The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-07-28
SATURDAYS STORM.

Considerable Damage in DummerstOD
Brsttleb0r0 and ChssterfieDd--A Tornado
in Dummeraten "A Had Accident In Gull
ford-E. p. Squiers Severely lDjured.pit Y
Saturdays storm, which extended over the
southern and middle parts OF the county and
OIL Into adjoining parts Of Cheshire county
was a curious one. very destructive In Its
severest pathway, and in It's suddenness and
black ugliness. reminder almost OF what
they have In the west. 1t came up quickly 10
what had been clear sky and the barometer
Tell fast, oil points as shown by the weather
record elsewhere. Some old residents say
that they never saw so hard downpour.
The as inches which fell came within. q
very short time. The streets became running
streams. The land was enyeoped 10 dark
ness SO that lamps had to be lighted to do
business here IN Brattleboro though 1t was
not O'Clock. The AS train had to slow up
between DummerstOn and Brattleboro so as
to hardly move. The engineer says he never
saw anything like 1t.
The storm was in stresks OF severity and
variety. AT one point there would be NJ
heavy fall of hail stones and few rods eff
not sign OF them. One severe streak with
much hail seemed TO come from over Dun
merston nil, through West Dummcrston,
alorgi The southern portion of the town
and of into Cheste. field, and its course can
be traced all along.
Our West Dummerston correspondent
says:
A tornado swept over this town last Saturday
destruction generally. 1t lasted about ten min
nsee ana was accompanied by. rain. hail In tor
rents zen ana 9TH thunder and ightnina. Great dam
more OF his biggest and best maple, oak
ana many apple trees being blown over.
rw ~ argc trees went crashing through the roof
Barretps place was blown out The storm OK
senoeu over the hills, cutting a swath through |
WIN y MIXERS timber, Walter Walkers and on |
vi 60 of
sna0e Trees. Also at Henry Millers a number |
OF Trees blown down. The storm extended down |
70 tmc Dutton farm and to other places. The |
like 1t.
A tobacco barn belonging TO Prucius
Maniey was also blown down, iniurIng
carriage in the barn. The fine or
orchard on the Rice farm was about spoiled
the hail. W. G Doolilte had ID acres of corn
on his farm near the quarry completely done
for by the hall las 1t ,emed blown flat upon the
ground and then cut into strings. Consider.
able havoc was wrought In the timber lot OF
several acres of pine and oak belonging to
Geo. A. and Marshall Wilder. Towards
third of Its fine trees were laid low, some of
them three and four feet through, and many
of them were uprooted. Several annie trees
were ruined. A large maple tree IS In hes In
diameter wss snapped off in Marcus Robbins
yard. At John Frcst's several large maple
trees In front of the house were blown down.
The trees about Madame Bllestier's aud Nov
e!st Kipline's also suffered quite s)rely. The
gulf road was rendered impossible by trees
blown across 1t, for awhile. Branches were
strewed about everywhere. In Esteyvil'e,
on the Common, in the II. G. Clark grove
many trees were laid low, while shade trees,
in Sheriff r. E Gordon's yard, among the
many places IN The village, were split In two
,ut of town was broken by falling trees and a {
'orce Of linemen was sent up from Northamp-
on for three days TO repair the damage.
The crOps suffered all round by being =,
brown to the ground. The worst case re- !
ported is that of d. M. Barber who had an q
lcre of tobacco utterly ruined by the hail. !
Edward SquIers narrowly escaped being
Tiled while haying on thu Eimes place last 4
He, with some men saw the storm
omng and hurrisd with a big load Of &C
undies into the barn. The load was
70 high for the door and bend. i
ng forward to save bis head, was struck '
pom the shoulders by the top of the door. 7
way and jammed back into the load. As 9
Don as possible he was taken home and DR. g
lotion summoned. No bones were broken O
ut be was so terribly bruised and crushed Il
bat grave doubts were entertained of bis re- II
ct unable to sit up.
Mr. Hartman and bis brotber-,r Law were
losing a large barn door at the Cotton MatE- n
r place beyond West Brattleboro and
cam fell striking the brother-!n-iaw on the s
cad cutting deep cash some three or four U
lches long and pealing the scalp of the L
kull. He is improving.