370 Observations on a Hurricane in Ohio. 
_ The hurricane commenced a little west of the house A. Its vio- 
lence rapidly increased as it advanced eastward, and throughout that 
whole part of the track which is represented in the diagram, a large 
proportion of the trees were leveled. Where no trees are repre- 
sented on the diagram, there were very few, if any, to be uprooted. 
Eight buildings were unroofed; three others were considerably in- 
jured, and the remainder of those on the diagram escaped with a few 
panes of broken glass. But it was the house D, upon which the 
storm poured its principal violence. This was a small frame house 
of one story, and had been built but two years. It was situated 
upon a slight eminence or knoll, and was not protected at all from 
the fury of the wind. The house was occupied by Mr. Frederick 
Sanford, his wife and mother, with three children. On the evening 
of the 19th, the family were absent from home to attend a wedding. 
They returned about midnight, and Mrs. Sanford states that it was 
then raining moderately, the lightning was somewhat vivid, and the 
wind fresh. They retired to bed and were soon asleep. Mrs. S. re- 
lates that she was awakened from a sound sleep by a crash, which she 
presumes was occasioned by the falling chimney ; almost at the same 
instant she felt that the house was moving ; there was a tremendous 
roaring noise, and further than this she has no recollection. In the 
morning the neighbors found the house a perfect wreck. Not a tim- 
ber was left in its place. The foundation stones were not disturbed, 
but the entire frame of the house was lifted up, and carried in the 
direction of the barn E. A portion of the foundation frame was 
dropped almost immediately, and lay but a few feet from the founda- 
tion walls. ‘The bricks of the chimney were, most of them, carried 
but a short distance, and were scattered along precisely in the direc- 
tion of the barn. A considerable number of bricks, however, con- 
stituting, as is supposed, that part of the chimney which rose above 
the roof, were carried to a greater distance, and scattered mostly in 
a northeast direction. The barn bore N. 29° E. from the house, 
as I determined it by a compass, and was distant from it twenty-five 
rods. ‘This entire space was strewed with the small fragments of 
the furniture and timbers of the house. About half-way between the 
house and barn, were found three corpses horribly mangled, being 
the bodies of Mr. Sanford’s two sons and his mother. Mr. Sanford 
was still breathing, but died in about an hour. Mrs. Sanford and 
her.daughter were unable to move in consequence of bruises and 
broken bones. They are, however, still living, and will probably re- 
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