The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
The Anti-AIonopolist;.

it resembled the snorting of severa
steamers letting off steam together
They heard it about five minutes be
fore it arrived at the house, and about
the same time after it had passed over
it. A large bush and an ash tree
which were in the garden, at the
south end of the house, were torn W
by the roots, and swept into an adjoin
ing field. A large cock of hay was
also scattered about, as were also
several cocks belonging to a widow
named M'Keon, whose hay was situa.
ted in field to the northeast of Dool.
ey's house. During the day, on Tues.
day, it was found that the damage
sustained by the DooleYs and their
neighbors was very slight when COM
pared with the ravages made else.
where by this extraordinary tornado.
It appeared it commenced it's course
Of devastation convenient to the ce-n-
etery of Faughart, about two miles
from Dooley's house, where several
cocks of hay, the property of Mr..
Byrne, were tossed about and blown
through the country. The tornado
next passed through field belonging
to Mr.. P. O'Hagan, P. L. G., in which
he had flax in stocks, and completely
carried off the flax from a stripe Of
the field about ten perches in width,
and extending along the whole length
of the field. Some of the fax was
found in the adjoining fields, while
good deal of it was carried off to
no one knows where. From Mr.. o.
Hagan's field it passed over field of
OATS, stripe of which, about the
same extent as in the flax field, it
leveled to the ground as effectually as
if rolling stone had been drawn over
it. In the next field there were four
cocks of hay belonging to Mrs. CASH
dy, and two of these were SO COM
pletely swept off that no trace of the
hay could be found in the surrounding
country,
On the fence at the north Of Mr..
Cassidy's field there were some trees
and large bushes, and these were torn
up by the roots, and some Of the trees
carried six perches away from where
they had been growing. A planta-
ton about half mile long and about
four perches wide was situated a little
to the northwest of where the trees
and bushes were annihilated. The
course hitherto taken by the tornado
was in the northeastern direction, but
it would appear as if it was determin-
ed to become engaged with more OBJ
stinate opponents than stocks OF flax,
cocks of hay, or solitary trees. Ac-
cordingly it turned towards the wood
and made short work of the stately
trees with which it was thickly plant
ed. More than $50 trees yielded to the
terrific force Of the whirlWind. Some
of these were torn up by the roots,
others were broken few feet from
the ground, some were lying with
their branches towards the north, and
others in opposite directions. The
is the property Of Mrs. Cas-
sell, formerly of Claret Rock, and is at
present in the possession of Mrs.
Jones. Passing out of the plantation,
the tornado turned again towards the
and met nothing to impede
it's passage until it came to Dooley's
house and garden. From this point it
passed over a portion of Ravendale
Park where few trees were knock
ed DOWN across the mountain of An
naverna, and over to WarrenpOint.
where it is reported it demolished the
of that town. Standing on
Mr.. OHagan's field one could see the
course taken by the whirlwind for
about u mile. 1t was mOstx for
tunate that no houses or cattle were
in its way, for no house would be able |
to withstand such terrific force as
was cable nf twisting and breaking
the trunks of trees six feet in circum-
ference. Had there been houses in |
this course, or had there been people |
in the fields over which it |
swept, the consequences would un-
luestionably be most melancholy and
Dooley's house was the only one
that stood in the way, and that house ,
was situated in most favorable posi-
ton to withstand the shock. being a
low house built four or five feet below
the level of the road. 1t is needless
to say that the people in the neighbor-
hood were filled with terror and alarm
On finding such a terrible engine of
destruction had passed through their
midst. Such a violent and destruc-
tive Whirlwind has never been heard
Of in this part of the country, nor do
we believe in any part of Ireland. The
only persons who heard the fearful
of the wind, or witnessed
any of its devastating powers, were
the blacksmith and his wife. and two
sons. The father states that he was
out on the night of s.the big wind"
and that the tempest on that occa-
sion was mild when compared with the
fury and force of the tornado on Tues
day morning. Large numbers visited
Claret Rock and Frughart during the
week to see the effects of the storm.
It would be simply impossible to de-
scribe its effects in Mrs. Cassell's
wood. Those who would desire to see
the results of this extraordinary whirl-
wind should visit the wood before the
trees are removed.