The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-18

brewery. 1Re front F"hN ~
building was two and a half stories
bigb and the back one and half
stories. The entire roof and the half
story of both parts were torn off
a portion Of the roof hanging over the
wall, above the pavement. Sections
of the roof and shingles were hurled
into the hollow north Of the building,
and some shingles were carried into
the yard of the gas works a square
and a half eff In the rear Of the
brewery was a stable, in which was a
COW. The stable was lifted from the
foundation and hurled into heap of
rubbish at distance of ten feet or
more. A small brick dwelling adjoin-
ing the brewery was unroofed while
the family was at supper. We found
also back Of the brewery portion of
skifF or yawl that had been proba-
bly, blown from the roof Of one Of
the boats. Mrs. Wingert's loss is
quite heavy. On the same line up to
Fulton Avenue several houses suffer
ed the loss Of a few shingles or
chimney A chimney on the house
of Mrs. Reitz was blown down, and
large cherry tree was broken of in the
yard and hurled out into the
street. William Kauffman's large
brick on the corner Of Fulton Ave
nue. and Fourth Street. had the gable
end crushed in, but brace within
stoppedit. The building Is. however,
badly damaged.
On Fifth Street, below Third Ave
nue., a small brick, closely fanked
By two frame buildings. had the roof
torn entirely off, while the other
buildings on either side were unir-
Jured. s-sar as
Heineker's new stable, to the right
of Fourth Street, below Leet, was
forced from its foundations, aud is
much careened. The front part of
Wiltshire & sKreipke's three story
brick cooper shop, back 70 feet was
| RACED to the ground-being dashed
over into Third Avenue, blocking
the Street Railroad track. The
back part Of the building. which
is two stories. and only thirteen
inch wall, stands uuinjured, while
the front part had eighteen inch walls,
and even the cellar walls, three
feet in thickness, were crushed to the
foundations. The damage to this
building will reach $1,000 to $4,000
The coopers were at work in the north
end of the building when the south
end was demolished @Tgs Q
! About BALI Of Henry Hollz's stable
on Third Avenue, beyond Fifth
Street, was blown over against the
adjoining building. and is a complete
ruin. n.y. .s
The Emanuel Church, corners Of
Franklin and FIRST Avenues, wa.
partly unroofed, and is probab bly, in
jurod $500 to $500. q z0T EOS
Myer & Co.'s furniture factory, OF
FIRST Avenue, was the next to suffer
The roof of about one half Of the
building from tho East end, with q
large portion of the walls of the up
per story, were blown eff, the tin Of
the roof being slroWn over to the
lumber yard one hundred feet from
the building. The damage to this
building is not less than $500, per-
haps $4,000 A one-story brick build
ing on Mary Street, corner of Eighth.
lost about twelve feet of its roof on
the North side font. Farther
up Mary Street the wood and carriage
house of j. Q. Henson was blown
down upon his buggy, damaging il
badly. His stable was also moved
over into the alley about seveninches
A new ice house of Mr.. Brink
meyer, east Of Mayor Bakers q
square or two, was utterly demolished
| Beyond these, il this direction, we
could learn OF no damage having
been done except the prestration o.
several fences and a few forest trees
Nearly one half of the roof of the
Cotton Mills was blown of, whichis
the only disaster suffered up towards
the business part of the city. A few
trees were blown down in Blackboard
Grove. Il was one Of the Gercest anC
most destructive tornadoes expert
enced in this city for many years. It i
matter Of congratulations that NJ
lives were lost, and nc serious per
sonal injury was sustained. sot
NEW BUILDINGs.-In our peregci
nations yesterday in search Of item.
relating to the tornado Of Tuesday
night, VIC noticed large number oI
new buildings il process of erection
or about finished. showing that tht
old spirit of enterprise and improve
ment still exists in our city.
Lindenschmidt' new building, Oh
Elm Street near First, is being roofet
in, and is an elegant Improvement
A new two story frame has beer
erected and is nearly completed Oh tn,
Longworth Tract, near the head o