The New York herald., 1872-08-20
THE RECENT STORM.
Great Damage Along tho HudsOn-A
Milo OF Country Observation-Disclosures
tiOn OF the Machine Shops OF stephen
Thorn, mt Stanf0rti-Remarkablc bile Phe-
nOmena at CarbOndale.

ti0n OF the Machine Shops or stephen
Thorn, Mt Stanforti-Remarkable Pho
nomena at Carbondale.
PORT JERvIs, N. Y. August 49, 1872.
Reports from isolated districts In regard to
the late storms in this section Of country are
coming in. Great damage has been done on
every hand. Growing crops have been levelled
to the earth, orchards stripped Of their fruit and
all kinds of property more or less injured. The
storms have also been accompanied with singular
phenomena in different places, which are remark
ably worthy of note. Great damage has been done
by lightning throughout this and the adjoining
counties. In the town of wawayanda this county,
the storm took the form of hurricane.
A tract q mile In width was swept
clear OF everything. The storm moved
in a westerly direction. Great trees that had with
stood the elements for centuries were uprooted and
In some instances carried many feet away. Al
though wind was the most appalling feature OF
the storm, furious fall OF rain and hail accom-
panied 1t, adding greatly to its terrors. 1t swept
through orchards in its course, and for
some distance along the public road
leading from Joe Gee to Slate Hill the
highway was blockaded with apple trees, that had
been carried from the orchards torn up by the
roots Good-szed chestnut trees were hurled
distance OF 900 feet. while branches were scat
tered for miles around. At the farm Of 7. II. Nor
ris, near Slate Hill, an enormous wagon
Carried carrie several % feet e Away. u'Tsn The corn %
fields in the course OF the hurricane were nattened
were twisted out OF the ground and scattered far
and wide The greatest terror error prevailed among
falling timber or carried OF by the
that their sheltering walls would be crushed and
they beneath them. Fortunately no results OF this
kind were erected: The most vivid and startling
flashes of lightning followed tho storm, and
% the line Of the Midland Railroad, and at various
struments in the telegraphic ofices The damage
done to the section over which the tornado passed
At Youngsville, Sullivan county, the storm was
terrible, great damage being done by lightning.
The same at Liberty. The machine works OF
being consumed. K maple and an n elm 'tS tree
%efe oSse Of enrv MsaG anS T s gh
in his family Frustrated by the shock, but none
ceived fatal injuries. At Accord a horse was
injured. In the whole neighborho0d thereabout
the play OF the lightning was continual for long
thunder and the occasional descents of ery bolts Is
upon trees and buildings formed, it is said one OF
the most terrible scenes ever witnessed
At Montgomery, this county, the lightning did
considerable damage, the house OF Electus Douglas
being struck, stunning his daughter-n-law and
mOtncrn-aW ana smashing furniture In every
room. Bolts descended In other places about Mont
gomery, with more or less destructive force
In Delaware county, about the head waters OF the
DAYS steady heavy rain All the tributaries OF the
river were greatly swollen, sweeping bridges, lum
Der and other property away. On Seeley Creek,
Chemung county, mill dams were broken away
bridges carried of and fields OF corn overnOwed and
destroyed.
Along the Jefferson railroad, In Susquehanna and
LuZerne counties, Pa, the like never seen for
rain torrents. About five miles above Carbendale
phenomenon occurred which, although terrible In
contemplation, was witnessed by the inhabitants
for miles around. When the storm commenced,
two dark clouds began 10 gather, one In the east
and the other In the west. They increased
rapidly in volume. until each was many miles in
extent, casting dark, ominOus shadow the
increasing In momentum as they drew nearer
They came together with a fearful crash, and
then there burst upon the earth beneath
not a storm OF rain but perfect torrent. 1t
came with crushing weight. In very
few minutes huge rocks, lOosened trees and
logs and debris OF all kinds were dashing down the
mountain side, overnOwing the railroad track and
carrying everything before 1t. A railroad bridge
on one OF the Delaware and Hudson Canal
COmpany's gravity roads was also swept away
together with much Of the track. The fall OF
rain, as witnessed by railroad men before
reaching the scene OF the torrent Is described as
being fearful. One engineer said that he could not
see the sm0keStack on his engine, and ran his
train with the momentary expectation OF seeing it
wrecked by the washing away Of the road. Nothing
ike these storms has been experienced In the
section mentioned within the memory of any one
now living there.