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at a distance of thirty rods from the house. If the cart 

 moved in a straight line, it must have passed directly over 

 the barn. Indeed, it is quite probable that such was the 

 case ; for the cart struck flat upon one wheel, which buried 

 itself to a considerable depth in the earth. The spokes were 

 all broken, apparently by the severity of this fall, and there 

 is no appearance of the cart having been injured previously 

 to the fall, with the exception of the loss of the boards which 

 lined the body. There are no marks of the cart having 

 been dragged along upon the ground, but on the other hand, 

 the wheel imbedded in the earth shows that the cart fell 

 nearly perpendicularly, and from a considerable height. It 

 is then probable that it passed directly over the barn. 

 There was a heavy drag, moreover, taken from nearly the 

 same spot with the cart, and which also fell by its side be- 

 yond the barn. The roof of the barn was somewhat in- 

 jured, losing some shingles and boards, and it is conjectured 

 that the drag might have struck the roof in passing over it. 

 I attach but little importance, however, to the question 

 whether the cart and drag actually passed over the barn. 

 It is at least certain, that they were transported by the 

 wind about thirty rods, and fell from a considerable height. 



A wagon, before the storm, was standing in front of the 

 house by the road-side. The next morning one wheel was 

 found in the road, about thirty rods east of the house; 

 another wheel a little further north over the fence; the two 

 remaining wheels at a still greater distance from the house, 

 and in the direction of the barn, H. The wagon box was 

 found half a mile distant, in a north east direction. 



There is another fact, which appears to my mind still 

 more remarkable. A very heavy cast iron plough was 

 lying between the two houses, C and D ; a massive iron 

 chain was attached to it, and there was little wood-work 

 about it. This plough was dragged along about four rods, 

 and ploughed into the ground in several places. In one 



