THE TERRIFIC GALE IN THE UNITED STATES.
The Philadelphia correspondent of the ‘ Times,’ telegraphing regarding the terrific wind storm which raged on February 2 along the Atlantic seaboard, says that the wind attained a velocity from the north-west of seventy miles an hour. Telegraph wires were partially prostrated. From all directions reports come of unroofed and destroyed buildings. At Cohoes, New York, a church steeple 225 feet high was blown down, the wreck obstructing the railway. A partially completed Catholic Church at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, was entirely destroyed. The steeple of the Universalist Church, Webster, Massachusetts, was demolished. At Washington the tower of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, 230 feet high, was blown several feet out of plumb, being rocked by the wind for hours. Its swayings were watched by crowds. At Fredericksburg, Virginia, the Episcopal Church steeple was blown down, crushing an adjoining building Many vessels were wrecked along the coast. The storm extended eastwards to Nova Scotia, southwards as far as Hatteras, and westwards to Detroit.
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Evening Star, Issue 4113, 3 May 1876, Page 3
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167THE TERRIFIC GALE IN THE UNITED STATES. Evening Star, Issue 4113, 3 May 1876, Page 3
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