Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-22

people now living witnessed before, visited Us
bout mdnis hi and has literally, leh once pleasant
and comfortable village an indctnnae bean of ruins
The cloud which was pregnant with destruction "a
our devoted town, aro,e about 10 o'clock in the west
anu NJ hist n seemed 10 porebd little (han an or.
dnery shower OF rain with gust Of wind.-These an.
pearsuces to people who accustomed 10 storms
nus season OF the year produced apprehen .ions c
danger, aud our c,'iZ-rs retired u.usl
ell repose-ln short time all had resigned
into the arms Of sleep Aasl how ule did some Of the
suppose that the sleep which they then invited would
DE eterns-or that ere they awokc they would be land.
ed on that unseen country, om whose bourne trav.
elsr ever returns."
About midnight, many were awakened by the unu.
sua violence OF tho wind and the ceaseess voice of the
thunder which began to come peal at-r peal in
ram succession as 10 iuspire fearful apprehension in
the breasts oil some, though the unb-rs Of many who
'lep in close rooms, were still /,
/ only Tor moment. The already aetated eiemsn,s,
were now worked up 10 the highest pitch OF fury until
seemed mat the very spirit OF the whrlwnd had been
e' loose TO scatter desoatlon, and deah far and wide
win an unrelenting and unrestrsined hand An
were now awakened TO sense OF their real danger;
rather conformation and despair had completely IT,
Ken possession OF them, that lew could tell where they
were or how they were situated Many who had y-
ven 'hens-ives 10 sleep in calm security only an hour
or two beforc found themselves before they fully
awake, blown into the streets and public square at
considerable distance from their lodgings where they
who saw That they were surrounded by so many srk
ing Indications nj destruction that they almost fAnced
themselves suddenly transported another world The
trans ion from the enjoyment OF sleep close and qu-
ct rooms 20 the turbulent fury Of con-ndrg element
IL
where they were, or whence they had come. All
horror and wild alright.
A'ihe same moment. those who were vet within
doors. bearing long, loud rumbiing noise without By
some l. was asken for ihunder, aud by others for the
falling Of the adjacent timber But the melancholy ev-
dence OF their error flashed upon them. Thunder
II was not-failing timber il II was the a,r-
Jd crash Of a hundred demolished buildings more
han halt oil them private dwelngs, "ics., work shops
AMI houses OF hu sne.s, including, with OK
esption' "very valuable building in The place. But hi.
WAS rot all
rO the angel spread his wings tn. blast,
And tho eyes Of tho sleepers waxed deadly and chill
And their hearts bu, hoaved and for
Five of our young fell victims t. tho fury of the
storm Th'ir names were Mr. James r. Ne ston, eli
Tor ct tbs Western Intelligence; Mr.. Arnold, Young
gentleman doing hn.iness clerk the tore Of Sir
James Reed and Mr.. whit.on; Mr.. Rideout. and Mr.
Caldwell young men working at the sad Hing bushes,
They were all persons Of mos, amiabie characters. I'm
blrmished in lh-r morals and remarkable for industry
and attention To business
The three last taken Of heaps Of tho rubbish
of ia'ien building, undee which they literally
hHried.Their features much distorted with fractures
AMI bruises Mr.. Newton, who had been blown up
wards OF hundred yards from hi. office when h. was
leep'ng HE bed and bedst. alo with him was found
in the morning amidst masacs Of broken fragments of
timber, amanSled mulated lump Of mortality. Mr. Ar
mold who did not die until time after DIRK of the
ensuing day had large cash cut in his left eide by the
lemon OF door, that blew against him while he was
attempting 10 escape from his odgings, with much
force 20 tear considerable portion of his liver
Their remains all dressed and lain side nv side
in the same house until the next morning, when three
of them ver" buried in grave, The other two hav
ing been taken to the country, by their friends.
In a town so small as ours, you need no. be inform
ed that the sight OF FIVE young me n who had no longer
than the morning before, erjoye all the vigor of health
and bloom OF youth side by side de cked i'm the sad
habmcnt. Of deah,-,nd the appe aranre of three cc
fms moving SLOWLY along our street. followed by a
vast crowd of asoni.hed aud mel,nchoy inhabi anti
Of town and country, solemn AMI impressive in the
extreme and powerfully calculated deeply TO impress
rehtcng mind with sense of the uncertainty Of
human life tho vanity OF earthly pursuits and the
delu<ive nature Of earthly hopes and earthly propecs
But sncb IL the fate Of man
Eight or ten other citizens were badly wounded and
many more slightly injured. After all. if we reflect
moment upon ,he extern of the devastation that has
been wrought the number of houses that were raised
TO the earth, before single Of their inmates had
an opportunity TO escape and the miraculou. rn,nner
in which many were preserved who were blown from
ont Of their 'd' some of them from the sores
of tn largest buildings in the place, instead Of wonder
ing that many lot their lives 1t is rather matter At
ound a.0nishmon,, that twenty times the number
did not meet the same un'msly fate HID The calsni
tons visitation came upon VA in the day time, il 10
thought cur citizens, our women, and our children
must have fallen by scores-such the nature OF the
catastrophe that any attempt to escape from the Jan
ger most apparent az The moment, would have in every
instance proved fatal. Houses were falling every
where, and the atmosphere full Of yng iimh .r.;
and the circumstance that so small number were kill
ed, must in great measure have been owing TO
ny being ignorant OF their actual danger, Ill the
worst over.
ofthe buildings that have been destroyed or so much
IN Jured "a to be unit for count OF dwelling
homseo, shops offices, and stores including tho Meiho
dist CAurch, the Court H-u-c and Market Hous. Sc
OF kitchens, stahles, and other out hou.es 81
Making in all Ito
The whole amouat al los IL varously estimated from
$4,000 10 800 900; though the most impress.
sion be- that less than hundred thousand
dollars would not re pair the damage.
We have heard NJ no serious injury being sustained
any where else The people in tho neighbor hood have
escaped either entirely unhurt bnt very eighty
iured seems that all the energies of The angry ele-
ment we're reserved to exhaust them selves on our de
voted town.
idea OF the scene that presented itself the nj
The catastrophe. happened, and OF the general appear
ancss OF town since il il Perh APPS if YOU ca
fancy 10 yourselfa large field, which hur-
rcane had lately passed sweeping every thing in it,
leaving only here and there the fractured stump
of tree standing, and covering the whole surface
with the trunks and limbs of dead timber 50 hickly
that m gh walk from extreme 10 the other any
direction without setting your foot upon the ground
you may have some vague conjecture OF the general
appearance Of the south and sides OF the town Of
Shebyvillr. AMI then il you fancy that you saw
town like ours in which the whole population were
wrapt in sleep, at the solemn hour Of midng hi--tha
sujde lY, and before any of them could he wa ID o.
their danger, most tremendous storm arose-,hat
midst the terrific Of wind the awful bursts Of con
tnued and increasing peAls Of thunder and an unre.
hitting glare Of vivid lightning giving to the whole
surrounding atmosphere completely the appearance OF
" an Ocean Of Fame" you saw hundred houses iuu-
be to pieces all around you-that you saw huge pieces
Ut timber flying IN every direction through The air thick
az leaves in autumn, and sw if from the In
diam how and the appalled, inhabitants shrieking AMI
terrified, blown about like chat. IT say YOU can
imagine that you cav and heard all these things h-