Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-07-13

y ork on Friday, involving the loss of 1.
lives, the manning of as many more
and the destruction of large amount O
property. The first was the explosion o
one of the boiler aues of the steamer
New World as she was about to leave
for Albany, at z o'clock in the morning
BY this accident Eli Buel, John Reid,
John Donnelly. Jos. Fosdick. James Pot
ter and John j. Monks, fremen were sc
badly scalded as to cause their deaths
and John Foster, waiter. in his fright
jumped overheard and was drowned.-
Washington Halves, the chief engineer
and Edward Martin, deck hand, were
badly scalded, and several others slight.
ly. I .
The fire on the same morning, which
resulted in John Gushing being burnt tc
death, and Mrs. Sophia Healy being
killed by jumping from a fourth story
window, was at the bakery of James Do
negan, which was entirely destroyed
Two entire families came near perishing
in the flames. They were compelled to
leap from 9TH story window.
On the same morning little child oil
John Oberhuber fell into pot of coffee.
by which it was scalded to death.
But the most serious calamity of the
day ensued from a violent hail storm,
accompanied by lightning and high
wind, which passed over the upper sec
ton of the city between five and six o.
clock in the afternoon, lasting about half
an hour. The hail stones, or pieces of
ice, as they are represented. were of ex-
traordinary size, and cIattered down upon
the roofs of the houses like shower of
brickbats. 1t is said that the ship-yard
OF Mr.. Thomas Collyer, at the Dry Dock
was covered with irregularly shaped pie
ces of ice or large clusters of hailstones.
Several Of them were measured. one of
which was 81 inches in circumference,
another seven inches. and Il Sd measu-
red three inches long and two inches
thick. The inhabitants of house in
Waverly place were startled by a solid
body falling in the front yard. and on
proceeding there found a number of pie
ces of ice, which appeared to h I've been
originally one piece broken by the fall
When together they would weigh about
two pounds. The garden at the back of
the house had also a large number of pie
ces of ice scattered over it, and a sky
light at the top of the house was smash
ed by the hailstoues. A piece OF ice fell
on the pavement before Il gentleman's
window, of the size of mans fist, follow
ed, however, by one much larger, which,
however, broke into fragments when 1t
struck the ground. The force Of the
haiIstones broke several skylights, and af-
ter the ice balls had lain for some time,
and were considerably dissolved, hat
full could be taken up, averaging the
size of hens eggs. The Commercial
says:
The grandest exhibition that will ever
be seen and heard in the place, we wit
messed at the Crystal Palace. About
ten minutes after the storm burst, the
most terrific hailstones we ever saw be-
gan to rattle like discharges of musketry
upon the tin roof and glass sides. Some
of the masses of ice were as large as
hens eggs. There were. probably, a
thousand workmen in the building, and
a good many exhibitors and visitors,
a nong whom were some twenty ladies.
A portion of the frame work of the addi-
ton next to 42d street went down with a
terrible crash, and part of the brick wal
of an engine house on the opposite side Of
the street was blown over, crushing two
or three shanties, fortunately without
any other injury than driving the occu-
pants out into the storm.
One of the editors of the Tribune, who
happened to be in the vicinity, and took
refuge in the building during the storm
says:
We had scarcely passed the northern
entrance and reached the gallery by thu
nearest flight of steps. when the torren
Git was not rain, but an avalanche of wa
teri struck the building; the gutter
were filed on the wiudward side in
moment, and poured over in an almps
unbroken sheet of water. (which was drl
ven through the Venitien blind ventila
tors, into and half way across the north
west gallery, and also through the-ne"e
-,,a-ts1stn- CIsispet. Wor.t men hasteneC
to close the blinds, but that did not pre-
vent the deluge. The timing of tn
dome being unfinished, the water cam
down in showers all over the centre Fo
a time the water was nearly two niche
deep on the gallery floor. and poure,
down the stairs in miniature cascades.
A great number of boxes, bales
and packages of goods lay upon til
main floor, among which the water pour
ed down from the edge of the CALLER
floor in destructive quantities. Fortu
nately but few goods were opened. an
were upon the tables, or the damag
would have been irreparable AS it is
we fear some of the goods are injured.
During the storm a most disastrous or
cident occurred opposite the Crystal Pa
lace, by which three persons lost Mei
L'0es and seVen others severely injured, som
Of ,ctona Il IS expected. tUM not recover.-
The scene of the accident was in 43d ST.
at newly erected frame building, op
positc Latting's observatory, which be