The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-07-12
Storm i'm New York.

sssstions sand semi monthly the same us new onse
Storm ian New York.
ss5:s We extract the following fron. the
Herald ofSatnrday last:
ssSfssssA series of melancholy disasters
IFseeeurfed in our city yesterday. About
two o'clock in the mornings fire broke
5s3outs in a bakery in the Second avenue.
NJ One Of the journcymcn in the cstab-
lisementl was burned to death; tami.
1.-the building were compelled to
escape by leaping from fourth-story
window, i'll the performance Of which
hazardous feat woman was instantly
,Just as the steamer New
Voeld5was about departing for Alba.
SAny at seven O'Clock, one of her boiler
Sflues collapsed, causing the death of
six persons, and drcadfully sc;,.ding
1.-Two Others. In the afternoon hail
torn, accompanied by lightning and
violent wind, passed over the upper
part Of the city, during which q new
ttaree-s STORY frame dwelling, in process
of completion, in For,y-,I.ird street,
near the Crystal Palace, was blown
ESdown, burying eight Or ten workmcn
Z amid the ruins, three Of whom were
taken out .liteless. Seven others were
seriously wounded. To conoblde, u
ssn1an lost his life by the fall Of another
n building in Forty third street, near the
So-th river, man was struck dead by
ga flash oflightning, and child Of Mr..
~ ohm Oberhuber was scalded to death;
making total Of fourteen persons
killed and rs many others badly in
Sqjured.
yesterday afternoon, between 5 and
IS6. o'clock, our city was visited by one
sAsof the most tremendous haiI->turms
that we ever semcmbcr to haze seen.
The wind, that during the early part of
s8the day had been from the northeast,
sss snddenlyveered round to the north
west. and again changed to the east,
Il bringing with it u heavy thunder
81 Storm The most peculiar phcnonAc-
i N on was the sudden hurricane, ana tue
storm, 2notyof hail, for that would be
sftoo unmeaning term 70 describe il
by, but OF pieces of ice, which came
s#clattering down upon the roofs Of the
houses like shower of brick bats
Y Extraordinary as 1t may appear, this
8sis the nearest resemblance that can be
given to the noise that the storm pro-
ss!duced; but, singular enough, this phe-
SS9l,nomenon was very local, not extend
ing over the whole city, for in some
Spalts the fail of hail had become mod
flied into rain, probably having melted
& in its passage to the earth.
rs In order. that our readers may not
( suspect us Of eXaggeration, we have
s. ssappendcd two instances Of what this
hail-storm was:
81 The shipyard Of Mr.. Ihos. Collyer,
S$at the dry dock, was covered with
airregularly shaped pieces Of ice, or
large clusters Of hailstoncs. Several
4Sof them were measured, one Of which
was 6 IL inches in circumference, an
ssother 7 inches, and third measured
$23 inches long and 2 inches thick.
Z The inhabitants of house in Wav-
erly place were startled by solid
,s.body falling in the front yard. and on
proceeding there found number of
pieces Of ice, which appeared to have
- been, originally one piece broken by
1.-THE fall. When together they would
weigh about two pounds. The garden
j ut the back Of the house had also a
large number Of pieces Of ice scattered
.tover it, and skylight at the top Of
stthe house was smashed by the hail
sasstones.
The noise Of the falling hail on the
Crystal Palace was tremcndous-thc
dome acting as an immense drum.
ri During the storm most disastrous
accident occurred up town, by which
three persons lost their lives, and sew
q en- others were severely injured, some
5,of whom it is expected will not reoov-
.er. The scene Of the accident was in
Forty. y.third street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, at newly erected
4drame building opposite Latting's OBJ
sservatory, which belongs to DIR. S. p.
& Townsend, and was not entirely COM
pleted. 1t is opposite the Crystal Pal
ace. During the storm this building,
which was two stories high and rooted
SSjn, was overturned instantancously by
1.-The hurricane that blew about five
O'Clock, and lcvcllcd III q moment to
the ground. At the time that the ac-
cident occurred there were six men
employed on the ground floor in plas-
tering the walls, three Of them as plas-