The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-10
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
A Furious Storm Carrying Death
and Destruction.
WALLlNGFORD'S CALAMITY.
Nearly Sixty Persons Killed
and Injured.
AHUNDRED BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
Lists of the Dead, Injured
and Missing.
DAMAGE ELSEWHERE.
Northern New York Visited
Watertown Flooded.
Lists of the Dead, Injured
and Missing.
DAMAGE ELSEWHERE.
Northern New York Visited
Watertown Flooded.

About a hundred buildings were overturned or
demolished in the track Of the storm and about
slxty persons killed and MANNED.
THE KILLED. !.
Twenty-one bodies have been recovered up to
midnight Among the killed were the following
pcrsons:-- Ma ..sr
Mrs. MARGARET MOONEY. ..
JOHN MOONEY AND WIPE. ..e
MATTHEW MOONEY.
CORNELIUS CHILD.
TRACY AND WIFE
Mrs JOSEPH Hubby AND INFANT CHILD.
FREDERICK LITTLEwOoD.
Mrs. JOHN BOYLE.
Mrs JOHN LYNCH
JOHN CAsHTN, aged sixteen.
A YOUNG DAUGHTER OF ROBERT SAUNDERS.
THOMAS DAlLY's CHILD.
Mrs. K DOwNEs
JOHN PADDEN, aged forty.
KATIE COUGHLIN.
PATICK O'NEIL'S CHILD.
JOHN HAYDEN, aged six
These are all certainly among the killed, and 1t ia
possible that one or two more are among the
ruins
PERSONS INJURED
PATRICK O'NEIL, head and shoulder badly cut
MARY HEALY, aged sixteen, is dying
JOHN CLYNE, aged forty, had his arm broken.
JOHN CASAlN, aged sixteen, skull fractured.
JOHN PADEN AND WIFE, badly wounded.
HENRY SAUNDERS, leg broken.
MARY ANN ROURK, aged fifteen, dying.
Mrs. COUGHLIN, badly injured
MARY TRACY, wounded.
JOHN, son Of Frederick Iittlewood. dying.
Four of Thomas Matthew'S family wounded.
Two women in John Munson's family injured.
CHARLES PARMELEE. leg hurt
MICHAEL KELLY, internally Injured
HENRY JONES, hurt about head.
PATRICK O'NEILL'S child hurt.
PATRICK COGHLAN, injuries unknown.
LAURENCE DOwNES and daughter, injured
BADLY; the latter dying
Many others whose uames could not be ascer-
tanned were hurt.
STILL SEARCHING FOR BODIES.
The number OF dead bodies found IL twenty one.
There Ia good reason to believe, however. that all
the bodies have not yet been found, and search IL
still going on.
The loss on property destroyed Il estimated ut
$l5oOoo, most OF which fails upon mechanics and
workmen In the factories
TEIEGRAPHIc COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
The telegraph wires and poles were blown down,
an Oh
with New Haven on the south, or Meriden or Hart
ford TO the north. Word was finally sent by the
up seven O'Clock train to the latter two cities and
on the next down express which leaves MerIden
at hal:-past seven O'Clock p NJ, came physicians
and help arriving at the scene. s
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The town was found to DO In an uproar. The
greatest excitement prevailed and the widest ru-
mors were anoat as 70 the loss Of iife.-. ON. the
Meriden train came seven physicians, and the teie-
graph manager to repair the wires. Systematic
measures were at once taken to gather together
and nifty the dead and care for the wounded.
TRACK OF THE sroRx.
1t was found that the tornado had been cd
the whole damage and loss OF life had occurred ON
the sand plains about quarter Of o mile north Of
the railroad station, the line OF the New Yor
New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
now IT BEGAN
At six O'Clock, while the men were leaving the
several factories In the vicinity it began TO rain
gently, and IN q very few minutes the rain In
creased to perfect deluge, while the lightning
Illuminated the darkened sky untilm was.as bright
rs day. and the thunder rolled with continuous and
deafening roar without q seconds warning, .
tornado OF wind, mingled with hail and rain swept
across the northern part OF tho town from
west to east and everything movable in it, track
was carried away. II seemed to last but mo
nent, but its results were frightfuL Afterward q
tight rain fell which soon passed on, and at eight
o'clock when the train arrived with help from
Meridcn the heavens were clear ana the moon
shons brightly
FORTY DWELLINGS BLOWN DOWN.
BY actual count forty dwelling houses we're de-
mollshed.
PAINFUL SPECTACLE
The scene was heartrending one. The wooden
houses were carried clear OH the foundations from
few feet TO an eighth Of mile In the lime Of the
tornado nothing was left standing, and on each
side OF Its track lesser amount Of
damage was done, the chimneys especially
suffering. The Catholic Church (wooden) and
tho new brick High school were totally demolished.
Ehs top OF the BRICK tactor1 Of the waluneiard