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“* - Account of a Store in New Hampehirt.” é 235 
‘From the ncighUechodd of the Bavseve, it passed over another 
spur of the mountain, and fell with great violence on the build- 
ings of Peter Flanders and Joseph True. Their houses, which 
were but a few rods distant, one in Warner, the other in Salis- 
bury, were utterly demolished. In Mr. F.’s house were nine per- 
sons, two of whom were instantly killed. Mr. F. and wife were | 
very badly wounded, but at length recovered. In Mr. 'T.’s house 
were seven, all of whom were most wonderfully preserved, ex- 
cept that two children, ten or twelve years old, were badly burnt 
by hot bricks, the oven having been heated and the bread then 
in it; one of whom lingered several weeks in extreme suffering 
and then died.’ The father and mother of Mrs. T., who lived 
about half a mile distant, were visiting there. They had just 
left the tea table. Mr. T.. and his father-in-law went out at the 
door and saw the cloud, but thought at first they were so under 
the hill it would pass harmless over them. But they were soon 
convinced that its track was marked with desolation. Mr. T. 
just gave an alarm to his family, then ran under the end of his 
shop which happened to stand beyond the violence of the wind 
so as not to be demolished. His father-in-law, (Jones, ) stood his 
ground until the wind struck the barn, a few rods to the north- 
west of him, and he saw the fragments of it flying thick in the 
air over his head. He then threw himself flat upon the ground 
by aheavy pile of wood. Instantly a rafter fell endwise close by 
him, entering the ground a foot or two in depth, and immediately 
a beam grazed down upon the rafter and lay at its feet. He and 
Mrs. 'T. were entirely unharmed. In a moment they saw, in- 
stead of a new and strong and very comfortable dwelling house, a 
perfect desolation. Not even a sill remained upon its foundation. 
Even the cellar stairs, and the hearths, which were of tile or 
brick eight inches square, were taken up and removed. The 
‘pricks of the chimney lay scattered along, partly covering Mrs. 
T’., and covering to a considerable depth two of the children. 
Mrs. T. was soon taken up with but little injury. The shrieks 
and.cries of the two children, under a weight of hot bricks, next 
pierced the heart of their father. In removing them, he burnt 
his hands to the bone. ‘They were at length taken out alive, but 
—inastate of great suffering, one of whom, as I have mentioned, 
after a few weeks, died. All were now found but the babe, 
about one year old. Supposing it to be under the bricks, Mr, 
