The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-01
The Wind Storm at Bennington.
BryNlyeroN. Dec. 30, 1s7C

BENNINGTON, Dec. 30, 1876.
Editor Rut11nd G(o6e About s o'clock
last night we had the beginning of one of
those dreaded storms known around here
as a "Shirkshire, 50 and it increased in fury
until about l2 o'clock, WHEN il gradually
subsidized. During the time it was raging
the hardest there was IA great deal Of dam
age done, more than has taken rl,ce in
many years. With the wind came rain
and snow, interspersel with sigus, window
shutters, boards, pieces of fence and like
Articles, which made it very precautions Tor
a pedestrian who Happened to be unfort1r-
ate enough to he out. Among the persons
who owned property and suffered tie most
from the wind arc the following:
At the knitting mill of A. b. Valentine
a tall chimney on the east eide of ihe mill
and connected with the boilers blew over,
falling on the month addition and making a
complete wreck of it, and it will he ueccs-
sary to pull down two stories OF the build
inv, and rebuild it before it will be fit to
occupy. A considerable amOuut OF ma
Chinery was also DAMAGE.
a chimney standing near wn'ic The Car
ncy factory was burned wac blown over
y large chimney 81 George Rockwell ~
Co.'S, at their knitting mill, was blown
over, falling on the engine house, covering
up the engine and doing Considerslll dam
age. When this chimney fell the night;
Waterman, a man by the name Of Camp,
who was around looking after thinl', WIS
caught in tue debris and severely iaj'-tj,
breaking three Of his u,s and b|suising hin
" in a bsd manner,
Daring the gale the s.ceple ol The Bap-
list church had to sucCumh, and this mori-
ing lies in one huge macs Of rubbish. Scy-
eral families in that neighboghOod moved
out, fearing that it might come over, as 1t
has been in "a very sIahy condition for
Buine tine. TNCnly-geveu years az this
winter q steeplc Oh this church blew or
during ono OF these gale1.
Farther down NHin street in the vicinity
Of The new Second Congr %.stional
G4uych several families vacated u. 81 prem
ISIS egrly in the evening not daeminS it safe
90 seI3:al during the st0r1I, rs this church
hes very higb steeple, and OurinE the
tt construction ueio:c tie ti.rp,e
urlctCl the timbcrs blew oil and
through the roof of al adjoining
I' ;hs evening parties Of stslwo-t
ld IN the stree, watching, expect
p moment - see it fall, and were
rt.y > lend any assistance necessary in
case OF q Gre. Fortunately It did not fall
but was 50 badly wrencncd that Ii is
III '1-htI i will have to bc taken down. 1t
csltairiy +. not in a safe CONDITION "a it
nov is. This steeple stands about two
hundfed feet high, and On the top is an
iron scroll which weighs between nine and
ten hundred ponds. This piece of from
would not look well crashing through
some persons bed chamber about midnight.
The inside of this church was considerably
damaged, the wIenchiDg Of the linlbcrg
ratified off the plasterlng in several places,
and otherwise di-fguring il. Not a great
many persons suffered bodily Injuries, but
a large amount of property was destroyed.
Hardly a house in the village escaped.
During the evening two chimneys IN
Pleasant stree. lught fire inside and burnt
OUT, not dom any damage, but giving
folks a big sc.f', expecting every moment
to see the housC in flames. Fortunately
nothing of the Lind happened.
+. NJ. A.