Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-01
Great storm at Memphis.

hEOHi the helhpuiO appear, hHich -.
At FIVE O'Clock, last night, storm came up with
heavy thunder and most vivid lightning, when sud>
denly from the west tempesluOus wind blew across
The river The boats at the landing escaped I'M lry
b It the signs on Front Row were knocked down by
The dozen, and panss of glass blown completely
out by the force Of the wind. The window Ct Hesse
Levy, at the corner of Madison and Front Row.
was almost entirely demolished The west end of
the awning on HoWard's Row was torn down. The
gable end of the Medical College, on BeAl street.
was blown down. A large tree the Let on Main
street, north Of Beal street, was blown down, and
another broken off.
At the corner of fernando and Beal street slhe en-
tire front of house blown out without further
injury being done to the structure. A portion of a
wall Just building round DR.. Peyton's new house at
the northeast part of theeiiy, was blown down. Tho
entire roofing lof tin over the Philadelphia boarding
house on Front Row, above Washington street, kept
by John Baer, was from the planks 10 which it
was nailed and ell the surface Of metal was landed
upon an adjoining roof. portion of the wood
work was torn up and some of the windows in the
rear of the houses opposite were smashed to peees
by them The amount of metal removed at this
place was immense. The gable end of Alderman
Drews carpenter shop, on Poplar street below MAN,
which is of brick, was partially blown into the
street.
The gable end OF the family grocery store of War
ner & Williams, on the west side of Main street.
near Gsyoso was blown into the street portion
of the roof in the of the of A. Sesse 223
Main street. opposite Court Square, was torn off and
q portion of the stock damaged by the rain. A
splendid new sign Of Mr. POoley's tailor store at
the corner of Court Square and Main street, which
cost $500, and had but recently been put up, was
blown down aud smashed TO pieces. Similar Seci
dents to this occurred all over the city.
A bakers wagon, that stood on Main street, oppo-
site Court Square, turned over and sll the bread
upset in the street and spoiled. On Jefferson street,
beyond the theatre, somo cotton bales 1oated
q considerable distance by the accumulated water.
The young ladies of the State College, two miles
southeast Of the city, had long left the institu
tion-in buggss and in the college onnibus-When
the storm overlook them. The horses refused to
move, and panic seized the girls, several of whom
tainted with terror. The people in the neighbor~
hood rushed to their assistance and carried them to
the houses of Mr. Shaw and others.
The scene is described as being most painful
one. Time and space fail US tell of many similar
occurrences to those mentioned aboye-shingles
were off and the rain beat into the houses, fen
ces were blown down, trees overturned board piles
scattered, and dry goods boxes and almost every
thing lying about loose was Frey to the tornado
The hail fell very heavily. We fear we shall hes;
of yet serious occurrences than the above. We
heard of houses being blown down but had not ops
pOrtunity to VERIFY the rumor.