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Show WO UK OF THE WIND. iuej Blown Down, Trees I prooted and Objects Carried Off, IIostox, July 20. The first news of ! cyclone direct from Lawrence has -t been received by telephone. Tho ssage confirms tho extent of the dialer dia-ler as first reported. The destruet- i is conliucd wholly to South Law-nee. Law-nee. Tliirly wootlen dwellings, were itreyed and six lives lost and thirty-' thirty-' persons injured. - One hundred and ii thousand dollars worth of property is destroyed and live hundred people re rendered homeless. Passengers ou tho -Boston & Maine in due in Boston at 10:45 got a good i W'pf thc,vrccked town as they pass-llirough. pass-llirough. The. passengers thus de-lihcs de-lihcs the disastrous scene: Hie rain had ceased and the wind had no down. The first thing noticed was imildiug being blown to the ground, nl Iheu the trees were twisted and ionteil. This was on the left-hand lc of the track coming toward Hob-ii. Hob-ii. Timber, farm wagons, and ob-' ob-' ts of all sorts were scattered about great confusion, and wo were horri-(I horri-(I to see a man's dead body lying "Hi the bridgo at South Lawrence, iho depot everybody was running 'iit in eon fusion, not having a chance lull I he extent of the damage. The l'h of the cyclone swept at right i,'les across the track, cutting a clean ath, leveling houses and cutting off uprooting the trees. The train 'i'ped but a few minutes, 'and jt was possible to find out anything defi- v. |