New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-06
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FURTHER PARTICuLARs--FUNERA sERvYcEs-
VI PROPERTY DAMAGED

tains further particulars Of the storm on the
9th, an account of the funeral services of most
of the killed by the falling of the Presbyterian
Church, etc., etc. The Courier says:
Our city presented yesterday a solemn
spectacle. The awful calamity Of the previous
| day had sensibly wrought upon the minds OF
all, and there was that in the air and tone OF
most persons suggestive Of personal misfortune
| to each Business was, in acquieseence with
| the Mayors proclamation, to great degree
suspended, and what are generally the most
thronged streets wore Sabbath. day appear
auce. The bells throughout tho city were
tolled for several hours in the middle of the
day, and grief sat upon every countenance
| None, we believe, were exempt from the gen
eral feeling Of sympathy for the afflicted, while
there was unanimity of expression in thank
fitness for the interpretation of Proviaence in
sparing 50 many where SO much danger enyi-
roned all.
| AT an early hour in the afternoon, large
numbers began to congregate at the First Pres
byterian Church. where the funeral services of
most OF the deceased were to be held. by the
appointed time the building was densely crowded,
and the large yard without likewise thronged
At the north eastern angle of the tower, tables
were placed, upon which the collins containing
the bodies Of the dead were laid. Here the par
ticular exercises were conducted by several
Oici i1OAa VA INV IcSpy bcTihu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the great multitude occupying every part Of
the spacious yard that surrounds the church
edifoe.
During the services the Rev. Mr.. Morrison,
who at the time of the disaster was officiating
in the demolished church, was introduced. He
gave the following narrative:
On the Sabbath, 50 disastrous to life, he was
requested to preach, but it was not generally
4 b tharo no.
the small number that were assembled. Upon
next Sunday it was expected that the pastor re-
Gently invited would be installed. There were
not more than eighty five persons in the house
at any time on Sunday. During the sermon,
which had been commenced at later period
than usual, storm came up, and the main
door Of the basement room where the meeting
was being held was blown open. An elder of
the church Immediately arose and closed it.
Again the door was forced open andagain closed.
A third time the violence Of the wind blew the
door open. Notwithstanding the elder was press
ing it at the time.
Instantly the whole house was filed with
particles of sand, and the speaker had his eyes
filled with the fine dust. This caused some dis
turbance in the assembly, and most of the per-
sons arose to their feet, some jumping out of the
windows near which they were sitting. Mr..
Morrison said he had no time to recover from
the effects of the gust of wind that struck him
with particular fury, before he heard cracking
sound overhead, and in a moment of time after
the tempest blew open the door with violence,
filling the room with sand, the whole walls had
| fallen in. Immediately above the pulpit in
which he was standing the plastering was not
broken, and to his right several old ladies es
capped unhurt. He expressed himself as being
greatly shocked at the suddeness of the calamity,
and when he fairly recovered from the blind
ness caused by the ascending dust, ETC., q most
terrible sight presented itself Before him he
saw two men already dead, the head Of another
man greatly mangled just appearing among the
rubbish, a lady clasping her child in the agonies
Of death, and q young lady with her body bent
across one of the seats, and her face most hor-
ribly distorted. From different parts of the
building he could hear the groans of the dying,
and the stifed screams Of the crushed, but could
distinguish no bodies but those first mentioned,
the others being actually buried in the mass of
ruins. In conclusion he prayed God that it
might never fall to his lot to witness such an
other calamity
/ The Rev. Mr., Hill, in the course Of some APP
propriate remarks on the dreadful calamity,
said that every person that was killed was a
church member, save the smaller children. The
Courier, after noticing the concluding prayer
and benediction, says:
i The bodies were then taken in charge by the
reception friends of the deceased, and the differ
ent funeral professions began to wend their way
i toward the places appointed for interment.
Many of the relatives and associates OF the un-
fortunate were present, and their sobs mingled
/ with the expressions of sympathetic grief that
came from every heart and lip.
In relation to the injured, the Courier pub
fishes the following information:
In, 10 ba RI oafh he rannrdad ynafnr1ov
we have but one other to mention. Mrs Nor
sell died from the injuries received at the church,
and will be buried to-day.
Miss Duff last evening, was in a very pre-
carious condition.
n Mrs. Smith, wife of J. B. Smith, the boiler
maker, had her ribs broken. She resides on the
corner of Fifteenth and Market,
Mrs, VIM Marshall, wife of theforeman of the
Kentucky Locomotive Works, was SO much in
jured as to render her recovery matter Of
doubt
Miss Eunice Lane, aged sixteen years, was
injured
Miss Emma Cooper was slightly hurt
Mrs Taylor, mentioned yesterday, is better.
Her little child had one Of its legs broken.
Two young females, named Mcbride, of differ
emit families, were hurt, one having leg
broken, and the other q fracture on the skull
Mrs Christopher, residing on the corner Of
Twelfth and Broadway, was injured.
Mrs Curtin, who resides next door to the
church, was in the rear of her residence, and
was injured by the falling timbers
!, The above comprises all those injured at the
, church, not comprised in the list published in
the Courier of yesterday.
Mr. Samuel Browning did not have his legs
broken, although he was much injured.
, Mrs Nugent, residing near the grave yard
on Jefferson street, was injured by the planks
etc. falling from her residence.
The sexton of the church was not killed.
Mr.. Josiah Bradley, who lost an eye while he
was humanely engaged in recovering the bodies
Of the dead and wounded, is recovering,
Miss Letitia (not Mrs.0 Pennebaker was in
jured The lady Of G, D. Pennebaker was moi
at church.
e Respecting the damage done to property, the
Courier says:
The residence of George Johnston, on the
! corner of Fifth and Breckenridge, was unroofed
The parapet walls of double cottage, occupied
by Mr.. Booth and Mr. Griftey, ON Fifth street
J near Broad, was blown down.
, Some seyenty-five bales of hemp in the upper
story Of Richardson's hemp factory, were dam
, aged by the rain. The unroofng Of many
houses subjected them to che heavy rains that
fell during the afternoon, and we hear of much
injury being done to the furniture.
Chimneys on the corner of Fourth and Broad
! way were cast down, and several trees on Fifth
street snapped in twain. Indeed there was
every indication that the storm was wider il
. its range than we at first supposed.