The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-19
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hospital with minor wounds.

! saturday ana sunday ana eXpec'
to have the tent erected for the
engagements of the coming week
During the storm trees were
uprooted in the village and all thu
surrounding country, some of the
trees being two feet thick at theil
base. Men were busy all the morn
ing clearing the main highways fol
traffic.
Lightning did lot of damage il
the vicinity Of Hardwick villag,
and the trainmen on the evening
train on the Lake road saw five
fires about 9 o'clock in different
parts of the towns of Hardwick
and its immediate vicinity.
The barns on the Lecour farm
or the road from Hardwick tc
Caspian lake were struck anC
quickly destroyed. Mr.. Lacoul
lost all his seasons hay crop, "a
head of cattle and the farming
tools. Only four COWS were saved
together with the house.
Perley Thurston who lives on a
farm on West Hill near the town
Of Hardwick lost his barn and
most of its contents and there is
an unverified report that a set OF
farm buildings were burned in
the town of Woodbury..
Newport and vicinity got the
full effect of the big storm
throughout the afternoon. Rain
and hail fell with such density
and force that the engineer on the
"Air Line" southbound could not
see the track and stopped his
train until the fury of the storm
had passed. Trainmen report hail
stones as large as the yolk Of an
egg.
Lightning struck the house of
P H. Stanley IN the East end,
made a hole in the roof several
feet in diameter. The bolt did
some damage on the first floor.
The Currier family occupy the
second floor and though no dam
age was done the three women in
the house were badly frightened.
At Tomofobia, P. Q, on the
Boston and Maine railroad there
was a bad Wasnout over 100 feet
long and about six feet deep. This
occurred about 8 o'clock Friday
night and the TWO trains, Nos. rs
and So detoured over the Canadi-
al Pacific tracks. The morning
train from Sherbrooke came
through to Newport all right,
though the roadbed had not been
entirely filled rs the train reached
the place.
st. Johnsbury escaped much Of
the force of he numerous storms,
but got a plenty just the same.
About O'Clock Friday morning
the generator at the Passumpsic
plant of the Twin State Gas and
Electric Company was burned out
and this plant cannot be operated
again until the machine is re-
wound. The man in charge at the
time, Richard Wright, was almost
overcome by the dense smoke
which filled The room from the
burning of the insulation.
THROUGH the rainfall in the late
afternoon and evening storms was
only Al inches there was plenty of
LIGHTNING Abo1t ) in t he after
noon a bolt struck A tree in the
Railroad street park and scattered
over the wires of the electric
company. burning out fuses but
doing no other damage Lightning
also struck a tree at the head of
Concord avenue later in the ev-
ching
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