Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-18

died in Bloomfield, CT, her birthplace,
on Sunday. She had been in good health
and could read without spectacles. Last
Friday she took to her bed and said she
was going to die.
a terrible accident was reported at
San Francisco Sunday. At Baden, II
miles from there. near II cemetery in San
Mateo county, "a wagon containing ID
people was run into by a train. The
people were tossed in all directions. Six
were killed outright and the others were
injured.
\ dispatch from Bangor, Me-, says
that a careful survey of the ground
covered and conservative estimates of
the losses show that eastern Maine suf-
fered to the extent of over 100000 by
the cyclone Tuesday night, July s. The
damage was principally done to houses
and barns in the country.
The first Methodist sermon ever preach
ed in Boston was deliyered by Rev. Jesse
Lee 100 years ago Friday, standing upon
table loaned him by a carpenter placed
under the old elm on Boston common.
This important event in the history of
Methodism was cummemorated Friday
afternoon by a meeting held near the
site of the old elm. Among the features
was poem by Rev. Mr.. Hough of Mont
pelier.
Tuesday afternoon, at Kings powder
mills, 30 miles east of Cincinnati, two
empty freight cars were being rolled on
side track when they struck car con-
tanning 500 kegs of giant powder. a ter
rific explosion followed. and another car
containing 800 kegs of giant powder blew
up, making 1900 kegs altogether. Will
liam Franley, a brakeman, was blown to
atoms, and no trace of him has vet been
found. Nine other persons, supposed to
be employees of the powder company,
were killed.
Bernard Clifford, a wealthy farmer
near La Grange, KY, was struck by
/ lightning Monday and instantly killed.
He was Just going into his stable with
his little stepson, Willie Smith, when the
| lightning was seen to envelope him and
the crash was heard. The current struck
him Just over the left ear, burned a hole
through his head and glanced down the
left arm. tearing the flesh from the bones.
His stomach was frightfully mutilated.
Every stitch of clothing he wore was
torn to shreds, and the shoes were
wrenched from the charred and bloody
feet. The boy was knocked down by the
shock, but managed TO rise, and had
been on his feet again but a moment
when another current struck him. This
rendered him nsensible and he lay in a
semi-conscious state more than an hour
before he was discovered by some one
who was passing.
stands appalled, at the wreck wrought by
the storm king. Sunday. July ID, 1890,
will be remembered as the date of the
greatest catastrophe in this common
wealth. HisloI.' lIeTe IL utdtn anu
desolation on every hand, and bits OF
Grape hang from the doors of hundred
homes. Three distinct tornadoes passed
this region Sunday evening between the
hours of ) and . 80 o'clock. The frs
descended upon Lake Gervais at five min
utes past o'clock, reaching its height a
a little clump of cottages in an amphi
theatre at the foot of the lake and pass
ing away into Wisconsin. The seconC
descended upon the quiet village of Lit
tie Canada at ) 10 o'clock, wreckin!
many houses, killing one man and iniur
= ing many others. The last and most aw
full in Its results was that which over
took the excursion steamer Sea Wing il
Lake Pepin, an arm of the Mississippi, a
two minutes to 8 o'clock, overturnin,
the little craft and precipitating its LOAF
t of human freight into waters dashed t
fury by the winds. One hundred an
seventy-eight eXcursionists were on thi
boat, and it is believed not less than II
of them were drowned. Eighty-on
e bodies have been recovered, over 60 Q
| which have been identified.
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