New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-17
Remarkable Phenomenon near Utica.
TWO LIVES LOST.
HOUSES AND TREES DESTROYED BY A METEOR
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.

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had struck" in the neighborhood of this city or, if
not the veritabe comet itself, fish from the same
pool or a member of the same famly-a juvenile
member Il was not supposed by your correspondent,
at the time that anything serious or important was at
the bottom Of these wild and flying reports, but
nevertheless endeavored them 20 their source
and the result was, wetauthenticated statement
that a phenomenon of very singular character had
been visible in the heavens or rather IN the atos
phere between the heaven and the earth seemingly
suspended from above; that this body was tunnel
shaped black moving body, of nebulous character
that it had taken its ise made It's first appearance,
at point over the northern outskirts of the city
Thence il moved easterly, accompanied by
buzzng, rumbling noise, and gradually elongatils
its figure as il went, approaching the earth
nearer and nearer Until finally, having taken
sortherly sweep; it struck the ground near
the dwelling Of a Mr. Root, in Deerheld tearing down
fence or two and passing on, gradually settling
lower and lower At last, having reached point
some five miles in north-eastery direction from this
city near the dwelling of Mr.. Nathan Budlong IN
SCHUYLER it made descent upon his barn, ripped it
mn and scattered it to winds. Then passing tear
ing ND trees fences and outhOuse in its terrible course
it finally struck the dwelling of Mr.. John Warren aud
in winkipg the entire building utter wreck,
literally smashed all IA eces, and destroyed. The
dwelling was not 5l0,rn ouer-such idea is not
true one of the utter and total crash. The building
was lifted from its stone foundation, carried distance
of some fifteen feet through the air. and dashed in
spinters upon the ground, leaving clean plat OF grass
between the place where it had stood aud the pile OF
rubbish.
In tie house were family of six-parents and
children Dir. Warren seeing the terrible object
rushing down upon him, tearing up trees and fences
in its onward course and buzzing like thousand hor-
nets nes. combined called upon his wife and children
instantly to accompany him to the cellar, and, suitng
the action to the wold seized two of the children and
eaped down the stairway. The wife essayed to
follow but her footsteps were tardy; she was me-
meut-an instant too late; the engine of destruction
tore the building up, carrying herself and Child, to-
gether with little who behind her, with It,
Tie husband had but time to her ascend with the
building that tore away nom above him, and then he
stood exposed to the day, in his open cellar lie went
to view the ruin Of bis homei it complete. Here
lay the dead and nude body Of his wife the destroying
power having stripped her clothing from her person
there Law his son, covered with blood and seuseess
and, just beyond, his dwelling lay such mass u
destruction as probably never beheld before.
Broken and sipteed bedsteads cradles, tables, pots,
kettles chairs boxes trunks crockery, tinware hats,
clothes stoves bottles bricks plaster clocks, beams,
stones hgles and endless ct cetes, lay crushed and
crumbled in one heap before him.
And It'll on beyond was the monster nebuosity
which had caused all this ruin, swaying and smashing
on in It's course Of destruction.
After destroying the house, it passed out into the
road, rushed on few rods, turned and swung about
into the garden of the next neighbor Mr. j. III. Bud
long. gentleman who it here, describes 1t as
resembling monster ELEPHANTS trunk, swinging lazly
but powerfully about crushing all in its way and huri'
ing boards and trees into the air Ike playthiBgs
Swinging about in Mr.. Budlongs garden, 1t crashed
over the fence, swept up to the house, large and
beautiful mansion, and swept close by its front rs to
tear up one OF two sbngles the edge Of the roof
but was mercifu and took another circle and ewing
of to the southwark again, crossing the road and
striking Mr. BIS barn, large, nearly new and very
substantial structure SjxjO feet in its base. The no-
ment il struck the barn thrown into the air, nd
died to pieces and hurled in all directions, as the
agent Of destruction swung For hundreds OF feet
to the south east and west of the barn. the field was
literally strewn with the broken beams shingles etc,
and the contents of the barn-straw, manure, corn
eobs, hay, etc. Unlike the Of the house, which
dashed IN one heap of ruin on a single spot, the
barn scattered over the entire field. COW, with
out an apparent bruise wound on her body, was
found dead few feet from the site of the building
Some eighty feet to the southeast, the body
of large threshing machine, with cylinder of
massive iron had been lodged while other and lighter
portions of the same had been carried further
tbreeysrd wide creek one hundred feet from the
barn, was 60 filed with rubbish az to be damned up
and turned fIom its course. Near it another remark
able evidence Of the sweeping circling elephant
Il off he desfrov haag WA
ent; for a large tree was torn from its roots and
dashed toward the barn, and its further side
also inclined toward the barn, lay large platform,
piece Of The lighter portion of the threshing machine
meuhoued.
To illustrate the completely strewn condition OF the
fields about the barn, may mention that my csmpan-
ion he runlirg down the side-hill toward me,
stepped upon one of the myriad pieces of board
scattered about and nail into his foot distance
of perhaps half inch. Appears to me, said he as
he drew off his bloody sock, they're very careless
about scattering their nails and things around hereT
From here the agent Of destruction passed on aooA'
half mile south-easterly leaving as evidence OF rs
passage track Of uprOeted trees, fences, &C Ana
then it seen to gradually draw Itself up swaying
heavily to and fro, and disappear in the clouds IRON
which II had all this time hung suspended.
was permitted to enter the residence OF M bad-
long where the corpse has been laid out and view it.
1t was clothed in its grave garments and hsndker
chief concealed certain CHASTITY bruises on the neck
though the blow which caused death is evident in a
wound upon the abdomen. Reflections cad aud sug-
ees,iye ,hrorged my mind as looked the corpse Of
that mother and thought the fate that had stricken
her m death while the infant in her utterly
unframed and the boy behind her not so seriously
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