The New York herald., 1869-04-23
TUE GREAT WESTERN TORNADO.
Thunder and lightning, Wind, 6atl
and Rain.
MEN KNOCKED DOWN BY HAILSTONES.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
The storm MT st. Louis.

The Storm Mt st. Louis.
from the ST. Louis Democrat, April 2o.l
Between three and four O'Clock yesterday ater'
tive han Storm accompanied by high wind, the
IKE OF which lives not In the memory OF the Oldest
about the size Of marbles, while many OF them were
as large as pigeons eggs and we heard Oh lew Ina
were s as ass as ego t the ground
and the nat housetops, breaking windows ana steet
lamps beyond enumeration 1t Is dlmcuit 10 ,n. eS.
mate the damage, but II can hardly be less shsn
THE ELEMESTs-A LUNAR RAINBOW.
settled with frequent showers and changes OF tenn
perature. On sunday morning was uncomiorta-
In the afternoon it became somewhat windy and the
atmosphere was COOKER with heavyoanks OF drlit-
ing clouds sailing at moaerate altituae a, ,nn hn
der storm drenched US, and beautiful lunar raa-
bow was observed and attracted much attention.
ant and before neon the clouds gathered and some
rain fell 1t was observed that whhe the
sUu' sSone clear and Srsst in the west, and several
stars were seen poeping from the dark blue SKY.
The rain constnued With ntermissions, until three
O'Clock in the afternoon, at which time the atnos
pnere became suddenly chilly, indicating that the
wind had passed over Ice or snow.
It was about quarter TO four when the first hail
stones began to fall, mingled with heavy shower
Of RAIN The inst stones were small ana scaseerng &
more abundant striking the windows ana walls az
an angle OF about iOrty.fve degrees. The wind was
blowing very strong from the west and Increased to
almost q hurricane. The hail now came down 80
thick and In such large globes thai the SKY was
though the whole miisy way had broken loose and
was dropping shot upon the ground. Ine shower 'sa
% %ns ice the ~sa s sSn the asiOs
slammed shutters, wrencAed signs fro their fasten'
tngs and blev the hais,ones with great violence
against the windows. fhe fry Of the storm drowned
the noise Of the breaking window panes, but the
fragments Of glass could De seen falling upon the
ice globes that rsEed and bounced and danced
around ike marbles shot from the fingers OF mil
six or eight minutes bat the rain continued longer
and gradually Sica away n "a misty shower ~
ues nf as ss
front to the storm were terrifically rddied BY hail
stones. Upwards OF go panes Of glass were broken
glass In the exposed trent Of the Broadway Hotel
only nine escaped demolition.
SCENES ASp INCIDENTS.
funeral PROCESSION Of forty carriages was caught
In the storm abont @ nsle this side Of Calvary. The
horses became frightened and ran away, and the
carriages and bugges were jammed together In con-
fusion. Women and children screamed and tainted,
and one lady with IN infant in her arms Jumped out
carriages had the wheels wrenched OF and the occu-
pants were thrown out; but no one except the lady
procession was also stampeded. The horses drawing
the hearse ran away and the coffned corpse was
thrown upon the ground. Several OF the vehicles
were broken down; bat after the storm subslded the
corpse was replaced In the hearse and was borne TO
It's last resting place.
HORSE KILLED.
The horses attached to Franklin avenue street
car ran away and meeting team running or with
furniture car tc pole ran into the body OF one OF the
Hleet car horses and killed him.
TWO MBN KNOCKED DOWN.
The storm was as hard on men as horses. 0fncer
huge haii stone strike him on the top OF his head
and he was sent 10 grass. tsaIpser on Fifteenth
chunk OF ice largo hens egg and was knocked
down. Many persons were struck on the face and
on Market street au,ts a numser Of isrms2s teams
were coming ana going and their horses ali ran
away and created scene Of Che most ludicrous
fusion. One sagacious pair OF horses ran into
store and stu6bhy refused to bulge until the storm
After the storm in Lowell q man picked up nifty.
nve snipe which had been killed by the hail.
At East St Louis most OF the lights Of the windows
pletsy broken also the lights on the west side OF The
Sherman House were destroyed. About three hun
sa p ga a mere os9xen In me NSs
lumber wagon as the Terre naute depot was struck
which he bIed freely. Those who examined the
horses say thai large protuberances were formed on
ON TEE LEyBE.
On the ievee but few windows were broken but
there we're many drays and wagons injured more
or less by the horses running away. One OF the
ferryboats had Just landed this side with several
loaded onnbuses On board. The hail cana down
and ladies andchiidren jumped ont Of the windowS
OF the omnibuses, receiving bruises and scratches
The horses reared and kicked, and tho scene was
quite alarming. Persons who were on Steamboats,
describe the noise OF the hailstOnes falling upon the
hurricane decks as Absolutely deafeuinH. II re-
minded some OF the crew OF the time tne rebel bat.
teries were opened upon the gunboats at Fort
Fisher and Fort Darling.
TERRIFIC SCENE.
During the storm the animals belonging to Baley's
menagerle became panic stricken, aud the pavilion
presented a fearful scene. AS each successive flash
OF lightning illuInined the cages the lions mingled
their ftful roars with the artillery OF heaven the
huge rhlnoceros dashed himscn dgaiuBt the steel
faStenings till the blood streamed from his eyeA
while the savage cry OF the great tigers mingled with
the h0ws OF the hyena, the enarling OF the wolves
and the growing OF the bears all frantic with fear
was scene a. Strange as 1t was fearful Till after
midnight sleep was Impossible In the neighborhood
OF the canvas.
PREMATURE BIRTHS.
A despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette dated St
Louis, April 20, says:-
AS one OF the results OF the han storm here yester
day, II IL stated on the authority OF physicians that
over one hundred premature births occurred last
night and to-day brought on by the excitement and
In many cases terror, caused by the storm. Nearly
every doctor In town mas had than he could do
The Storm In Indiana.
From the Indianapolis Sentinel April DOL
About nine O'Clock last night the freight depot OF
the Indiana Central Railroad was entirely blown
down and the deDris scattered IN ali directions. In
the midst OF the wreck was locomotive and train
OF cars, upon portions OF when rested the roof or
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