Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-25

er and his family, consisting OF q vile ana lou
y children and o man by The name Of Carpenter
The house was scattered to the winds, and moth
d ing remains to mark the spot, save the lowe
fcor; vet strange to tell, all of its inmates es'
caped with life. Mr. Carpenter was severely in-
= iured his collar bone being broken, and his
$ head badly bruised. Mr. and Mrs Kramer and
0 one Of the children received some cuts and brui-
SIS, but none were very serious. Farther on, the
{ outbuildiugs of Mr.. huxley. and Philip Beck
were unroofed. Mkt in the track were the
+: house and barn of Mr.. Geo. HI Ter, both OF
d which were Ievslled to the ground mo occupants
in the house, at the time }
The house and barn of John G. Lair. were
next in the line. these were totally demolished
The house was of hewn logs. and of the family
in the house at the time, were Mas. Lair and her
little boy, IL years old, and Miss Lair. When
tie house fell, two or three logs on one side, re-
manned one up on the other. One end of the
ioiee of the upper floor fell on these logs-and
thus an open SPACE of Is inches or two feet, re
manned between the upper fiuor and the lower,
on oae side. The two women and the child
W re in the same side Of the room when the
building fell in, and being in this open space.
though they were knocked low by the falling
floor and timbers, they were not seriously hurt.
Mrs. Lair erept out, and finding the child, drag
ged it out also.
Next a barn belonging 10 Mr.. Levi Ryder.
a house and barn Of Mr.. DanI Hayfinger
were unrOofed. also a barn belonging to Mr.. L.
Van Houter. (his orchard also badly injured)
another belonging to Nr. Matthew Walker.
Half a mile further on, the storm struck the
premises of George Longmore, destroying his
orchard. un-ocfng three barns. and damaging
other out buildings. One shed. some 20 by 40
feet. partially filled with hay was moved about
six feet from its foundation, and badly raeked.
Mr. L had Just reached home and had unhiteh-
ed his horse from the buggy, when the storm
broke u on them. He with his horse was car
risd out Of his own yard acrUss the lane and
into his neigbor's lot. His father who had step
ped out Of the house, to assist him. was struck
10y the flying boards or timber. his head cut,
and two or three 0: his ribs broken.
The next building injured was the barn of
Mrs. Paltsgroff. the roof of which was taken off
and the hay belonging to Peter Fulk Of this
place. damaged 10y water The orchard here
is badly injured.
Crossing over TO the Lordstown centre road. a
large barn belonging to Henry Price, was en-
tirely demolished. Further on the carriage
house of Mr.. John TAFT was unroofed, orchard
and timber injured.
Next were the barn Of Mrs. Lewis, and the
stone house on the farm of Benjamin Lane, oe-
eupied 10y Thomas Greed, both of which were
unronfed, the latter only on one side. The or
chard here suffered badly.
Beyond these. and the last buildings which
were injured, ESQ far as we have learned we're
the barn of Mr.. Hauselman, and the house OF
Jacob Meyer. both of which lost their covering.
The last farm which was injured was one
belonging to VIM. Porter, called the Bristol
farm, where the orchard was destroyed. This
is about Is miles from Braeeville.
Besides the damage done to buildings which
We have enumerated, an immense amount of
injury was done to fences, orchards, crops,
and standing timber. Roads were obstrueted,
fields strewn with the wreck. Portions of the
buildings, shingles. branches of trees, &C.,
were scattered as far as Youngstown. Way
bills and portions of the books. from the Brace
vile depot, were found in Hubbard, twenty
five miles from their starting point. Some of
the money was found in Liberty and Wealth
ersield.
Til" following facts concerning this tornado,
although they may be common to all storms of
the kind, we have never seen noticed by the
press. Where its devastations commenced, It's
power was greatest, AID its track was narrow
est. The depot and grocery buildings at
Braeeville were lifted high in the air, and
scattered in thousands of fragments, some car
ried miles away, while those at the other end Of
its track were simply thrown down. and nc
part Of them borne far from their original stand
ing places. The track near its starting point,
is narrow, not exceeding ten rods, while in
LordstOwn it is at least four times that width.
In the centre of the track the forest trees are
thrown in all directions, crossing each other
at all points; while at the sides, nearly every
tree has fallen inwards, its top pointing to-
wards the centre. Its direction was the same
as that of nearly all the tornadoes which have
this season, namely. from the north
west to the south east. By looking on 4 map
of Trumbull County, it will be seen that it
travelled in a straight course, and q liue drawn
on the map from Mr.. Mason's farm in Brace
Vile to that of Mr.. Porter in Weathersfeld,
touches every place touched by the tornado,
and marks its track, precisely.
To-day, Wednesday, We learn from the New
castle, Pa, Chronicle, that about . o'clock, P.
n, on Saturday, a tornado passed over Law
renee Co, doing considerable damage. Rail
Road bills, de-. from the Braeeville depot were
there, more than 35 miles from their
starting point. We think there is an error as
the time. Q P. NJ