, 1860-05-24

The Cincinnati papers Of Tuesday evening
come to us filed With accounts Of the terrific
tornado which past over that city on Monday
last The details are too long for our columns.
We condense the following from the 0dseet<: :
One Of the mort terrific tornadoes ever known,
visited our city yesterday afternoon between
complete demolition of large number Of build
inga, the partial destruction Of churches and
huudr reds Of dwelling houses, the death Of four
men in the city md Of two By drowning N the
river, injury Of several women and children,
smashing up Of an engine and baggage car On
the Coyington and Lexington Railroad, and the
miscellaneous tearing to pieces and turning gp-
elements Of the heavens seemed TO b turned
loose for the express purpose OF demonsalng
everything above ground.
: Tbs storm car1e from the Northwest; and
when Tiewed from point high enough TO give
one n clear view Of the horizon appeared to be
cloud deusely black, extending about tHo
miles in breadth, and rushing forward ~1kh
Il was accompanied by lightning and thunder
and torrents Of rain, which were swept into
every crevice.. The wind struck with fearful
force. i friend Of ours who was witEess to
the damage done By the great tornado which
swept orer Illinois and q pait Of Iowa about t~o o
years ago. states that hsstoFm Of YESTERDAY
vas far more terrific. The great force OF The
storm Was spent in about twenty minutes,
thong h the ruin continued Ior over 90 hour. In
the evening, at sunset, the western horizon pre-
scented one OF the most brilliant scenes We have
ever witnessed The aky, as far o. the eye
could reach westward1y, was brilliant red,
deepening into btood.red as the distance ill.,
creased from the sun.
All sorts Of rumorB were current about the
CITY Mt dark nnh thnRe whose interests rested
IN some truant boy or absent friend we're ner-
vou* mud excited: It was stated BY some that
ths Een street, Clinton street and Bank street
tCa'holic) schoolhouses had been blown down
aud large plumber OF children KILLED; Another
fnmor "as that i've men had been buried be-
heash one house; aud onother STU, that the
steamboat Champ1on, "hlca lad gone out IN
the morning with plc.nl party, had been cap
s'zsd mud nearly all lost We are happy to say
these rumors for the most part proved false.
although thu storm carried death and destruc-
tion in its path, We gire the particulars below
as obtained By our reporters.
LOSS or t1FE.
there were four persons killed in the city. and
two steamboat hands drowned in the Ohio river.
The names OF those killed In the city we're Mr.
Brenkmeyer. Heinrich kissken,. Thomas Cole
ana Ar. GreT- Thf particulars. attending
thefr death are gwen below. The names OF the
Two men 1hat were drowned We arc unable to
g'ss. ,.;,,.,,n T.,
iwo men Mere @ kniea y tne 1aHine Of re"
nu1Iolng on fntn s1tee1, neaf noaotg' 10 "Eica
!ne sto1n stlucA tn: nouse. !ne nanIes ol men,
tne master sta'r oolasl, whs A1. D,enkmeyer'
a6erman, "noae fesioeaee was On Detts street.
Hs 'easss VIE ano Two OF lnIee ca1lufen' Inc
other IVES young man aoont n'neteen years Ct
eGes namea nelG.lGn pa.; n.ssken. h.. ne boarded
WIN 1atnug On Bells street, uet"een Carr aud
Freeman; ,,.
narrowly escaped aesta nT Jumping loto the
stfees aa tne nunotns 5en: one OF toem only
peloH ta aa5 "aJ ;oluteG. 4ue otaet "o!Amen
haa !eit tue ounolns onIy aoons nse m'nntes
previous 10 me eatas.ropne. bsenkmeyer aud
hssAsn ,hn "e ,a uur1u ad on 49, sns uans, and
,hs;r ~ hen. as s.o , ana
h., raaan.i s,ot,I 10y "as eatse st
~ nh,,'o. ~ a,d ss ~ c." suva. 60 eaev.
hr;,.:srard on t:ort s,rset m ,hs hsmH ~ al, r.
cr,.t ~ tha star1 aan1o.a,aJ ~" Tha y, ,r.., an,
Ii.,,.n .;,,has F.o.. 49, r. ~ ~. "4uu
~. .t'ars - r. se,sa " ~ oeai
LII. Tto, ~ .ua M;maS ~ $1,000 ruem "ttu
batt r,,-r;aa 80 ,,sn AAoe tN''oA'5' Lucy "ele
DOLL H. n,as.le@ ra1. 9,auR, men. am. .u,,:
-.n. ne" 1o's"..s! f ~ once orlolng, a1 tne
a nolIasas. eolne1 u PACE a9o foaTtn streete'
ma - uus a'uons tue tuoaseuos WHICH SUFFERED
me c9rnlee OF Inc ontdlng was zinc and the
root sheet IRON; but i'ke piece OF pnper they
were ripped from Their places and scattered for
= q, distance OF one square: Ihe compositcrs Of
!ne oln:e "e1e q VOTE a. 'ae tune, ana me flrst
lnt'mnt'on they had Of the fury OF the gale was
the absence OF the root and the gathering Of
bricks and mortar about their heads. 1tis need
less to add that they vacated the premises with
IN astonishing degree OF rapidly, carrying the
news Of the disaster to the occupants Of the
lower stories IN an Incredible short space OF
time; A large quan'ity OF bricks aud iinbers
upon the skylight OF the building adjoining, aud
passed through each story into tue cellar. &C.
caslonlnE IN ITS transit large amount Of DAM
aye. This building was occupied by Misses
Bairds, mil|iness, Mrs. ". J. johnson as IN
ice-cream saloon, and Bali l. Thomas as Da
guerrean gallery. 4 lady of The name Of
Youce, who had entered tile refreshment de-
partment of Mrs. ]. was quite severely Injured
By some Of the falling rubbish. Several Of the
servants we're also badlr injured; they were
taken to the Commercial Hosplta', and IN exami-
nation Of their wounds showed that one Of
them was in very critical situation. 4 nurse
girl who had in her arms an infant OF Alrs Us,
perceiring the danger, laid the little child on
the floor and with true womanly lore stopped
tlemen, Messrs. Eaton, Webber, Nnllen and
Beard. were standing in the passage way Of
building near By, as they supposed in place
o. secur1E. but each were more or less injured.
Several rafters struck the building occupied BY
Messrs. F9rter Hoa., Photographers, break
!ng sk5ltshts ana doing much other damage.
Ar. Porter narrowly escaped instant death,
from q raiter thatfell only tew lnchesfrom his
head. -,
The Fourteenth 'Dls:r1et School House On
Bamlller street, between Dayton aud Bank. Of
any public school bouse in the city sustained
the iiost injury, The roof was torn from its
place, 1ad utter beng rent n many fragmen nts,
was wh1.ied to Ill parts Q! the surrounding
nc'ghborhood. The ceiling, and portions Of
looseneti or'eks ana mortar, together With raft
efs and heasy 'impefs, iesl inward with heavy
crash, creating among the h'e or sl1 hundred
ch'lofen IN attendance the greatest possible
confusion; The room into which the rubbish
descended vas very fortunately used only as d
recitation room; had the number generally ap-
Pof,t:loned 70 room been stated IN IT, the loss
o. llte would have been ielrful. As it is, the
will be the result. When the danger at first be.
came apparent, Mr. Sands, I'll. Principal, rushed
to the different apartments aad did bis utmost
to prevent panic and general stampede Of the
children frun the house. From him We lehrn
: ille names Of the injured, Is follows: Lewis
Strebie, about II years Of sge, struck with
piece OF timber on the right side-yery. badly
injured; Theodore Pelham, struck in the head
Will, brick-Very badly ipjsrel; Miss Rachel
Medkirk. N assistant teacher. struck in the
head with br'ck-badly injured; Michael
Brown. injured about the htad by the falling Of
timber The most distressing accident was lhat
to little German girl nalnea Mary seiferf. who
Mas S;a coWRae,eiy our1ed osn.a.n re mass Of TIP
har iacs ,na r;~h+ s1., r"h1ata. Sso ~.
consessu Huueoi4leif 10 sle nome ot ner pa;
fen1s' nas Il IS hafdiy possible that 6he "nl
SUI. -, Ae1 INJURIES:
1;aa., -. yosep1 Tp % Sasaon Cn1rcn, cosneF o.
,ant .;'nn ana ana L1S esha sas T 9anageo "olse
tau taaa anF o.ne! ~ tne SnI. tne s'eeP'e Was
doe n,e building probably to the amount OF $35,-
wv ~ *1e "a,s were 7nrosn out o. Ane: lhe