Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-11-26
TERRIFIC GALE.

Three buildings 5lo,cn down-One man killed
The wind yesterday afternoon increased to a
wild gale from the southwest about four o'clock,
and several unfinished buildings in various parts
of the city were unable to withstand its fury,
and came tumbling to the ground, while in many
more, walls we're sprung, roofs started, and win
dows taken out.
The double five story brick building of Messrs.
Brown l. Wilder, on State street, facing the
northeast corner of the South Market, fell while
two workmen we're inside of it, and one of them
was buried in the rubbish, but the other escaped
unframed. The body Of the unfortunate man
was recovered after about an hour, and removed
to the South Division police station. There was
nothing upon it to indicate his name, but it was
thought to be John Moline. The inquest will be
held this morning
The roof of the house adjoining on the south
side was crushed in by the falling wall, but a
family living in the upper story escaped unhurt
as ii by miracle, among the broken timbers
and piles of brick. Two men, two women and
a little girl were in the house at the time, and
came out at the apertures made by the fallen
wall.
horse, dray and driver we're coming thro'
the alley, and were quite surrounded by the fail
ing BRICKS and strange to say neither received
any injury:
The building was five stories high, with the
roof on, but the front towards the West was all
open and caught the wind like funnel. Mr.
Bur'ing was the architect of the building, Mr.
Goodman master mason, and Mr.. Pierce master
carpenter.
The large brick planning mills on Canal ST. in
process of erection by Mr.. G. w. Noble, fell in
ruins about the same time. No one was caught
in this catastrophe.
The walls of the new building on Randolph
street, opposite the Matteson House, fell about
dark with terrible crash, but as their fall had
been apprehended for more than all hour, and
policemen had been stationed near it to prevent
people passing too close, it came down without
endangering the life of any one. 1t was five sto-
ries high and only twenty feet WIDE Another
building was commenced on the lot adjoining OH
the corner, but the basement walls were not yet
completed.
Tue fallen building here was owned by D.
Horton, Esq, Messrs. Bauman & Van Osdel
we're the architects, Messrs Mortimer & Loberg
master masons, and F. H. Soper master carpen-
ter.
The steeple of the Unversalist church, in pro-
cess of erection at the corner of Wabash Avenue
and Van Buren, street, was blown down about
o'clock. A few minutes before it fell man
had been upon it and had just come down. The
wind lifted it directly up from the stone tower
on which it rested, and whirled it around as it
FELL SO that it struck the Mercy Hospital north Of
the church, and came in mass upon the side
walk. The steeple was nearly finished, but as
the tower was all open, the wind had good OPP
portunity to get underneath. The architect is
WIN. II. Boyington Mr.. Root master carpenter,
and Mr.. Williams contractor.
The tin roof on the grain house of the Illinois
Central depot was caught at the caves by the
wind, about dark and rolled up like scroll over
a large part of the but ding.
The fury Of the gale was by no means spent at
dark, and the night was one of the widest Yes
sells caught out in the lake must have suffered
greatly, and we must expect to hear OF more
shipwrecks and loss of life.-Chicago Press.