Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-11-20

| Especial Despatch To Lewiston Journal
BETHEL, Nov. IA.
Seventy i've thousand dollars will not
more than cover the damage caused by
Tuesdays gale in Oxford County. The
loss in Bethel alone amounts to over 500
600. The gale took the form of funnel
shaped cyclone. In Bethel. the house OF
M. K. Cummings WIS utterly destroyed,
the barn OF | G.. Kimball uuroofed, the
barn OF A. NJ. Il J. II. Carter was stripped
of shingles as clean n though men had
gone over IL with sbovels.
Mr.. j. III. Carter was thrown thirty rods
sud taken up senseless. The physicians
find no bones broken, and think he will
soon be out again.
Millions OF pine timber are lying pros
trate, some trees being upturned oy the
roots and others twisted OF like twigs in
/ the hands of a man. :. b. Twitchell says
that $500 will not repair damage To him.
Deacon t. II. Chapman has some two hun
dred thousand OF valuable timber upturued
by the roots w. w. Mason and J. Far
We'll suffer great loss.
Newry and Gilesd. Audover and the lake
region must have suffered severely.
AT Mexico, the gale reached It's height
In the afternoon. II blew the front from
Ellis K Fisgg's shed aud otherwise m
| jured his buildings. G. X. Virgins house
was damaged, the chimney Diown down,
and the roof damaged. Much pine timer
OWNED Nv J. X. Austin, X G. Eorthley,V.
! VI. Abbott, q. Z. Tucker and VIM. NJ. Hall
WAS blown up 10y the roots. Frank Smiths
buildings were injured.
! Major Thomas's buildings in Byron and
John Houghtou's in Roxbury were some
what injured. The barn on the Bunker
farm In Roxbury was litcIslly smashed.
IN II were oxen, cows and horses; three
head of cattle and fonr-ye ar-old colt were
killed and another horse probably fatally
injured. The oxen were uIhurt. "Brad
Knapp Of LiveTmore liveo on the place
tie has met with n severe loss. He had
small house that was partly up and that
/ WAS destroyed. This occurred about mid
night.
The Rumford stage was stopped above
Albert Virgins by trees in the road. All
the large aud many OF the small pines above
his house having been blown down. The
shed back OF the Est Rumfort meeting
house WAS laid Hat. The ell Of A. j.
Knights house was damaged 20 quite an
extent and all around East Eumford trees
blown down.
At Andover Il blew down French's bail
alley. Cushman's large house mad the out
side of its roof stripped OF Shingles and 8
chimney blown. The large clump Of piues
near Mr.. Bedelrs were laid nat. Near
senator Clsrks grew lot OF piues which
were blown down. One man Marstonl
was Knocked senseless by be IN door he
WAS trying TO replace. The pines com.
menced to fall about 3 O'Clock n III. Tues
day. aud fell In scores after that time
many OF them falling on the village school
house. George Thomas's barn lost part
81 Its roof. Mr.. RichRrds's was entirely
uproof-d and his grain blown all around
the yicinity-chmncys blown down gen
orally, aud windows We're much democrat
ized. These cover only q small number OF
those whose property was damaged. Tele-
graph wires broken aud posts blown down.
People could not walk the streets for fear
Of ryiDg shingles, etc There VIII be
logging In Audoyer village, this winter,
saws one.
The returns come slowly, the back towns
have not been heard from, hut every one
coming In reports damage done In great
er or less degree. Eighty pines belonging
20 DR. Abbott, two hundred belonging 10
r b. Smith, thirty belonging 10 VIM. Nj.
Hall and more than one hundred belonging
Ia X. X. Worthley, near Mexico, were up
rooted.
Litter GccOuRts from Audover give the
number OF chimneys blown down a -.
John A. French estimates the amount OF
pine blown down in Andover at 100000
feet. No one can estimate the amount OF
fence destroyed. A shed IN which MIR.
French stored carriages blew down, dam
aging them TO quite an extent. He could
not provide people entertainment FOR lack
of chimpeys in his house; they blew down.
The gale blew down Addison ). Young
barn in Byron, killing pair of oxen gtrth-
Jog feet. and also killed thrce-year old
steer. The baru on the Matt farm was
unroofed; also Joseph G.. Reeds house.
A large part OF 4 spruce forest owned by
Virgil ID. Kimball was Urrooted, and spruce
trees ali around the hesdwaters OF the
Swift River were uprooted. Several OF
the gravestones In the burying ground two
miles below DiXtield village, were broken
OF by the gale. and the "Yeatton' monu-
In.nt, also. Angler II. MitchelPs barn and
sheds in Mexico were partially uuroofed
The meeting house at Andover was con-
siderably damaged.