Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-22

Ne cannot even attempt description 81 HE rfas.r:oa
condition Of hatcher. Hundreds Of houses ycsicrl4y
on firm foundations and The abode a; con.or and Jaut.
now choke up streets with mingled materials, t.!
state Of utter destruction
We extract lie following from Ia" HHlc.iez .'scl
Trader
The areaer'parl oihc ram vas effected III the .la
space or from three to five minutes, although tn,.
heavy sweeping tornado lasted nearly halt kaur
For about FIVE minutes It more Ike the explosive
force of ounpGwdcr than tang else II could 4e,r
been compared to. Hundreds oiro"rs ours, open
as Sudden as il barrels OF gumPower had been iencd
N each.
As far as classes or the naked eye reach the ;r,t
traces of the tornado 10 bc from the Nir..l
bluff down the river about ten miles, bearing comsirrs
Div west ot South Sweeping across the Nalchrz IS
land il Crossed the point below The plantation 81 DAVID
Barland, Esq, opposite plantations Of 7 NJ I.apcc
Esd in the Parish Of ConcoTdia II then struck Tie
NatchcZ bluff about niii" and bali below the c.i.
near the mansion called the BTiers, which hut gl
Is injured but swept the mansion late Of thaslr, h
Greene Esq called the "Bucvue, and the ancient
forest in which II cuhosomed, INTO mass OF RUNS
In III" upper city, Nachez on the lili scarcely
house escaped :. mage utter rum. The Presbyterian
and Methodist churches have their towers thrown
down their roofs broken and wall scattered The E,s
copal church is much injured IN lis root; Faraers
great Southern Exchange i lry"! with tie Gu.,
Great damage has been done 10 the CITY Hotel and the
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stories broken in The hons" oil sheriff zod has not
timber standing and hundreds of other dwellings are
nearly in the same situation. The Courthouse ~ y.
dalia parish of Concordia utterly torn down. also The
dwelling houses of Or. M'Whorlcr and of Mess
Dunlap and STACEY. The parish Jai! Is partly torn
down
But now the worst remains 10 be told. Parrish judo
hecou of Concorda, instantly killed while DIM
ncr the house of Mr.. Stacey. No other person
killed in Vidalia although others were hurt. a.
| Of IA
six are now atoat. Those best acquainted suppose as
many as one hundred fiat boatmcn were drowned IN the
river which swclled instantly TO the height OF sx VI
eight feet.
The steamboats, Kinds Prajr" and the st Lawrence
were DESTROYED and sunk at the Landing, and the ida
liza ferry boat the rvcr-morc or less persons beng
lost in The two first named boats.
From the runs OF the Steamboat Hotel, Mr. Aexaa.
der the landlord his lady and bar keeper, were dug
ont alive as also Timothy Flint, the historian and g
ographcr and his son, from Nachitochcs La, besides
Dr. I'aliaferro and many others. Mrs Alexander IS
considered dangerously injured Two OF her children
were killed in lrrarmS. As many nine dead bodies
have been dug from the Steamboat Hotel
The number of buraIs which have taken place t.
day is about fifty, and many still IN Dangerous
and dying condition.
We are all in confusion, and Surroundcdby III" d"s'
tuc. the housceSs, the wounded and the dying Our
beautiful city is shattered fit had been slorcd by all
the cannon of Austcrlit2.
tor Noah Barlow Esq, has been thrown open 10 the
wounded. Doctor Pollard, with hrs usual prompt
Jude has taken the fremont House for an additional
hospital, Stephen Duncan, Esq, having generously OF.
f,,rcd TO be responsible fer the rent.
The ncghbouring planters are generously s"nGrS
in large gangs Of slaves assist clearing the streets
and digging the dead from the runs.
VI. Rulner and ) J. Boyd, Esqrs, have been ri The
trouble 10 20 over the whole extent Of the city, and
make practical and careful estimate of the damages,
which ~ endorse - as observation extends,
and present TO readers:
Houses and rood, under the hill, l50CG0
Four steamboats,, 'W''-u
Fi.ty flat boat At the landing, l"U,b"J
D" "nI .,7sot ~ ''''' ''''' '''N $500
lin 10 Main. $3.50
Rail Road Depot, Build ngs, &c, o9't9
Light house and adjoining building ON the
South, NrN'
Judge Covnaton building and furniture, i"tr'
Above railroad and west OF Canal street, b-,u
North Of High street and east Of Canal street, '.,"
East of Rankin, south TO Main, l.,Np
Theatre square, .''N''
East Of Rankin To limits south, *!'Ho
South of Orleans and west of Rankin, :j,G0t
Knight house, and square, lo,"l'
Parkcr's Hotel, and square, 'V'a"
CITY Hotel, Mansion House and square, "UttJ
Two squares north OF Franklin, west Of Pearl
street, l"'g"
South Of Franklin, north of Orleans, west q"
Pearl cast Of Wall streets, t>,3o
Two squares from High 10 Franklin, between
Pearl and Commerce streets, '',"'
Franklin to Orleans, between Pearl ana
Commerce streets, oU"'
Commerce TO Union, south Of! High, ana
north Of Orleans streets %-i9tu
Union TO Rankin, south of High, and north
of Orleans streets, l"9,HNV
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