The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30
THE GREAT RAIN STORM.
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FATAL LAND SLIDE IN BROOKLYN.
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Two Persons Killed and Others Wounded.
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MISCELLAKEOUS DETAILS.
THE CALeRIC SHIP ERICSSON,
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FATAL LAND SLIDE IN BROOXL YN
MIsCELLAKEOUs DETAILS.

Since the LIST Of March have several times ventured
to congratulate the public that the r0ughes Of the
winter over and that they might reasonably antc
pate softer and brighter skies for the future
These antcpations however, have been repeatedly
defeated by the heavy vsitaons Of clouds and Winds
and hail. and rain and dyving snow and whistng sleet
and thunders and ghtnngs and disasters dire by land
and And yet, notwithstanding successive dis
appointments prophet venture still moro to
congratulate citizens all others concerned
with what consider to be the very reasonable pre-
sumption that substantially the winter is over and its
storms past and gone" May we not venture to pre-
dict that this last day Of April will be followed by the
first day of springs
Is there anything irrational in the idea that great
annual carnival the first of May will in all probability
be fair days 1t may be windy but it should be fair
simply from the fact that after continuous out
pouring from the clouds, from Thursday afternoon to
the margin of Sunday morning. there should be letting
up for at lenst day, if And what better
day for this suspension could there be than the first of
Nayf Consequently insist upon the prediction that
moving" anniversary will be signalized by clear
sky ought to be- which Is nearly the thing in
point Of philosophy.
From the reports which have published since Thurs
day, elegraphic and otherwise, readers will have
perceived that this storm has prevailed vast
tent of country. has given the coasters of the North
Carolina seaboard rough handlng inland seas
from Lake Ontario to Lake Michigan have felt its
lence and will be fortunate indeed its disasters
land and sea are one half as yet recounted.
An unprecedented amount of water has fallen There
have doubtless been destructive floods in the interior
well numerous wrecks and mishaps along q thousand
miles of coast but let hope that of these may
hear of nothing like those late disastrous the
Jersey coast of any rreparabc damage to the fruits
and the crops Of the coming 1t is remarkable
tvyhilo the at
various shapes and FORMS has been distilled the
skies in these ATTITUDES and longtudes than ordinarily
falls here in six months Of average taking ten years
together that they have been actually complaining in
France and Spain of the dryness Of the season The
farms and gardens about Paris have been suffering for
of rain such the nice checks and balances
Of an all wise and bountifu Providence deficiency
in quarter of tie earth is made up by an
excess in another and thus the general equi
brum of the elements mainaincd thus this good old
globe which nhsbit in her steady orbit round
the sun, MISUNDERSTANDING temporary vicissi
tudes local the harmony Of her seasons
and in the beautiful dspt nsations of her bountes.
The effect of this tremendous shower of some three
days. duration upon the streets of this late excessively
dirty CITY, positively refreshing look at Last after
noon for example, noticed that the torrents which
flowing along in the cutters of some of our hlthes
horouehfares were csar and sparkling any crysta
| water itself Whatever, therefore, the Inconvenience
the msfortunes the disasters Of this last visitation
it has served good purpose in its thorough washing
of the ground floor of dirty CITY, Broadway last night
gitered in the reflection of the amps-so clear and
glossy the Russ pavement Genin was quite out
DONE and Gasier only contemplate with admiration
the thoroughgong style in which he has been relieved
temporarily Of his duty We persist in our prognostd-
cations Of lighter days to We hope that the late
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sively dry summer Let u.s. in the meantime, be thank
ful, and take things as they come.
FALL OF A BUILDING IN BROOKLYN.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND FIVE INJURED.
Yesterday afternoon o melancholy accident occurred
in Furman street. the foot of Cranberry street. inn
medatey under the Heights by the falling of building
| occupied as a boarding house by Mrs. McCclgan.
The building Of Frame two stories in height and
cheapy constructed II situated at the foot of the
hill fronting Furman street. In the rear rises the
Heights the top of which, and parallel with Furman
street, Columbia street The heavy rains of the
past few days had the effect Of oosenng the earth in the
Of the house, and Yesterday afternoon about
O'Clock large body slid down in perfect avalanche
against the tenement and utterly demolished it.
There we're eight persons in the at the
time some of whom the second floor, and they
succeeded in getting out with comparatively slight in
jures. Those below unfortunately crushed be-
meath the weight above them, among whom as far as
| known, are the following
Neil Curren laborer, killed. He was a single man.
about twenty years Of age and formerly in the en-
ploy Of William Smith, No % Fulton street.
Margaret McColgan, daughter of the keeper the
house, crushed beneath the ruins, and although
every effort made to exhume her, 1t not
pshed until after nine O'Clock last evening Her
heard under the pile for hours she could
be reached in consequence Of the timber other
rubbish under which she buried. When taken out
life was extinct.
Mary McColgan, snother daughter was severely, but
1t is thought, not dangerously injured. She was ex
humed in about an hour after the accident.
Mrs McCogan the mother escaped with comparatively
slight injuries She frantic with grief at the loss Of
| her daughter.
Hannah 0'Connell, servant, badly bruised, but
her injuries not considered of fatal character
James Fallon, dock builder who resides ia Jersey
City bad of his legs broken.
John snellgrove slightly bruised.
The three were boarders with Mrs. McCogan. The
two latter jumped out Of the window thus saved
themselves They in the second story at the time
son Of Mrs. McColgan, small lad, who last summer
had of his broken in consequence Of collision
on the Fulton ferry also considerably injured by
| this accident.
The injured were taken into the neighborng houses
and all that could be done for their relief was accom-
plshed by Drs BAH and Cochran and other medical gem
| tlemen.
An adjoining frame tenement similarly situated az the
destroyed, stands in imminent danger Of demolition
| The family have removed from IT,
About the distance of few blocks below where this
accident occurred nearly opposite Tornes storehuses
there another landslide which brought down large
portion Of the embankment into Furman street. com.
pletey blocking Il rp There was fortunately no build
ing the vicinity sad consequently there was no in.
Jury to any human being
The statement yesterday that the derrick near the
OF Fulton street had been struck by lightning and shiv
cred erroneous II was not damaged by either the
| lightning or the elements.
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