The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-23
The Great storm at tho East.


Buildings blo'cn docn-Ceiars filed ui rcoter PES
sells rcrecked-Trees uprooted-Particsiars of the
damage.
The equinoctal storm com 1lenced yes-
terday, and continues with hardly mo-
ments cessation. The probabilities are that
there will be no change in the weather for
two days at least; meanwhile the streets
and country will receive great benefit. =
This afternoon, abont half-past l o'clock,
brick tenement house, of four stories, in
Duane street, two doors east of West Broad
way, gave way under violent blast of
wind, and buried several of its inmates in
the ruins.
The roof and the rear walls of the two
upper stories fell in completely, while the
remainder of the structure stood in shat
tered condition.
An alarm for fire was Immediately given,
and large number of police and firemen
were quickly at the scene of distinction
No person was known to be killed, but six
of the inmates were taken ont injured.
Several persons were shut up in their
rooms by the distractions from falling
bricks. The fremen and police had not
taken all of them out up to two o'clock, but
no fire had broken out to endanger their
lives.
The house was fully occupied by tenants,
and it was thought remarkable that some
were not instantly killed. The building
did not appear to be very old, but it had
evidently been poor structure.
Our ship news reporter says, last night
about 9 o'clock storm of wind and rain
set in from northeast; at this hour az NJ
it is blowing with great violence and rain
ing heavily. There have been no disasters
among the shipping, nor do We expect to
hear of any on the rivers. This wind makes
lee on the North river, and there are but
few vessels at the piers on the East river,
where the wind draws through fairly. The
tide is very high, and excepting the filling
of some cellars in the neighborhood of the
rivers, no damage to merchandise has been
mentioned. ..
We hear of several vessels below, bound
in, but they have probably been hauled off
shore.-N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Storm I'm Phiird, nt'o.
The Philadelphia Ledger VS.:
The storm of Saturdav a.
damage in different pas
the public squares trees "
and branches blown of, and l.
some shade trees on the streets suffered in "a
similar manner. Considerable delay was
occasioned on all the city railroads in con-
sequence of trees being blown across the
tracks. A large tree fell across the track of
the Second and Third, between Oxford and
Jefferson streets, where number of cars
collected before i: could be removed. The
cars on the Manayunk Railroad made but
few trips, owing to the rain washing the
dirt and sand across the track, in such
quantities as to impede their progress. The
bank of the new culvert on Norris street,
above Second, was cut away, and the rain
broke trough the cuivert, carrying off
portion of it. An overflow of the lots in
that vicinity caused the filling of many
cellars, and considerable damage was the
result.
In Reed street, between Third and Fousth,
the walls of an unfinished house was injured
and in many localities chimneys were car
ried away. The front of the Taylor Hose
house, corner of Hancock and Putnam SITS,
was blown down, and large hole was made
in Fourth street, above Reed, by the giving
way of the culvert. By the guage at the
Hospital, it appears that the amount of rain
which fell was four and a half inches
Though many persons were compelled to be
in the streets, we did not hear of any one
being injured by the falling trees or CHM
neys. The storm abated in the course of
the evening, and about midnight the wealth
er began to clear up.
The storm was very severe along the
Delaware front of the city, though no serious
damage was done, except the sinking Of two
or three canal boats, at Reed street wharf
and vicinity. The U. 5. steamer Wyoming,
dragged her anchor some distance, hut she
was again secured before getting near the
wharf.