The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-09-08
Patzicuiaxs Of the Dreadful Louiaville
Calamity Statement Of the Pastor Of
the Crushed Church.

raxtieuln1s Of the Dreadful 1ouiavilse
Caiamity--B Statement Of the Pastor "a
the Crushed Church,
CINcINNArr, Ang, 20.
| The louisville papers Of this morning
contain further details Of the tornado -
The cily, yesterday, presented solemn
spectacle. Business, in great degree,
was suspended; the bells tolled for scv
eral hours, and st an early hour in the
afternoon, The First Presbyterian Church.
where The funeral services of most ofihe
decepsed were held, was densely crowd
ed. The bndies Of the dead were placed
upon a platform in ibe tower, and the
exercises were conducted by several
clergvmen. The spacious yard was also
crowded.
Tire Louisville Courier, Of August 30,
Ian giving an account Of the funeral ceve-
monies performed in That CRY over llie
iemaips Of the victims Of the late calsn>
Ii'h says:
Al The opening oflle exercises, Mr..
1 Morrison, who diiciAied al the i!l-fated
chnch, remarked that on the Ssbbalb,
so disastrous 10 life, be was requested 10
prench, but il was not generally known
that there would We divine service thence
The small number that were assembled. -
4 Upon next Sunday, Il was expected that
4 The pastor recently invited would be in
stalled. There were not moro Than
eigby>fiye PERSONS in the house at any
lime on Sunday. During The sermon
which had been commenced at later
period han usual, The storm came up, and
The main door Of The base ment room,
where the meeting was being held, was
blown open. An elder Of the church
mme ediatoly arose and closed II. Again
the door was forced open. and again
closed. A third ims the violence Of the
wind blew the door open, notwithstanding
ihe elder was pressing il al The ,ime.--
Instantly the whole house was filled With
particles of sand, and the speaker had
his eyes filled With the fine dus'. This
caused some Disturbance in the lsse mbly, !,
aud most of tho persons arose to ihei
feel; some Jumped ont Of the windows
near where they we're sitting.
| MIR. Molriacn said he had no, lime 10
recover from The effect Of The gust Of wind
that struck him with particular fury, be.
fore he heard cracking sonnd overhead,
and in n moment Oft time after tho tenn
pest blew upon the door with such vio-
lcnce, filing ihc room with sand, the
whole walls had fallen in. Immediately
above the pulpit in which he was stand
ing, the plasiering was not broken, aud
TO his right several old ladisa escaprd
unhnri. He expressed himself as being
greally shocked At the suddennsss Of the
calamity, and when he fairly recovered
from the blindness caused by The as.
ceuding dust, &c, most ,errsble sigh,
lpresenied ITSELF before him. He saw twf
men already dead; the head Of nno,he'
man, greatly mangled, just appearing
amnng the rubbish; lady clssping he
child 10 The agonies OF death, and young
lady with her body bent across one Of The
seals, and her face mos, horribly distor'
,ed. Fro.n different parts Of the build.
ing he could hssr the groans Of the dying
and the slifsd screams OF The crushed
| bu' could distinguish no bodies but those
FIST mentioned others being aciu,
ally buried in the mass efrnins.
|
OF The injured, only one. Mr. MARSHALL
has yet expired. Mips. DuFFis in vetj
precsrious condition. Mis-. MARSHALL
wife Of WM MARSHALL, is not expected
10 recover. The other persons injured
} are in fair way TO recover.
Capt. Greenlow, Of the steamer Mem
ph,.. which boat was badly damaged. thu
: describes the tornado: He was OH hi
boat, on the fesecas,le, when The 6,s
bias, OF the hurricane struck her. III
saw The block Of houses Of Mr.. Bcsn
crumbls TO The ground; and before h
could utter warning cry 10 those around
the storm was upon him. IIa claspe
bis arms around = s.anchion 10 susiai
7 bimse'f, and in the instant heard rusl
ling sound over his head aud noise lht
was likened TO ihe creek Of an immens
wagon whip, snd saw the greater porto
Eofhis cabin roof and tho enire Texas sal
i ing over his head and aligiling in III
/ river, fifty TO seventy. Ave yards ahead I
!, him. A moment after, tho pondero,
hull Of the boat recsived terrible blow
: as il were, and washed from It's moorins
over 10 lhe reel of rocks in nbou, I'll
? space Of time i, required to draw brcatl
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: Largest STEAMER IN THE WoRLD. -.