Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-15

ana a. AS. seemed as f'.hey Aat nude tho air a
! bove Us iileif battle field.
The win1 Which ragged farious.y, and 10 which
might properly be given the name OF hurricane a.
rose at nine o'clock and continues, IN lis violence
f5r about ten minutes. Il came from northwest
point and haIriiy fortbe sursoun i,ns country, nad
but narrow range fontihe observation, we nave
been aDic to MAKE. we wodlI Judge that the w'dt
II he ef,atas, yiolenceof the storm was not much
! alue IMAM a nil, AID tbst its course was direct,
unless when tho wind was tuned oy ,le oppos'-
! ton OF emIneuces
II IS impossible Tor us 10 give particular list OF
/, the nlniss done 10 property we can only men
| ton few cases winch come under our own
! knawlcdge. a large ware house on-the upper part
j Oh second street. which was crcetis, tor NJor
Bfant, not quite flushed, was completely Prostra :
I ted and the dwelling hoaseof the same gentleman
had one nj the gable ends blown off, and was o her
wise much nGfe, The house oecup'cdby Mrs
W.udship, for female echoo 1~as unroofcd, ana
lad some Of the upper part Of the we'll torn Oft
Here yoans lady was sleeping in hesecond sto'
fy aud lar >qaanlity OF BRICK aud rubbish Tor
ccd isefon to cr..bed, but she escaped without
! injury An accident Of the same kind occurred 90
Main street the large chimney and part Of Tho ga
'ble end of the southern house Of Mr.. McKcn1.e's
Row was blown down, aud feii upon the back part
| Of Mr. Buchanan iaiiorsshop. IN which a boy was
writing who was covered and confined by the ~
ms. We arc glad 10 sag The poor fellow was gol
out but after considerable time and with much
difficulty without sustaining any serious injury.
The southern SIDE Of tho roof Of the Methods,
churc'-a largc bulldn,g--was rent away, and
parts of 1t carried to tie distance oftwe hundred
yasds The Presbyterian church, IN its immedi
ate ueighboriou did not feel the storm, except
in the demolition ofo few windows, aud damaging
4 lt,l..
brick houses IN this vicinity were more less IN.
nrcd and some of tiem TO con siderable extent.
The north market house, bull, in the fashion OF
Iphilade'phia aud Baltimore, was thrown down +;
the pillars gave wny and the heavy roof was culr-
ed a, least twenty five feet,
A block of three two story dwelling houses on
the hill on which the day before raltcrs had neen
placed wore as was the block mentioned before,
lcvclled to the earth.
I Al, The chmneys and part Of the southern gable
Of the block of houses lately erected by General
praue, on the conner OF Main aid Chesnn,
streets were thrown do%u, were those of the
,bocS onthe opposite corner owned by Mr.. M
kcAic. The ROOT OF the latter covered with
rshec lead which rended oil and blown a
way or ~ is'ed up into heaps on the house.-One
large roll was carried to top OF u house on the op
=. p5sIte side OF HE street
/; WAS apprchcndcd Al tic nc, that the steam
boats y ing al the land'ng were exposed to much
,il"ser but we are happy 10 say tina, II vas not
50 \ few ol thea large and towering ehimneys
Wcfr blown down. and The hurricane deck of one
, the Napoleon %as treated IN the SINE manner
I as was the sheet lead roii we have Just spoken of
We have henrd OF no accidents 10 parsons, 9th
er than those mentioned except ihe death by light
ning of gro woman The general escape rom
,inury IS very surprising Tor The causes were album
fd1nt
We have not heard from tho country except in
tho immediate nc,hbcrhood o' the town, where
the y md was noI violent and powerful IS il was
here. The range OF the devastation IN Width,
about the same us IA the cay aad he ducclion of
IT'S approach from the sain.fo'ns
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