The evening world., 1889-07-31
A CYCLONE ON THE HUDSON.
The Air Filled with Trees and Fragments
OF Houses and Barns.

PoUdHKEEPsIE, Wy, July 80. "A heavy bank
Of ipky-blAck clouds was seen lowering over the
mountains on the west side of the river about z
o'clock this morning. and men who stood on the
wharves at Lloyd's Landing called each others
attention to what seemed to be myriads Of twiga
and small branches whirling about high in air.
In an hour after word came that q portion Of
Elliss Corners, Ulster County. four miles west
of Highland, had been struck by q cyclone. and
Immediately a number Of persons started for the
spot. On arriving there desolation and ruin
were visible for some distance.
EllisIs Corners had about ten buildings and
there are outlying vineyards and orchards. An
eye-witneas Of the approach. of the cyclone says
which hung over n piece of woods south of
Mathew HArcourts vineyard, and the roar OF its
svsaySSdy "s sou 81 ieFr sEeiter e 2u t4f RfS0Pii n t anS
building convenient. Mathew Harcourts vine
yard was composed OF about ten acres. The cy-
tearing ont every post and trellis and whirlinR
them a long distance, leaving the gTGund as clear
roots and carving them Of as II they were
feathers. IwigB and branches were caught in
the Whirlpool Of wind and carried hundreds Of
feet into the air.
or 4SSTi 3 st5 %iI' j t5Gm EsisSnGs o TinsysGrs sRS
frame house. and close TO IL was his barn, con-
tanning hay, a horse, a sleigh, wagons. &c, The
floor, and carried the broken timbers hundreds
Of feet in the air and then dropped them. Mr..
Nelson and bis wife were on the main door, hAv-
ing Just finished their breakfast. Both were
blown out Of the house along with the flying
timbers, and both were horribly, bruised and
cut. They were found lying helpless on the
ground, partially covered by timbers. The cy-
clone next struck their barn and entirely demol-
ished it, the horse being taken out of the debris
some distance from the barn, cut and bleeding
from dozens OF wounds and with one leg broken.
The tornado next struck two barns belonging to
the Widow McGowan, one a very large one, and
completely destroyed both of them, tore off the
roof of her house and crushed in the roof OF
another house, a short distance away. There
north of Mrs. McGowan's. but as far az. the eye
could see il cut a swath two or three hundred
feet wide, and in all probability spent its force
on the mountains and hills beyond.
Along it's entire course hundreds OF trees were
uprooted, fences demolished and the ground
torn mp. In some places stone, walls were
scooped ont at the top as one would scoop snow
out OF q drift with a shovel. Mr.. Nelson had jus
finished a costly addition TO his house, and his
loss will be heavy.
/" 1t looked to me-, said one eyewitness. az
though the, clouds were bowling along the
ground, and | never heard such. a frightful,
roaring noise. The downfall of rain was some
thing IKE a delugc. The water seemed to come
down in sheets, and for the time very near
inundated everything. The people were all
badly frightened. As soon AZ the worst WAS
over messengers were despatched to highland
and other points for help, and large numbers
Tonight it in thought that Nelson and his
wife will recover, but one of the hands en-
ployed by Mrs. MCGOWAN will probably die from
injuries received.