August 18, 1787 - Late Hurricane at Wethersfield

As witnessed, “… the wind was very fresh rom the southward; at noon an unusually black could appeared to be ranged from the western home-what past the northern point, its upper edge was indent and formed irregular columns, something resembling pyramids, which reached to within about thirty about thirty-five degrees of the zenith-the appearance of this cloud I took noticed was different from the common thunder cloud being one continued sheet, singly defined at the edges, … but now from a rising ground it displayed itself in its full extent, replete with undeseribable horror — A black column from the earth to the cloud, of about thirty rods diameter, so hick that the eye cold not pervade it, whirled with amazing velocity and a most tremendous roar – it appeared lminos and ignited, and was charged with broken pieces of fences, and huge limbs of trees, which were continually, crashing against each other is in the air or tumbling to the ground.”  The hurricane destroyed corn fields, fences, trees, and homes. People were hurled and killed.  The Country Journal, and the Poughkeepsie Advertiser, Poughkeepsie, New York, Wednesday, September 05, 1787