Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-07-04
A Remarkable Meteor.
If NOT A COMET, SOMETHING THAT
"sTRUoK" AS HARD.

very singular phenomenon, which was
Witnessed on Saturday last, end which caused
the death of two persons ...
During the afternoon, funnel.sbaped
moving body of nebulous character, aps
peared at point over Utica. moving
rapidly along with a humming sound. II
struck the ground near the dwelling Of
Mr.. Root, in Deerfeld, tearing down q
fence or two, and passing on, gradually
settling lower and lower: At last, having
reached point some five miles in north
easterly direction from this city, near the
dwelling Of Mr.. Nathan Budlong, in schuy-
Ter, It made decent upon his barn, ripped
it up, and scattering it to the winds. Then
passing on, tearing up trees, fences and
outhouses in its terrible course, it finally
struck the dwelling of Mr., John Warren,
which was lifted from its stone foundation,
carried distance of some fifteen feet
through the air, and dashed in splinters
upon the ground, leaving clean plat of
grass between the place where it had stood
ana the pile OF RUBBISH"
In the house were family of six
parents and children. Mr.. Warren, seeing
the terrible object rushing down upon him,
tearing up trees and fences in its onward
course, land buzzing like . thousand hornets
nests combined, called upon his wife and
Children instantly to accompany him to tho
cellar, and, suiting the action of the word,
seized two of the children and leaped down
the stairway, The wife essayed to follow,
but her footsteps were tardy; she was a
moment an instant too late; the engine
Of obstruction tore the building up, carrying
herself and child, together with little son
who was behind her, il, The husband
had but time to see her ascend with the
building that tore away from above him,
and then he stood exposed to the day, in
his open cellar. He went to view the ruin
Of his home it was complete. Here lay
the dead and nude body of his wife, the
destroying power having stripped the clo-
thing from her person; here lay his son
covered with blood, a2d sensless and, just
beyond, his dwelling lay one such mass of
destruction as probably never was beheld
before. Broken and splintered bedstcads,
cradles, tables, pots, kettles, chairs, boxes,
trunks, erockery, tin ware, hats, clothes,
owes, bottles, bricks, plaster, clocks, beams,
stones, shingles, and endless ct ceteras, lay
crushed and crumbled in one heap before
) him."
"Next, in the due southeasterly, line Of
its course, it uprooted several large trees,
scattered the fences, crossed the road and
demolished large barn, belonging to Mr..
John NJ, Budlong. This building was Of
: recent and very substantial building, and
35 by so feet upon its bases, yet abe de-
structive element tore it to pices, scattering
large timbers about the fields at distance
Of from five to fifteen rods, distributing Of
the roof in various directions, and actually
taking up an iron cylinder threshing ma
y chine, weighing perhaps four hundred
pounds. and deposited it at least eighty f' ct
fir, M the barn. A COW belonging to MIR. b.,
standing near the barn, was killed without
any apparent outward wound. About
-, eighty rods farther on, in o direct line, a
:, smaller barn, belonging to the same gentle
man, WAS demolished /; and what is very
singular in this instance, but little Of the
- material Of which it was constructed is tc
be found anywhere. A few shivered boards
or and timbers alone attest to its previous
I, existence The dwelling of M. BudlonG
N. had narrow escape. A shinglc or two
er torn frcm one corner of the roof indicate
\ how n rrowly it escaped destruction
" beyond the premises of Mr.. P, ia
sc, abou. mile, PROSTATE trees and fence
evidence the track OF the destructive mes
me senger. It, however, seemed to have re
- leased its hold upon the earth soon afte
leaving the farm of Mr. B., for it va
Ir. distinctly seen to rise from the surface an
my dissolve its couical shape into a genera
Ia cloudy form. The phenomenon was folio
IN wed by violent rain and wind, Two men
At work in a field, saw the strange appariiol
de- approach, and took to their heels, bael!
snt escaping its track as tpassed on. ltseelel
=, to raise from the time it was first seen, nd
Dao the evidences before 70 of destruction in
use dis rict not over four or five milein
a extent, in due southeastcrly direon
tier c,,, ,,,horo ;ts frs, touch was felt. amin
~ r,' a track about fifteen rods in width. W.
ever of material substance presented il
was in its track was swept away, ana the a
en- presented was certainly fearful to beho'
the
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