New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07
DAMAGE on LAND.

The Ciereidnd HeNd
On SATURDAY. afternoon the city visited with one
of the most terrific storms Of wind rain, thunder aad
lightning which has been experienced here Tor con-
siderable tine: The morning had been excessively
hot but abcnt O'Clock in the afternoon the sky began
To cloud. About o'clock, a belt of cloud came up
RAPIDLY from the West and in a moment resistless
tempest of wird swept over the city, followed by q
reu'er dous storm of rain and hail, accompanied by
thunder and shtning. The damage done by the storm
il immense. Trees were torn to pieces, chimnies .
blown down, ard roofs ripped off,
A two-story brick house on Greenwood street was
struck by the storm and had the upper story blown on
The house is occupied by Mr.. W. H. Pearson, who, as
we. ss Mrs. p, was absent, leaving their i've
children in the bouse. Two children belonging to the
eolored porter of the G.. C. q G. X. r., were also in
the bouse. The children on bearing the crashing of
the roof as il torn off, ran out the back door INTO
small wooden shed attached to the house. They had
is-t ste pped outside the door when mass OF BRICK
forming the second story fell with tremendous crash
on the she'd completely eveiDg 1t to the ground One OF
the children boy four years old, was so badly injured
that be died on Saturday night. All the rest were
severely bruised but we DO not learn that any others
are dangerously hurt One Of the negro boys had both
legs broker and the Others back is probably broken
lady living in the house opposite ssw the roof raised
three times above the walls the tremendous foros oi
the storm lifting it completely OIL the third time, ana
dasbing It with crashing force upon the Kitchen "A
dog sitting BY the side of the babe one year OF age,
was Instantly killed, the babe escaping with fe"
bruises the face.
The storm struck the femdle SEMINARY eo
street about rs feet of the corbee was damaged and
a norton broken clean off. The wind by this means
got under the tin roofing, and stripped about three
fourtbs Of the roof cary the tin 10 small pieces with
such swness and force that branches and oven whole
trees were cot smoothly of by the flying metal. Sew
ersl Of the pieces were carried to the Water Care
II zee cbimpeys were blown down and crushed 10 q
portion of the roof The cap stone of one OF the CHM
heys broke clear through and landed on the foor o
the third story. AL the damages to the building vii
be repaired during the present week, and the roo
NJ aae more permanent than before.
So singular ~as the Of this storms that al
though tie 81 nDary wa injured, and the trees be-
tween this and the Water Cure buili ling rooted up, the
latter building remains perfectly unipjured.
The wood-bousrs and sheds suffered in that neigh.
bobood Cbiu Deys were blown down and trees rooted
np or such damages these very msny instances are
r. ported No storm for years has caused such destruc
tlon in this city, Two disasters the lake at no great
distance from here reported with the loss Of eleven
lives. B
One OF the singular features of this storm was a
large waterspout which was seen BY many OF our ct
rens az no great distance from the shore. The effect
of this couHn of water-the base resting the lake
aid the upper part lost in the couds-was very grand
MIS- Bawey was struck by Lightning out on the
N.wburgh Road, during the storm on Saturday, and
was thought at first to be killed, but was subsequently
ated and il doing well