy of note and commentator -
For one moment he never lost his presence
of mind--Dcver groaned or uttered complaint
of any sort, though fully realizing his stua-
ton. This morning he gave n calm and in
teliigeut account OF the whole affair, as he
witnessed it. He had just put two horses in
TO stable, when he saw n cloud of dust com
ing from West Cambridge. Closing the sta
BILE door, he went towards his fathers house,
where his father was calling him.. As he APP
preached, the part Of the house and out