March 28, 1810
Dover, N.H. Jan. 27
During the gale on Friday the 19th inst., much damage, we hear, was done in the upper part of this state. Many barns were blown down, houses unroofed, &c. In New Hampton a dwelling house was blown down - the family with difficulty escaped from the ruins. The owner of the house, with his family got into a sleigh, when a violent gust of wind upset it, with such violence as instantly dashed it to pieces - one of the children was torn from its wretched parents, and could not be found. The other children before they could reach any house were frozen to death - the man and his wife were much frost bitten. In Holderness, a large barn belonging to the honorable Arthur Livermore, was blown down, and four oxen killed.
[The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA - Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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