The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-25

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nor have we received any reports Of
injuries from the country. The
damage will probably reach $4,000.
Especial Dispatch TO Cincinnati tfazette't
JsDIAsAPoLm, Oct ~.
Considerable damage was done by
the high wind which prevailed last
night. Innumerable shade and fruit
trees, bushes wood piles, &c', were
blown down in all parts Of town, and
some houses were seriously injured.
The roof of Geiseldorif's flour mill
an the east bank Of the river was
blown off. Part of it being blown
across the street struck d house, dam
aging il somewhat. Another part
falling ON the south side struck the
office of the mill, almost running ID.
Part of the roof of the bridge was
also blown away, and saloon and a
grocery on the west side of the river
were also damaged. In the eastern
part Of the city very little harm was
done except in one instance. The
gable end Of the grocery store Of Felix
Deiteh, on the corner of Market and
Noble Streets, was blown in, and the
wind having free access the roof was
soon taken off aud distributed over
the neighborhood. The damage alto
gether will probably amount TO four
or five thousand dollars. Mr. Geisel-
dorff estimates his loss at three thou
sand dollars, and Mr.. Deitch estimates
his at five hundred,
A tba aJtooanf oo.vAu .,,,,o1 bau,.,
was done to the standing corn and
fences.
| learn from a gentleman who ar
rived in this city from Greeneastle
this morning, that two brick stores
were blown down in that place last
evening. The storm seems to have
prevailed all over the western part of
the State.
The railroad suffered 10 some ex-
tent from the gale. The Jefferson
vile passenger train was delayed some
three hours this morning on account
of a tree which had fallen on the
track.
Special Dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazette.
CHICAGO, Got. 20.
Our city was visited last night by
one of the seyerest storms of the |
season.
The most serious result Of tho
storm was the blowing down of a
brick building in course of erection
on State Street, two doors south of |
Madison Street, by which four per-
sons were killed, and several others
severely injured.
The building was four stories high,
one hundred and twenty feet deep,
and twenty FIVE feet wide. The brick
walls had been run up the full hight,
but the roof had not been put on nor
the front inclosed. The wind blew
furiously, and about half-past eleven
nearly the whole structure fell with
terrible crash, In its fall il crushed
to the ground the building Immediate
ly adjoining, on the north, kept as
confectionery saloon by man by the
name Of Martin, and tailor shop, by
Craig IL Hamilton The building on
the corner Of State and Madison
Streets, known as the American Sa-
loon, kept by j Stinson; No. 66 Mad
ison Street, occupied as barber shop
and residence by German named
Gilmore, and 6S Madison Street occu-
pied by H.. Dulle az boot and shoe
shop, the upper part by Joseph Dulle
as lodging room. The building adj
joining on the west, known as Frank
Monroe's Green Room, was somewhat
Four persons are known to
be killed, Joseph Dulle, a man named
Teuton, 2 clerk in a grocery and the
wife and daughter of Nh Gilmore.
The barber, Miss Gilmore, Miss
Mary Nation, niece Of Mr.. Gilmore
and half dozen others were more or
less injured oeu
The building which fell was owned
by Col. John Swartz, a shirt manufac-
turer OF this city, aud his loss is per-
haps ten thousand dollars, while the
loss of the other parties is as much
more. a
The fire alarm was sounded when
the accident occurred, aud the fire.
men worked with a will for several
hours to rescue the dead aud injured.
Considerable censure rests upon the
owner of the building for the light
and frail character of the walls, and
also upon the builder, from the fact
that no precaution was taken to pre-
vent such disaster under the emer-
gency that occurred, and which might
have been anticipated from the char
acter of the weather for two or three
days.
An investigation of the matter will
be made by the. inquest which will be
held, and the blame put where it be-
longs.
Tornado.