The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-24

ana let the traveller disarmed of all fear lie dow
IN ms lying coach and sleep with as much sense g
saiety as an infant in his cradle, and awake to fin
himself transported two hundred miles on hi
journey without sense of time or motion: and tba
ne may appreciate the miracle of the WORKING of
machine SO vast and complicated as the Baltimor
ana OHIO Railroad. Though after gettino a raaliz
my luea OF the SUBJECT it will be hard for any of
" understand the easy bearing, the light hearted
Rleasaht playful manner of our late host and Guide
W. rescott Smith, who F'runs the machine'' w,
nave described.
UkLAT Observation-Disclosures UNROOFET
AND BLOWN DOWN-LOSS OF LIFE. &c.
A brief telegram from Cincinnati, published ir
our issue OF yesterday, announced that terrible
tornado passed over that city on Monday after
noon, causing great loss of life and property The
Gazette of Tuesday, furnishes the following par
tlculars of the awful visitation:
The storm came from the Northwest. ard rbor
viewed from point high enough to give one :
Je edr view OF the horizon, appeared to be clouc
IIenseiy black, extending about two miles in
oreauth, and rushing forward with fearful rand;
". lt was accompanied by lightning and tbundar
ana torrents of rain, which were swept into nvarr
cIeVlce. Inc wind struck with fearful force. The
% SUI III was spent IN about twenty minutes though
tne ram continued for over an hour
AS lar as we have learned the particulars tbora
were Tour persons killed in the CITY, and two steam
BOAT hands drowned in the Ohio river Tharo,na,
VI nose kliled IN tue city were: Mr. Brenkmey-
er, Heinrich KiSsken, Thomas Cole and ., Mr. c..
The particulars attending their death are given
6elow The names of the two men that were
drowned We are unable to give. Two men were
killed by the falling of a new building on Fifth
9leet! ! near iioadly, IN which they were engaged
electnS stairs nc the time the storm struck the
house. Two others, working in the same hniJdino.
narrowly escaped death by JUMPING into the straet
as the building fell, of them only beinp in am,
way injured. The other workmen had left the
pnI ~ ohp five
catastrophe. Brenkmeyer and Kissken were hpriad
beneath the ruins, and their bodies were removed
alter the storm and carried to their homes Tborn
as Cole and Mr. Grey were standing in brick
yard on Clark street, on the bank of Mill Greek
as the storm approached. The wind blew n timber
from the shed on to them, bearing them to the
ground and covering them with brick They were
instantly killed. They were both married men.
henew Commerctot office building, at the north
east corner of Race and Fourth streets was ono
among the thousands which suffered Tn rnrnice
OF the building was zinc and the roof sheetiron.
put, like piece of paper, they were ripped from
thelr places and scattered for distance of ono
square. The cOmpositOrs of the Ctice were at ,yor
at the time, and the first ntimation hey had Of tha
lury OF the gale was the absence of the roof and
the clatterlng of bricks and mortar about their
heads 1t Is needless to add that they vacated the
premises with an astonishing degree of rapiditv
carrying the news OF the disaster to the occupants
OF the lower stories in incredible short snace of
tlme A large quantity of bricks and timbers dis
placed from the Commercial building fell unon the
sEyIlght OF the building adjoining, and passed
!hrough each story into the cellar, occasioning in
It's transit a large amount of damage The St,
Jnseph's Catholic Church, corner of Linn and Ian
rel streets. was damaged worse than any other in
the CITY, The steepe was blown off and fell through
' oLe rool' damaging the building probably to the
amount OF $4,000, as the walls were thrown ont
OF line; The church was only finished on Satur
Day fortunately, no one was injured The Trini-
ty Church GCathoic,) on Fifth street, between
MOUND ana Smith, had one of its pinnacles blown
Oil. heavy stone on which the pinnacle rested
passed through the roof of the church and com
pletely demolished the organ that was placed in
the church some year two ago, cost Of SIS 600
stone weighing nearly five hundred pounds was
carried from its place on this church and denostnd
in lot on the opposite side of the street The
fourteenh District SchOol-House on Baymler
street, between Dayton and Bank rof anv nubIic
schoo-h0use in the city sustained the most injury
The roof was torn from its place. and after being
rent IN many fragments, was whired to all parts
OF the surrounding neighbOrhOOd The ceiling and
portions of l0osened bricks and mortar toGetbpr
with raters and heavy timbers, fell inward With
heaVy crash, creating among the five or six hun
dred children in attendance the greatest possible
confusion The room into which the rubbish de-
scended was very fortunately used ONLY as a recta
tlon room; had the number generally apportioned
TO room been seated in it, the loss of life would
nave oeen fearful as tis the death of one interest
ing little girl is thought will be the result When
the danger at first became apparent, Mr.. Sands |
the Principal, rushed to the different apartments
and did his utmost to prevent a panic. and geneS |
raj stampede of the children from the house.
We have obtained the full particulars of |
the capsizing of the Virginia Home The Home
lett here about II O'Clock with four barr4s in |
tow, and had only got up to jamestown. about
M TWO miles above here, when the storm came on
she was run into shore and tied up but the force
Oh the WIND was so great that it parted her lines
and caused her to drift out into the river. Can
Ialn Ial curly seeing the imminent danger of their
9n hn iVn 1adi u,la
placed on one of the barges. The boat immedi
itely alter separated from the ba~ges and drifted
1ut into The middle of the river where it received
me lui torce OF the storm, causing it to capsZe and
urn null upwards. All on board went over |
With the boat and two young men are sunnosed to |
'e drowned. The wreck drifted down nast tha
wharf, and as it fortunately happened, the Dun
elth had steam up at the time, and CAPTAIN Morris
Vlth MS usual daring and at the risk of loosing his
'Wn Doat, put out after the wreck and succneded .
n saving considerable property, and took on board
III VINO renamed on the wreck number of
'arges moored outside of the steamboats, at the
wharf were almost completely wrecked the CARGO
'oXes being swept awav and a considerable nuan
lty OF freight lost During the prevalence OF the |
torn the river literally blocked with fiat |
boats, oarges, &c, which broke loose from their
mornings, and it is impossible To estimate the |
mount OF damage done. The tornado overlook
ne afternoon up passenger train on the Kentncky |
jentral Railroad, about twenty-five miles distant
rom the clty' The train was running at the rate |
i ten miles an hour, and it was so dark thar hardly
u cbJectEwas discernible twenty PAGES ahead. The
hgineer was about to check the speed Of the loco
MOTIVE when 1t struck large poplar tree blown
lrectly across the rails jumping over it and
ungng into the track, ,t airing it up for distance
y nifty or sixty yards, and then dashed into the
lde "t the road. The locomotive and baggage
ar were completely demolished, and several OF the
assenger cars slightly damaged, but fortunately
one OF the passengers were injured, although the
reatest panic was created, particularly among
be female portion. The engineer was badly
rused, and the fireman so terribly scalded
nat little hope remains of his recovery A short
me after the accident. locomotive reached the
'ene, and succeeded with great difficulty in bring
the passengers back to this city, and it required
lree hours to make the twenty two miles on ac-
Dunt OF detentions by removing trees from the
,acK. The damage sustained will reach SIS 600
he appearance of the city after the storm was
smai; the streets flooded with water and strewn
18th shattered shade-trees, DOORS window-shutters
nd awning posts. 1t presented picture of des
'uctlon difficult to describe. Scarcely house in
le city escaped damage, and where roofs W ere not
1rrled away, or chimneys toppled over, broken
iass was the substitute. We have accounts from
he country adjacent to Cincinnati, and are able
ON the reports to state that storm equal in its |
amaging effects was never before known; and in |
le State, and in this city especially the afternoon
the 2lst of May, 1860, will. form a most memora-
epoch in the future meteorological history of the
'untry. No traces of the storm were seen on the
hio and Mississippi Road west of Lawrenceburp
that point cast its signs are every hand
orthwest of the city it appears TO have extended
oout seven miles in the line of the Marietta and
incinnati Railroad. The tornado was very severe
far east as Chillicothe Trees were blown down
all directions, houses unroofed and general
'struction of property is apparent in all quarters
reat fears are entertained for steamboats, and coal
'ats on the river above here. The storm along
e river, above and below, was very severe. At '
adison, Indiana, six or eight buildings were un-
ofed but no lives were lost. Three or four pairs
coal boats were sunk, and six men are missing
le steamer Eunice was partly wrecked near
hent, Kentucky. Her cabin and chimneys were {
own overheard, together, with quantity of
eight, The steamer Argyle lost her cbimnevs.
hart boats at Patriot, Ghent and Corrilton were I