The daily gazette., 1878-08-10
FOURTH EDITION
The Tornado I'm New England

Of AMI
TWENTY PERSONS KILLED-MANy 9TH
ERs woUNDED--FoRTY DWELLINGS
AND FIFTY BARNS DEMOLISHED.
Boston, Aug. "a succession of
showers, accompanied by heavy thunder
and vivid lightning, visited this st ction
to-day, and considerable damage Is re-
ported at various points. At Rye Beach,
n. H., the shower at noon is reported as
having been terrific, and accompanied by
hail and violent wind, the latter being
quite wide IN its path, and blowing dow n
whole sections OF woodland. The bow
ling alley of G.. A. Jeness was completely
wrecked. The doors of the postoffice
were blown down and the building was
flooded with water. The chimney of s.
B Spears boarding-house was blown
down. A small boarding-house near the
bathing beach was blown over. The
bridge at the bathing beach was demo-
lished and several of the buildings were
more or less injured. A small boarding
house on the beach, owned by n. L,
Cate, of Nortbwood, n. H., occupied by
about twenty people, was split in two, but
fortunately the inmates escaped injury.
Whole acres of woodland are blown
over, and nearly all the chimneys in the
track of the storm are blown down. No
lives were Ilost
WALLINGFoRD, Conn. Aug "a ter
rible tornado passed over Wallingford
about 6 O'Clock this evening, and blew
over houses, uproOted trees and caused
the greatest devastation. tits estimated
that the killed will number at least twen-
ty, while the wounded reach twice that
number. The telegraph wires and poles
were blown down so that II was impos-
81 BILE to communicate directly with New
Haven or outside points. After the tor
nado passed it was found that it had been
confined to a belt of territory about a
half mile wide, and the whole damage
and loss of life had occurred on the sand
plains about a-quarter of a mile Porth of
the railroad station, near the line of the
New York, Hew Haven and Hartford
railroad. At six o'clock, while the men
were leaving their several factories in the
vicinity, IL began to rain gently. In a
| few minutes the rain increased to per-
feet deluge, while the lightning illumina-
ted the darkened sky as bright as day,
| and the thunder rolled with continuous
| and deafning roar. Without a seconds
warning a tornado wind, mingled with
hail and rain, swept across The northern
part of the town from west to east, and
everything movable in its track was car
ried away. 1t seemed to last but a mo-
ment, bur its results were frightful. After
wards light rain fell which soon passed
we'd with aid from Meriden, the heavens
were clear and the moon shown brightly
By actual counting forty dwelling houses
were demolished and at least fifty
| barns.
The following are among the killed
nearly all by houses falling on them: In
the Plains school house, on the children's
desk, lay the bodies of Mrs. Margaret
Mooney, Johh Mooney and wife and
Matthew Maoney, Cornelius, child Mr.
Tracy and wife, Mrs. Joseph Hudly and
an infant child, Frederick Littlewood
Mrs. John Boyle and Mrs. John Lynch
making l2 in all. Besides John Cashin
aged 16 young daughter of Robert
saunders, and Thos. Daily's child, Mrs
f. Downes, Katie Couhlin, aged 10, p.
O'Neirs child, John Hayden, aged &, ar,
all certainly among the killed, and it i.
possible Que or two more are among the
ruins.
In addition Patrick O'Neill had hi,
head and shoulder badly cut; Mar,
Healey, aged IL, is dying; John Clyne
= aged 10, had his arm broken John Cash
IN, aged l6, skull fractured John RAIDER
and wife, badly wounded Henry Saund
ers, leg broken; Mory Ann Rourk, age,
10, dying Mrs. Coughlin, badly injured
Mary Tracy, wounded John, a son o
Frederick Littlewood, dying; four o
Thomas Mat lews' family Injured Chas
Parmelo leg hurt; Michael Kelly
wouneed internally Henry Jones, hur
ahoue the head Patrick O'Nel an1
chid; Patrick Coughlin. injuries un
, known Lawrence Downes, injured bad
, ly, and daughter dying, and many other.
whose names could not be ascertaincd
lhe scene was a hearrenderiug one
The wooden houses were carried cleat
Oft their foundations from f-w feet 1,
; an eight OF Il mile. In the line of tn,
tornado nothing was left standing. aut
, on each side Of its track lesser damag,
was done, cAimneys especially suffer- NO
The Catholic church, wooden and IN,
new brick high school were totally de
7 lnollshcd. Fires were communicated I,
e the ruins in many cases by lamps an,
/. stoves, and but for the rain the horror q
: the affair would have been greatly N
creased.
: There were mlny incidents The yout
Matthew Mooney was standing on
railroad track when struck by the flu
orce Of the tornado. He was picked II
FL ~ feet away, almost beheaded' Mr. r
Huldy had her child in her arms; wbe
picked up both were dead and almos
, scalpe0. Fred. Littlewood was killed b
/ flying tim Der as he was coming HON
: from work. -Four females relatives {
: John Munson were buried in the celia
5 of the house when blown down, aud
: took long while to get them out 1t Wa
- reported they were killed. but whe
I found two were injured slightly, til
y other two escaping. Dwelling hous
o were swept out of existence and barr
lifted clear off the hay contained ther,
in, the latter being left standing, and tt
roofs of innumerable houses taken Of
The railroads tracks were not disturbe,
and trains are running as usual. Phys
clans have arrived, aud the selectma
have telegraphed Governor Hubbal
asking that the local militia company /
called out to render aid.
| II the wounded die, at most the deatl
| list Will not exceed thirty. The less
property is abaut $40 900.
The tornado did considerable dana,
to HropertY at and about Menden 90