New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-03
TIE FALL o. BUILDINGS.

As the gale increased in violence, the effects be
came more serious. At about noon, the walls of
the large unfinished brick building on the site of
the late establishment of Messrs. Relf & Co., on
Front Levee street, First District, fell with crash
which shook the neighborhood. Fortunately, no
person was killed or hurt: for yesterday was ne
cessarily holiday for the builders.
Al five minutes past in the afternoon the gale
being then at its worst the most terrific crash of
all took place. The immense double ve-story build
| ing, putting up by Mr.. Wing for Mr.. Paul Tulane,
| on the west side OF Camp street, between Gravier
| and Common, came down, entirely crushing the
| two old three-story buildings next below, toward
| Common street; the one Immediately adjoining
being occupied below by Mr.. Macpherson, the drug
/ gist, and above by Capt Ricardo the notary, and
Mr.. Frank Haynes, the lawyer. The neNtbuiding
was occupied below by Gen. Palfrey, the auction
eer and stock and real estate agent, with cigar
shop, kept by an old gray.hared man, whose name
/ we do not know, in one corner of the 'front.' the
upper stories were occupied by Mr.. Manouyrer,
| the lithographie engrayer and printer, and by
several other persons Who had offices in the second
| story
The new building had onlyts side and rear walls
erected, with the josts and rafters the front was
entirely OPEN as the trontwas to be Of ornamented
| iron work. Though but five stories the walls of
tlS fI,i1dino were flv twice as rI, as tbo adiop
~ tbroe Story buildincs. The walls were fonr
brick thick but so ereatwas their altitude and side
e,tont above tle rebl,olinr 1mildinos 4bat every
body had been looking at them and wondering if
+a ,.ra st,rt oneiiqI far ttoit, oraat baiqht and
| .,-,3as,,,,o
Wlen thnse tremendous walls fell over with their
mass oF interfor timhn,s and the laundering crash
wa. nrf,lanee5 Inv the toll of The two neyt boild
inq4. the sound to the uofehbors was appalling be-
vond description. whilst the earth tremblod for
s,,aIres around There was never a greater paDic
| in This city tb2n when the peoDle around about
/ beaFd ti,n he4z.v roar ana folt tie tremhle The
wind ot t,o fine was as NAV be imagined blowing
| l IL IL or.n II mauy ,,faco n y
cry. ,yal raised " Tornodo.' and people flew fran
t;s5iI far n,aees " safa+p faneyinc that rencti
| tion of the awful scenes of the Natchez tornado
son3a Ma N that +I,e flitv IJo.
al ,ts oti,o,s tbnt tho story Rndina was
,,a,,o III tl,st +,.o +o.,o o ,vgs on III vav Tho
,,,,o, tho discovery of tbe trntb bnt
tt,z2.ita,,,ct ,finro biof and eoon tba neisl.
/ borbood wos crowded with tbousands of Deo,5le.
g1ssi,f4, +l,o ,l,rri,,q. wind and htinlno rain
/ W. I,a,o son,otIino akin ia n miracle Ia rebate
u tl,o fsef tat boneatb all this tremendous crash
nf toa h,iIdings no one was positively known 10
In to,,,,i, two were ronored MISSING Tho
ab,anoa u mns+ of tha occnpants al dinner ey.
,,l,ins = 9oos nart of tbe wonder,
can+ 3icorjo had left his Office but 4 short time.
,nd y,as dining with some friends at the United
statos Restaurant IN Common street, when tbe
buildings fell. Mr.. Haynes the lawyer, and Mr..
waenberaon tbe flrugrist, were also absent; but
tba c,ert Of tbe latter Mr.. Kroll or Grail, and
negro boy, believed to be in the drugstore at the
time yerc missing. and up TO the time of this
WRITING were beliyed to be dead under the ruins.
/ Three norsons emnloyed in Manouyrier's tho.
nropbic office, in the upper part of the next build.
inc EMERGED from the ghastly pile of bricks and
i ttn3hcrs. covered with dust. a good deal scared
Int moi hurt il the least. The old cigar man also
squeezed out OF the ruins unhurt, and was Justify