The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-01

i apple Orcnerda stripped; Corn Laid Low
Full Reports From Our Correspondents
| Accounts of the Death and Destruction
in the South and mp the Atlantic Coast.
August, 1893 will go into history as
month OF great storms. Two such hurricanes
as that of last week Thursday followed again
by that OF Monday and Tuesday, were never
known so near together In this section and
Indeed would be phenomenal for whole sea-
son. Each had every characteristic of trop.
zeal hurricane. While the 6rst storm, how
ever, only sklrted the coast along the Gulf
stream, scarcely penetrating inward. the lat.
ter, since 1t swept over Florida, Sunday, had
IT'S storm center well inland and reached out
| In every direction for q distance OF more than
1900 miles. 1t started off the Bahama Islands
Aug. 20, proceeded of the coast Of Florida
| until the 9th when It swept through Georgia
entering North Carolina on the 2Sth aod pass.
ing northward through Virginia where it
| abated its fury somewhat and then continued
to the north and east as far as the St. Law
renee river. Though the cyclone passed land
ward andyswept through the territory men.
toned, its terrific violence was felt every
where along the Atlantic coast from Florida
to Maine and practically the whole coast Is
strewn with the wrecks of vessels.
TIE sea along the Atlantic coast had hard.
ly subsidized into quiet when It was lashed by
another storm, fiercer even than the first and
far exceeding 1t In the ruin Of property and
the loss OF life. The wind In many places At
tained velocity of 90 to 100 miles an hour.
There Is scarcely point along these coasts
where wrecks are not to be seen; these
wrecks of yachts, tugs, fishing schooners and
other crafts are already counted by hundreds
Other vessels In large numbers are out at sea
and due at New York including some Of the
great ocean liners.
Locally we somehow seemed to be hir light
ly. as regards money damage. Orchards and
crops suffered somewhat, and some fruit tree
were uprooted. The wind was worse on the
hills than last Thursdays storm. Never were
so many trees blown down on the mountains,
making the roads almost impossible and the
telephone wires, crossed and recrossed by the
wind where they were not blown down al.
together. were In the worst shape Brattle-
boro has ever seen. A tree In A. v. Cox's
yard, which took down several electric light
and telephone wires, peach tree In j. G..
Ullery's yard. with about one and one.half
bushel of unripe fruit on 1t, two good trees
In Chas. H. Davis yard and nslf OF black
walnut near ID. s. Pratt's, were levelled. The
worst damage to the roads is 10 the village on
South Main street and Eaton bill. In front
of Hackley 4 Moran's the sidewalk is CON-
pletely taken out and planks have to take Its
place now. There Is no deep outlying on the
hills aud while 81 900 ought to be laid out on
the roads to put them In condition for win.
ter, only part of this can be attributed to
much higher than the sidewalks made bad
work for John NJ. Willis on Canal street,
washed bis garden into bis shed and under
mined the foundation IN front of 1t, SO that
be is afraid Of its standing. There was a
good deal of washing down Of sand from the
hills II this section.
What Onr County Correspondents Report.
Iu West Brattleboro the damage to crops
and fruits was considerable and many trees
were broken down.
In Jamaica the storm of Thursday was
very severe but the damage was slight ex-
cept to fruit, corn ard grain not cut. Apples
and pears were badly blown down. Water
was Ery Mgh, but no bridges were Aushea
away. The storm Tuesday was severe but
the wind was not high 10 this vicinity. there
fore no damage.
In Londonderry the storm of the Gath was
quite severe as was the ore of the 29;h % low-
lag down quite good number of trees and |
fenc's in the vicinity. The apple crop suffered
severely.
In Stamford the report Is that the north
east rain storm last week did considerable |
damage to crops and fruit Bushels and bushels
Of apples. late as well as early ones, covered
The ground after the storm. Many trees were
uprooted and corn Jared hard.
In Wardsboro the storm of Thursday was
very severe doing great damage 10 crops and
washing out the roads. During q thunder
storm Friday evening II A Waits hotel was
struck by lightning, the damage being slight
Is the building did not take fire. but several
men standing oD the store piazza felt the
shock considerably. Tuesdays storm was
he most severe known In this section for
years, the wind blowing gale and the rain
falling In the morning beat down the crops
not harvested or already down; the wind
blew down trees and stripped the apple trees
If most Of their fruit.
In Stratton the heavy rain of the oath,
,aused the Deer6eld to rise rapidly and at
rudor's mill the water was on q level with
he engine room floor; it washed the road
,ear Mrs A b Sheldon's about two feet deep.
Heavy showers also Sunday and Sunday
light, and during the night lightning struck
large tree few rods from Elmer Eddy's.
unning down to the ground and followed
Ilong under the stoae wall, the turf plough
ng q furrow, and In some way shutting of
he water that runs to the barn. 1t also !
truck the rod on A Il Pixies lumber house.
mother severe storm came the Goth, beating
he grain very badly.
In Townsherd the storm made sad havoc
With the corn fields, laying the crop on the q
round IN masses. The entire corn crop OF !
Joseph Seaver was ruined. 1t evidently being q
n the track of the storm, and Chas Stratton's
orn crop suffered severely as did many i
theirs. The loss from ruined crops will be
eavy in this town. Trees were torn up by
be roots or broken down 10 some places In !
OVID. 8
In Guilford the storm Sunday was terrific, Z
he rain fell in torrents, and In less than an r
our the streams were cverfiowipg their
anks. Tie roads ave badly washed and ,
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