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middle of the houfe. All the people in the houfe 
were, in that inftant, thrown into fuch a conHerna- 
tion, that they can give no account of what paffed 
during this lcene of confufion, which was, indeed, 
very fhort. It may be judged of by the effeds, and 
by the teHimony of credible men, who lived near, 
and, in a few minutes after the wind, viewed the de- 
flation made by it. Where the houfe Hood, nothing 
remained but the fills, and the greater part of the 
lower floor, with part of the two Hacks of chimneys, 
one about io feet, and the other not quite fo high; 
the Hones, which had compofed the upper part, lying 
all around them; and the fills, at the i'outh-weH 
corner, were Harted out of their places round to the 
northward. Except thefe fills, there were only three 
pieces of timber, and thofe very large, left intire ; one 
of which, about 16 feet long, and io inches by 8, 
was found on the oppofite fide of the road, nearly 
fouth, about ao rods diHant from the houfe. The 
reH of the timbers, from the greateH to the leaH, 
lay broken and twiHed to pieces between N. N. E. 
and E. for 70 or 80 rods from the houfe; fome 
upon the ground, others Hicking into it a foot and 
two feet deep, in all dire&ions. Part of one of the 
main poH9, about 1 a feet long, fuppofed to be the 
N. W. corner poH, with part of one of the plats of 
nearly the fame length, and a brace which holds 
them together, were left Hicking in the ground, 
nearly perpendicular, to a great depth, in a field 
foutherly from the houfe about 8 rods drfiant. The 
boards and Jfhingles of the houfe, with 3 or 40c o 
new boards, which lay by it, were fo intirely fhat- 
tered, that fcarce a piece could be found above 4 or 
y inches 
