The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-07-12
General news,
From tie Ne,y York Herald, 2d Instant.
Tremendous Hail Storm.
Fatal and Disastrous Effects Near tie Crysta

| TREMENDOUS Hali storm.
Fatal and Disastrous Effects Near tie Crystal.
\ Palace, de.
Yesterday afternoon, between and 6 clock,
our city was visited by one Of the most trts,
rnendoIH hail storms that we ever remember to-
have seen. The wind, that during the early
part of the day had been from the northeast; J;
suddenly reercd round to the northwest, and
then again changed to the east, bringing with
it heavy thunder storm. The most peculiar
phenomenon was the sudden hurricane, and the
storm, not of hail, for that would be too un.
meaning term to describe it by, but of pieces.
Of ice, which came Gathering down upon the
roofs of the houses like shower of briekbats.
Extraordinary it may appear, this is the
nearest resemblance that can be given to the !
noise that the storm produced; but singular.
enough, this phenomenon was very local, not
extending over the whole city, for in some
parts the fall of hail had became modified into
rain, probably having melted in its passage, to
the earth.
In order that our readers may not suspect US
of exaggeraticn, We have appended two IN,
stances of what this hail storm was:
The shipyard Of Mr.. Thos. Collyer, at the
Dry Dock, was covered with irregularly shaped
Fieces of ice, or large clusters ofsha;lstones.
Several of them were measured, one of whict ,
was IA inches in circumference, another I
inches, and third measured inches long and
2 inches thick. :.
The inhabitants Of house in Waverly Iaace
were startled by solid body falling in the
front yard, and on proceeding there founl a
number of pieces of ice, which appeared to,
have 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 large number of pieces OF ice
scattered over it, and skylight at the top of
the house was smashed by the hailstones. -,
The noise eff the falling hail on the Crystal
Palace was trcmendous-the dome acting as an
immense drum. 80;
During the storm most disastrous accident
occurred up town, by which three persons lost
their lives, and seven others were severely In
jured, some of whom it is expected will not
recover. The scene of the accident was lin
Forty street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues, at newly erected frame building op:
posite Lattiug's Observatory, which belongs to
DR.. S. p. Townsend, and was not entirely
completed. 1t is also opposite the Crystal
Palace. During the storm this building, which
was two stories high, and rooted in, was over
turned instantaneously by the, hurricane that
blew about FIVE o'clock, and levelled in mo,
) ment to the ground.
: At the time that the accident occurred there
were six men employed on the ground floor in
plastering the walls, three of them as plaster
) ers, one of whom was the boss, named VIII.
} liam McCtacken, and who'was killed, with two
: others There were three other laborers on
this floor. On the upper floor there were 9th: '
er worknen employed ip fitting the pipes and
other similar work, the building being intended,
We believe, for saloon, and in addition to
these there was a large number of people who
had sought temporary shelter when the storm
came on. Su sudden was the accident that no
time was gwen for escape, the whole building
being prostrated without even the shadow soi
warning.
About two o'clock in the morning a fire
broke out in a bakery in the Second avenue.
One Of the journeyman in the establishment
was burned to death; family III the building
1 were compelled to escape by .leaping from
fourth story window, in the Performance of
which hazardous feat awoman was instantly
killed. Just as the steamer New World was
about departing for albany, at seven o'clock,
one of her boiler Aues collapsed, causing the
death of six persons, and dreadfuly -scaiding
two others. In the afternoon hail storm, ac.
companied by lightning and violent wind,
passed over the upper part of the city, during
T which a new three story frame dwelling, in
process OF completion, in Foty-third street,
near the Crystal Palace, was blown down,
burying eight or ten workmen amid the ruins,
three of whom were taken out lifeless. Seven
Others were seriously wounded.
To conclude, a man lost his life by the fall
of another building in Forty. .third-street, near
the North river; a man was struck dead by L
flash of lightning, and child was scalded to
death-maklng total Of fourteen persons
killed, and as many Others badly injured.
Many buildings were greatly damaged, and
a large number of persons injured by the storm
in Williamsburg.
4 telegraphic despatch from Northumjcr.
land, Pa, states that the harvests and fruit crops
in that vicinity were greatly damaged by the
hail storm yesterday afternoon. Many of the
husbandmen, it was reported, would lose their
entire harvests. The Jumps of hail there, were
of extraordinary size, AID thousands of win
dows were broken. Dispatches from Pbila.
delphia and Baltimore complain of the intense
heat. There has been no rain in Baltimore for
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