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Letter to Editor
August 23, 1877
The Daily Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
What is this article about?
Letter from New Dungeness, Washington Territory, dated August 17, 1877, reports unexpectedly good local crops including 40-70 tons of hay per farm, strong wheat yields, and initial barley shipment to Victoria. Describes a severe thunderstorm with lightning striking a nearby tree.
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New Dungeness, W. T., Aug. 17, 1877.
Ed. Intelligencer:—Contrary to the general expectation during the spring, our crops are remarkably good. Many of the principal hay farms have succeeded in raising from 40 to 70 tons each of extra hay. The wheat crop is especially good. On some of the bottom-land farms, the yield of this grain is enormous. The threshing season has begun, and already one load of barley has been shipped, per schooner Mist, Capt. Abernathy, to Victoria.
Last evening the quiet people of Dungeness were the recipients of a very severe bombardment in the shape of a thunder storm; it being the very worst, in fact, that we have ever before experienced upon this coast. One bolt of lightning struck a tree not more than forty yards from the town, and literally rent it into fragments. Quite close enough for our comfort.
GORDON.
New Dungeness, W. T., Aug. 17, 1877.
Ed. Intelligencer:—Contrary to the general expectation during the spring, our crops are remarkably good. Many of the principal hay farms have succeeded in raising from 40 to 70 tons each of extra hay. The wheat crop is especially good. On some of the bottom-land farms, the yield of this grain is enormous. The threshing season has begun, and already one load of barley has been shipped, per schooner Mist, Capt. Abernathy, to Victoria.
Last evening the quiet people of Dungeness were the recipients of a very severe bombardment in the shape of a thunder storm; it being the very worst, in fact, that we have ever before experienced upon this coast. One bolt of lightning struck a tree not more than forty yards from the town, and literally rent it into fragments. Quite close enough for our comfort.
GORDON.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Historical
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture
Science Nature
What keywords are associated?
Crops
Hay
Wheat
Barley
Thunderstorm
New Dungeness
Washington Territory
What entities or persons were involved?
Gordon.
Ed. Intelligencer
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Gordon.
Recipient
Ed. Intelligencer
Main Argument
contrary to spring expectations, crops in new dungeness are remarkably good, with high yields of hay, wheat, and initial barley shipments; a severe thunderstorm struck nearby last evening.
Notable Details
Hay Yields Of 40 70 Tons Per Farm
Barley Shipped Per Schooner Mist, Capt. Abernathy, To Victoria
Lightning Struck Tree 40 Yards From Town