, 1853-08-20
Latest News from the Atlantic States.

IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL!
, We are under obligatl lons to Capt. WM.
PoRrER, of San Francisco, who arrived
here on Saturday last, for papers from
New York Of the 9th, and New Orleans of
the 7th July, from which we transfer to
our columns the following interesting mis-
cellany Of intelligence:
A tremendous hail storm and hurricane
visited New York on the lst ult. The
Herald says;
" In order that our readers may not sus-
pect US of exaggeratlon we have appended
two instances OF what this hail storm was
The shpyard of Mr.. Thos. Collyer, at
the Dry Dock, was covered with Irregular
ly shaped pieces of ice, or large clusters Of
hailstones. Several Of them were measured,
one Of which was SIX xAND A QUARTER inches
in circumference, another SEVEN inches,
and a third measured THREE inches long
and TWO inches thick.
The inhabitants Of a house in Waverly
place were startled by a solid body falling in
the front yard, and on proceeding there
found a number Of pieces of ice, which aP-
peared TO have been originally one piece
broken by the fall. When together they
would weigh about two pounds. The gar
den at the back of the house had also a
large number Of pieces of ice scattered over
it, and a skylight at the top of the house
was smashed by the hail stones.
The noise Of the falling hail on the Crys-
tai palace was tremendous-the dome act
ing as an immense drum.
During the storm a most disastrous acci-
dent occurred in Forty-third street, between
fhh and sixth avenues A newly erected
unfinished frame building, two stories high
and rooted in, was overturned instantane-
ously by the hurricane that blew about five
O'Clock, and levelled 10 the ground. At
the time thai the accident occurred there
were nine men at work on the ground floor,
and others elsewhere about the building /;
and in addition 10 these there was large
number of people who had sought Temporal
rv shelter when the storm came on. So
sudden was the accident that no time was
given for escape, the whole building being
prostrated without even the shadow of a
warning. -Four men were taken from the
ruins dead, 6ve badly injured, and it was
thought others would be found.
A new brick building at the foot Of 43d
street was blown down. A man passing BY
at the time was killed. Buildings between
Both and 36ih streets were injured by light
ming. In Williamsburgh, the steeple of a
Presbyterian church was blown of, carrying
with It a portion of the roof. A portion Of
the seeple fell upon dwelling house, doing
1t serious injury. The sIeeple of the Dulch
Reformed church on 9TH street was torn Of
and fell across the roofs of three houses,
breaking them in. The bell fell on the roof
Of the lecture room, making its way through
and resting on the beams inside. The roPe
walk and several other houses were COM
pletely demolished, whilst many were un-
rooted. A number of persons were seri-
ously hurt.
A thunderbolt struch a pile Of lumber,
foot Of North Third street, splitting each
board in a thousand pieces, aud sending a
large portion of it in the river.
A man while walking through Even ST.,
was struck by hail stone, which cut through
fire hat and inflicted very curious wound
on the top of his head
A number of the hail stones which fell
in some parts of the city were from four to
FIVE inches in length and three 10 four inches
thick.
Scarcely house can be found that did
not suffer more or less from either the wind,
hail stones or lightning
The damage TO property in Williams
burgh is variously estimated at from Si0,-
900 to $4,000
BRooKLYN.-The effects of the storm in
this city on Friday were slight in. conse-
quences as compared with the disastrous re.
suits in other localities.
JERsY CiTY.-Yestprday the storm was
of nature really terrific. At the time we
are generally visited with the land showers,
it came last night, and cracked about our
heads in the most alarming manner. After
everybody here had supposed the tempest
had ceased, and while but few drops Of
rain came down, the whole city was startled
by asharp fash Of lightning, followed inpme-
diately with heavy clap Of thunder. The
fluid passed down the chimney of Brown &
Demarast's store, and passed out of the
building on the gas pipe, around which it
played for a moment, mnch TO the annoy
ance of those who were in the store. The
dry goods store Of Justice Miller was visited
At the same lime, with the same thunder