, 1860-06-06

y lseadyi but its principal ravages were here,
In the business part o: the city. It came down
sersihcaslya Kidding eyery. northern exposed
WIDOW. Thus In ona building in ths uppsTt two
u reae broksn. Eor Il this AZ exceptional
case. Scores Of stores end houses are jest NJ
nao. l. moments consideration OF the fkot that
thsFe Was driving raiu for more than half IN
pour before aoything could DO put ct !hs.e
hundreds orwindoEa 10 keep 1t out. viii give
Ialnt idea Of the damage done To- goods aud
household furniture By tho aooda Of water.
NARROW ESCAPE.
While It Ia cauze of deep gratefu1aeRs that
no lives Here lost, there were great many al
most h4is. .brasdth escapes: -.r.-,
The family Of Mr. Simus was in his house at
ihe time the steepls eame crashing doan upon ,
lt-nnt ous Of thsm was .hurt.' 4 score Of ttaf
seslosnts De Of the houses in tho Creek bottom on
: the Plack Road barely eschped the rngirg M
ttefa Yhich rose from The foundation to The sec.
ord story 10 Tery few minutes. The family Of
Mr Spreen, ai1 persons, we're in smAtl room
:: when the 1oof OF: I; . house CAME hit COM
pletsly covers the floor, Jet no oae was hur:.
Church w:s The priest aud little girl, both out
till yesterday morning, remaining all Eight be.
neath the brick and timber, In spice hardly
three feet square-and the priest has ou!y a
slight bruiso upon ore hand, tbs little girl none
at all.
Much of the roof Of the City Building is car
5ied several hundred feet--one large mass bare
u missed falling upon car load OF people Just
N by the Terre a4ute road u,
l. Aiady With three children was sitting in .
carriage at the river front Of the City Building
at the time The storm burst, waiting for some
oae By the train. With difficulty Sue was per-
suaded to ieaye 1t and 20 into the building
hardly w+re she hnd the children out, ~hea the
wind caught horses and carnage and spun them
towards the river, from which they we're hardly
saved.
STORM At ST. LOUIS,
(Froa The st. Louis Re suslIe,n, 4h.)
Ater1ib'e storm visited this locality Saturday
night Il began shortly after six o'clock. but
TAs not at FIRST very Revere. .PreseutH, how
ever, the ekY became overcast, with deRsc bfnck
clouds, eddyipg in the different currents Of cir
and rushing together like the ''shock Of armies"
The thunder BURT forsh with great fury, rum
peel after peal with deafsniog aud stunning ef:
feet. Tho lightning too was incessant il Its
plsy- ltIenpt from cloud to cloud; and sptauz
in an instant from the horizon to .he xsuish,
clamber!ng up tue heavens By beautiful stir
case only visible At The time. Then the Whole
mass Of electric tapors seemed to unite in a
radiant gta.e"hich dozz:e !, glimmered, shook
and went ont The wind @sooped down in fear
tul gusts, carrying before lts irresistible hurry,
sigus, shingles, cry .gnots boxes, aud indeed
all substances not liked tightly 10 their places.
a lull followed. and next tho ''Hindo~s OF
heaven were opened" vide, to let dow torrents
aud cataracts of rain which seemed 10 de-
scend not In drops, but in pailsfull or by
the barrel. The thunder and LIGHTNING
still kept On, and fash and crash sue
ceeGed each other with the greatest rapidity.
Women and children we're stricken with
fright, and thers ere stouter hearts, too. that
dodged Al virid CLEAN Of giIterlug flame
came like rocketatd wars their vision, followed
BY rumblioK rosE, eliminating in terrific
burst which shook the very ground. No such
storm has been experienced here for some
years. The rain continued to pour down in riEu-
lets, drenchlng everything exposed to its vlo-
leoce. There Was con1iderabla hail, too. that
pattsred and bumped against Windows and
~parenents, aud bounded back to melt into the
! common deluge.
Such S'sitatlons arc always attended with
damage. We hnve heard Of no loss Of life, but
have accounts Of much destruction to property.
We learn that many fences were blown down,
and great devastation done to the growing crops
In some parts Of St Clair County, Ill.,, just or-
lotlte Us, htit. Of young corn were washed OUT,
aud tons upon tons Of earth removed from llll
sides as BY au avalanche. Valuable uit tree.
were uprooted, barns unroofed, and the piaos
Of the farmers set back in innumerab1e WAYS.
Particulars Of The sweeping ravage will proba-
big reach Us in abundance ia few days.
lmnenze damage VAS done in the city by the
destruction OF unfinished buildings, the filling
OF cellars, choking OF sewers, DC but no lives
we're lost.