Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-05-12

Woodward. Henry kccne's barn was
, blown down, the stable badly twisted
and moved from it's foundation, while
| the ell of the house was demolished
An unoccupied house, belonging to Geo
Holway, was badly damaged and the
barn wrecked. A new barn, built by
! Frank Richardson, last fall, was de-
100 yards and lodged in an apple tree by
the roadside. Mr. Richardson also had
several bee hives damaged.
Mrs. Smith a widow living near Sid
ney Corner had a barn blown down, as
also did Frank Hawes.
In Belgrade. the farm buildings of c..
f. Damren were struck by lightning at
about midnight. and were entirely con-
sumed. The greater part of his live
stock was saved. but five hogs, 25 pigs
and number of sheep perished in the
flames The barn was 1l5 feet in
length and cost in the neighborhood OF
$4,000. The insurance was about $4,000.
Other losses in Belgrade were barns
owned by Rev. J. S. Cummings, Henry
Yeaton, James Dunlap, Mandelbert
Yeaton. Geo Worster, Manley Knowles.
j. r. Wellman and Bert Taylor.
The new stable of G. A. Farnham
was also destroyed. Many barns had
stock in them, but only two horses
we're killed They were the property
Of Mr.. Cummings and Mr.. Smith.
There were but two accidents re-
ported John Wellman of Belgrade
had a shoulder broken by barn door
blowing against him. and Joseph Rob-
inson Of West Sidney. who was driv-
ing home. was with his team lifted
bodily and rolled over against stone
wall. Though somewhat bruised. no
serious injuries were received by him
self or horse.
over in Manchester. near the Sidney
line. barn on the Charles Tyler estate
was demolished
Cushman Walker, who lives two miles
above Augusta is reported as having
suffered from the fury of the gale a
lawn swing was blown through plate
glass window. and a 1900 pound jigger
wagon was lifted into the air. and car
ried several rods and dashed against
i.
truction.
At another place a hayrack is said
to have taken a semi-aerial journey of
a half mile and landed into the Ken
ncbec.
1t will Ne seen that Belgrade and
West Sidney got the worst of the
storm. From VIENNA. Mt. Vernon
Strong. Aliens Mills. Pennington and
other places come reports of more or
the wholesale demolition of barns
chimneys. fences, etc. was the two
first named towns.
1t is the allabsorbing topic of the
day and the oldest inhabitants cannot
recall in their misty memories anything
in the cyclone line that can compare
with the arn-destroying visitation of
Sunday night.
Amongst the other loses reported are
the following: John Casinos barn;
both barns on the Patterson farm, on
the North Belfast road; Zibie Fletcher S
barn partially destroyed: Robert
Cony's barn on the Chelsea road: A. u.
Mason's. and Charles E'letcher's on the
North Belfast road.
AT North augusta w. F. Walker
lost the north end of his barn. Cony
hall was moved a foot from its founda-
tions.
The barn near Togus partially COM
pleted by Joseph Shaw was moved
from its foundations and badly
wrcnchcd one of the ventilators of
the Tosus Home was blown down.
Madison Bean. who is employed bv
the Augusta Refrigerator Co. was
oNertaken by the storm while driving
in his buggy. and overturned. the horse
dragging the outfit some distance.
The story is told of a man and woma n
who narrowly escaped injury. They
entered barn for shelter, and while
there the roof was taken off. They
were not hurt in the slightest