The New Hampshire Gazette

BOSTON, JULY 1.

TREMENDOUS TORNADO.

On Monday night (says the Newbury-port Herald) we experienced one of the most violent hurricanes remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The afternoon was uncommonly warm, thermometer up to 95 in the shade and the air confined; between 6 and 7 the clouds gathered thick, with excessive thunder and lightning, about 40 minutes past 7 a violent wind set in from N accompanied with torrents of rain, and for about 25 minutes the horizon exhibited a spectacle tremendously awful and indescribable; thunder, lightning, hail rain and wind carried all before it.

We have not been able to learn but a comparatively trifling part of the great damage that must have been sustained, even in the neighborhood, as our paper was at press before it came on: many trees were blown down, glass broken, fences demolished, &c. We learn that Capt. Sam'l Coffin's distil-house was unroofed, a barn of Deacon Farnham's blown down; the north part of this office was unroofed, the shipping at the wharfs parted their fasts and were driven before the tempest, &c. We are concerned to state that several boats were out, which we fear must have severely felt it.

P. S. Both Light-Houses, are blown down, five barns were blown down in Salisbury, old town, the old Meeting-house, late Mr. Noble's at the plains; and almost totally demolished an orchard of 100 trees, over the river, (Salisbury.)