, 1870-07-25
THE sTORH AT LOUISVILLE.
Il Tobacco Encfory Blown Do.ra-
Crap> Laid L.oss-1.0.s uf Life,

"a AoDhCC0 Erft0EF BLOWN t0aF11-
Cr@p> Laid I.osS-1.o>s Ut Life.
From thr Lnaitrflhe co.ts,rr. Ju'yes
Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock ter
riblc wind-Etor1a. accompanied by thunder aad
lightning, passed over the city from the north
to the eoAth. 1t was very srllcn, and when
it first appeared large clouds Of dust from In.
diana ~ere driven with it 10 this side OF the
r1ver. ctlselorinE tl,e city completely In the
city the damage waa comparatively light. nut
there arc some receipts left 10 sllow that It tobk
action here
In tue county, a:.cut four and half miles
from the city, On the Scwburg roal fatality
occurred By Mi !, lt!ael Lewis, coforel you'll!
aao,1t " year OF age, lost his lie, and mule
WAS killed. Lewis was il tic employ Of Mr.
Ham. D. FieE. diving fou7-mulo wood
wagon from ram. tive miles out in the conn
Try to = hrick-ya1u in this city. When tue
storm cnnse IN the mules became frightened.
and shecrea into rut. where they stalled
While the boy was at work irving to extricase
tue team, large tree beside the rosd was
the head. crushing in tn skul1. killing him
instantly. 4 mule attached to TINS wagon
was a1so struck, ard. after hard strug-
sic between life and death, it died.
Hsm. b. Fieg. who vas along wl;h tho team.
c:aae vert harrow escape from death. aud
only 10: tinc'y glance at the filling tree
would hare been crushed liEewlso. Coroner
/ Sl.attrEne was Notified Of tile accident. anG st
1nse l,cnr last night he summoned c 5ury and
| preceded to the residence Of Mr. FIge. where
an irYn:sision was Lcld over the body Of Lew
il. and verdict Of accidental death. ii above.
wa- rendered. In the city there were several
ca'astrophes. among, which was the
tv cf Ed~,ra Tue ru1ls2 sG0'Sso si,u,sd ,.s
I'll Cawtkon street. between Eighth
and Ninth. Tie t,uil,ug was tso-story
frame. which was lereled to tile ground. Fur
}al1 fF,.aTt1 -,
and no one Was hurt by the fall The 1o-s
was supposed 10 re about si01. The roof Of
rosk-louse in the ta* tern I}sarti3n Of the city
was tadiv damaged hy about one-l.alf Of il
leing iowu II. \ chimney on i house a.,
Bloslwax, lear tile NJ" Lufg road. was blown
head. causing her to Lave NAL Its for sJr,e
ttr.c, after which sl,c was s!,ot and killed
All over II 6 city trees we're blown down. and
c. Grre,, street. betwccn Third and Foursn
fzcnt Of NessEs. a1ulloon 4 Co.'S ma.ble
wrrks was blown: nd aud smashed to riccs.
At new building in the rear Of the Nashville
durct piece Of e,.adolding was blown con-
siderable dsstance into tho comEaoa~ where
il struck q Indy a:ld lislocasel Lee SHOULDER.
assistance Was quickly rendered ler and she
vas convesol 20 her hume in California. In
the extreme western portion Of the city. there
were several small casualties to chimner-.
trees, and shutters. We expected to hear OF
eccidenss hy signs lbeiug b:oKn down.
Tut enr!d hesr of nofh!Eg ot this liaa. Over
in Indian. the e:orn must have been very
severe. A. it came sumh1ing ard toeains in
fearful style FROM that direction. Passengers
sttm Lexington and CINCINNATI report great
devastation to the corn crops all along those
l:nes of railway. and the corn lies Cat on the
ground. Hundreds Of trees we're blown d,wu
tttHeea :l;s city ana Frankfort. Late At
n:tht We beard II large barn, eisuate,l on
tie Lexington turupEe- only few miles from
the cltr, that WAS completely destroyed. It
Was also reported that German waa crushed
il: it, but tEie cG- informant doubted. ~ the
Taail reported 10 haze been kired WAS seen in
the city At ? O'Clock.