Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-09-07

Locomotive Works was blown OF. an
someof the buildings damaged.
The gable end and part Of the roof Q
Mr.. Lilly's beautiful mansion, on tn
corner of Magazine and Tenth streets
were blown of. The school house ol
the corner of Ninth and Magazin
streets. and also that on Thirteenth
street, and the law college building, OF
| Chestnut street near Ninth, sustained
some damage.
A number of buildings on Thirteenth
and Madison streets had their gabI,
i ends blown in and roofs blown of. Tb,
number of chimneys blown down is in
Vulnerable.
The German Orphan Asylum on JEFF
ferson and Twenty-first streets, was un
rooted and otherwise damaged.
The roof of Mr.. Giles's residence OF
fifteenth street was lifted up but mo-
much damaged.
The residences of Messrs. Graham
and McQuiddy on Walnut street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth. Mr.. Cotter on
Jefferson and Eighth, Messrs. Leight,
Hite & Co., and Srmple d Bro. on
Maine street, sustained slight damage.
On four-story new building, corner
of Main and Fourth streets, the storm
blew in the middle window and knocked
a part of a chimney down. but did no
other damage to the building.
DAMAGE AT THE RIvER.-The steam
ers W. A. Eaves, W. w. Farmer and
the New Memphis, (the latter not COM
pleted, parted their moorings, and
were blown on the rocks. The two
former sustained no damage, but the
Memphis had her cabin blown off and
her hull slightly injured. The amount
of damage to her is estimated at S5, 900.
Mr.. Ragan and Mr.. Bradley were not
in the church, but they were injured in
assisting to get some of the persons out
after the accident. Mr.. Bradley was
struck with an axe in the left eye by
some one who was assisting in remov-
ing the ruins.
Mr.. Morrison, one of the editors Of
the Presbyterian Herald, was in the
pulpit of the church. He escaped with
out injury.
The accident at the church caused
great excitement throughout the city,
and the place of the disaster was crowd
ed till late at night with people. Those
who were present shortly after it occur
red describe the scene as heartrending.
Fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers
were frantic with grief. Many of the
ladies were so dis6gured that they could
not be recognized at first by their i'm
relatives. Others have not
changed their features.
The roof of the Blind Asylum, on
Chestnut, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, was badly damaged.
The Medical College, on Chestnut
street, between Eighth and Ninth, was
much injured.
The residence of Mr.. Johnston, flour
on the corner of Ninth street
and Broadway, was completely un-
-oofed. Damages four o. five hundred
lollars.
Several houses on Eighth street, be-
ween Magazine and Chestnut, belong
ng to Mr.. Fuller, were unroofed.
The residence of Mr. j. Callahan, on
he corner of Ninth and Magazine, was
injured.
The beautiful family residence of Col.
Vm. Riddle, on Kentucky street, be-
ween Eighth and Ninth, was unroofed.
A large brick building on Kentucky
treet, above Eighth. owned by Andrew
was unroofed.
Another large house in the same
eighborhood, owned by Col. Samuel
was unroofed.
Two brick cottages on Eleventh ST.,
etween Magazine and Broadway, were
artially blown down.
The back part of the German Pro-
sstant Orphan Asylum, on jefferson
rect, between Eighteenth and Nine {
,enth, was unroofed. {
Two small brick houses on Twentieth
rect, between jefferson and Grayson, /,
ere unroofed, one belonging to Mr.. |
hort, and the other to Mrs. Nugent.-t t
Irs. Nugent was asleep in her house S
hen the accident occurred but singular
} say, escaped unharmed- {
A row of twenty-one brick cottages, a
4 Kentucky street, belonging to Messrs. a
cochran and Musselman, were all COM
etely unroofed. A little boy, whose t
anne we did not learn, was killed by !
le falling of a piece of timber. t
EF A lot of 907 sacks, about 1000 5
ushels. prime white wheat sold TODAY Il