Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-09-04

snar bn, was crowded Gro Ad out by the inn
.portsnt news from Cuba: l,ps s's ;ssss
x,rful Calamity at MssedstneA Dread i
-Tssy Loss Ls ana DestTseat'DH1a 1as 2,
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ssiFgst nipBt the most terrible calamity
;n its destruction of life and property
that has ever visited this community, was
'o,ccasioned by sudden and unPrecedenri
..sd freshet in. Pappoose creek ansordfs
-,,arilv insignificant stream. whTehs runs n
about centrally y through shat city. b,.s,.5
% About f2 o'clock If began to rain, and
.from that, time until about 4s05clocksthe
water fell in unceasing torrents. The
stream above named rose with fearfM
Yanidity to a height unknown in the MEM
'oryi Of White men. .teeonipg a broad
and furious torrent, sweeping away
horses bridges, ,sanda fencesa ssv -solH sd
A dwelling near Eight-street was TO-
tally destroyed, the inhabitants barely
se ESCAPING with their lives, s.+,s,... i,;,s
AsmaH frame, occupied by an indus
trious widow who supported herself
and three small children by her own ex-
ertions, was surrounded by the flood, on
The lower side 6Ofeetin width and 4 TO
s feet deep, and on the other side 30.or
40 afeets.wide and. IS feet deep The
cries of the unfortunate woman, who
seeusfo have slept in unconsci BUSINESS,
aroused her nearest neighbors, but they
could render no assistance. She had
got out of The window and was supposed,
in the. darkness, to be on the root with
her children, and her screams, and the
cries of her babes heard. in the gloom,
amidst the roar Of the flood, were heart
rending to the powerless spectators, J.s.
n. A large tree torn up from its roots. and
fragments of buildings and drift wood
swept down with violence against her
frafi home. 1t stood the shock, but it is
inferred that at this juncture the poor
woman, losing her presence OF mind,
and unable to hear what was said from
the shore, attempted TO stem the flood,
and escape with her babes, This act
was her destruction; all pefished, the
mother and her three children. Her
body was found when light came, partial
W buried in the huge drift wood at the
end of the house OF Mr.. Swan. on Fifth
street, $50 yards below her dwelling,
One-half of the citizens are cut of
from all communication except on foot
with,the business part of the city, I
~ Ten thousand dollars will not repair
the damage done to the public works
alone, This. together with the loss OF
four human lives, and much private
property, makes last nights misfortunes
the heaviest and direst calamity which
has ever befallen any Western town OF
our population. "a
1>.'Thousands Of persons men, women
and chiIdren-were to be seenthis morn
ing along Pappoose, engaged in search
ing for the dead, and surveying the
wrecks OF houses, bridges, fences, &C.
gpaCHuRcH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
AND, THE MINISTER KILLED.-A sad
and painful accident occurred AT New
London, Chester county, ron the
17th inst. during thunder storm
which passed-aEsr-that Plsee--9The
Rey, 1oRas Bissey had Just Jconclu-
dea an exceIlsnt and IeleqUentl iser-
moDSHl tHe( Methodist. church, when
the lightAiEgr struck abe, building
killing the. .Teysrand gsntlspsaEns iip the
pulpit and csiunnisG severed OF the
congregation One young man, II
was thought, had been killed also,
but alter considerable exertion on
The part mof those present.. he was
restored to CONSCIOUSNESS. Nodam-
age was done 10 the building except
the breaking of some glass of the
windows. The lightning struck the
chimney situated on, the side of the
beiidhig. The pulpit stood at the
right angles with The chimney, near
enc end. After closing his discourse
theafeyerand gentleman was leaning
on the Bible when the fluid desceh-
6ed.a Every exertionr was made ITO
resusitate him. hnt1Jhe. vital spark
had fed. sSTTuly sins the midstsIOl
Hefwe are in udeath.p 'i He leaves d
wife and one Or Two children 10
mourn hisaloss. taa .s5ldl nj 80 ya =
-, 81, q iu9l-d
LOLA Monies PpGILsM IN c,THE
STREETS OF PARIs.-A stfangescene at.
fracted, on Thursday, vast crowd ol
pronenaders 10 the Rond Point in the
Champs Elysees. In dashing equip
age, two elegantly attired females as
sailed each other fn' ilaHgnage anything
but polite. and then set TO work with
their fists and nails on each others ife-
ces.,o In akshert time, both toilettes
and featuFesi'were considerably dam
aged--At last, one of them finding her
self yanquishsd. uttered 1Iohd. cries ol
distress, and some gentlemen went. to
her assistance The victorious lady, &c
whose arm champagne hadlent strength
was Expelled from the carriage, and the
defeated fady ordered the coachman tc
dive 10 her hotel. She is, well known
tothe public by her adventures in som'
courts of Germany. When the peopl'
lo.rnad tvbS sha vvss .ufhev exnresse,