Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-06-30

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houses at the old fair ground were all
leveled. In them three men had taken
shelter, two of whom were badly injured
One of the men, Mr. Aldreen, had tied
his team near The wind overturned
the wagon, and carried it across the prai-
rie in hundreds of pieces. A Marsh
harvester in the wagon, was badly brok-
en-. At Mr.. Whites house considerable
damage was done, the kitchen, in which
the family were gathered, was torn away
and the house uprooted Mrs. White
was somewhat bruised, as was also Miss
Jennie Sharp, visiting there.
The severest cyclone passed through
the southern part of the county, striking
Falun about four o'clock. In that To-
cality considerable damage was done on
its route, and sad havoc it made Mr..
Peter Peterson, living near Maj. Forsse,
lost his wife and daughter, aged six
years, and had his house and all his per-
sonal effects blown to the four winds
Mr.. Peterson was in the field breaking
when it struck his place, and he was
thrown to the ground and blinded by
the dust. When he regained his feet
and was able to see he could not realize
for time where he was, so completely
was everything swept away. But such
sad revelation as awaited him When
he began search after his family the first
discovered was the lifeless form of his
wife, badly bruised and mangled. At a
distance from her lay his daughter, dead,
her limbs having been broken below the
knees, and her body bruised Added to
the crushing blow came the realization
that he had not home nor anything
pertaining thereto-everything gone 1t
was a sad tale he related to us.
Another fatal case is reported at the
place of Mr.. John Burquist, ten miles
southwest. Mr.. Burquist's buildings
were all blown down, and his father
standing in the door of the house, was
instantly killed.
We have not space nor time to enter
into the details of all the reports We
gather, as many are conflicting and the
names and localities mixed. But we give
summary, which we believe is substan
TALLY correct: Peter and Nelson Oleson
II miles southwest of town, house ano
barn blown down both injured. John
son, Thompson and another man, neigh.
bors of Oleson, had their buildings de
stroyed. Peter Ekstram and William
johnson, near Burquist, houses anC
barns destroyed. Otto Larson, brother
in-law of John Nelson. house and barr
down; wife injured. Olof Nelson, An
derson and Carlson, Faulen, houses in
!, jured by walls falling in; Anderson
, wife badly bruised. Mr.. Ericsson, broth
er-in-law of Robert Graf, south of Brook
( vile, buildings destroyed and himsel
injured. Sundstrom, Swedenborg ant
John Eckholm, 10 miles south of town
buildings destroyed ; the wife of the lat
ter was sick in bed and sustained sever
injury by bruises and alright. JOIN
Haglers large two story house, near thu
county line, south, was blown into kind
ling wood; hog weighing 200 pound
was blown across the river, and lang
logs and trees were carried along lik
straws. August Ziebels house and fram
buildings, southeast, were entirely des
troyed, and August Bonds house dam
aged. Henry Miller lost his crops. j
Conrad and S. G. Long, were riding
across the prairie when the storm strucl
them, tearing the wagon into pieces ant
severely injuring their horses. The,
had narrow escape from being injured
by the debris. Mrs. Lubbers' storehous'
and outbuildings were damaged, as wer,
those OF Judge Prescott.
The bridge across Spring creek, a
Bavaria, was lifted from its place anc
| thrown across the railroad track.
| Reports from the Gypsum creek sec
ton, speak of heavy rain and hail
storms, but no very great damage wa'
done by the wind so far as we can learn
The damage to crops viii not be so heavy
as at first apprehended. The paths Of
the cyclones at their widest points did
not exceed over quarter of a mile il
width, and but for the hail the crop
damage would be nominal.
In every case where houses were
blown down, the household furniture
and clothing were scattered beyond re,
covery, and the people lose heavy in
these articles.
Quite number of cases are reported
of loaded wagons being lifted from the