The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-18

The q rcat Nantaske @ Storm.
IMMENSE LOSS aoFs LIFE AND PRoPERTY-At
I WHOLE FAMILY DRowNED--B.UILDIN 81
= BLOWN DOWN AND sPLISTERED-THR1LL1NGi
DETAILS OF THE BLOW. .ts2&
.BosToS, July 17.-During the storm yes
terday at aNantasket the house OF w. H.
Lee, on Centre House Hill, was blown to!
spliuters. A new grocery-store was blown
over and driven through the side OF Lin,
coins Caf9.l The skaiibg-rink.and connec-.
tions were blown to shreds, and q barn, in,
which were two ladies and three gentlemen,
was lifted and carried eight feet, and two
or the men badly bruised.
Many boats and, yachts. We're lost, and the
occupants rescued with, difficulty A yacht!
capsized or the beach, and four persons
were drowned. ..-.,.y "a go
The bodies Of three unknown men wash
cd ashore at the Hull. r.. ~ ~. asa,
Two yachts capsizpd near, Governors
island, and one man. two women, and two
children were drowned.
Captains on the Boston and Nantasket
lines say they never experienced such
gale before. Many hundred panes OF glass
were smashed by large hail which fell. The
loss at Nantasket is estimated at from $780,
900 to $4,000.
The spire on the Adams Academy, at
Quincy, was blown off. Other damage was
done.
a large windmill used for the Boston
and Providence Railroad Company for
pumping water at the eagine-house at
Dedham was completely demolished.
a house near Dokdale station was struck
by lightning and badly damaged.
Reports from Danvers, Port North, Bev-
crly, Marblehead, Sangus, Nahant, Salem,
Lynn. and other points Immediately sur
rounding Boston, give accounts OF more or
less damage, but report no loss OF life.
One OF the most melancholy incidents OF
the storm is the sad fate Of the Dundon
family OF Cbarlcstown. A party number
ing six persons, consisting Of Thomas Dur
don, engineer on board Of the light-shiD at
Woods Holl; his wife, two sisters-8Tary
Ann and Susan Dundon-hls niece, Lizzie
Charlestown about 81 O'Clock in the yacht
Myrtle, and passed the early portion Of the
day below. Seeing the approaching storm,
Dundon made sail for the city, and was met
| BY squall on Birds Island Flats, off East
Boston Point. Finding it impossible to
reach the city, Dundon placed his wife, her
two sisters and niece in the yachts tender.
Before the boy and himself could get on
board the tender was blown away from the
yacht and swamped, the yacht meeting the
same fate. Dundon was forward when the
yacht went down, and chung to the mast as
| long as it was out of water. Then he
drifted toward the shore, and was picked
| up in IN exhausted condition by the tug
| Vim, which had brig in tow. All the
| bodies were recovered except that Of Susan
Dundon and Arthur Ream.
At Newton there was great damage.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTROUS
EFFECTS OF THE sToRM-GREAT LOSS OF
LIFE REPORTED. .
Boston, ly'17.-Additiona particulars
| have been received Of the destructive eff
fects OF the storm which swept over Massa.
chusctts yesterday. At Northampton most
OF the elm trees, for which the city is
| famous, were Frustrated, many houses IN.
| rooted, and several tobacco. barns demol-
| ished One OF the latter buried 4 man in
it's ruins. The loss OF life is greater than al
first supposed. Captain TcrriIl, Of the
schooner II. W. Foster, was washed over
board at Hull and drowned. A sloop was
seen to oyerturn off Bakers island, near
Salem, and all on board are known
to have been drowned. An unknown boy
was washed off yacht in the harbor
and drowned, and the rest of the crew were
picked up by the steamer Stamford. John
Berry, of South Boston, was drowned. at
Dover, Mass, an unknown man was killed
and the Town Hall demolished. An un-
known man was killed by lightning back OF
Rock.Lake HOuse, NantaSket Brookline
suffered heavy losses, the steeple of the
Baptist church being blown to the ground
and the Town Hail badly damaged. HYDE
Park and other suburban towns all report
heavy losses and general damage to property
of all descriptions. Two bodies were
washed ashore at Hull aud identified as
Charles Bacon, OF Boston, and Mr..
Churchill. Two boats capsized of Scituate,
and Thomas Harris, OF Scituate, Lewis
Paul, and another man OF Boston, were
drowned. >--
Charles Baxter, aged twenty-five, and
Marcelus Belt, aged twenty-five, were
drowned yesterday off Long Island by the
capsizing OF their boat. The house Of Mrs.
Hayden, at South Braintree, was partially
destroyed by the storm, and herself and a
young lady seriously injured.
THE EFFECT AT PITTsFIELD.
PIrTsFIELD, Mass, July 17.-Tbe tor
nado yesterday did great damage TO build
ings. fences, trees, and shrubbery. Follow
ing the tornado came second thunder
shower with pouring rain. The shower
extended all over the country, and was ac-
eompanled, particularly in Lanesboro', with
hail-stOnes OF enormous size, some mea.
surfing seven inches in circumference. The
crops are greatly damaged.
HEAVY STORM AT CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, July ia heavy storm
prevailed here this afternoon. Several
small houses were blown down and shrub
berry demolished Wethon's boiier-works
and Lindsar's storehouse were struck by
lightning. -.