The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

Terrible New England storm.
BOSTON, July l6.-Soon after 4
O'Clock this afternoon q storm of ter
riic violence burst over this city.
The duration of the storm was
about 20 minutes, and 10 that period
great damage was done to life and
property. Many small Yachts and
other boats were cap-'1 ID, but the
most serious disaster y.s reported is
the capsizing of the small schooner
Myrtle, Of Charlestown, having on
board six persons-.our women, q
man and a boy. All excepting the
man, Thomas Durham, who chung to
the topmast, were drowned. Their
names were Margaret Durham (wife
of Thomas). Mary Ann Durham and
Susan Durham (sisters), Lizzie Dun
ham (his niece) and Arthur Ryan.
The bodies were recovered by Q tug
and brought to this city. A boy
named Walter Hittenhame was also
drowned by the capsizing of q boat
off Hull. The damage throughout
the city can hardly lbe ascertained
at present, but will probably amount
to many thousand dollars. In the
southwestern part of the town it was
particularly severe. Hail fell in
large quantities, and q large number
of windows were broken. Many
trees were blown down, and some
houses ~unroofed, ~chimneys toppled
over, and the food in some OF the
streets formed a stream several inches
in depth. Along the wharves are
many anxious people inquiring about
the fate of friends who left the city
to-day OF excursions of various kinds.
Greasy and Moves planning mill, on
Wareham street, was struck by light
ming and took FIRE, but was quickly
extingulshed. A fireman employed
on the premises was buried in the
ruins of a falling chimney. Work
men are now digging for the body.
On Washington street the Catholic
cathedral, Madison block and the
Metropolitan Hotel were damaged
by hail and had windows broken.
The storm seemed to come from the
southwest.
The hurricane struck Nantasket
Beach about half.past FIVE. The AL
bion House, a large hotel, and two
large barns belonging to the hotel
were completely wrecked, burying
Charles O'Hars, a driver and Anna
Oglesby, a cook, beneath the ruins.
The former was badly bruised; the
latter had q shoulder dislocated and
was otherwise injured. both external
ly and internally. Thomson's photo
graph car was blown to splinters, !
and Charles Ackert, the artist, re-
ceived injuries which will probably
prove fatal. A coach was overturn-
ed, and a three-year old child of W.
II. Joy, of South Weymouth, was
killed.
FITCHBURG, Mass, July l6.-One
of the worst tornadoes that ever Wis
tied this vicinity passed over the city
to-day. 1t lasted but three minutes,
aud all the damage was done in that
time. The spire of the Universslist
church was hurled into Main street.
The tin roof of the City Hail was
launched into the street. The easter
ly wall of the extension to the City
Hall, which vas in process of con-
struction, was blown down and sew
eral workmen narrowly escaped being
buried in the ruins. Nearly all Of
the trees along the street from the
Fitchburg Hotel to the Episcopal
church were blown down or broken
off, as were several on other streets.
Many houses lost all their chimneys,
seven falling from the Fitchburg Ho-
tel. The damage to the City Hall is
estimated at 81, 600.
P~ITTsFIELD, Mass July 16.-At
2:30 this afternoon q tornado from
the west struck the southern suburbs.
Two persons were killed and three or
four wounded, some fatally. Build
ings we're unroofsd and blown down.
hundreds OF trees leveled, and fully
SIS, 600 or SIC 5000 damage done.
At East Hampton, Mass, Pome-
roy's block was unroofed, but North
ampton suffered the most. Her IA
nous eIms, some of them three feet
in diameter, were torn up by the
roots, and PROSTATE trees were scat
tered everywhere through the town.
The Mansion House was also unroof-
ed. Other towns ~thereabout suffered
generally from PROSTATE crops and
trees. At Berlin, Mass. o barn OVID
ed by Madame Rudersdorff was de-
molished, a man named Cheney and
two horses being instantly killed q
mar named Nourse injured, beyond
hope of recovery, and two men, named
Marshal and Baker, seriously injured.
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