The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-18

glass damaging the stocks within. The Mansion
House lost its TIN roof and several chimney, and
the slate roof of the new First Church was badly
damaged. The furniture house OF W L. smith =, o.
lost It's tin roof and chineys. while TIE Stock =;
the house heavily damaged by the rain. Several
tobacco barns demolished, and man nainsi
Dumpaey is reported to have been buried IN ths
ruins of one of them. Mr.. Edwards president OF the
northampton Bank. suffers great loss to ms me
lawn and shade trees
UNTrMELY FALL OF A CIRCUS TENT-sTRucz
BY LIGHTNING. ~ rs..-ftr
Providence Il. l.. July IT. 1879
The tents of circus partly Frustrated az
Phenix yesterday by the storm. causing per-
sonal injuries Mr.. Matteson. OF Coventry, had both
legs broken.
John Howland's house. at jamestown. and Lewis
Cars barn. in Warren, were sstruck by lightning
last night The former badly damaged, and the
latter was entirely burned. involving considerable
loss.
CROPS RUINED IN ULSTER CoUNTY-FALL OF
CHUNKS OF ICE. sfaat
RosDoUT. n. r.. July IT. 1879.
Persons from the Plattekil district partly
in the towns of Kingston and Saugerties report the
destruction by the tornado about four O'Clock yester
day afternoon indescribaDle Crops ruined.
Barns, fences and outhouses blown down:
dwellings denuded of window glass and cattle in
the fields were injured, not by hailstones, but by
large chunks OF ice which fell. Fuller's store at
Glasco struck by lightning and several sheds at
the same place were demolished The telegraph
lines in that direction are PROSTATE. Legs Mill,
three miles from Kingston. was much damaged.
DAMAGE FROM THE STORM ALONG THE HUD-
soN-TELEGRAPH WIRES DowN-INJURY TO
THE FRUIT CROP.
KINGSTON. n. Y. July II. 1879.
The excessive heat of the past few days. which
reached 1O2 degrees in the shade in this city yester
day. suddenly brought to end about three
o'clock P. NJ. by cool wave accompanied by a
we're storm OF wind and rain. The tornado swept
from the northwest. and came up su idenly that
few people prepared for it, Fences trees barns
and small buildings demolished in short order.
Telegraph poles blown down. lines FRUSTRATED.
and telegraphic communication stopped. Owing to
the telegraphic interruption the local newspapers
obliged to 60 to press without full Associated
Press reports The glass fronts OF two stores We're
blown out. boat containing two men was capsized
the river opposite Barrytown. They were tortu-
nately rescued by people who put out from the
shore. OF Saugerties light the sloop NJ. Adams. of
Jersey City, was capsized.
At Coxsackie. Hudson, Maiden and other river
points. vessels and small craft broke loose and
drifted out into the stream. Reports from Siam
tord Roxbury. Pratsville and other places in Della
and Greene counties. state that the damage to
property was large and that the fruit and other
crops were damaged to a large extent.
FRUIT.
Dispatches from Marlborough, Milton and other
places in the Southern Ulster fruit district that
considerable damage was done to the peach and
grape crop. Heavily loaded limbs of peach trees
were broken of aud many of the young trees planted
TERRIFIC THUNDER STORMS IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON. July II. 1879.
Dispatches to the Neos from northeastern Texas
give accounts Of heavy rains accompanied by terrific
thunder storms. Near Jefferson horses attached
to q wagon were killed, and Mr.. S. Thurman, their
kildare house was struck by lightning. lady
named Evans was killed and o child was badly in