The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-07-12


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Storm 5Ea New York.
d extract the following from the
Il Herald Saturday lasts
Asseries of melancholy disasters
accurfed in, our city yesterday. About
tYoso O'clock in the mornings fire broke
ont in "a bakery in the Second avenue.
81 One of the journeymcn in the estab-
lisementi was burned to death; iami-
in1the building were compelled to
escape by leaping from fourth-story
1, window, III the performance Of which
Is hazardous feat q woman was instantly
Killed. d.@tJust as the steamer New
ssSSs SsYofld7Kas about departing for Alba.
sssnss at seven o'clock, one Of her boiler
s@fues collapsed, causing the death of
" six persons, and drcadfully sclding
two others. In the afternoon a hail
storm, accompanied by lightning and
giolcnt wind, passed over the upper
part Of the city, during which new
three STORY frame dwelling, in process
of completion, in Forty third street,
near tie Crystal Palace, was blown
down, burying eight or ten workmcn
amid the ruins, three of whom were
taken out liteless. Seven others were
seriously wounded. To coneAldc, a
man lost his life by the fall of another
building in Forty third street, near the
North river, n man was struck dead by
ls8sa flash of lightning, and a child of Mr.
gJ Ohm Oberhuber was scalded to death;
making o total of fourteen persons
q killed and Us many others badly in
sjured.
Yesterday afternoon, between 5 and
SO o'clock, our city was visited by one
saot the most tremendous haiI->torms
YSthat$we ever semcmbcr to have scrn
The wind, that during the early part OF
the day had been from the northeast,
suddenly Ycered round to the north
west, aud again changed to the east,
Z aPringng with it u heavy thunder
$ Storm The most peculiar phcnonc.
non was. the sudden hurricane. and TIE
storm, ,not2of hail, for that would Dc
too unmeaning a term 10 describe il
by, but of pieces of ice, which came
sE3clattering down upon the roofs of the
houses like shower of brickbats.-
Extraordinary as 1t may appear, this
lis the earestresemblance that can be
given tosthe noise that the storm pro
tlnced; but, j singular enough, this phe.
5S holnenon was very local, not extend
iiSing over the whole city, for in some
pats the fail Of hail had become mod.
9sified into rain, probably having melted
limits passage TO the earth.
In order. that our readers may not
SSSsuspectaus Of eXaggeration, we have
s85 5appendcd two instances Of what this
hail-storm was:
t3s Thet9shipyard of Mr.. Ihos. Collyer,
a Mt the dry dock, was covered with
irregularly shaped pieces Of ice, or
$slarge clusters of hailstoncs. Several
y of them were measured, one of which
was 6 l-2 inches in circumference, an.
ssother. 7 inches, and third measured
3 inches long and inches thick.
Tho inhabitants Of a house in Wav-
S&erly place were startled by q solid
body falling in the front yard. and on
proceeding there found number of
pieces flee, which appeared to have
4 been originally one piece broken Ivy
6theSfall. When together they would
weigh about two pounds. The garden
satt the back of the house had also q
large number Of pieces Office scattered
overt, and skylight at the top Of
the house was smashed by the hail
stones.
The noise Of the falling hail on the
Crystal Palace was tremcndous-thc
dome acting as an immense drum.
during the storm most disastrous
accident occurred up town, by which
thrse. persons lost their lives, and sew
II en- others were severely injured, some
of whom it is expected will not reoov-
er. The scene Of the accident WAS in
Forty-third street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, at q newly erected
trame building opposite Latting's Oh.
servatory, which belongs to DR.. 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
a8jn, was overturned instantaneously by
the hurricane that blew about five
O'Clock, and levcllcd in moment to
The ground. At the time that the &C.
eident occurred there were six men
employed on the ground floor in plas
tering the walls, three of them as plas.
terers, one Of whom was the boss,
4 named William McCraeken, and who
!. was killed with two others. There
were three other laborers on this floor.
d On the upper foor there were other
workmen employed in fitting the pipes
and other similar work, the building
being intended, we believe, for q sa-
loon, and in addition to these there
was a large number of people who had
SOUGHT Temporary shelter when the