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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A violent whirlwind struck Homer, N.Y. on the 1st ult., lifting a barn, carrying two men into the air, hurling a wagon over a fence, and scattering roofs, furniture, trees, and other items several miles.
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It took up a barn, 35 by 50 feet, and carried it 12 feet; carried up two men into the air several feet; conveyed a waggon over a fence six rods; scattered roofs of houses, furniture, bedding, trees, &c several miles; and one man says he found one end of his trunk four miles from the place he lost it, had not found the linen it contained, but supposes it has been whirled to the antipodes.
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Homer (N. Y.)
Event Date
The 1st Ult.
Outcome
barn (35 by 50 feet) carried 12 feet; two men carried into the air several feet; wagon conveyed over a fence six rods; roofs of houses, furniture, bedding, trees scattered several miles; one man's trunk end found four miles away, linen missing.
Event Details
A violent whirlwind took up a barn and carried it 12 feet, lifted two men into the air several feet, conveyed a wagon over a fence six rods, scattered roofs of houses, furniture, bedding, trees several miles, and dispersed one man's trunk contents possibly far away.