The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
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was found in the cemetery; aud as no
farmer within five miles Of town. M
that direction, owned such, 1t was no
doubt conveyed that distance by the
terrible hurricane. The noise Of the
cyclone as it passed over and by was
of indcscribahle magnitude; 1t can-be
compared only to the terrible roaring
and surging of the angry sea whose
troubled waters cannot rest. Some
describe it a. seeming like the rush oil
q train Of cars. only OF immensely
greater volume; others compare 1t to
the hum Of bees at work around their
hives infinitely and indefinitely multi
piled. It's undulating progress saved
our CITY. and possibly a hundred lives.
II seemed to strike the earth ut nearly
REGULAR intervals Of eight TO ten miles
apart. 1t is singular how near it pass
cd six or seven villages, and in every
instance appeared to veer and raise so
opportunely. | have no doubt but that
the gratitude for deliverence cores
bonded with the narrowness of our
proximity to the awillness Of the peril
at least so far as it is possible for hui
man hearts to be grateful.
Shortly after the storm with its train
of accomplishments had passed away
to the northeast, we walked down
Main St to see and hear what we
could with reference to it. The side
walks were crowded with people bent
on the same GRAND, and as reports Of
disaster came in magnified ten-lold
under the strain of excitement, some
confusion prevailed. All united in
saving that it exceeded anything they
had ever seen. There was scarcely a
building but what on the east side had
suffered in the destruction Of glass
every sllylight being destroyed. Had
there been a strong gale of wind, the
damage by the hail would have been
large. What there was that accom-
panied the rain and hail as contra-dIs-
tinguishcd from the tornado came from
the east and northeast, while the lat
ter came directly from the southwest.
As the sun sank and the twilight deep
ened, the sky i'll the west from the
horizon to the zenith became clear, and
scene of rare beauty and grandeur
was presented. ualos Of gold spark
led and glinted around the sun, vari-
gated with rays of crimson, violet.
orange and silver, many-tinted and
hued, that shot forth in every direction
with dazzling brightness. In the east
was suspended that dense, sable, I'M
dulent mass Of nimbus cloud, its rag
ged edges standing against the sky in
clear relief, marching maiestic'lly on
ward with irresistible power, uashing
aside every obstacle in its pathway,
and leaving death and destruction,
suffering and sorrow in its wake. The
air was hot, almost sitting; and from
the moist earth fairly steamed great
volumes of mist. Latcrin the evening
Il fierce rain and thunderstorm sudden
" came up, causing the thinly-attehd-
ed churches to be quickly cmptied and
the worshipers to hurry to their re-
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OF the incidents and accidents re-
sultng from this destructive death,
storm. | could warrant sufficient to fiji
both sides Of the News. But, the
editors space and the correspondence
time are too cramped to allow of eX
tended detail. The cyclone seems tC
have started in Nebraska; travelling
eastward, it crossed the Missouri, anC
then assumed larger proportions; ar
irving at Wall Lake, in this (Sac,
county, it silt in two segments, ont
going nearly due north, the other north
east, aid both on the Minnesota line
No damage was done in that state b,
the wind. However, this storm wa
but a spur, perhaps the sharpest de
fined, Of general storm that wa
bounded by the Gulf Of Mexico on tn
) south and Hudson's Bay on the north
and from the continental Rockies o.
= the west to the head-waters Of tn
Ohio on the east. OF its extent, pro
> gress and results, you are doubtles
informed ere this. So near as can b
ascertained not far from 20 lives wer
, lost by the local cyclone Of which W
more particularly speak, and 80 pei
u sons are seriously injured, with an III
y known number more or less slight
{ injured. In this county two lives wei
y lost. A. NJ. Owen, five miles soutl
y west of here had barely time to q
. his family into a root-cellar before h
IT house was carried bodily away; one
IL his houses was carried 80 rods.
1t Crawford county 4 of q family of
u persons were killed. At Wall Lal
u most Of the people took refuge in Il
&c depot, 10O-foot building; the torn
Il do-would have made short work Of i
. and them, too, but it only struck Il
4, western edge of the village, tearil
y down eight houses. At Carroll a vel
J. large and fine Catholic church WI
l. blown into a mass Of wrecked al
broken lumber. Wherever the cyclol
id struck a stream or lake the water w
he sucked and the adjacent county foode
i At Storm Lake, a body of water 5
a miles, the waves were so feet hig
l. ard eye-witnesses say "millions
is barrels of water were lifted up" II
OF pretty and thriving city of Storm Lal
he had narrow escape, the cyclone wee
p ing half-a-mile south to the east.
es mile south woman was killed. Stlau,
OF freaks took place at some points. Th
81 house in Buena Vista county W
lg blown 80 rods northeast and scho
We house few rods west of the house W