Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-10


Steamers and CoaI-Boats Sunk--The Jack
son RdiI'Ooy and Many D,0elIings Washed
Ardy--NtmerousS Sugar houses Destroyed--
Many Lives Lost-Great Injury to Sugar
and Cotton-Many Families Rendered
HomslesS-Probabls Loss Of 100000 to
$5,OOO,OOO
The telegraph announced in Saturdays
PRESS, the fact of very heavy and destruc-
tive storm at the South, and Wednesday,
Thursday and Fridays New Orleans papers
are full of the particulars of the disaster.
Wednesdays Peayune gives the following;
DAMAGE IN THE CITY.
During the whole day there was a con-
tinual blowing down of chimGeys, fences
and signs, to the great danger of passers-by,
and many trees in our public squares and
avenues were uprooted and broken.
Toward half-past two o'clock, the wind
increased in violence and blew with such
force that it was hardly possible to walk
through the streets. AS to carrying an open
umbrella, that was out of the question.
DAMAGE ON THE RIVER. ,..
About eight o'clock A. NJ, the wind hav-
ing shifted to the east, the hull Of the old
ship Independence, laying on the Algiers
side, broke loose from her moorings and
drifted across the river. On reaching this
side she came in contact with the steamer
Republic, causing her chimneys to fall, and
doing other damage. She afterward drifted
down and came in contact with the steamer
ChdrmeT, tearing away part of her cabin and
her flagstaff, and causing other damage. The
independence then drifted to the Canal-street
ferry-landing, where she now lies tied up.
The steamboats, W. 4. AndreU and Belle
Gates, also lying ON the other side of the
river, broke loose and drifted among the
steamboats, on this side. The Andrews came
in contact with the Republic and had her
starboard wheel-house and part of her cabin
torn away. The Belle Gates suffered no ma
terial damage. The steamboat Wm. M. Nor
Tison, lying at her wharf swung round,
striking the stern of the steamer War Eaqle,
lying near by, and caused her considerable
damage; the Morrison getting also badly
hurt. We have heard of no damage to YES
sells in port. o...
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT FROM A FALLING BUILD
ING-vARIoUs HOUSES DAMAGED.
At four o'clock the large brick building in
course of erection on Camp-street, between
Common and Gravier, five stories high, and
occupying front of some forty to fifty feet
came down with terrific crash, that shook
buildings several squares off. Giving way
toward Common-street, crushing the two
buildings on that side. The one Immediately
adjoining was occupied on the lower floor by
McPherson's Drugstore, and above by D. /.
Ricardes notarial Office and Frank Haynes's
law office. The building was crushed to the
ground, and presents now an unseemly pile
| of ruins. The next house, occupied on the
| lower floor by Renken's cigar store and Z. .
| W. Palfrey's real estate agency and auction
Office, and above by Manouvriers lith-
ographic establishment and some other
offices. This building was crushed in its
upper part, the ground floor remaining un-
| injured.
Luckily, the accident happened at the
usual dinner hour, and there was nobody in
the Offices. Mr. Renken was standing behind
the counter, and ran out as soon as he heard
the first crash, escaping unhurt. A young
man at Palfrey's Office also ran out unhurt.
Not so, however, with Mr.. McPherson's es-
tablishment. The clerk, whose name, we are
told, is Grooshe, was in the rear part of the
store, with negro boy employed as porter
in the establishment, and both are believed
to be buried under the ruins.
This fearful accident caused great anxiety
and alarm, and the ire-bells for that district
were rung, in order to obtain the aid of our
ever-ready firemen, and especially of the
hook and ladder companies with their in
atruments. '
Next to the house occupied by Palfrey &
| Co., is the building forming the corner of
! Common and Camp, and occupied by the Sun
Mutual Insurance Company. This was also
damaged, the front walls having been cracked
and thrown out of poise so as to make the
building probably insecure. The house oc-
cupied by Stringers clothing store, on the
Grayier-street side of the fallen building,
also suffered some damage, part of its gable
end having been torn away by the falling
wall. 1.,rr
| OTHER ACCIDENTS.
Besides the great calamity above related,
we learn that stable at the corner ofSeVenth
and Nayades-streets, belonging to Mr.. Pat
rick Irwin who lately purchased it from Mr..
Marble, and Patrick ICoyle's new Tsoap-faotory.
at the corner of Jacob and Third-streets,
were blown down during the storm, but no
lives were lost thereby. .... . -
In the Second District large portion OF
the shed, supported by iron pillars and COW
cred with zinc which formed a wing on both
sides of the beef-market, was torn off by the
wind. Many persons had sought shelter in
the market, and had an almost miraculous
escape, none having been hurt by the falling
timbers. The glass over the dial of the old
cathedral clock, on that side fronting the
levee, was shivered to pieces by the force OF
the wind. The shrubbery and fine trees on
Jackson-square also suffered some damage.
We have heard of many outheuses and
roofs being blown down in remote parts OF
the city, but have not been able to obtain
particulars.
The water in both the old and new basins
rose quite high during the day, and inun-
dated portion of the rear of the city.
ON THE LAKES.
At Milneburg, lake end of the Ponchar-
train Railroad, the damage was not so great
as we feared. The water rose very high, in
undating the village, but did not cause much
damage, except washing away some of the
timbeTs of the pier and obstructing the track
/ with drift-wood.
THE JACKSON RAILWAY AND NUMEROUS HOUSES
WASHED AwAY-Loss OF LIFE.
Fridays Delta has this information
From information received of Superinten.
dent Williams, of the Jackson Road, who
came from the scene of disaster, we learI
that eleven miles of the track is fully washed
away, and that the, water was four to five
feet deep over the track, between the points
Bayou la BTanche and,Bayou Desert, or neal
the station points of Premier and Manchac
During the time of the storms prevalence
the water dashed with unprecedented fury
and force, beyond description.
Between these points some seven or eight
houses were floating on the track, and Su.
perintendent w lliams, on board his row.
boat, steered through the upper story of one
building, going In and out the front and
| hack windows with A ViayV Of aaaino ~ anv