St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02
The Storm at Burlington.


The storm last Thursday WIS tcIIiii,
at Burlington. and th, Ii"htuin" ,.ur
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ne 'i''llaef' h%iilllh% and Wihd wci'
", me a''' 'he ram came down. lItcl'
ANY III torrents Ion nearly an hour. ac'
'""'l'"n,'i "'i tii'ic WIN hllI Sl"htS
many "' 'm"h' n'lhS us large rs Il rob
u" t"S' ne l% Mining struck several
"llii'ii"SS III me rIi y, among them tire,
"i 'he 'hni'h's the ln"oSki Avenue
N"nS'r"a'l"iliii' the Methodist and The
nAP'iS' PRAYER meetings being III seN-
sion III 'iieh AT the time NJ the fist
named church the SHOCK NaS :" great
rs To PROSTATE several persons. and
n''"N NJ .iit h'e'tih%' Though none. 81
'''I is we Ie:'rh at present NIIiIng' were
lousy i"I"'eu' an" III, ir h'hlaS'' was
':i' i" 'ne n'''''''i'%. Al me Mrth",
"i9' h''i'" t''r tic'lIl' h''ld rhIcir.i
one "i 'he Wil'n""s ANA tone on Il small
l,"I'i"l "i the PlaStcrlI'%. Al the Zap
,is' Nn"irii one Oh me registers WAS l"iil
nom thc n""r' the bolt passing through
ihI" tht "'SthIcht' tearing Il mole through
'iie ceiling ana Sratteiln" the plasterln.
""'''' '"''Niurri"iN. quiet was ltNt"r'd'
however, ANA the meeting continued il,
usual HcNri;ii trees were struck ana
9", ~, t'eu III 'iiil'reht parts OF me city
Nv ii"'ii' ~, i'eS' I''''t , iilul''h was
ai'"''S liie "''iiuih"S S'l'l'h ny ll%ltill'%'
N""'tl MY dollars worth OF damage
W;S done I" the building. and the IN
mates were OF course greatly startled.
NO one was lhJured'
Daring the storm the lightning struck
h"'S' on " i'""Skl Avenue l"l mcii\
"''"l'i''" ny apt '"iiii - bill' h"t at
present uhtrhilht"d. line electric flnId
PASSED down the chimney. tore on pI;I>-
'eiiilS. ShlNrrcd The moor boards up
stairs amt finally passed out at the
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Al EN'>h' KILL MARROW ESCAPES.
The storm III this town waS almost
unprecedented III violence and dcStrurt-
iNeneSs. he gale was tremendous in
It's fury. The main current of the wind
seemed t" he confined to il narrow space
OF about III rods, tearing roofs from
buildings hS II they were made of paper,
ana Wrtncliing great trees from their
firm hed Ill the earth as if they were
h'eieiN nrusil SUCK III the ground. The
man force OF the blast seemed to cul-
inmate on the farm Of r. X. Perkins.
where two long and capaciOus barns,
feet in length, with COW stable attached
were completely demolished, with not
Il timber LETT standing, and the lighter