The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-12

The Cyclones.
The cyclones last week, lengthy &C
count of which we published in our last is
sue, can be traced in this county as far as
Sidney. We CLEAN the following particu-
lars, additional to those given last week,
from the Runterdon Democrat
The great rain was also accompanied
by cyclone. 1t struck in the neighbor-
hood of Sunnyside at about 2 o'clock, and
its main force seems to have been felt on
the farm of Mr.. Philip D. Compton. Mr..
Compton was at the house when he heard
it coming with an appalling roar, and ap-
parently with the speed of fast railway
train. Standing at his kitchen door he
saw the top of large buttonwood tree,
near by, spin around like top, and break
ing off was carried out of sight on the
wind. He at once FASTENED to close the
door opening upon the portico, but reach
ed it only in time to be hurled violently
across the room. Himself and family re-
tired to another room. Looking out of
| the window they saw the air filled with
articles which they knew had come from
the garnet, and they realized that the roof
of their house had blown off. Looking
again they saw their large, new and strong
barn tumble into heap. The work was
done quick, but the noise and confusion
of those few minutes seemed an age to
the Compton family. After the winds
had subsidized Mr.. Compton went to the
barn and rescued his horses whose lives
had been miraculously saved by the tim
bers falling in such way as to only force
them down upon their launches. By re-
moving few sticks the affrighted ami
mails were released. Mr.. Compton's loss
in buildings fall the out.buildings going
with the barn. farm machinery, wagons,
fences, &C., will reach close to 81, 900.
Much of his fence was blown clean out OF
sight, and some wash clothes OH the line
were carried full mile from the house
The cyclone at this point seems to have
had rotary motion, as appears by the
position of the trees, which lie with Their
tops pointing in all directions. The fences
on both sides of the road leading to his
buildings, are levellcd, stake and rider
completely, for about four hundred yards
The scene presented at Mr.. Compton
place is described by an eyewitness, as
recalling the determination of desolation
spoken of by jeremiah the prophet.
The cyclone sped onward with relent'
less fury, carry with it the wagon house,
corn crib and howell of Jacob West. His
barn was also partly demolished.
The barn of Rutsen Case was unroofed
and the floor was raised about two feet
flom its position. This was very curl.
GUS result. Mr.. Case had some fifty hives
of bees, over half of which were destroy
ed by the wind. The hives were gener'
ally crushed together as though heavy
weight had fallen upon them. A board
fence upon his place was carried away en-
tirely and the only evidence he can find
that such fence was ever upon the farm
is single board he afterwards found on
top of the hay in his NOW, it having come
down after it's aerial flight through the
great hole the wind had made in the barn
roof.
Near Pittstown, VIM. ]. Cases barn
and wagon house and John Stryker's
blacksmith shop were dashed to pieces.
A hundred panels Of fence on Richard
DeMott's farm were picked out of the
ground by the wind and carried no one
knows where. Trees that had stood the
fury of the elements for century were
twisted off like pipe stems or lifted Out
of the ground as though they were pea
brush all along the track of the cyclone.
Lyman d. Hoffman, near Sidney, had
two stacks of grain blown away SO clean
that not straw is left to tell where they
had stood. All about Stanton, Sunny
side and westward the terrible cyclone did
serious work. Jacob Higgins, the carpet
weaver, saw his barn ride away on the
wind, and thus it is all along the line o
story of devastation and ruin that will
take years to recover from. We cannot
possibly report the entire loss. 1t is zoe
great, and can only give the moro serious
incidents of the ravages of the awful
tempest It's like has never been seen in
the section of country over which il
passed.
WATER SUPPLY.