News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-06-29
The Vermont Cyclone.

We give below some particulars OF
the Monday gale, as given in the Ar
gus, by the Tunbridge correspondent.
We can see what we had of it was but
trifiing (although we lost some of our
fine shade trees), compared with the
effects in other sections of the State:
1.-The cyclone on Monday OF last
week was quite disastrous in this sec
ton. A few minutes after one O'Clock
the sky was darkened, and in the
southwest part of the town two cur
rents of air met, and proceeded in a
nortGeasterly direction through the
town, the tornado continuing about
ten minutes. The village known as
the Tunbridge market, with its hand
some shade trees and nice flower yards
was almost instantly transformed into
a ruin. ChimnGys were nearly all blown
from the houses from 80 to 20 shade
trees were blown into the street, and
on to the buildings, so much so that it
was over an hour before large COM
pany of men could clear the main
street for teams to pass. The build
ings on the Tunbridge Fair Ground
were all levelled to the ground. with
the exception of few horse stalls
aud the office. which was moved from
its foundation. The Cong'l church is
completely ruined. The wind blew in
one of the windows, the gable-end fell
partly out, breaking one of the plates.
when the overlays gave way and fell
to the bottom, destroying everything.
The town hall was moved from its
foundation, and a bridge across the
branch was blown down. A barn Of
Mrs. Rolls was blown down fiat, and
one of Mason Farnham's blown into
kindling wood, while his son Carl had
horse in the barn which was carried
three or tour rods with it and came
out unhurt. A big barn of David
Chapman's was unroofed, and one of
S. A. Deans blown into the branch,
and in it was a horse and two carriages
owned by him, valued at S175, which
were completely ruined. The saw and
grist mill of Hayward & Kibby was
unroofed, barn of A. n. Kings was
RACED to the ground, and one Of r.
H. Dustin's was blown down, as was
one of o. p. Cilleys. J. NJ. Jones
was at the village during the storm,
laughing at the mourners, and telling
them it was because they were SO
wicked, but when he reached home he
found his own barn blown down. -
There were three horses in three barns,
all of which which went down with q
crash, that of Mr.. Cilley into a nine
foot cellar, but none of them were
hurt. Nearly 5000 worth of carriages,
owned by Aaron n. King & Son,
were in Floral Hall, which were badly
smashed. The damage to forests and
fences is great. Jessie, the ii years
old daughter of NJ. X. Griffith, was
on her way to school, and reached the
covered bridge near Stephen Noyes',
where she intended to remain until af-
ter the shower, but the bridge swayed
so that she started for Mr.. Moves,
when the wind took her off her feet
and threw her into the mud. Mrs.
DR.. Fish had one leg broken; Aaron
King was eating dinner when the blow
came, and big tree blew on to the
roof of the house; the large barn of
Mrs. Nathaniel King was partly I'M
rooted the hotel barn was moved on
its foundation, and in fact it is hard
to find Il barn or shed at Tunbridge
market that is not more or less injured
Twenty-One barns were unroofed.
The damage is estimated as high as
$50, 000."