The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-31
A TORNADO AT THE EAST.

severe Storm of Wind, Rain and
Hail i'm Massachusetts = Great DE.
struction to Life and Property.
BOSTON, Mass July 16.
One of the severest tempests ever ex-
perienced here swept over the city this
afternoon. The duration of the storm,
at its greatest violence, was about
twenty-five minutes, and in that period
great damage was done to life and
property.
Reports from various points down the
harbor contain accounts of serious dam
age and distressing accidents. Many
small yachts and other boats were cap
sized. The most serious disaster yet re-
ported is thatof the small schooner Myr-
tie, of Charleston, having on board six
persons, consisting of four women, q
man and a boy. The schooner was cap
sized off Bold Island, and all excepting
the man, Thomas Durham, who chung
to the mast, were drowned. The
women we're Margaret Durham, wife
of Thomas; Mary Ann Durham and
Susan Durham, sisters; Lizzie Dun
ham, his niece, and a boy named Ar
thur Ryan.
A boy named Walter Hittenhame
was also drowned by the capsizing of a
boat off Hull.
The damage throughout the city can
hardly be estimated at present, but
will probably amount to many thou
sand 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 were unroofed. Chin
neys toppled over, and the flood in
some of the streets formed river sew
eral inches deep. One man was killed
by falling chimney.
The loss in glass alone will amount
to several thousand dollars. Many
fine trees on Boston Common and in
the Public Garden were felled by the
wind.
The hurricane struck Nantasket
Beach about half-past five. The Albion
House, a large hotel, and two large
barns belonging to the hotel, were
completely wrecked, burying Charles
O. Hara, q driver, and Anna Oglesby,
cook, beneath the ruins. The former
is badly bruised, and the latter had her
shoulder dislocated and was otherwise
injured. Thompson's photograph car
was blown to splinters, and Charles
Acker, the artist, received injuries
which will probably prove fatal.
A coach was overturned and the
three-year-old child of w. H. Joy, of
South Weymouth, was killed.
PuTSFIELD Mass Julv 16
This afternoon a tornado from the
west struck the southern suburbs. Two
persons were killed and three or four
wounded, some fatally. Buildings were
unroofed and blown down. Hundreds
of trees were leveled, and fully $15, 600
or $40, 600 damage done.
A black cloud springing up suddenly
in the west, while the thermometer in
Dictated eighty-six degrees, was the first
warning of an approach of the storm.
In fifteen minutes the sky was so black
that gas had to be lighted in the stores.
Rain, mingled with hail, rushing wind
and almost incessant lightning and
thunder made the storm memorable,
even if it had not been SO disastrous.
In the village little or no damage
was done, the tornado taking q course
from west to southeast about half q
mile from the business portion. To-
ward the western part it first struck
the Kellogg place, occupied by Thorn
as Payne. The wall of the kitchen
part of the house was blown in, and
the barn completely demolished, wag.
ons smashed, and hay blown away.
Following along the valley to the
southeast, It leveled hundreds of trees
Bridget Tate's house, nextin its course,
was unroofed and the barn demolished
but the inmates escaped unframed.
Pomeroy's factory was unroofed, the
surrounding tenements damaged, and
the building known as the Tammany
blown to pieces. In the building were
Matthew Collins, ten years of age, who
was crushed beneath the debris, and
John Collins, his brother, had both
arms and jaw broken, and an old mar
named Mathsrn was very severely
injured.