New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-31
Another Dcstruesivs Storm - ~ o.


The Louisville journal gives flle following as4
count Of another hurricane, which passed thai
city early onsSunday last
There has never been within the memory of even
that antiquatcd individual the oldest hahitant M
the recollection of such succession of remarkable
thunder-storms and wind gusts in May as those o.
the past week. Scarcely q day or night has passed
since the tornado Of last Monday that we have not
been visited by demon of the Storm 55l ss8
That Of Sunday morning was very furious. ID
commenced about O'Clock, the wind blowing
from the west. Trees were pruatrated, houses
shaken, boats swept from their moorings, and Az
the indications of fierce hurricane manifested
The fall Of rain was comparatively slighks Warned
by previous storms, our citizens very generals II
aroused themselves on the approach ofs this III
one Occurring as it did in the middle of the mig g
IT was more portentous Of danger and destrnctioNs
The moon became suddenly darkened, the air 6Iled
with dust, the limbs 81 hees, and fragments 81
roofs and in almost every house there were
lights with the families bestfring themselves III
The storm continued for over half an hour, buf
did not occasion near Sd much loss of lifc ands
property as that of Monday. NJ 7ssa
On the Louisville and Nashville Railroad the n
connective a. d. Newcomb, bringing ID the Inst
train from Nashville, ran int tree. and the tea4
der was thrown from the track. ssEa
Along the line of the Louisville ard Chicago
road great damage was sustained. Trees and
The Telegraph No. s had Just arrived from Gin
cinnati and was blown from the landing, taking
the wharfboat with her. She sailed MP GtFe4rx3,
sDa aa ss Sag gaossna hs Z e
remainder from being swept loose and carried
over the Falls. 4 barge belonging to grittendsh
and Cant was sunk. The Telegraph aftersxats
raised steam and came back to the foot OF Third
street in proper order. 49,
The roof Of the Perry Mills OF W. A. Richardson
that had Just been replaced after last Mondays
MI. r. II, Hunts bagging ana rope factory 81
the Portland road, also suffered the loss Of roof
The rear wall Of Wallace & Litbgow's Eagle
foundry, corner of Clay and Main was blown in. 's
was blown On the residence OIL. "A. Civil, ana u
sycamore on house further south. On Broadway,
between Sixth and Seventh. the old park WIS
and half, and It Is high time that tie authorizes
were seeking to convert that portion Of m import
ant and fashionable thoroughfare into more than
mere dirtroad. 81
All over the city, trees, fences and houses, were
dismantled. It is singular fact that the clock
upon the Baptist steeple stopped at the preeizs
moment that the storm was raging most fuTiousiy
1t yet denotes the significant hour.
In the Journal we find also the following ae-
count of accidents during the previous storm
Samuel Huey. living near GunpoEder creek
Boone county six miles from the Ohio river, was
killed by the falling Of q tree during the storm on
Monday He was about 60 years of age and !
worthy member Of the Baptist church.
A young man named Henry Alstott was Killed
near otisco, Clark county Indiana, during the
storm on Monday, by a tree falling on him and
crushing his head.
A Mrs. Schnenr, of Possy county, was on The
same day struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The New Albany Qndiana1 Tribune has the fol
lowing:
We regret to learn that daughter OF David
Wolf, Esq, an old citizen Of this county, who re-
sides near Georgetown, was killed during the
late storm. Al short time before the storm she ans
number of others had been baptised in creek
some distance from her fathers residence. Alter
stopping few minutes at the residence Of Mr.
Links, she started TOR home. She had proceeded
but short distance when she was struck by
falling limb from tree, which killed her Instantly
A Miss More was slightly injured.
The Salem Qa.) Times says;
About o'clock this morning the residence sf
Mr.. Joseph Sturgeon, on North Main street, was
struck by lightning, killing instantly his daughter
Mary, aged thirteen years, who was lying in bed
asleep at the time. 1t is supposed the stroke was
so severe and sudden that death came over her be-
fore she could awake. The other members Of the
family were unframed.
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