Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-08
6RsAl DAMAGE IN FAIR HAVEN
A Rir Basin.ss Bieek destroyed People
Rnalv Frightened,

GREAT DAMAGE IN FAIR HAVEN
A Ris Businexs Bie~S destroyed People /
RAdiv Frishte@ed,
Fair Haven. VI. Dec. S-No sssch wind
storm ever visited Fair Haven as swept
over the town las. night, The damage
done amounts to thousands OF DOLLARS
The KNIGHT block Was blown down, part
of the DOlrymple cWlidtng Is WICK, the
cross on ST. Narx's church wen, down,
barns were urrNofe1 and numerous Chin
nevs were blown 10 the ground,
The wind storm started about o'csccS
last evening. bat It was o'chccs this
morning before Il reached its height Al
that time il had bTcOuae y hurricane
There were probably few people in town
who were not frightened and &r-
preheuSivc OF impending disaster. To add
to the genera, alarm the tsre hell enSaa
to ring being rang by the $waSsns of the
hose house tower. shortly AFTER ! o'e,oeS
guests OF the Park View House sNt NJ
thinking that the building Was 1couacd
ManN in the hN.cl were watching tho
knight block. rccSrtlN 1o<troSci cN mr.
and then b~tnx rebuilt. TNc a-Va'iccdS
and unaSDuS had thc elildioS nearly ccra-
plsset. The brick work had eeSn about
completed and the immense ssr1Ors Rad
been put IN place for the rsNs and tie
whole united with not less than hall a
ton of iron roaS The wind swept every
thing above the second r~cr into the
street. The gSrierS, which were - Zee,
brick boards and s,saNcrS went down n
one heterogeneous mass SS though struck
BY a tornado The loss On the hnisAI
block * estimated at sSN
The large brick building SNa,h OF the
dt pot. owned by George nsAlryunplc, was
struck by the gust and aec0; ~ to-; OF IL
was destroyed. The wind struck the
building on the southeast corner a,se Nlcw
in the entire east ena and N0S ihc west
end. and alcUs - feet ~ the north Sssc-
The roof Was atSS smashed and the NG,.d-
ing which u few days as0 WAS Nac ~
the best looking in so~n, e~'ns = fe-st
wide by tA feet long. Is to-day sadly o'-
lapsda,sd. Mr., pol-Srap,eNS loss : rroN-
ably &.N to say nothing About loSs >asS-
Ell by delay ia getting on; eSs loN ~
tubing on which he = ROW ensAsCNd,
The crOsS on 81. Nsry'S Roman Cath
ollie church. which NAS PGt in place eS
Jack the Sss@pre Climber last summer.
MAS Blown down and eccap,sseaN wrecSS~s
Barns about town were GnCoOseNs, trc->S
were uprO0,ed. and Al - ,cw estimate IN
chtuaneys arS now down The SamAsc
about town will easily run M into ,ae
thousands o: dollars Sn1,S i Will II some
time before all traces .; the tornado an,
cleared away,
WORST NIGHT ON RsCoRN
Fellows FallS pSSc- A-A AoaVy ws@S
and Sless SsNrus struck this SeosSNn last
night. deraNlsSSsne tres ard swsSisns
DOWN Telegraph and Telephone wires,
Freight ,ratnussn en- the FSscASars and
Boston ard Maine ra,iraas1 systems say
that it Was the wNrS, night 81 re,ccre, sAe
" Ind bsSrS ~ VSNsens thai IL Was srssrNS-
sible TO pass from ear 10 car ws1AO9, be-
ing blown OF and the SsSSs cur sse skin
like knives
Locally s6e damage mas slight. shade
trees being erVSsn SNua and several
chiuIneyS blown OF
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AT BSANs
/ DON,
! Brandon. p>ec. A VERY <eyc7 ~ Uins
Storm struck Brandon ana Vscis.,S n Scn-
/ day utShs The =rvAsySs .s.tlvst'.b9 2J>S re-
\ ported = sIe tSrSV sts, A0ssSe t'caN~SssS ~
Mr.. l. \. SaNsSS. WAS,A sys4S ,Nssss',V,r,S
demolished, TA5g's WS0e A,>s ,nssrsS .SSA'
etls oUiI1-SSS, sheds, y-y-, ,ecCNS down,
windows, doors ans b,,-,sS N-'oSSa 8NS~S
the V.t,Sse. Nr, S1Vt-y Wal sSS,ss,a a;
0rcy. 8v : the V@1Y S>e nsSS sa SoNn,
The NVW.1u X TGSS,sssS M NA-ssacs ssa'.S
company IL FNTVSc l-s&v cess,vs d ,ISS by
the ystri NJ SsVcS-tg hS-S-rs rso., AZ Sc1ss
OF the buildings ~ Il y 4, WasSor' :
SgCcS farm NerS y,>S srsSSre& S@, ,soS IL
i great SS1srse-
WILD NIGHT AT Rs,SNISGToN,
Remington. Dsc. S-N1SsASC N,5zzar5
and the worst VuN ~ sAS S5ASNca. N,SA-
St,0Ut ; J-clScA S1uas4y rsSAs- .>es3sarcN :
were blown 1NWss- SrSaClSs cGSSa eCSDs The
tail cSlg at Csi&~cn'S bakery. Windows
wSre blown in. 5EVvS Wcsc eyNsls~s and sce
new car o&rn IF the SSs~s-Sc ~0l.uoss al
North l$snniUseNa Was SeNa u 2NN-s, kNe.o-
ins services in 5Ae cAG-cetS N5re -'oS ~ y,
About half past seven tho Ssreys AsAIS
went OG, Sr5 >,oo0 NSccC SAe Ao~<e lssa'>
gave out also reoN 'SsSs' eNsse ans ,v,c-
srovh wSgVS NV badly N-gs ~ order ,Ass
morning and c0ras,eUaScSryN,s ~ pogA 5
dtteicU,c. The ,tInaISr wall Arsso-ns - SoV'
sr1l shCu>1uI &S1lt-S~
AmCus VtNv- &AnlASCS 0-S chS rocf a.
the town farsr. Nass1,sSrS, SlaUa ~ ANNa'
- feet. thS r,oNs ~ sssy> l-NC1S SnsSsSas mi
went otFs the NAoc0HN srS@-s ,Ne Ggscl
part 81 the pNCVA NJ sA7s c'o.srs AclsSe was
carried 0S and i P,S-Ssocs cs sAc SzScS coC'
nice On tAs oegsl6SeeS GstvssgeoA ny NS1
Weeks GsrsgS SsS-A NJ ,ea>s n;cS ygsVatS
h0use> rcsIrs 1lun8,p-S fCNscs NsnSNwS Ns-
ing blown Osss. NJ the NrcN,ccs rsol ~ Hoa'
den. Leonard & Co, sAS rSNs over tAa'
p3st occupied as Designing -Ne-n wSs
blown of. Al the SSsasc-S' ssossae sAI
fence around the deer gsrS WAS slowr
down and shE deer escaped TA-s -aNrn'
fus the larse NlttS OaSaaha1ee WAS foani
i'm tho lSc with a AsP A-oSe- and had ID
be killed
Much damage was done in SNa'h Shafts
bury and between @er,e &na NNrsA Fen
ptcst0n several NATrsS Were sSss AAS- TwI
) buildings On CS0asCS SoreSs Neao>S9ns Il
Shields & N51st wS-s Aocwn down, Ori
was 6lee1 with manufactured Ssegs ladders