The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27
THE LOUISVILLE CALAMITY.

The funeral of the persons killed by the fall
ing Of the Church in Louisville, took place on
Monday, the stores being closed and the bells
toled, at the suggestion Of the Mayor. The
ser yices took place in the First Presbyterian
Church, (Rev u. Breckenridge which
wa densely crowded The bodies of the dead
were placed upon platform of the tower, and
the exercises were conducted by several cler-
gymen. The spacious gard attached to the
Church was also crowded.
Al the opening of the exercises, the hev.
d. Morrison, who oficiated at the i'll dated
church, remarked that on the Sabbath that had
proved SO disastrous to life, ne was requested TO
preach; but it was not generally known that
there would be divine service, hence the small
number that were assembled, there being not
more than IS persons in the house at any time
on Sunday On next Sunday it was expected
that the pastor recently invited would be in
stalled.
During the sermon, which had been common
ced later than usual, the storm came up and
the main door of the basement room, where
the meeting was being held, was blown open.
An elder of the church Immediately rose and
closed it again. The door was forced open
a second time, and again and again closed. A
third time the door was forced open by the
violence ofthe wind, notwithstanding the elder
was pre- sing against i.nat the time. Instantly
the whole house was filled with particles OF
sand. The speaker had his eyes filed with
fine dust, as well "a his audience. This caused
some disturbance in ihe assembly. and most Of
the persons rose 10 their feet, some jumping
GU, of the windows near where they were SIT
ting.
DR. Morrison said he had not time to recov-
er from the effect of the gust Of wind that struck
him with particular fury, before he heard
cracking sound overhead and in a moment Of
time after the tempest Bile v open the do,r with
such violence, the whole walls had fallen
Immediately about the pulpit in which he was
standing, the plastering was not broken, and
TO his right several old ladies' escaped unhurt.
He expressed himseIfas being greatly shocked
at the suddenness Of the calamity, and when he
fairly recovered from the blindness caused by
the ascending dust, a most terrible sight pre-
scented itself before him. He saw two men
already dead; the head of another man greatly
jus, appearing among the rubbish; a
lady clasping her child in the agony Of death
and young lady with her body bent across one
of the seats, and her face most horribly distor-
ted From different parts of the building he
could hear the groans Of the dying, and the
stiAed screams Of the crushed.
Of the injured persons, only one, Mrs. Mar-
shall, has yet expired Miss Duffis in very
PIE carious condition. Another Mrs. Marshall
IS not expected to recover. he others are in
a fair way to recover.
Capt. Greenlow, Of the steamer Memphis,
which boat was badly damaged, thus describes
The tornado: He was on his boat, standing on
the forecastle, when the first blast Of the huri
rcane struck her. He the block Of houses
Of Mr.. Beatty crumble to the ground, and be
fore he cou'd utter warning cry to those ar
ound, the storm was upon him. He clasped
his arms around a staunchen to uphold him
self, and in the same instant heard rushing
sound over his head, and noise that was like
the crack of an immense wagon whip. He saw
the greater part ofhis cabin roof, and the en-
tire railing, pass over his head, and eight on
the ri, Ell, so to IS yards ahead Of him. Amo.
ment after, the hull received terrible blow,
and was whisked from it's Innor:nQs over to a
reef Of rock in about the tifs8 required to
draw a breath.