The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-04
The Terrible HaiistOrm at Pistsf a|
Amount of Damage lIOn Q


The Piiis5urg Gazette OF the 2sth ult speak
ba:lstorin which visited that city on the ~ [
The clouds came from the south west TO the
and the bsflstones which Tell at first were
size Of piums Toward the clsso Of the
ever, they iucrea sed in bulk. and far exceed
have ever before seen in this region. We h
of many which MEASURED hom 20 Ii inc
cumfer. nee weighing from eight ounces (
anu over. Some idea ma. be FORMED OF III
which fell. from the fact thst George
Fourth street, altered In his yard over sevs
SEINE OF the masses we're of gu trreRu
strongly resembling pieces OF chry stalled
the MAJ GRITTY were OF q round, or oval form,
wards The centre; but the concs nitric ring
approached the surface. becoming more
transparent, rivaling In beauty til. anest
OF seste. The scene was terri 1cslly grand
stones falling with loud. crashing noise on
and rs,, ments, While the lightning played ;
and the thunder roRred The rivers were e
fesm. the spray flying fve feet above the sur
water. We have no doubt tast most OF tn
the vicinity Of Pittsburgh, together with m
smaller animals which were exposed 10 the
the storm were Killed. A pigeon which WI
head taken oil as IL II had been struck by
After the storm was over we went srouu
observe its effects, and found that the ID
Was immense, every house being more o, 4.
Our ffienda at q distance can form some |
number Of psnes Of x ASS broken, when they
one hundred ard 1fty three were destroyed
ssfiS est tlifhment alone Indeed IL Is thou
rot sufficient qus Dti.y OF that article In
pair the damages. Spsog u 20. o warehouse
good specimen Of the force With which the
str uek any thing opposed to them The I'd
pesss 81 shset iron. of the usual thickness,
tsTmcdNo 70, wire gauge. These plates
yierota BY hundreds Of holes, through som
man could thrust biz arm The roof ws.
r'tiled. Other large warehouses on Water
feed considerable damage, since most Of
covered With sheet Iron. tin. or slate roof
ni-hed with double SKI ishts, which. NJ
course. were utterly dem olished. MOI only
but even the sssh, being In many instances
Pollard Mccormicks establishment, At th(
Water and Market streets. was some What ID
roof, which Is Of tin was yierced In several
the solder loossnsd. Thence preceding I'D
found TIE Teofs and skyhyhts Of carson 4
VI. Aliens, Lorenx s sterling's. Millry, Chu
a.. d James A Hutchinsop's warehouses IA
bail had not, In many Instances, peretrsr
the lion, hessuse unlike spt lg 81 they uer
~ sereWed 10 The r.iiers. bat placed on be
covered the rsuers-ftill they we're niue
Crossing Wood street, the warehouses OF
Csntle-s, Graf. Lindsay 4 Co. Sin yer. Hart
Wooc 4 Mcknight. Isslsh Dicksy, Js.l-s
ruEbssdg. Ingraham. ana Lyoa. shorb n
ave all covered With iron. and fur niche will
Roofs esnssed-skyli lights destroyed. The
lisimrnis q Cuddy. Jszrs & Co, Liz oct
Coleman SCo Bailey, iro~n 4 60 ,snsIbz
ke;t \ NcAr 1sht, Ia the same locality, are
ecrFisnd, rooted with tlatr which VAS
craesed sna broken; tkliights destro red.
al IN. Holmes = CO.. 4. Hsrcum Co.
Duntsps wsrshousss. 0u Market street. co
tin, wefe tomswhat Injured Oz Wood ST.
lOHiDg sstAblifhuisnts su-tsiaed &C ms dams
ofOscen K srordur, ltin roofs1 r. A.
Vim. Bsgs!sy 4 Co., wm. T. McCigrg q
brand, W. II. Fulton. and Joshus Rhodes
and HOLMAN q GsrEisop. l-lats reef 81
rtfshouSs were furnished 9TH large doubt
Aluott sil the churches having = large
yaues q glass broken Ia Pitisbarg mad yiot
ID consiurrHbl- damage. aud som, Of the
they we're OF slate. Injured The folllvios
these most dAmascd :-'ieihodist Epi.eopal
betty street Third freshytorisn Church
ki6gir's, Msthscist Church, FiHh street
Cathedral do Welsh Church. Hos str,
ff,shy terisp, Weed streets Episceralisn \
Otrmsu Lutheran, smrhnsld street; a.
dit Episecpsl, eorn'r u seventh .,
churches In Allegheny, BsysTdstorn aud
htn we're al,o considerably Injured
bIlld,ngs OF the iirst. second. Third. Pou
Sizth, seventh aud Eignth yards ssrs sol
jurti - wee these % the ward. 70 Alles
glass In the cupols and Cthsr parts Of tn
vas very much shstt.r.t Several OF
hruges suf.rcd some damage The bau
With but little injury. Our principal ho.
considsrstiy Tn honoBgsLsls House Il
| q Owe hundred rssis tf gla.s. incl iding
cent 81. ights Tho ST. CnstIes lost bets
ihr hrEdred the E4ebausc one hsrdrei
| ~. and Browns hotel sbcsi one hu- dreI
stufn entered less th.p nigh, have bee
STU some % then sustained cousiderat
The bssuiiful stained rlas, IN the Cins
Eucktyr stste vas much shattered The
the eross street. running freq Ia. Aliegi
Mcrcpgahels rivers suffered moet, tbSe-
side more particularly. e-arceiy q Who'll
left IN the storts on ths ssst eide Of Market
SmithGsld streets The less will be VERY
hear Of Dumtsrisss accidents occssionedh,
though fortunately no lives we've lost Tn
very generally. drove their horses Into {,
Mr. Trovillo, undertaken, VA stsendings
was comp.lisd 20 uEtsfupss his horsss
the carriages we're toro % pisces A youns
Carol. ~ho vas holding horse on War
,.ry severely injured ~ the hail.tones
nngres were broken. A nan hsi Lila hea n
orl IN Msrk.t street The eriver OF o lasl
which vas standing opposite McNss;er's
Liberty street. vas Injured by . bsNtorel
vs. vsy through the csnyss coy~rinr sndl
esrere vcund on his ba-d A littie chi
street, which sentucCd cut Ia the storm, ID
down .thseisss. but vas rescued before u
sny injury