Account of a Storm in Neiv Hampshire. 235 



From the neighborhood of the Savarys, 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 a heavy 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 

 bricks 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 

 in a state 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. 



