Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-15
Serious oamase Cam.
throughout vs, " Ste

Throughout vs'% So s' s,s,.
-. = . terrible storm which IA ~,
was mas ,he most severe one thar ,S'la'ns =,
over the vicinity Of Fass sss' Is,s
sufrea Aug I, Great trees usO'sA q
aowh ike small sapllnps We. ss'e bot,
We're broken, while the mn ''O window,
a ~ pe, a0,, torrents, washing an, sea
ana helds' The Central vs ~, ss'asss
toad track In front Of tbs ,, .,l.i nj,
badly undermined Wv ssalioa, -.
Inc most severe losses
farms OF j. A, and w, p p,' ~ % IL
Writers, The large stock M M lna en-.
on 'he Ryan farm, which i a., ny an
largest barns in the town. VA ~ =, o u
lightning, and literally Torn s, s,.asS y
Tour COWS, several calves thie.h tn
and two horses, besides ia Ius'ea Ia,
peing buried In the debris n. vi
horses We're rescued. oni' 'us hl
bruised, also all the calves ana MsAil
two OF the cows, The barns - aes' a.
tiers farm were badly wrcss5 "a "a, 70, We
several cattle. Neu' Als'a,
sasa w nouse ana store Of c. r q,
several windows were broken : uss
rooms We're flooded with ws,.' sls u
considerable damage. ''''' aoas
The building ON the Domain.
verely. 'Nus'sd \.
All the telegraph and telenn,,
were badly disabled BY broken Ill.,, me
Trees blown across the Wires
In st. Adams the same dav u.
struck the home Of Mrs. }. p.S
setting fire 10 the roof and an y
bolt was seen by many neigbbo,, ~
Tell from the clouds and broka N
chimney OF the house. Mrs. 49,, w
absent from the city and ~ n,i. -
pants OF the house were Mr. ~ NJ
William Hunter, who live on IN -. an
fioor. Mrs. Hunter was shocE.s y
stunned by the lightning, In, -. y,
recovered. An alarm OF flre ~. - -
but water could not be secured h, M,
hour owing TO the fact that oBs n /.
mains had been shut OF to allow -.
The rain fell heavily and helped - \.
flames in check until pressure cI,,
secured for the two lines Of No.. ~
The attic and roof were burned g, 4.
damage to the house was mostly ~ -. |
The barn on the farm Of Eh.8-.
Brooks was struck by lightning, bgi h.
blaze was put out before much harm ~
been done.
A big barn on the farm Of D. Non.
Burton OF Swanton, on Hog islard 9,
struck by lightning and burned 8ss,,
the storm. II was filled with new ~
The wind raised havoc on The ~
shore. The heavy rubberoid yerand, ~
OF the cottage OF Bruce and Clsrk
Corliss was lifted bodily and oar-rt
distance of $50 yards, only a few ba,a
being broken. The boathouse Al KS,
kill-kare" was thrown upon the "a.
and destroyed. Light boats were throw,
several feet inland by the wind. Duss.
of trees on 1.-THE Pines, some Of tAs,
fifteen inches in diameter, were brOksro q
like so many pipestems. Two tres M
upon c. A. Bucks cottage but did Las
damage. Cocks OF hay standing in sd;
were tossed hundreds Of yards. A bra
belonging TO c. A. Bostwick. mar hs
cottage, was moved several feet ou 4
place. The wind storm came from he
southwest in path about a mile wide ind
blew warm and almost hot.
Fairfax was also visited By sever
wind storm Aug. Z. A large amount d
rain fell, so the streets looked like rivers
Shade trees were broken down, and bal
as large as peas fell for few minutes.
The stage coming from Georgia vas
delayed, the driver being compelled 10
chop his way through several fallen tres
A very large elm tree, nearly 100 years
old, standing in front Of the Purmoa
farm, was blown down. The woods
known as the Blake woods were also
badly damaged. Many houses in ths
village shook so that people were afraid Of
their falling.
The worst electrical and wind :io'n
ever witnessed in Lakeside, on ias
Georgia shore, struck with overwhelming
violence the same day. The door md J
windows OF many houses were den0-
ished, orchards were destroyed, snd,W
in the distance OF one mile, about thN
hundred trees were uprooted.
Four women who were in camp theieA
the time the storm burst, were in thsf
tents endeavoring TO hold the ropes
the hope OF preventing the WIND nVn
tearing the tent from its fastening
They escaped just about one minaS
before the tent was ground to the ea'A
and seven large trees were hurled sdVs
it. The women attempted to run ID u'
direction OF the nearest house, anl
though it is distance of not more 'nAA
twelve rods, the house was entireE
visible to them. Almost instantly wv
were thrown to the ground ana
gained their feet only to be ylolen'p
blown upon pile of stones, ini'''ns
numerous bruises. They crawled Wy.
their hands and knees almost
house, but were unable to get 70 ~
door, being driven some distance y ~ "a
east of it. AT length, in drencnsu u"
condition, they reacneu
building at the rear OF the house. WY"
they were given aid. ,hs
A bolt of lightning came cow in N
OF the Edward Crane nous ,Ss
SCATTERING the brickworS Y s,a y
ground, then ran all over the ~
tearing off lath and plaster IN ss ing
rooms, upsetting the furn iture, sea cay. m
the contents ~ a clothes press INTO w
shed, bending fiat the dasnsi /,
a carriage nearby and finally ies,mS n.
the telephone wire. The telepnoH, cam
strument was thrown across lpe "A
and the boards OF the house were w" mi
at the point where the wire en'sr''
no fire was started. :, sut.
During heavy thunder shower y :, On
ton, lightning struck the residence s "
Jesseman. 1t demolished the lose