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Domestic News
September 2, 1799
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
In Livermore, Cumberland County, two women died and a girl was severely injured when a violent gust of wind demolished an unfinished house where they sought shelter from a shower on Wednesday, the 14th instant.
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MELANCHOLY.
"On Wednesday the 14th instant, as two or three women and a girl were walking to visit a friend in the town of Livermore, (County of Cumberland) they were overtaken by a shower; but happened to be near a new house, that was unfinished and uninhabited, they went in for shelter. They had not been there many minutes, before a violent gust of wind took the building, which it instantly demolished. The unhappy females were buried in the ruins, two of whom soon died of their wounds, and a third was miserably wounded, having an arm and a thigh broken, so that the bone of the latter appeared several inches through the flesh; but we are happy to learn there are hopes of her recovery."
"On Wednesday the 14th instant, as two or three women and a girl were walking to visit a friend in the town of Livermore, (County of Cumberland) they were overtaken by a shower; but happened to be near a new house, that was unfinished and uninhabited, they went in for shelter. They had not been there many minutes, before a violent gust of wind took the building, which it instantly demolished. The unhappy females were buried in the ruins, two of whom soon died of their wounds, and a third was miserably wounded, having an arm and a thigh broken, so that the bone of the latter appeared several inches through the flesh; but we are happy to learn there are hopes of her recovery."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Accident
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Livermore Collapse
Wind Gust Disaster
Women Injured
House Demolition
Where did it happen?
Livermore, County Of Cumberland
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Livermore, County Of Cumberland
Event Date
Wednesday The 14th Instant
Outcome
two females died of their wounds; a third was severely wounded with a broken arm and thigh, with hopes of recovery.
Event Details
Two or three women and a girl, walking to visit a friend in Livermore, sought shelter from a shower in a nearby unfinished and uninhabited house. A violent gust of wind demolished the building, burying them in the ruins.