The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-27
Damage by Storm.

There was high wind and rain storm
on Friday afternoon which did mucl
damage in some parts of the county. A
Moorestown there was almost a cyclon,
and number 81 trees were uprooted
Falling branches tore down electric ligh
and telegraph lines, and the wind leveleC
fences and crops in every direction. Ar
afternoon passenger train was delayed by
large limbs of trees falling across the
tracks. Hail fell large as hazelnuts
Whole fields of corn were Frustrated and
much fruit blown from the trees
Riverton felt severely the effects of the
storm, and acres of crops in that vicinity
were leveled to the ground. Passengers
on the train from Trenton had thrilling
experience between Riverton and Pal
myra. The train was speeding along with
ute threatening to crush every pane OF
glass on the west side of the cars, The
frozen particles came pouring in the ven
tilators, dropping among the riders and
covering the floor. The vivid lightning
and heavy thunder added to their terrors
and in the midst of it all the passengers
heard terrible crash, followed by a jar
ring of the train, which frightened them
When the train pulled up at Palmyra ii
was discovered that two trees had been
blown down upon the baggage car, which,
bxy q forft,Dofo ri ronDo rfo mo ha0Donod to
be attached to the rear of the train, in.
stead of in its usual position at the front.
The falling trees had crushed in the ROOT
and one side of the baggage car, but no
one was injured. The train proceeded
cautiously till the thick of the storm was
passed.
At Burlington number of trees were
struck by lightning and some blown down
A small steam yacht belonging to Frank
Carter, which was moored on the banks
of the Delaware, was blown over. 1t filed
with water and sank. Col Cairns house,
at Burlington, was struck by lightning
and slightly damaged. The pavilion on
the green bank, that city, was considerably
injured.
Little harm was done in Mount Holly,
which seems to escape the fury of the
squalls that do so much damage elsewhere
There was some wind and hail and much
rain, but nothing to occasion alarm.
John Worth, of Mount Holly, had an
experience that he will not soon forget. He
was driving near Fostertown when over
taken by the storm. The lightning was
vivid and the rain fell in such torrents
that it was impossible to see across the
road. Mr.. Worth could drive no further.
He was compelled to get out and run his
team in fence joint where he held his
horse by the head until the shower abated.
The wind blew with the force of hurri-
cane, taking off roofs from nearby houses.
When the storm ceased and it was posi-.
BILE to continue his journey. Mr.. Worth
counted twenty-eight trees that had been
uprooted.
In the vicinity of Kirby's Mills and
Fostertown unprecedented havoc was
done. The barn on the farm occupied by
Isaac Twins, owned by Isaac Nicholson
had its roof blown off and was twisted
eighteen inches from its foundation, al
though it was we'll filed with crops.
All the shade trees in front of the farm
occupied by Thomas Taylor we're blown
down. One tree, an oak. two feet in
diameter. was broken off completely abou
two feet from the ground. A portion o.
the farm house roof was torn of.
A shade tree, IL inches In diameter, or
Charles Eayre's farm, at Haines' Corner
was broken off near the ground and
carried across the street to Joshua s.
Wills place, breaking the latter's fence
considerably. About all the trees around
the school house at Kirby's Mills were de
stroyed. The roof of the mill was dam
aged by large tree falling on it.
The crops in that vicinity suffered much
damage. Not only was the corn leveled
to the ground, but very many of the stalks
were broken off.
From Sorrel Corner to Alfred Budd't
farm, distance of one and a-half miles
Al trees were blown down. The path o.
the storm is scene of desolation.
| The storm also did much damage in
the vicinity of Pemberton. A number o.
large trees we're uprooted on the farms o.
Charles Earl and Henry R. Lippincott
On the Francis Budd farm roof was
blown off the large barn and other dam
age done.
The large smoke pipe ON the saw mill
of Charles Carpenter, at Magnolia. was
blown off, and large pine tree wal
twisted off as if it were mere sapling.
The apple orchard of Michael Mingin
near Magnolia, was badly damaged, q
number of fine trees being uprooted and
nearly all the fruit on the other treei
blown to the ground
A barn on the John Butterworth farm
near Vincentown, was blown down, anc
fences and crops leveled to the ground.