Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-20
RAIN, HAIL AND WIND.
South Pomfret the Centre Of a Ter
rifle Storm Wednesday.

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South Pomfret was the centre of
a terrific storm of rain, hail and
wind shortly before 1 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. 1t swept down
the valley uprooting trees, leveling
corn, gully;ng the roads and de-
molishing several buildings. the
storm being accompanied BY heavy
peals of thunder and continued
flashes of lightning. The oldest
residents have no memory of more
disastrous hurricane.
Most Of the damage was done
near the centre of II c village, but
above and below it for mile or two
there was plenty OF evidence of the
herceSt storm that ever visited this
section. The highways were inn
passable for a time, while the
streams Were swollen by something
like cloudburst, rising it is report
ed, four feet in 20 minutes; water
poured off Teago hill and near B.
HutchinSon's mud filed the bitches
and road to depth of three or tour
feet.
Strangely enough, hardly II house
was damaged, though the wind that
snapped off great naples at the roots
was strong enough to upset the firm
est foundations. Trees fell peril
Gus V near the Lattimcr house, but
the wind merely entered the pantry
window, stripped it clean of tin
pans, dishes pies and other pro-
visions and skipped to the next |
place.
Samuel Pau's place suffered
severely and the family were glad to
escape without injury. Hail broke
the glass in two windows, and tore
curtains to shreds, while rain food
ed several rooms, broken glass be-
ing scatt cred throughout the house.
Mr.. Paul's garden, in which he took
the greatest pride, was flooded and
practically ruined
AT Leroy Atwood's similar dam
age was done, hailstones smashing
is window lights.
The path of the storm was about
half mile wide and every piece of
corn in it lies fiat on the ground.
Capt. Bruce estimated that 100 acres
were down, and much of it will be
a total loss.
Andrew Harding is one of the
heavy losers. He had several tons
of hay cooked up, working late the
evening before to get It ready for
the barn. and also some oats, and
all this was swept away IN second
by the wind.
AT the old W,nslow stand Il barn
roof was carried off and the shingles
scattered for hundred rods. An
pther barn there WAS entirely demol.
ished, four cattle being taken out of
the ruins unhurt.
Smith Hodges, who has never
seen as disastrous storm in 10 wears
residence in Pomiret, mourns the
loss of It lot of fine young apple and
other trees.
Apple orchards suffered more or
less, many trees falling, and hail
probably took half the apples off the
standing trees.
Glass was broken ut Elbridge
Pcrrl's and the hen house was
moved a short distance off its foun.
dations,
Water from the hills swept tons t
of gravel down ON the fields and {
some big boulders were rolled
about carelessly bv the overlooking
streams. Water furrowed through t
{. +. Ingalls, place, leaving Il por-
ton of it badly out of repair, scat
tering sticks aud stones, and at
Judge Maxham's place the deluge
flattened and shifted fences around /
in confusing way. S
1t was great storm, though it
lasted but il few moments, and its S
disastrous effects must have been
due to a combination of cyclone and
cioudburst rolled up together. At !
any rate, the victims think so. S
IN NORTH BRIDGEwATER.
The storm did some destructive /;
work in North Bridgewater, flatten-
ing corn and grain, the hail cutting
everything in its path and breaking
glass where no other damage could |
be done, Herbert Shurtlefl's house S
heing damaged in this way.
IN SOUTH BARNARD. \
The force of the storm was not {
entirely exhausted ut South Pomfret
and vicinity, and Barnard got some
of IT, Ar Sniih R,rn,rl hail crt