Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-08-31

The TORNADO AT WINCHEND 4 cor
respondent Of the Boston Mail givest following
particulars of the tornado at Winchendon on Sat-
urday
~About half past 5,a rooaring' like the Sound
of many waters was heard, and a white foam
like cloud came booming on over hills and val
legs, sweeping everything in its path, and eav-
ing in its track desolalon and waste. No more
than five minutes elapsed before the weight of
the gale had evidently passed, and then fol.
lowed rain and hail. and thunder and lightning in
any quantities.
One or two narrow escapes from injury, by the
falling of sheds, projection of missiles through the
air, &c, mentioned. An old gentleman of
20, living at Waterville, named Asa HYDE, was
under large open shed, splitting shingles, when
the force of the wind raised the shed from its
foundation lifted ii some five feet from the ground,
and 1t came down a wreck about him, totally de.
molishing the same. Mr. II. had crawed under
cart for protection, which saved his life The
wind passed through an end window of Mr.
Hyde's house, forcing passage out through the
roof, and also destroyed some twenty to thirty
fine apple trees on his orchard and scattered frag-
ments of his out houses, barns, &c, in all direc-
tons; part of the roof of one barn lies abont 80
feet distant from It's location.
In WaervIle, two story bnilding, owned by
Francis Priest, was moved two feet towards the
road his barn and woodshed were blown down;
Siman l1ale's house and barn slightly injured
in their roofs; Mr. Perkins dwelling house badly
injured-hs barn completely demolished, as well
out houses, sheds, &c; Mr. Carroll's house
badly injured in the roof bJ chmney's falling;
the l. portion totally destroyed. The houses and
barns of Mr. Simonds, Amasa Aldrch, Horace
Whilcomb, Mrs Bae, Mrs Read, Mrs Ramsdell,
Aaron Winch and VIM. r. Woodcock were
mara oF ininrad Nv hoino nnroor,J ob;o,,o,.,
falling. and missiles flying through the all The
large three story building used as pail and tub
factory, by Hon Elisha Murdoch, has twist
throughout the same. being bent about three feet
out OF line. Mr. NJ. thinks he can screw it back
10 nearly its original position. but in its present
reclining posture, machinery &c, inside theRbud-
ing, is useless Mr. NJ. is sufferer also in the
loss of two barns, entirely DESTROYED, as well as
in the disappearance of sundry sheds, out houses,
&c.
The earliest visible effect of the wind is in the
outer part of WatervilIe village, distance 2 IL
miles from the town house, its track by measure.
ment about 120 feet in width, for distance of A
miles--varyng in its course, 'now high, now low,
but moving from the S. w to the opposite quar-.
ter of the compass. A mile north of the town
house, no change Is perceptible, but through the
village Of Waiervllle, on Millers River, hardly
a building stands which is not more or less niur.
ed, by the chlmneys being demolished, roofs car.
ried away and large holes made through the sides
and ends Of houses, by pieces of timber flying
through the air,
Winchendon North Village suffered considera-
bly, from the wind the long horse sheds attached
to the Methodist westinghouse are fiat; barn
belonging to William Smith, in which al the time
were three valuable horses, is destroyed, spen-
did elm tree opposite the residence of the vener-
able DIR Godding, and decidedly the most males-
tic 'shrubhery, in these diggings and one TOO that
has stood the storm for don't know how many
years, 'es low,' The barns of NJ. T, Nash, E.
S. Merrill, G. S. Whitney, and B. O. Tyler,
were all unroofed the chimneys of several houses
blown down, al d one large two story house near
the railroad depot, with fits high chimneys un.
shipped, looks like close reeled ship of the line
The spIre of the Baptist Church was blown
down, damaging in its fall the roof of the meet
inghouse badly one chimney was blown down
from the church. Above this Westinghouse,
going North, one OF two chimneys demolished, and
trees and corn6elds Frustrated, is the extent
of damage.
shouln think that the total amount of damage
to everything in this vicinity would not exceed
$3OOO''