The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-11
vol. NO. 345.
THE WORK OF THE TORNADO.
TTFNTr-sRrIX TLRSONS KTLLED and
ELEVJN OTIfERS DYING.
rIuy.Gvc buildings ucmuiishcd or BADLY
shattered \ School building Turned into
- Chnrnei House The Last of Two Fnmi-
lies among tho Dying -uenrtrendina Scenes.

WALLiNuPuRp' NuE lp'-At O'Clock last
evening tho employees OF the Nnllingl0rd lac
'Orica and shops stopped work and started Tor
heir hOmcs in eruup.. Us usual They saw.
laul.ing like pal ON Mount Lamcutation.
% tho west a Mcrldcn md the northwest OF
NWlhgford. cloud OF inky hlNckncss and
DIR dcning appearance. Over to the eastward
Ms another dark cloud and both seemed TO bo
ipprrachine Wnlling'ord very slowly. Higzw
iehlning played among tho dark folds Of thcec
clouds. aud tho aceno was strange enough to
urnN the attention Of class lito given
detecting anything grand or unusual
tho manner in which storms come. The
Wind seemed W h, blowing from the southeast,
and il was thought that neither cloud would
burst Oyor tho village. still they ramc nearer
lnd ~ they approached they assumed tho form
oi upright columns OF donso material, both
moving toward n point in tho heavens directly
ovor the Wallneiord plains About nm hour
after these slowly moving columns were nrst
observed. tho eroutS oi people watching Them
Jaw their speed Increase and tho flashes OF
irhtnng bccomo moro intense in thcr bright
ncss. They also saw cloud column OF snowy
Nhitcness moving between tho black CON
yerging clouds. and apparently whirling down
upon the Inflated town with lightning velocity
from over the aummils OF the blue hills to the
nonhward. There wac dcathlkc stiffness in
Me air. and every living thing seemed 70 sense
ihc impending calamity. lew drops OF rain
,au' FACTORING down
Meanwhile the snow white column Of cloud
s,,l.d hv co,un,ns ~ o,rs,i ,,i,,. 80. s,.,r,
W NV'""'"' W WI va" N"'NN S"'"
Gown upon the place with terrible swiitneSs
Men started to run for their houses to warn
hoir vivca ana childrcr liant ,hcv had hardly
"u'I N'cs anu cn'I"r'h' put my NM h"r"V
hrted before the Storm with IFS fun Jury was
49, 49,, r'' ''." ",''' W W.,
inv 7,o," s'N'p"u W "v9'' n' i"7' upon uo
iulo lake that liC- TO tile northwRrd # the
lepol In an inelaut the lake became n aec,h-
- ,AI.,..,, mn, - - -. e.. !,
NJ Whirlpool Thps" who wore watching II
say that they could SEQ it, elbow bottom whcro
no winters had been whirlcd into tho
air in whIto foam. Drawn mn by tho
whrlwind. tho wpors overlooked with
srnnd awcnn tho l,nJ ia ia, ,a-t,.rI ,t tbo
'ot VIZ o,c, hn, -,
o change iis direction. 1t hal been moving
,outh,ycs, huI ,o,, i, .,,.o,, .,.,,,,t g., a., .s,
ward anu passed M over tho hin Just north of
NE centre Of the village. II had assumed the
iorn Of n revolving column ~ white amid fran,
~ -" -, i''V"nhE ."t"""" ~ WIN 7'n' ll"''
ne Walllngiord plains. branches OF trees
ni piocos Of board and whatever
,.ia A.. d.o ,,,.n ~ -.
9"'u W u,"N" WIZ" Unv n'''on's
the whirlNmt NhirlinE with awful
relOrty and moving alopl, tho earth with terrific
orro uls lrrcs'S'ihe mass cainr IN contact
,,rucclo win ,he chiefs Inn, worc in ii. MIN.
a"Et ,h WI" u'e o"I'' Va" WERE IN ~ po'h'
Hp "ob "cio V'uSh'u ~ u'ns' me Whltl-
Wind had presented an unyi"ldng front Of solid
material. Black with The ruins Of shattered
buildings The whrlwind went sweeping up
Colony street upiopting trees and demulshiug
aousee The 1ildines werc lcvrllcd t. the
;pon hen ms eo" Tic "Ch ni n r W Ma i' ni
acnp of boards aud -J,n'"red timhers, From
nus pom, necourreo' inc whIr'w "a vas upand
oyer TIC hill toward tho .nir' oi he town. hut
Nttl1 70 INC northNrid. Here and m r.. SOON
lnEV rlght IN Nir track ~ VA" cyclone. o. ca
nonM nuid,ngs M,rc III unimGf'd ana al
D. Il untruche II. while within Few ."Ht Of them
NE torr.tc forcr OF tllc elements had been dis
played IN Nc twisting OF NE pnh OF som.
Is fury While sweeping over the sand plains
Rut h nnrh uannie WINS dnnnn ~ l'1 .m .n..ils' ~
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,lp'Hran,e TO he ce',w'aoi i''' lli "- n,neh
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sisnstar ,nuiiiIiirI Ly ih' rnasti,, ~ ,r.
wing belnlrss from wounds ThSSp iii Ino,'i'
$50, to III sf,,' l'oir tn,,t ~ T. i,
ioors of tho brick SCHOOL, "is' On III, systrl't
s"r" thro,yn ann ana n IA r,n'ic ~ do,
house. in one lomao' n,st n6ril nitI. Cat6nli,
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