Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-05

Churches Special Mark-Town on
Gulf OF Mexico Completely De.
strOyed-New York State and New
Storm.
New York. Aug. 3.-Elizabeth, N. j.,
was visited by a form of tornado yester-
day afternoon which cut swath about
1000 feet wide through the center of the
city, causing great damage to buildings
and property, but, strange to say. not a
person was killed and no one was seri-
Ously injured Those who were hurt
were only slightly injt.cd. The wind
attained velocity of so miles an hour.
The path of the tornado included many
of the prominent church buildings and
other structures, and no other course
could have been taken through the city
where the possibilities of damage We're
as great. The towers of the First Pres
byterian, Third Presbyterian and Gem
tral Baptist churches We're blown down.
The Lyceum theater was totally un-
rooted. The Star theaters roof was
ripped off and hurled two books away.
| Scores of dwelling houses in the path
of the storm are without roofs. Trees
and electric poles went down before the
gale.
The roof was lifted off the three story
shirt factory. in which several score of
girls and men We're at work. and the
building was blown five inches out of
plumb. There was panic in the build
ing, but all escaped injury. The build
ing will have to be torn down If it does
not fall.
The roof was lifted off the home of
Councilman f;einhardt and carried two
blocks and then crashed into another
house, breaking in the side.
In many cases the wind, after un-
roofing houses, whipped all the furniture
out of the upper stories and scattered it
through the streets and yards many
blocks distant.
At the First Presbyterian church,
when the tower crashed down. it fell
upon the graves i'm the churchyard. This
caused an upheaval of the eaith and
brought to the surface skeletons and
skulls that had long lain under ground.
Old trees in the churchyard were up
rooted, and these brought up on their
roots other skeletons and skulls. The
streets are almost impossible with
debris.
1t took about 10 minutes for the tor
nado to pass through the city, and then
the rain fell in torrents. flooding every
thing and adding to the damage done by
the wind. Just ahead of the storm
cloud Itself there was severe shower of
halstones.
Many persons were slightly injured
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The greatest excitement prevailed in
the city. Firemen and police We're
placed on duty in the wrecked section.
The police and firemen say the loss will
be close to a quarter of a million. but
this estimate is believed by experts to
he excessive, perhaps three times the
actual loss.
Tallatass-e, Fla.. Aug. 3.-The Town
of Cara belle, a p oSperous port on the
Gulf of Mexico, southwest of this city,
is reported almost completely destrn yed
by q terrific wind and rain storm which
ragged in this ction all Tuesday and
until late Tuesday night. Many b, ats
in the harbor have been wrecked and
most of the long wharf is gone, together
with large quantities of naval stores.
At LanOsk the houses, pavilion and
boats have been destroyed. CrcOn-
firmed reports say that the steamer
Crescent probably has been lost be-
tween Apaachcola and Carrabelle.
few houses were destroyed ut st.
Theresa. Mcintyre Il Curtis mills suf-
fcred severely. \ pass, niger train on
the Carrabclle, Tallahassee ana Gulf
road. So miles below Tallahassee, was
badly wrecked. but no one is reported
killed or injured. The turpentne inter-
ests of this section are greatly damaged
and much injury has been done to the
crops. The wires are down south of
here and railroad traffic close to the gulS
ports Is suspended. The city of Apa-
lachicola is entirely cut of from COM
municatiOn and nothing can be learned
from there. There are many rumors
ahoat here as to the loss of life. 1t is
not believed here that any lives We're
lost at the numerous summer resorts,
but reliable news is unObtainable. A
large relief party will leave Tallahassee
for the stricken section.
Kingston, n. Y, Aug. "a bolt of
lightning struck the shpyards of G.
Hitebrand at South Rondsut yesterday,
killing Henry Matthias, and injuring II
other wOrkmen. Two of the injured
were senscless at last accounts. The
residence of John Il. Van Etten in this
city was also struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The electric
Storm which was the most severe in
years. lasted three hours. Scores of
trees were blown down in this city.
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pole on the Cornell Steamboat COM
pany's building was shattered by light
ming. and the building damaged. Gel
lars were flooded. owing to the immense
quantity of water that fell, and many
streets presented the appearance OF
creeks. During the storm the streets
at times We're covered with hailstones.
Between Shokane and Boiceville. there
was a washout on the Western and Del
aware railroad.
LINN. Mass. Aug. "a severe storm
ragged here yesterday afternoon. Two
separate storms met over this section.
accompanied by n heavy downpour of
rain, binding flashes of lightning and
loud peals of thunder Several large
trees were blown down and heavy dam
age was done to the electric power sta
ton of the Lynn and Boston railroad
The house of Mrs. L. A. Williams was
struck by lightning and Mrs. Williams
was rendered unconscious. The light
ming struck in several places in swamp
scott. destroying the fire alarm system,
and the rain gutted the streets. AT
Nahant the storm destroyed the fire
alarm system ard telephone connec-
tions. Several small yachts were blown
ashore onto the rocks and badly dam
aged.