Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-06

Boston. July :,.-~FOr Il period of about
10 minutes last evening residents of the
southern and western sections OF the
city were treated to aS nearly correct
representation of western cyclone
aS they are anxious to experience. and,
when the sky had cleared away. scores
of houses in South Boston. RoNbury and
Dorchester We're minus their windows,
chimnryS. pOrchcS and roofs, while the
streets in those sections were filled with
broken branrhcS. bricks and debris OF
every description.
Only one life was sacrificed to the
fury of the gale. George IIrrdrr. -
years old, Il wntchmam at an unfinished
house, in South Boston, was buried be-
meath the timbcrS Vf the house, which
was iOpplrd over upon him ly the wind.
Many narrow escapes from falling mis-
>ileS are also on record. Street car
traffic was interrupted for nearly two
hours, and all of the electric wires were
in Il perfect mae of confusion.
Down in the bay. mt The foot of /.
street, more than two score of yachts
which We're riding at anchor were forced
adrif and many wen" landed bottom
up on the beach. All buildings of frail
construction along the shore were
crushed like rggShrllS.
In tn" Andrew square section Of
South Boston the effects of the high
wind and storm are in evidence. The
two upper stories of Il tenement house
were blown away. and $. II. Richardson,
Miss Lille BaSsett and Il girl visitor
We're slightly hurt, Will" an old lady SllS-
tanned such Il slluc; to her nervous SyS-
tenn that fatal results may follow.
y large shed. owned by Nicholas Her
Ian, II bother. had its sides blown in and
the roof lifted, while directly across the
street two chimncys frll upon the roof
of Mrs. Bridget Ellis dwelling, crashing
through into the upper story, and Il
shed in the rear collapsed.
On Locust street. Sipr'S Dog and lii
ipmtian shows large tent collapsed, tenn
pOraril, bury ing Ia employ. and many
of the animals. The latter became
greatly frightened. and. after escaping
from heir canvas covering. raced around
the enclosure for some time before they
could be Iuieted None of the employees
or animals WAS injured.
Windows. SkylightS and sashes on all
sides, ana many trees We're snapped off
by the force of the gale. The wind
came from off the bay and during the
10 minutes or less that it lasted was y
vcritable cyclone in lis fury.
Throughout the ROXbury and Dor
chester districts the wind and lightning
played many pranks. Twenty surface
cars of the Boston Elevated railway
company had their motors burned out
by the powerful electrical current. and
in one instance Il car caught fire from
Il lightning holt that followed down the
trolley pole to one of the wires con.
meeting with a push button in one of
the stanchi0nS OF the car. There was
much alarm among the passengers, but
none Of them was hurt
The Advent Christian church on War
rem street was struck hy lightning, hut
was only slightly damaged. Wires of
all descriptions were mixed up in ter
riblr confusion. This was the case in
other districts over. which the storm
swept. and as II result the entire south
ern part OF the city, South Boston, RoX-
bury and DOrch, slrr, was without rlec
tric street lights last night.
A terrific Thunderstorm and cyclone
visited Webster, Mass. and vicinity,
causing damage TO the amount of nearly
$25.OuD.- The center of The storm was
at WilSOnvilL.. in the town of ThOmr.
son. Conn.,. Just over the state line from
Webster, and. the chief damage was in
that village.
During Il cyclone which passed over
Cohasset antl.vicinity. three large barns
on the summer estate of Thomas w.
Lawson of Boston We're blown over and
completely wrecked, entailng loss of
about $4,000.
\ severe thunderstorm passed over
Norwell last night. the lightning doing
considerable damage. A bolt struck n
barn on the Nelson Gardner place. set
ting fire to he structure. which is Il total
loss. A house occupied by Charles Alb
bOtt was struck. the electrical current
passing down the chimney to every
room in the house. and passing out