Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-22

4 IA INV IuItc-AtOTV uElck iDull0l0g on the
corner Of Fifth and Stone, was entirely de-
beneath the ruins. Aiter the storm had
passed, some persons who were lounging
aboptthe premises dispdvgred tho legl Of a
mani and when the brick had been cleared
away the bodies were rfouhd horribly man
gled and crushed AflN NEljFtI
Coroner Careywas Immediately sent for,
and upon arrival, held q partial inquest,
which developed the fact that of five persons
engaged in the bidding, three escaped unin-
lured, The names ofthe deceased are Henry
Breinkmeyer, who leaves q wife and child,
residing on Betts-street near Linn, and
Henry kisker, a young man, about twenty
years Of age, who resided on the corner of
Race and Elder. III 1.
The house was owned by Henry Fossmeyer,
and the brick work had Just been completed
The deceased were carpenters, and were at
work when the storm arose, but the apparent
miracle by which their companions were
saved has not yet been explained.
NANoTHER MAN KILLED.
The roof of q shed near the corner Of
Eighth and Freeman-stroets, used for the
manufactory Of brick, was blown off and fell
upon a man named Thomas Cole, killing him
instantly. The deceased resides in Carr
street, and leaves wife and several children
W mOuIH HIS uullultly utnllcb. A
BOY BLOWN INTO the CANAL
During the early part Of the storm a lad,
whose name we were unable to learn, was
blown into the Miami Canal near its intersecI
tion with Twelfth-street, and man who wit
messed the occurrences lenped into the water
and brought him safely to the bank. A few
moments afterward, however, another gust of
wind, as if determined upon having his life,
threw him again into the canal, and his BODY
has not yet been recovered. s.
DAMAGE TO THE NRW COMMERCIAL BUILDGNG.s
The newsd Commercial building, on tho
northeast corner of Fourth and Race, was
entirely lnnroofed, and some Of the timbers
were blown against Nixon's large building.
on the corner of Fourth and Vine, so great
was the force of the wind. s-n - .rf ~.
L A part of the roof fell upon the roof of
the rear part of Mrs. Johnston's Saloon, pass
ing through the floor into the cellar. Mr.. R !.
). Williams, formerly an dttdche of the
Covington Journal, in company with his
family, had just left the spotunder which the
timbers entered the roof and had they been
moment later must have perished.
There was rumor to the effect that three
persons in the employ of Mrs. J. were at
work in the basement OF the establishment.
but we were able to learn nothing definite in
regard to it, F-Iir difg r'I, rHf N' --a . .'.
ROOF TORN OFF THE ORPHAN ASYLUM.
The Catholic Orphan Asylum, at Cummins
vile, was also considerably damaged. The
roof was torn completely off and carried for
some distance. None of the inmates, how
ever, were injured. .-......... ....'.,
MONUMENTS BROKEN IN SPRING GROVE.
The work of destruction extended even TO
this beautiful City of the Dead. Much of the
shrubbefy IN Spring Grove Cemetery was
wholly ruined, and large number of trees
were prostrated by the Demon of the Wind
Quite number of monuments were broken
by the falling trees, and one of the pinnaclek
of the Hoffner monument was blown off,
The extent Of the damage cannot now be esti-
mated, but certain it is that it will cost many
years and much money to re-beautify the
Cemetery and replace the many valuable or
naments destroyed blythe tornado of yes
terday. uuU. .t,y
THE COMMERCIAL HOSPITAL.
y IL is somewhat strange this rickety. old
institution was not wholly demolished.
The wind tore the roofs from some of the
out-houses and the northeast corner of. the
main building. 1t will cost at least 81 900
to repair it, and we, for the nine-hun-
dredth time, respectfully suggest that the
present is an excellent opportunity to replace
it with a new one. -.'. =.
eEYEE's ASSEMBLY ROOMS uNRooFED.
The roof of Geyer's Assembly Rooms, on
Court-street between Main and Walnut, was
torn off and the building was left without
the,slightest evidence that it had ever been
protected in this way. One portion of it was
carried over the tops of the adjoining houses
and thrown down in Main-street; another
left of the roof of Frey's Hotel; third made
Court-street semi-impassable, while the re-
mainder waspiled up indiscriminately in st.
Clair-alley. The. total disregard of the hurri-
cane for persons and places may be seen in
the manner by which IT disposed of this es-
tablishment.
SERIOUS HALLWAY rACoIDENT--Two PERSONS
&, DANGEROUSLY HURT-Loss 5000. 81
AS the afternoondown train on the Kentucky
Central Railroad for Lexington, had reached a
point about eighteen miles from Covington,
the cars were Oyertaken by the storm, and
such was the darkness that the engineer could
not see the track. He continued running
however, and soon encountered tree which
the force of the wind had blown across the
track. The locomotive struck the tree and
bounded over it, dragging the tender and
baggage car with it, demolishing all three,
and tearing up the track for about forty yards,
besides injuring the engineer so severely that
it is feared he will not recover, and scalding
Fortunately, The coupling with the pas
senger cars became unfastened, and, though
several of the passengers were bruised, no
one was seriously hurt. The loss to the
Company upon the engine, tender, baggage
car and track, will not be less than 81 600.
The road will probably be in condition for
the passage of the cars again to-day.
DAMAGES TO OTHER BUILDINGS.
The roof of the Ohio Mechanics Institute
was torn off and fell into Yine-street. A
similar injury was done to the following
buildings:I / L77H,riHa a. v-
The new Masonic Hall, corner of Third
and Walnut. uHi .. ra- .f| .1s7 s3
Dwelling on the corner of Eighth and
Broadway. ..Iia I 4 'as- ~ su b 50
: Wilson & Egglestons provision store, on
the canal, between Walnut and Main.
( Dry goods house of Johnston, Winston &
Co., corner of Race and Pearl. -'---------.----
The Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, cor
ner of John and Clark ~ JFfTH 0lii
Brick building on the east side of Free
man, near Hopkins, belonging to John Deim
Seven dwelling-hOuses on Vine-street Hill
Building occupied by Hodges, Free 4 CO.,
on Main-street, near Front.gl
New house on Sixth-street, near the Gin
einnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
Depot. ~ rJLIfgo =
Sky-light of the Little Miami Railroad
Depot. srHR ut-
Building on the corner of Laurel and
John, occupied as a adwelling.
Freeman-street Exchange, ON Freeman
street. near Dayton, kept by John Deck.