Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-09-02

A splendid block of four story houses re-
Gently erected on he north side of Main =
street, between Eighth and Ninth, was com. !
pleiely destroyed, and two or three are sup
posed TO be buried in The rnins. These build. .
ings cost $4,000.
The upper story Of the Rope and Bagging
Factory of w. A Richardson e. Co on Mag
azine street, was blown down, and the new
City School House, at the corner Of Ninth
and Magazine streets, was unroofed. The
total loss is estimated at 100000.
The storm was also very severe in Jeffer.
sonville, where four houses were blown
down.
The Louisville Calamity Funeral of the Victims.
| LOUISVILLE, August 29.-Agteeably 10 the
proclamation Of Mayor Speed, all the busi-
ness houses were closed yesterday, and the
bells were tolled in mourning for the late
calamity. The funeral service over the un-
fortunate victims was preached at the Rev.
DR.. Breckenridge's church, by the Rev. DR..
Morrison, the pastor of the demolished church
In describing the event, he said that the door
of the church was blown open, it was in
stanlly filed with dust, and in a momen, the
destruction was complete. DR.. Morrison was
in his pulpit at the time, and escaped unin-
jured.
SECOND DEsPATcn.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 29.-The Louisville pa
pers of this morning are filed with the de.
tails Of the calamity Of Sunday, and the cere-
monies of yesterday attending the funeral
services of the victims. The whole city pre-.
sen,ed a solemn spectacle from the tollnS oil
the Church bells and the general observance
of the Mayors proclamation, requesting The
closing of the stores.
The frs, Presbyterian Church, (where the
the funeral services Of most OF the deceased
were held,) was densely crowded. The bo-
dies of the dead were placed upon platform
10 the tower, and the exercises were con-
Quoted BY several clergymen. The spa
cous yard attached 10 the Church was also
, crowded.
At the opening Of the exercises. the Rev
DR.. Morrison, who ofIiciated at the Ill fated
church. .remaIked,h that on the Sabbath that had
:, proved so disastrous TO life he was requested
;, to preach, bu, i, was no, generally known iha,
y. there would be divine service, hence the
small number that were assembled-,h
not being more than s5 persons in !he house
any time on Sunday. On next Sunday, II
was expected that the Pastor recently invited
>, would be installed. During the sermon,
which had been commenced later than usual
the storm cams ur, and the main door OF The
-, basement roomy where the meeting was be-
=, ing held was blown open. An Elder OF the
l. church Immediately rose aud closed il again
The door was forced open secoad lime
# and again closed. third time the door was
forced open by the violence Of the wind. not
wi,hs,anding the Elder was pressing agains
10 =, it at the time. Instantly the whole house
was filed with PARTICLES of sand. The speake
had his eyes filled with the fine dust, as wei
" as his audience. This caused some disturb
y" ance in the assembly, and mos, OF the per
sons rose TO their feet, some jumping out o
The windows near where they were sii'ine
DR.. Morrison said he had no, time 10 lie
= cover from the effects of the gus, OF wind
,ha, stuck him with particular fury, beior
as he heard cracking sound overhead, and u
OF A moment OF time after The tempest ble'
re, opeo the door with such violence, the Who'll
- walls had fallen in. Immediately about IN
ed, pulpi,. in which he was standing, the pla'
~ ,erinr was not broken, and 10 his right seve
raj old ladies' escaped unhur,. lie eXpresse
himself as being greatly shocked at The SUI
a., denness Of The calamity; and when he farl
=. recoved from the blindness cansed by IN
ascending dust, a most terrible sight piesen
ed itself before him. He saw two men a
ready dead the head of another man, grea
Wn ly manged, just appearing among the ru
led b,sh lady clasping her child in the ason
p Of death; and young lady with her bod
has bent across one Of the seats, and her ia'
ca. mos, horribly distorted From different par
'as. of The building he could hear the groans
ay, the dying and the stiaed' screams oi u
'er' crushed.
The OF The injured persons only one Mrs Ma
'wn shal) las yet expired. Miss Dun is IN a'e'
the precarious condition. Another MIS-. Marsha
any The wife of VIM. Marshall, is not expected
recover. The other injured parties are IN
fair way 10 recover.
." Election in H'ashington.
WAsulNGroN, Aug PA special eiect'
wv was held in the First Ward of this city ye
~ ,erday, and resulted in the election of Il
Know Nothing candidate by majority.
eri. Cholera at Fall Riuer.
and FALL RIVER, August 2s.-Eight deaf
L. from cholera have occurred here since no
ers, Yesterday, and eight new cases are rePor'e
'e'e BAcuILons OF Arts have been turned Q
con- from our colleges this summer by hundreds
a,b, begin life as men. All bachelors of eny tas
ors' as well as married men, who can find 1t con,
'u' nient to come or send to Philadelphia, get 4
g. stocks of clothing from RocKHILL q WILso'
0led cheap and fashionable clothing store, No.
tive Chestnut street, corner Of Franklin Pla
roo Philadelphia. .r-.
''oe Phila., Jan. 2s, ls54.-cw
An
and Hollopdy's Ointment and Pills, the M
49, efficacious Remedies in ihe United States.
'he' Cure for Ulcerous Sores in the Leg
lild, Yea,es, of maiden.lane, New York, had SC
,ino fnlous sores on his legs for four or five yea