The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-05

[From the st. Louis Democrat, April ISL
We had not the time the opportunity to give,
yesterday, fun account OF damages done by the
storm OF Wednesday. The injuries much more en-
tensve than was at FIRST supposed While il was raging
the thermometer indicated eighty degrees Farenhe and
the barometer twenty eight and tenth inches The
rain, hail. and wind swept the city with greater
violence than known here before for many years Great
damage has been done II Is reported, along the line OF
the Pacific railroad In the country the storm carried
ruin to many fields. In the city, many houses were in
jued In the item Of breakage Of glass very few build
ngs escaped with whole windows Every window facing
the south east and unprotected by shutters sacrificed
two three panes of glass to the fury Of the storm king
Some Of the hotels said to have had particularly
d ed and fifty to three hundred panes OF gss The hail
stones extraordinarily large. One of them picked
up Attention. about half hour after it had faon
measured more than inches In circumference
The following some of the losses sustained in tbs
city,
lie north end Of three story brick building just fin
ished Carondelet avenue, Parin Bro. Co ..
barrel factory. The building being thrown up by
Mr. Fucf for hotel The falling wall struck Mr. Puefs-
reCidence, adjoining the building, and shattered it
completely. A carpenter, name unknown, who was
stopping in the house had his Log broken. None of Mr..
P.'s family far have been able to lnarn
injured. Damage to the buildings estimated at about
$1,000.
new brick dwelling two and half stories high and
situated Carondeet avenue Soulard street.
partly blown down The building had not yet received
its roofs which caused the walls to fall all the
readily.
The whole st. George in the lower part Of the city Il
said TO be under water since the All the cellars
OF course filed and the water has invaded the first
stories OF majority of the buildings. al place
TO let the water escape 1t had accumulated the west
side into large pond and when alloweda issue into
tremendous torrent. There sewers OF conse-
qucnce in that vicinity.
The chimney on the barrel fectory hard by blown
down-no other damage.
A chimney on MIR. George Partrdge's residence, ON
Olive between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, was
blown down.
The roof the back building Of Mr. Thomas Camp
BELLS residence, OF Sixteenth and Pine streets
raced and the building Itself considerably injured
The large gas tank Gas yet unfinished, at the western
terminus of Clark avenue deluged with water, and
the walls so badly injured that certain portions viii
quiIe taking down and rebuilding.
Tie beautiful stained glass in the Church Of the Mes
siah, corner OF Ninth and Olive Streets was badlD
damaged by the bail.
The front Of Mr.. 1hayer's boot and shoe. store on
Broadway, Green street, fell out blocking up
| sidewalk with brick and mortar.
two story bric. house corner of Fourteenth ana
North Martet streets recently erected for store house
total loss.
Another similar building also just finished situated 1t
likewise leyecd TO the ground The owner, who livss
lower IN the city In II at the time and caught By
the falling tmbers Of which struck him the bsok,
inf.ctpg very serons wound. He was completely ba-
ricd in the ruins and IL only after the storm had
partially dspeed that the negbors after great deal
OF difficulty, could relieve him.
Mr.. Lingo informs that all the fence q the
workbouse blown to the ground great number Of
window ranes in his residence also broken.
Some of the tenants in Blows balldng Market sreee
suffered quite drenchiug during the storm tall chim
ney top the building blown down upon the roof,
which being n comnoson roof gave way, the hole
sumipg the form OF large shallow funnel Through this
funnel and into the below the water poured with
out incrmisson for three hours After delugng
the bed in the upper stories, the drppOd
through the ceiling and drenched tho oce of the Board
OF Public Schools doing considerable damage and oblignG
the secretary TO great part of his books aud pa
pcrs. Finally. the water found its way into tho dry
goods store below causing injury to the goods there.