Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-30
THE vIor1es or LOUISVILLE Tolxl
ADAY OF MOURNING.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
Rev. Dr.. Norrison's Account Of the Calamity
A DAY OF MOURN

NV NJ. AoEf1son Account o. luo SaAaWASy
We continue from yssssrdsy our aocount oil
the terrible calamity Of which occurred al
Louisville on Sunday afternoon last Tho
subjoined particulars were sent by telegraph
from Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, August 29.-Agreeable to the
proclamation of Mayor Speed, all business wa.
suspended throughout the city and bells tolled
the day being deserved IS day OF mourning
for the victims Of the awful tornado OF Sun
day. - - 98fF y SSks
The bells were toiIed and the funeral ser
vice Of the unfortunate victims was preached
at DR. breckenridge church, whore IN i'm.
mense concourse were gatheredfo hear Dr.
Morrison, the Pastor of the demolished church
He stated that on the Sabbath afternoon &c
disastrous to life, he had been requested t.
preach, but it was not generally known among
the congregation that there would be divine
service-hence tho small number that were
assembled. Upon the next Sunday it vas ex.
pected that the pastor recently invited would
De installed. There was not more than 80 per
sons present in the house at any time On Sun
day during the sermon, which had been COM
menced at later period than usual, and the
services were being held in tho basement room,
and not in the body of the church.
When the storm came up, the main door Of
the basement was blown open, and an elder
rose and closed it. Again the door was forced
open, and again closed, third time the VIC
lence of the wind blew the door open, notwith'
standing the elder was pressing against it al
the time. Instantly the house was filed with
particles of sand. The speaker had his eyes
filed with the fine dust This caused some
rose to their feet, some jumping out of the
windows near whore they were sitting.
Mr.. Morrison said he had not time to re-
cover from the effects of the gust Of wind tina,
struck him with particular fury, before rever-
berated over head, and in Q moment Of time
after, the tempest blew open the door with
such violence, filing the room with sand, the
whole walls had fallen in. Immediately abou,
the pulpit where he was standing, the plaster
ing was not broken, and to his right several old
ladies escaped unhurt.
Mr. Morrison expressed himself as having
been greatly shocked by the suddenness OF the
calamity, and when he fairly recovered from
the blindness caused by the ascending dust
DO, most terrible sight presented itself be-
fore him. He saw two men already dead, the
head Of another greatly mangled, just appear.
ing among the rubbish, q lady clasping he,
child in the agony Of death, and a yound lady
with her body bent across one Of the seats, ano
her face most horribly distorted. From diff
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groans Of the dying, and the stifed screams o.
the crushed.
Of those injured. only one, Mrs Marshall
has yet expired. Miss Duff is in very preca
rious condition. Mrs. Marshall, wife Of VIM
Marshall, is not expected to recovered.
Capt Greinbow, Of the steamer Memphis,
which boat was badly damaged, thus describes
the tornado. He was on his boat, on the fore
castle, when the first blast of the hurricane
struck her. He saw the block of houses of Mr.
Beatty crumble to the ground, and before b.
could utter warning cry to those around, thu
storm was upon them.
He clasped his arm around stauncheon, t.
hold himself, and in an inst ant he heard .
rushing sound over his head and a noise lik,
the cracks Of an immense wagon whip, and "
the greater portion of his cabin roof, and tn,
entire Texas railing fly over his head an,
alight in the river, so or SO yards ahead 9
him. A moment after the ponderous hull oil
the boat received tremendous blow, as i
were, and was whirled from its mornings oye
to reef of rocks, in about the space Of tim
it requires to draw q breath.