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distance, and scattered mostly in a north east direction. 

 The barn bore north 29 east from the house, as I deter- 

 mined it by a compass, and was distant from it twenty-five 

 rods. This entire space was strewed with the small frag- 

 ments 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 son's 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 brobably 

 recover. Animals of various kinds were lying dead among 

 the ruins. There were pigs, geese, hens and turkeys, in 

 considerable numbers, and several of the fowls were picked 

 almost clean of their feathers, as if it had been done care- 

 fully by hand. Neither Mrs. Sanford nor her daughter are 

 able to give any satisfactory account of the hurricane, for 

 they were both of them awakened from a sound sleep by 

 the crash of the house, and the next instant they were 

 dashed senseless upon the ground. I have stated that the 

 house t was carried in the direction of the barn. About half 

 of the roof and frame fell near the south west corner of the 

 barn, and some of the timbers fell near the south east corner. 

 Several heavy joists lay scattered forty or fifty rods beyond 

 the barn, but all in nearly the same direction from the 

 house. There were several very remarkable facts, showing 

 the power of the wind, which I should not have been pre- 

 pared to credit had I not observed them for myself. I 

 visited the spot the day after the hurricane, and have ob- 

 served it once since that time. An ox cart, before the storm, 

 was standing close by, and in the rear of, Mr. Sanford's 

 house, and was loaded with potatoes. The cart was lifted 

 up by the wind ; it soon turned a somerset, so as to empty 

 out the potatoes upon the ground, and nearly all in a heap. 

 The cart itself was dropped a few rods behind the barn, and 



