The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-20
OTHERS BLOWN DOWN.
The Gale at Albany.
From tie Albany Journal, March IS. ]

it had fun swing rive buildings we're unroofei but no
person injured. The roof Of Smith, Patten Co.'s
warehouse, together with those of the two adjoining
belonging TO Samuel Morgan torn oil and blown
into the river lie roof the warehouses belonging to
T. i. Bockus OF hladelphia and occupied by Messrs
Grant, saylos Co. ana $ Hall, were carried OF AMI
thrown on towboat which was lying at the pier, the
river side.
The Ere wall Troadwen Perry furnace was thrown
on the roof
The gale has continued TO increase in severity with
the moving hours, and estimate be given of the
extent OF damage done TO property in this city and vi
ciniiy
compelled IL add that Of five others belonging to the
estate OF George w Stanton, deceased, commencing at
the foot OF State street bridge and running north They
are occupied by Weed sickles, r. Vanderp, GODDARD Il
Hovey, and others.
The roof OF John G. Whites malthouse on Jay street
carried of; also that Joness patina works in Ia
gle street. and the immense roof Starbucks foundry
on Green Island, opposite Troy.
The damage done to the towboa Utica, by the falling
IL OF the warehouse roof is considerable. Her deck
broken in ANA one mast carried away.
The ferry boat New York upwards of half an hour
in making landing at her slip at the foot of Maiden
lane. As Size entered the cut, she blown ia
among canal boats and barges from which she was
finally extricated but not until the patience of those
on board was almost exhausted.
The fire wall on Little & Co.'S bookstore was partially
blown down. were also several others throughout the
At about 1l1S O'Clock, and during the height of the
gale an alarm of fire was sounded and in less than ten
minutes crowd of from two to three hundred persons
collected around the old Carlton buding-bounded by
State Pearl and Howard sreets-lrom which the alarm
is said to have originated.
Every hour adds to the already long array of disasters
in and about our city, caused by the gale =
canal boat went down the river about noon it hay
ing broken away at some point on the river
The roof of the old brewery and coach lace factory
which recently converted into dwellings, situated
the of South Broadway and South Lansing street.
carried oil about caving in the entire fourth
story IL was occupied oy large number oil irish fami-
lies some Of whom were eXricated from the ruins with
much difficulty.
vose Co suffer considerable loss in the unroofng of
the north building OF their extensive foundry South
Broadway.
The tin the roof of the Hudson river passenger
depot carried away, with apparently as little re-
sistance as if it had been paper covering the wood
work
The massive fire wall above the roof on the carpet man
ufactory of Mr. Koonz the of Grand and Ham
ilton streets, was also blown down.
The chimney tops Of almost every building in the city
were more or less injured.
The large sign of Mr. Harris his paper factory in
Green street was torn from the building, and carried
away with as apparent ense as il had been mere pine
shnglc, and broken il to atoms.
The upper walls of the buildings on the pier
sderaby injured and the bricks scattered the roofs
OF many of the adjoining warehouses
The in the lumber districts beggars all dcscrp-
ton. Piles of lumber, and three by four jost
removed and scattered about faster and moro dexter
ously than regiment Of soldiers could have removed
them The district looks like Geld of rubbish and it is
almost mpassable.
Soon after squal set in but the violence
of the wind continued with undated fury.
In the lower part of the city the utmost excitement
prevailed, and this to some extent prevailed in the
IRENE upper part and the hills. The workmen in all
the iron ioundres also in other massive buildings
became alarmed after the unroofng yoses tory
that they evacuated the buildings and refused to work
There are not less than fifty buildings in this city
rooted.
The roof of the Second District School house. in State
street, blown of, and Mr.. Marble the teacher
badly injured and his face severely cut under the eye.
The roof of John Artchers stable carried of,
were those of several dwelling houses Chestnut
street.
portion of the tin the roof of Van Benthuysens
paper mandatory establishment in Bath blown Off
sive brewery of John Taylor adjoining the South ferry
landing and facing the river was blown in doing consd
cradle damage For an hour before the wall fell
in the entire building rocked to its foundation and
when informant left was waving like reed before
the wind.
The small gothic frame building the sidehll in
Bethlehem just below the south bounds of TIE city,
known as 'Groesbeek's Church," was entirely demo-
Ished.
The roof the extensive furnace of Sheer Packard &
Co. on Grand street, raised six inches from
portions of the wall and swaying like wave of the
when we left
The main roof of the rolling mill of Messrs
Corning Co., of the Albany Iron and Nail Works, was
blown off The establishment is located about three
miles north, the east side of the river The roof was
of iron, and deemed immovable.
portion of the lofty frame building Arbor Hill,
known as Russels oilcoth factory, was partially blown
down.
Besides the fire previously noticed, there two
others in the lower part Of the city; one in Chestnut
street and the other in the Old Brewery after the roof
carried away The flames in both were fortunately
extingushed before the fire had made much Roadway.
portion of the roof of the Orphan Asylum, in the
extreme west end of the city, together with the balus
trade and portion of the walls, blown down.
A portion of the roof of John G. Whites extensive
malt Aouse, Hudson street, carried away.
portion Of the front wall of John Evers brick dis
tillery, on Sven and Canal streets, was blown down.
two story brick dwelling in Second street par
italy destroyed. The blown Oh and the walls
TO the floor timbers of the second story.
portion of the roof of the district schoolhouse
Arbor hill carried away, and nearly all the tin
covering.
The steamer p G. Coffin owing to the gale, left at ~
O'Clock, three hours before her advertised time
At the time of writing q o'cock,) the wind was
rather lulng but stid breeze was blowing from the
northwest with occasional blast that made the stately