Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-21


detained. At PASSPORT several chimneys were
blown down. At Bangor the roads were
drifted with snow. AT Portland it was wind
and sleet. The depot at the Bath Junction
was blown over upon the track, and the tel
egraph wires were broken
At Hartford, CT, ON Saturday afternoon,
the roof of the large new school-house, near
the tunnel, was blown off.
The unroofng of the great railroad depot at
Springfield, is described by those who saw it,
as a most extraordinary exhibition of wind
force. The cars had just left for Hartford,
and were just coming in from New York,
when about 800 feet of the roof were lifted off,
and scattered about in the streets, crushing
several adjacent roofs, and demolishing car
riages, &C., but fortunately no lives were lost
The large coffee factory of Fox & Co., in
Springfield; was completely demolished, and
several other buildings destroyed.
The depot of the Concord Railroad, at
Portsmouth, N. H., was partly torn down by
the wind.
In Waltham, the car house eff the Fitchburg
Railroad Company, 20 feet in length, was to-
tally demolished.
In Fitchburg, the large, brick engine house
belonging to the Fitchburg and Worcester
Railroad Company, was blown over with a
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staving through the gas building adjoining,
demolishing the gasometer, causing the gas to
escape, so that it will be impossible to light
the place tonight. There was no persons in
either building at the time.
A top of one of the railroad bridges on the
Boston and Ftchburg road, was taken by the
wind and carried some distance from the
bridge.
A new two story wooden building, unoc-
cupied located near the Catholic church, in
Fitchburg, was blown down. Nearly all the
houses in that vicinity, had to be propped up
keep them from being levelled
In Pepperell, a house was blown down, con-
tanning nine persons, and, singular to record,
not one af them was injured.
AT South Reading, coal shed was turned
over, which fell upon the Eastern telegraph
line, denolishing it for some distrnce. The
shed took fire from the sparks Of an engine,
and caused an alarm of fire.
On the Eastern road, the wind was so high
that the cars could scarcely make head against
it, while on the Fitchburg road, the conductor
could not pass from car to car.
AT Groton Junction, the side of brick
building, occupied by blacksmith, was blown
in.
One or two very ludicrous scenes occurred
on Warren bridge. A cartman, with load
of empty hogsheads; attempted to pass over to
Charlestown, but when about midway, gust
of wind relieved him of half his number. A
pedlar followed, and the same ceremony was
taken with very large quantity of his tin
ware; and strange to add, second pedlar,
who had seen the fate of his brother trades
man, ventured to cross, but as he profted not
by others experience, he learnt from his own,
that he had lost nearly half his load. The
dock presented beautiful mixture of floating
kegs, tin kitchens, pans, and pals.
Mr.. ]. E. P. Stevens of the fremont House,
visited Lynn, with the intention of proceed
ing to Nahant, and started to cross the beach,
where he found perfect tornado prevailing
which threatened to bury horse and vehicle in
the sand. The horse made but little progress
and finally turned head towards Lynn, and,
aided by the wind made the most astonishing
time from his starting place to the stable door.
A person who came from Nahant, reports that
such gale was never before experienced on
the peninsula, but no damage to speak of, had
taken place.
At Providence, the force of the wind was
so great, that nearly all the water was driven
out of the harbor, producing lower tide than
was ever before witnessed at that port. The
steamboat lolas did not arrive up from New
port-probably she did not start-and the
Bradford Durfee, from Fall River, did not
make her usual morning landing at Bristol
A dry shed near the old Stonington depot, be-
longing to the r, /. Bleachery, was Frustrated;
the roof of low wooden building, opposite
the head of the Park, occupied as junk shop,
was blown off and large elm tree on High
street, was blown down, with number of
signs in various parts of the city.
AT ALBANY the wind blew perfect hurri-
cane. The stores of Fish & Co., Smith, Pat
ten & Co., Grant s. Sayles, s. Hales & Co.,
were unroofed, as were also five stores belong
ing to the Stanton estate. The roof of the
malt house of j. g. White, was torn from its
fastenings, and scattered into the street and
the brewery of John Taylor & Son, was
badly injured Vose & Co., sustained very
heavy losses by the unroofng of their large
store houses. A frame Church in Bethlehem
Street, was levelled to the ground, and the
second district school house was unroofed.-
The teacher had very narrow escape. Be-
sides the disasters above enumerated, some
thing more than hundred buildings were
unroofed, or blown down. The lumber iner-
chants suffered severely, quantities of valua-
ebl lumber having been biowa into the
river.
AT Troy several steeples were blown down
church in West Troy. The Sth ward school
house large four story brick building was
badly injured. From fifty to hundred build
ings were unroofed, or otherwise badly dam
aged by the force of the wind
correspondent of the New York Tribune
says:
Buildings were unroofed and blown down,
piles of lumber scattered, boards, signs, chin
neys and scuttles, stating and timbers, flying
about like feathers. The river presents sin
gular appearance. Nothing can live on it -
and SO strong is the gale that it Icks up the
heads of the waves, carrying them off in
spray, creating continual spectacle Of rain
bows, sometimes like that at Niagara.
SICK STATEsMEN.--lt might be useful to
know what degree of sickness would Justify
the absence Of statesmen from the pest of duty,
in times of danger to any important interest
to the country.
1t is recorded of the great Chatham, that
although laboring under severe illness, he re-
paired to the House of Lords on the 7th of
April, 1878, to oppose the proceedings of the
British government towards the American COL
onies. AT the close of his speech on that &C.
casion, he tainted and fell backwards /; he was
carried out on litter and died soon after
The engraving Of that memorable scene is "a
miliar to every body. The city of Pittsburg
was SO named by our fathers to show their
gratitude to the man who died in defending
their liberty.
Is there any one of our senators in CONGRESS-
whose fidelity deserves such a monumenta-
Ne,o York Eu'ng. Post.
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