Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-08-19

forest-t.ees were twisted to splinte,.
every movable thing bore evidence "a aud
fury. A clearinghouse occupied bv T.. H. Us
Foresman, and owned, we bella" Ies
Thomas Royal, was caught up nv .Gy
whirlwind, lifted from its founda,io1 'ne
completely demolished. The furnilure aad
carpets and cooking utensils were l;,a oeu
scattered to the winds. All the ou,.hoaay
hay and wheat stacks We're caught nn'' 'S
swept off. Not the most remote snsa; auu
of fence remained upon the prem p%@
Happily Mr.. Foresman and his Sae
were absent from home. Had thev
in the house, they must inyeitably ~ s'a
been crushed to death. 'e
Next 10 the direct course of tho s..,
whirlwind was the house of MIR. Rvaa''ss
well known farmer. Nearly eyerv r"u
Der of his family was sick in bed, bnt s's
by providential interposition, the tornsa'
swerved from direct line, and n.a''|
within twenty feet Of the rear door.vs,1
A smoke-house was demolished ali A.
fences Frustrated, and every movable ,Si
ticle carried off. 1t is singular fact ~,
the large dam in Wildcat Creek, near s ~
residence of Mr.. Ryecraft and direct, :
the course of the tornado, was Jaled almos
dry. Mr.. Bull youches that large ,O,,I'
was found the same evening nearly ~,
from the. creek. The next house enoo.,
tered was that of VIM. Rizer, on the -
bank Of Wild Cat. 1t was n snbst,n:
frame structure, but the fury Of the ,or,
shivered il to fragments in tie twinkEn, !,
an eye. Warned by the rumblinp ~.
which preceded the whirlwind. the emf,
family by common impulse sought relD,.
in the cellar, and escaped uninjured. II,
Rizer's loss will not fall short of 81 s1
Ills fine orchard was almost entirely A
stroyed.
Fruit trees, twelve to sixteen inches /
diameter, were taken up by the roots and
carried over two hundred yards. Tn
Browning heirs, Vincent Dye, Chas. S,s,
rift, VIM. Snoddy, Mrs. Brand, and ] 4
Peters, sustained more or less damag.
The whirlwind cut clean swath ,hroas1
brartiful grove of timber belonging !
Mrs. Snoddy. Tie strip OF country IA 1
waste is about two Eu4.alred yards IN wta l
and three miles in length. The tornas
had spent. its force before reachips Il
county line of Clinton, and did no flrsa
damage. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Bran
were the only persons injured aud lhs /
bur slightly. This was the firs iornst
experienc in this section of eoaRr
within the memory OF the Oldest inAas
tant, and considering It's extent and dun
ton, was perhaps more destructive
property than any on record in the Wes
From the indianapolis Journal. \
The approach of the tornado was mas
ed by singular appearance Of the closa
A gentleman running on the LaiaYes
Railroad told me that they appeared . \
almost red. Up the Peru road, Mr. Il
gineer Davis informs US the destrucliol
timber surpassed anything he ever as
Tweniy-four trees were blown across " I
track IN distance of half mile o. /
and thousands were pros,rated Oh bh I
sides as tar as the eye could reach p I
many cases the tops of trees al aba y
twenty feet from the ground, were twis
off and blown through the air for consiis
able distances. The only house in sigh,
the road, log one, was blown all to piecs /
The country passed over was lucklIy III
and swampy, with few inhabitants. or III
injury might have been terrible 10 persss
as well rs timber.