The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

NEW-HAVEN, August 25.

Tuesday the 17th instant, in the afternoon, there was the most violent Tornado or Hurricane, ever known in the memory of the oldest person living in this part of the country.—By the best account we have been able to procure, it began at the place called Shipague Neck, between New-Milford and Woodbury—its course was nearly from N. W. to S. E. and the greatest violence of the wind about 50 rods wide—

In the parish of South Britain, in Woodbury, ten dwelling houses, five barns, two grist mills, and a saw mill were either wholly destroyed, or greatly damaged.—The house of the Rev. John Minor, was entirely demolished, and he buried in the ruins, from which he was taken out so much wounded that his life was in great danger,—The planks of the new bridge, firmly spiked down, were torn off and carried a considerable distance.—A number of orchards entirely destroyed, and the largest trees in the forest levelled with the ground.—In short, nothing withstood its fury, and destruction marked its whole progress.—It was attended with the most tremendous Thunder—The Lightning struck in numbers of places, and five stacks of hay, in Southbury, were set on fire and consumed.