Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-08-23

'"e :AH msisht, EXTENDED TO Baltimore
where it did great damage, and caused the
loss OF several lives.
piolent Tornado and loss of Life.
The thunder storm which passed over
'h's ci'y ou Saturday afternoon, between five
aud SIX o'clock, was accompanied by a Gu
p'ous shower of rain, and also bv u violent
gust or tornado which occasioned The loss of
several lives, besides doing injury in various
places. The principal damage was sustain
ed on DonnelPs wharf, at the lower end of
Thames street. AT this wharf was living
the Bremen ship Sophia, just arrived with a
large number OF German emigrants. A
number OF these were making active prepa,
rations Tor their departure for the West, and
when The rain came on, about forty or fifty
took shelter in an adj acent large unfinished
warehouse. The house not being yet under
roof, the violence of the rain caused all but
nine persons 10 seek refuge in the adjoining
houses. They had scarcely quilted the
warehouse when The wind blew with furious
violence, and in moment Frustrated the
buildings to the ground, burying eight per-
sons under the RUNS Oithc latter humber
hive Immediately succeeded in ex,ricating
themselves, though not without being cor,
sderably injured. Two others, a man and
young woman about nineteen years of age.
were soon alter dug out, dreadlully bruised
aud quite dead. A Colored man. a carter
was standing in the building, but seeing his
horse grow FESTIVE al the sound OF the thun y
der, he ran towards him, but was caught by
| The falling wall and had both his legs badly
broken, aud his face aud head severely cut.
lhe ninth person in the house WINS Mr..
Joseph Holt, bricklayer, who had been
engaged on the building. He was in the
lhird story, and when the house fell he was
'hro"n reinforcement into large heap OF
mortar. Although TO this circumstance
may be attributed the preservation of his
lie, we regret to say il is feared his eyesip h,
Is irretrievably ruined by the lime
The warehouse was owned NV Nlessrs
Donneli and thurman. twas 100 fee, long by
Az VIDE, and three stories high. The work :
men commenced the roof on Saturday. and
had laid but three rows OF slate. lis des
truction was complete, the tornado scarcely
leaving one brick upon another. Some OF
the lumber was carried 10 The distance of
500 feet.
we learn that two small bay vessels were
InPs'-eo az inc same time near Fort Nc
Henry. The hands on board Of one escaued
out small 10y was crushed to death betwe.n
some iuthper- In The cabin Of the other YES.
sci we're man and two boys. who were t.>
Ken out uninjured, shortly after the suuaII
| by cutting hole in the bottom of the vessel
part OF the roof of the Philadelphia Rail
road bridge al Canton was blown of. and
ALSO Inc ROOF OF The steam sa ~ mill at HarrIs'
Greek. AT The Depot at Canton the wslls
vi The Car house, which was burnt a few
weeks ago, were blow down and some 9TH
er trifiing damage sustained.
! Several sheds were unroofed at the shin
yard OF Messrs. Cooper and Abrahams.
port oI Inc ROOF III u warohou.. =, D.,
| says wharf was blown off
The ship General Smith, living at Corners
wharf, broke from her moorines and was
o'o"n SO violently against the " hart that she
stove IN portion Of her bow and carried n
way part OF her bulwaIks.
MT Shaw, the keeper of The Lazaret,o.
who was returning home at the time of the
squaii, was, together with his horse and Car,
ryall ,Dlown over a fence and bruised consid.
eraby.
A part OF the wall and roof Of the large fish
storing house on the South side of the ba<
sin was blown off.
A gentleman who was passenger on
ooato Oh me steamboat Virginia, Captain
evening last, speaks OF the Conduct Of Can
tain T. IN terms OF the strongest commenda.
ton. Having made all due preparations for
the safely OF his own vessel and passengers
ne discovered, as soon as the ram had par,
Tally subsidized, that several vessel were cup>
siZeu ut no great distance from him, and he
instantly manned his boats and succeeded in
fescuinS several men from vessels living
bottom upwards. * gives US sincere pleas.
ure to record this noble conduct on the part
of Captain =. and his crew.
During The storm On Saturday evening
last, the barn OF MIR. Wilkinson Taylor, 10
Baltimore County, was struck by lightning,
and consumed, together with a crop Of grain
&c. valued at about $500.
In Philadelphia on Saturday evening, the
rain fell copiousy. The U. S. Gazette states
That stable near the Schuylkili was struck
ey lightning, and three horses instantly Kill
led-ahd that the upper part of a dwelling in
Queen street was slightly injured by The O.
ieclric fluid passing down the chimney and
escaping from the window OF the third story
Winchester was also visited with disas
trous storm on Saturday the llth. The CEN
ire and lover parts Of the town were flooded
10 the depth Of several feet The loss of
property in the town by the filling of the
cellars was very great, and in the country
also, by the destruction OF fencing, mill
dams &c. The Yirginian thinks the dam
agein all will be between twenty and thirty
thousand dollars R. w. Barton's loss in
hogs and hay is said to be several thousand
dollars. A daughter OF John w. Meborp,
Of Frederick, was killed by lightning.
From the Fredericksburg Herald, august Is.
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