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

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I The Rev. Mrs Nor. dson was oflcistlnx Ia tn
church st the ZINC Of thv catastrophe. Tae church
was 70 have been dcdics,' cd next Sabbath.
ISCIpl sNTs.
IL II not In the power u pea or language to des
c,ibe TIM W led sceDeB aDd incidents of yesterday
wives theft husbADds, child On their p4,sn.s, i
they wandered thr ugh tho ss scmbled crowd dllias
III. With cres OF mo synios. causing all to drop
the s,mpss l-ti, 1ear, issd desase to invoke she
bno restore the dear oees sought But slsa each
p" rciDg shrek reveals the facs that some desd
iorm has been b'ouDht TO hight. Hero coma, =
father borne al ,pg b2 fren ca woo have taken him
nom his bed ~ deashf next she mother, t0ca sho
daughter a1d two soDs---siI erushei, musi.atod
cesdl Truly this is o hoMe 0f mOuroiug
Next comes faxsn haired gieh scarce four yssrs
Of sge, borne IN the arms - sturdy mau sire sol
ing win ssrspiratiou, besrimmed WITH Dirt. sho
bad discovered her under huge pile Of timOass,
which, falliDg across beam, protected neg dstle
form oom desti. AS che Was brought forth bsfore
the people, SOC locked about with D face full of
wonder, which was hetgnte0ed oy the shoats II
Rrxsisudc that wsnt up from the assembled multi
tude In psaise 70 her noble deliverer. and thsukv
giving tsat ono father and mothers heart wss not
msds desolsts by the unumely death OF their hstie
one.
Ne noticed pour wife hmrying With Distracted
steps through the crowd, reodiDg tho sir with her
agoD'zif z d rieks, seeking her husband, who sha
Mougct was barred IN the ruinS. The husbaod wns
as seeking his wife. Hearisg Der cries, he msdo
his way her side, and with shrh crs o. 10y sho
,uste0 into bis arms, exclaimiug, thank God yo0
are "a e!" All res poDded hearty amen in thaaksgiv-
ing toGod that be restored them to each otnees se
Pages ~ou'd mot serve to give all tae insdeass of
th's melancholy actpe, with go few eoiiveaoR fea-
lures 10 relieve Its terTors, and We only suo-
lhca'e ttat Almighty power witch dire Is 4u dis
visitaions iD uDerriog wisdom, Ia support and m.
fort the bereave: in their great afiicti0u.
Mr.. Browning, pr mDent ana active member Of
tire c, wch, who was In attendance with his Two
daughters, escaped .ith broken leg. Hg daughters
were but slightly bruised.
DR.. Rohit SOD, who was 10 bis buggy riding iuAo
the city. at the lower end of Marks street. at chs
time OF the storm, narro Wy eeca ed death from :
falling tree T. trse, it fell ac oss tho rad VIII
tremendous crash, just graz, the cnftsia At shs
ha Of the buggy: His horse was 30 frightened
that II tstopped ss paralyzed, and made no effort
TO AVOID the dapacr.
Webtard tIas small child in the lower psr. oe
the city was caught 10 the storm, aad bio IN away,
bus hes'er 1t was subsequently, found or NOT "a
old not learn.
While the worshippers Al the Cathedral, on Firh
storm swept by the front door and maio aisls, sod
to people were blown g, ut, and actually fusc.d
from their feet in She ptmao confusion.
The building Of the WaiBus sue eat Baptist church
wbs crciQt0iy shnker al q scnc fifteen minutes ~
tNrwaros 81 vtral pnoes o. glass n Of the north
windows crsckea, evidently csKsed by the setsllag
Of the walls.
fFlem the Louis Vile Democrat, Aug ISL
Twelve o'clock, August 27tb, 1854, will Iona b0
re emeubesed as q telrsbie epoch in the histOr, q
Ia uisyille,
With that hour came iesth to many person, az
aeDb'e0 in he house or God, engaged In worship,
ana destruction to vast amount OF oPcrty in the
One Of the most yiole,t sto.I,as1e ITS dreadful
swept over ttiA section fesSerday. Aztec severe
Il OF rints in sly weekA duration, tue sky, eads IN
crouut Inoicststf lain. Tse cl. uus gas6sred, sod
9 bad, whSt yers0As i,ot wishin toe req " the
1inado sccom,aDyiDg. it would cali . thunder
hover. But vtsh.n .hs> rsh Of its sxee ing
breath wae the ThirS Pr ssby tecian church, corue
y Etcvo, tn and Walnut .reess, whca Il com leser
}. .wr ckcd~~ bl0wtsg fYoH o wust&ardly direcsioa
- eoee h dsisg ZEN In roof, rsftArs, brick walls
ss s|l. efp. ss .osgs i.s Sts q she ssasrss.ti.a
- s sss - = s1 y W. ~. ss.ses's' s''.'''
Tbo scene is descr bed a. rnoet hcayNreodsng
sss large cN ,wdnssembed ana began their 20 srca
. the victima a Mosher md her three children
ore grouped a death; another prcssnted,l fAtner
ssbtr aU0 bah s-ta~ father dead, the mother mors
w vpuuded tvhilsHtte istte chid placed beocaA
I'm, es sped nhars projected by the forins Of IN
'rDis. ID O aer Instances, eoIae Of tho VIC i'm
Pro found terr IDLY bruised end uaimsd. Vhe c.
strsphe lzs t,icfBn oons serDa.teu into no verv
st OF the ciey az dts people are epsaued, beyood
Aet. The foi lowing is List oEthe h1ed and
sunded:--
Nrs. Vil5ahee and three cniIdren residence car.
>E OF TENN ana .Gf1f n streets.
Mr. Taylor an(i child. resi- ience On Cheengx sevvuH
tween rbireesnth aud Fourteenth.
Mr. Godfrey, residence on ThiItsonth street, 10
cen Mss~on aD61hesnnt
Mrs. sal soury, ~i'eo Mr.. Salisbury, citY ~ mp
aker. resi- ence on Ninth street, besween w nuS
Dd Cheaout-
M@- Headley, eyed about eIeye7 ears, resil suss
o Flftef nth street.
John McGosao, residence on Market, be wesa
Mr. ~eeney, carpenter residence cornor Of N ohsl,
nd Broaoway.
Mrs. Martin. wifo Of John N. Narsia, saddu +. 70
de- Dce not Known
Mrs. W,cls, wife Of Capt. VIVA. Wicls, res denco
~ known.
Nj, &C Of Mrs Martin, residerc not kaawa.
Mr.. Barbour residence on tfinth, beswess Maya
ne stseet and Broadway.
Mr.. McI.eIIan1, OF the Eentucky IscS omotivn
'oIkr, residence not known.
Mr. X. Dsv =, re ssdcoce New AlbaoZ
MIR. Mcbride and child residence on, W. INIT. -
Y, IN Eleventh and Twelfth.
IL 's "a, ugbs that ooe, or probably ~ 70 others,
ere killed, whose names vac have net Ia rned
wouipkD.
Nrs. Taylor, wife Of Mr.. Taylor, waa was killed.
nd child. Beth severely.
Ni-s Duff. residence Eighth sine IT. betweAn
Walnut and Cbe-Dut; three ribs broksd 4 and other
rse injured. viii probably rocoyer.
Mrs. PenLebsksr, wife Il Nj. Pos, iabaker CIty
from The SIKH ward; v ,9hrly injured
Ms. Morsel, danger susly Infused; mo- hopes Of re-
Miss HoTacl, aged eighteen yeaD sc vercly iniur.
BIZ, will probably recover.
M q. Hewett and child, resideU 20 Market streox.
ttween Nihth and Tenth, badly hurt, but win 10.
over.
wasb. Rseap, Of the EigAtA wsTd police, serious
= Injured
Mr.. Bradley, brichlayer, bad m eye knocked out
,sile Efforts nere being made 10 ro,cae him from
D. fuibs
Miss Cooper severely injured.
Is Ia knosn that soma aver ~ other ~ rsoas wUro
'jured, bat ~e were unable to alcsrtain their
srnes.
Corones Green held inquests up On. s0mc Of thu
ictiD =, snonp whom was ALEXANDER MI c{land. .
= btesap n, enry from New Yak ci. who waa
ngsgtd ~ the Kentucky Lo ,oDofivc Works. Up.
n his teIson wero found s94 Ia gda, and silver
watch.
Upon the body Of Mr. Sweeney, another vic.in.
Was 7, uud pure containing $780,
A newsboy, who was near shs cAurcb st tie Hme
rss blown d'y yards against . plank foace, and