The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-31

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This region bas ieprsy yesterday moroin1 tnes.
ara d's tshIe 6 Temperature began TO occur wh indi
..Is.ed appnach'ng storms. Tnese sinos c~'
sS.,r o,. ip 10 aDy circumstance which has eeu
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SAT- :! : skss "a. a. a. 4:
Of the theory II Wm @. sdSeid, che distnguiA nsd
me,coriOeisat, and was a~AnlSind rovoIving Nm
Wise. It's lowest point In ae0uth1estcrn dire ton,
, was txl ibit upoa the German Protestant OrphsH
Asy UNI. 1t boie the enSre roof from row Of
twt nty-tne bnildiDgs, and sprnEod its path With
D. ruins. It's greatest rsuge Of deaf, was in
the space between Eighth and Eighteenth streets,
extending from the subnSsoof the city to the river
ay0eon ESD, strpped Of Is entire rocf, and it
was one of the .most subsfaatial In the city. Tho
factory stands on Twelfth street, near Chestnut.
The iiDbers in the roof were forty feet In leoeto-
81 d we're very feavy and substantial. The entire
roof was hfsed blythe scorD csrried about one nua
c,ec and fifty yar ,s, and deposited bottom up waris
In y. acn orchard. iDC'iniDg north east sardiy
from that poiut tie storm struck the LIS Of she
building of Mn Lilly, fue large euhu ban DWELL og
On .~est side ot Tes;h stree. between Chest out
ond Broadway The roofs of the Ls we're dest roy
ed, and the walls mucfiojuTed. Enc grounds. were
sues I'd with leaves of the trees.
in tbe oppos,te square on tia corner OF Ninth.
and BIZ ae wBy. the residence Of James J0f nst0n,
q mr. merchant ON Fourth street, WI unroofxJ. One
bali of he roof was car led across the lot, au drop
ed IL Ntth street. Nes'ly all Mr. J0unst .ons fa-
miIy at home, and f0rrunateiy no ona of them
i3juyed. Tee large school edifce : ne1
buildii the corner Of Ninth ana M sga zinc, had
sbset Of paper. short distance fr m thi buiidicg
star Dr. Lapisv DE University nj preseu occupied
by the Kentucky School for the Bind. Th- south
wesssin fortioL OF the roef OF that b aiding was
tdro up as IL IL bad been pl0ughed.
ApIea, mppy minor incidents MAJ ked the nfo
gr ss q the tto Roofs Of small E.uild, ,nes were
hsec from the walls and dropped on other buildings
abs ady suppiad.
Tbe piles al lumber ir the yard az Mr.. John Gra-
ham were scsttereA Msga2u ie and Eighth
seets, and she assortment was mixed On te hetero,
gene ausy. II Was the work OF a mnutc for too
STORM, bat IL will take some tine to staighten rp
matters again 10 the yarS.
The tx.ss wsstern limit " the Yayages OF tnis
| storm wss at locality o the German Protestant
Orphan Asylum, and the eastern at the store OF
| { . Bro osbeJs Sempe, on the coraer OF Sixth and
Main. paiallsi liDes drawn from these two poins
would soclpse space over thirty five nundred feet
in ~i6Ah, but as the ssnr1n OBJ .yed thatis0 Of me
'eoroogy VIII gu,des these acceitrAtsd currenss
In q north, uosthesstSnrdly she hection, tho whole
| widln Of that space was not swept BY the storm.
We have shns given the details Of ths dessru tiou
| " rropety. but the awful catas. ophe ate idant
upop tho st0m remains % be detailed. IL Is the
most crssdsnl Of the Ind that has ever aii ted
| this cisy aro We proceed TO skeechi it.
l IRE Third Presby terrain Church stands on the
I corner of Walnut ana Elcvs nth VI Gets. and con.
grs stbcn were assembled there yesterday morning
epqaged 10 rligious worship Ia the midst Of their
dsvoicDs, about su-rier past twelve O'Clock, tho
| storm Of which VIZ s.eak, sw+pt through that por.
,iar, OF /, cisy In ~ich this church was locat d
| Wish scarcely the least waning 20 the coogrcgs
| tIop the side walls Of tho h0use were dressed Ia
wards, ,caps, the loss Of many lives. and the injury
Of many Pe'soba
There usre about SO persons present, thou n o
course not be very nc ur4te In this estimate
Up tn o'clock last Digot, Ia dead b1diee ha'
been yemoved from the d. ana a number OF per
sofs perioufly wounded. AIMING the victims Of thi
dreadful d,sAster Werc some Of the most csttmabl
ladies In is city, whose sudden death has caused
vide spicsd grief among relations AID fricncs Ia
olsssf+r instantaneous Ia its operAtions shA
| We presume that many were killcd without perceiv
| ing the paiuro Of the fatal blow. Lady fnOm
Us tt az door, which was aisr, Disturbed bor, an
the turred TO shut m and almost At the tnstsnt tha
rhe turned, an ,mme pse beam fell wbeyo she ha
been an instant before. Il killed o gentfcmm W.
was sitting By her before she turned 10 shut th
door.
The following is q s@s of tho killed and woundc1
as far a. they were known NJ ocbcck last night
Several gtltles<n were iniruec, but We con
hesr -os fpitely ef only tvo uares-Mr. Rsgan, u
day watehmaa Of tho lower ward, and gentIcn,
| naped Browsing, who wss " iurcd In saving
! | rbiid Wo uDocrstand that Mr.. Josalh BrAdle
white susiAing 10 recovering the vi ttms from .
} | fallen rubbish and tmbers, mad his eye cl o
: BY baschet, which uhs 10 nee by another perr
ccgagco h removing TIC falcu raft n and ioists
} AZ scuD rs the bowr Of the catastrophe was O.
Y | vP.ed tie nsiehborirg churches the conarc
= J tiols were irmeciauly dismissed, and men z
. womev by thousands ,epaisco TO she scenc o. I'd
A. ard zealously cleared awa2 the .nbblsh and
tirnbefs from the dead and the Wounded.