The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-21
GREAT STORM IN THE WEST.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY

The West and Upper Canada were visited by q
destructive storm on Monday. At st. Louis the
Storm had her chimneys blown down. and the
Adela's were badly twisted. The Sam Gary was
blown entirely across the river, and barge with
5000 feet of lumber was carried down the stream,
and has not been recovered yet. Tie Elkhorn's
chimneys were blown down. aud her upper works
badly damaged. The Columbia also, lost her
chimneys and had her roof badly broken.
The Belle of Pike, thirty miles above here re-
ceiyed q full force Of wind aud her chin
neys blown overheard, and her pothouse
smashed, and her cabin good deal twisted,
and several other b0ats more or less injured.
The damage 10 boats will probably amount to ten
or fifteen thousand dollars. Ia the city there was
also considerable havoc done. The st. Ann Asy-
lum and Widows Home lost a gable. The Pacific
Railroad depot lost part OF its roof. The Sacred
Heart Convent bad gable blown down. The
roof Of Peck's planning mill was blown OF. SIEVE.
raj dwellings were unToofed, walls blown down,
fences and trees leveled with the ground, and
lumber yards raised. At Greys Summit, on the
Pacific Railroad, fifty miles west OF St. Louis, q
frame house containing q number of people was
raised from its foundation and moved several
yards without material injury to itself or inmates.
In Chicago several buildings In different parts
Of the city we're blown down. The machine shops
of the Chicago and Rock Island road, located near
the Junction, suffered severely. The blacksmith
shop, building two hundred feet long, built of
brick, was entirely demolished. The machine
shop was also much damaged, several hundred
feet Of the wall being blown down. The station
engine house and other buildings were also con-
sideIably damaged. 1t is reported that forty
other buildings in the vicinity of the machine
shops were more or less damaged by the gale. II
is not possible to estimate the loss with any degree
Of certainty. That of the Chicago aud Rock Is
land Railroad cannot be less thsn 100000. Some
damage was done TO the railroad lines centering
here, but nothing that will cause serious trouble.
frame dwelling, on the corner OF Willow and
Dayton streets, occupied by Adam Winter, was
Ir inf 10 and
his wife instantly killed.
The extensive wooden factory Of Andrews 4
Malock, in Jacksonville, Indiana, was unro0fed,
and portion of the front blown down. Boats
were compelled to tie up, as navigation was i'm
practicable. The coal heet had to tie up. The
boats in the harDor have all escaped harm.
In Warren county, o., tie tornado was mile
in width, and passed through the village of Ridge
vile, where it destroyed the brick Methodist
church and several stables, besides unroohng
other buildings. Throughout the extent of its
track fences we're removed aud scattered over the
farms, and great damage done to the timber.
In Chatham, on the Chicago and Altos Road, il
carried of the roof of the railroad depot, and
making complete wreck of the structure. A
considerable amount of damage Was also caused
in the village. The damage will exceed $4,000.
Along the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad the storm was very severe; the wind
blew perfect gale, tearing down telegraph lines.
uprooting trees, carrying away fences 81 doing
other damage.
at Memphis the Lady Gay and Commercial had
their chimneys blown down, those Of the former
boat falling across Larry Harmstads wharfbost,
damaging il considerably. The Emperor, coming
down, had her pilot house blown off. A car
standing the railroad track at Collierville was
blown of.
The draw Of the railroad bridge across the
Mississippi river at Rock Island was blown down
breaking 1t in two. One man was killed.
terrific storm swept through Pana, H., blow
ing down twelve or fifteen business houses.
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carrying on large quantities Of lumber. The
damage to property is estimated at from sixty to
seventy thousand dollars.
There was terrific hurricane at Toronto. The
railway depots, dwelling houses, churches, etc.,
were damaged to the amount of $4,000. One
man was killed and several wounded.