The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-07-12
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Storm ina New York.
s aVe2eStract the following from the
Herald of Saturday last:
s ssEssss.'A8Bscrics of melancholy disasters
occurred in our city yesterday. About
two wSg' o'clock in the morning Il fire broke
ont ina bakery in the Second avenue
One Of The journcymcn in the cstab-
Elisemcntl was burned to death; a iami-
~ in nthe building were compelled to
escape by leaping from fourth-story
window, iii the performance Of which
hazardous feat woman was instantly
Killed. sfJust as the steamer New
3sNVorld was about departing for Alba
my, at seven o'clock, one Of her boiler
Slues collapsed, causing the death of
six persons, and drcadfully scs.,ding
two Others. In the afternoon hail
storm, accompanied by lightning and
e. violent wind, passed over the npper
/ part = Of the city, during which - new
taree-stoIy frame dwelling, in process
Sof completion, in Forty-third street,
near the Crystal Palace, was blown
Sdown, burying eight or ten workmcn
amid the ruins, three Of whom were
taken out ,liieless. Seven others were
Bseriously wounded. To conclude,
man lost his life by the fall Of another
building in Forty third street, near the
North river, man was struck dead by
"a flash of lightning, and child Of Mr..
~ ohm Oberhuber was scalded to death:
making total of fourteen persons
killed and as many others badly in
4jured.
# Yesterday afternoon, between 5 and
86 o'clock, our city was visited by one
&of, the most tremendous haiI-,trrms
THAT, we ever Scmcmbcr to have seen.
The wind, that during the early part Of
8the day had been from the northeast,
suddenly vccred round to the north
west, and again changed to the east,
5prngiug with it u heavy thunder
storm. The most peculiar phcnolAc-
non was the sudden hurricane, and tie
storm, snotEof hail, inr that would be
stoo unmeaning tarn 10 describe i,
by, but of pieces of ice, which came
Sclattering down upon the roofs Of the
houses like q shower of brickbats.-
EXtfaordinary as 1t may appear, this
lis the; earcstresemblance that can be
given to the noise that the storm pro
sduced, but, singular enough, this phe-
snolnenon was very local, not extend
ing over the whole city, for in some
pats the fail of hail had become mod
flied into rain, probably having melted
lin ITS passage to the earth.
In order that our readers may not
suspect us Of exaggeration, we have
appended two instances Of what this
Shail-storm was:
Il The shipyard of Mr.. Thos. Collyer,
&at the dry dock, was covered with
:.irregularly shaped pieces Of ice, or
large clusters of hailstoncs. Several
Sof them were measured, one Of which
sw was 6 l.2 inches in circumference, an
sother. inches, and third measured
g inches long and 2 inches thick.
The inhabitants Of a house in Wav-
serly place were startled by solid
body falling in the front yard. and Oh
proceeding there found number of
pieces Office, which appeared to have
been originally ono piece broken by
ithe fall. When together they would
weigh about two pounds. The garden
Tat the back Of the house had also
large number Of pieces Office scattered
over it, and a skylight at the top Of
sthe house was smashed by the hail
stones.
The noise Of the falling hail on the
! Crystal Palace was trcmcndous-thc
dome acting as an immense drum.
During the storm most disastrous
accident occurred up town, by which
three persons lost their lives, and sew
en- Others were severely injured, some
of whom it is expected will not rcoov-
1ser. The scene Of the accident was in
$Forty-third street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, at newly erected
sframe building opposite Latting's Oh
sseryatory, which belongs to DIR. S. p.
Townsend, and was not entirely com
pleted. 1t is opposite the Crysta Pal
ace. During the storm this building,
which was two stories high and rooted
3in, was overturned instantaneously by
the hurricane that blew about five
o'clock, and lcvcllcd in Il moment to
the ground. At the time that the ac-
Seident occurred there were six men
employed on the ground floor in plas.
tering the walls, three of them as plas.
Sterers, one Of whom was the boss,
named William McCraeten, and who
s@as killed with two others. There
were three other laborers on this floor
&On5 the upper Roor there were other
workmen employed in fitting the pipes
5and other similar work, the building
being intended, We believe, for sa-
5loon, and in addition to these there
was q large number of people who had
sought temporary shelter when the
storm came on. So sudden was the
accident that no time was given for
escape, the whole building being pros
ltrated withon. even tho shadow Of