A Sketch of the Destruction of the Willey Family by the White Mountain Slide : On the Night of August 28, 1826 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Sketch of the Destruction of the Willey Family by the White Mountain Slide: On the Night of August 28, 1826

As soon as it was light 1n the morning we commenced the search. As the family had not been heard from, we were satisfied they had been buried under the mountain slide, the course of which, presented an appalling spec tacle. The track of the slide reached to within three feet of the house, and had carried away one corner of the barn. Across the course of the slide, the rocks, gravel and trees were piled and mixed in awful confusion for a great dis tance. It seemed to have suddenly stopped, for the advanced part of the avalanche was morethan perpendicular, the top projecting over that portion that rested on the ground - so much so as to form c'aves.

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