, 1870-05-11
TIE STORM.
J.. Its WAvRHes '0f- OMAHA

a wind md rIn storm raging in this vicinity,
which, in force and Devastating. effects, has
not baen eausllcd IN these parsa within the
memory Of the oldest mhabitsnt;
The wind his blown throughout steadAy
from the northwest, varying, il at all, very
lew points in Rny other direction
The streets Yesterday morning, at an early
hour, presented i scene Of desolation which
they hsye never before exhibited SINCE the
foundation OF tl,s toTn- slgna "a aTery hand
glass. iron and tin roobngs, boards, shingles,
and slates were to be seen in sorrJ profuBion,
lining MI the principal roadWays- = -
Nj. John Bau1aeS, dealer 10 watches, clocks,
and jewelry, 155 Farnham street; informs rs
that on Thursday night, aoont ~ osioek' hS tS
agreeing with the STANDARD time in hia estah-
Iish1nenf.. Yesterday morning all Of these
clocks were stopped, and it appears That the
FIRST clock which ceased TO run ntleated ten
minutes after !, and the LIST t1entJ minutes
after /. The vibration Of the building st the
time Indicated was, Of course, tho cause
which Indicates pretty clearly that at that hour
the storm had resched its height. =
Tho damage incurred BY the trees WAS e1-
tremely extensive. The damage to fruit trees
The ch;mnoTs suffered from the effect Of
the atorn to 3 greater extent than is usually
The case, rn4ny Of those On Homa Of our most
gubstantial aud admirably constructed houses
being entirely dlsmantled
The chiu,neys of the Pacific House, corner
Of Tenth and Davenport streets we're Wrecked;
three on tho residence Of Mr. Kirnball, on the
corner Of Eleventh and Cass streets, wore de-
moliahed: two On the Court Housc wero blown
down ono on tie Presbyterian church, corner
of Seventeenth and Dodge, shared similar
fate. The stove pipe chimney On tho Roman
Catholic Cathedral was destroyed.
Tho unfinished house belonging to Mrs;
Gould. on the southeast corner Of Tenth and
Hazney, was moved bodily from it's Square
position some five feet, snd Sustained more or
less daInage.
4 small new building in the same vicinity on
Tenth street, was aluost entirely demo4sned.
One corner OF the warehouses on Dodge
street, near Twelfth, was badly torn, and Will
this morning, probably bo entirely destroyed.
THO northern end Of The brewery OF Mcasrs.
Brewer & Ben1is, known aa the "cooler," was
badly damaged. The fine plate windows u
tho establishment Of MessEs. Whee'er i WI
Bou, under tho Metropolitan Hall, were smash"
| cd in. -,
A new frame building, not yet completed,
| on the corner Of Twelfth aud Capitol avenue,
was completely laid out in every direction.
| An adjoining building Just moved from the
| saddier and ha1ncss ahop, Ind the second
| story hoisted from ita place and carried oTer
! into i neighbours yard, leaving the first ator,
| in what va might Gull pFostrate condition. ;
The storage house on Dodge street, between
Eleventh md Twelfth streets, MAS blown IN
on the front.
| The chapel Of St. Darnabas, corner oi
! Fourteenth aud Caas streets, Was blown from
| its foundation, and waa inclning to tho esst
sufficiently to n1loW the conjecture that an
other such blow as It THURSDAY % %nghs WONG
Tho Mission Chapel, Twenty-fIst and 1zard
was moved out Of position. and Will need speedy
replacing OF another wind of oven less fur,
viii virtually destroy . nice little building:
| Nearly opposite, OF rather disgonaily IRON
| Crowds new steam laundry, which had TIL
| gable end Of a new addition blown of flat Il
the ground.
Of to the north Of this, in shinn's Add
ton, where houses are exposed to the ful
b1asta; wa discovered a lumber OF building
The baptist Church, Oh tho corner Of FIJI
tcenth 1nd Davenport, WAS much injured
The. northern end Of tho roof WAS blown OF
and part Of the, cornice. The Episcopa
churches Of st. Darnabas and St. Mark, tn
southern portion Of tile city, were moro
Tho entire region OF country round about th
city for many miles il entirely void Of fencing
owing to tue saragery Of the storm king.
The new dwelling house Of the Hon Ml
I
streets, was moved from its foundation severa
feet. i.
The new houso Of attorney F. D. Deals. i
Shinns Addition, was moved six or seven fee
from its foundation, aud nearly destroyed.
Messss. A. Poland & Co., in the old Theatr
corner Of their coal house carried away, an
the heavy doors OF tho same building Wer
blown nearly half block. -
The wind mill Of Mr. Kountze, on Eight
street.. corner Of Howard, was entirely dt
stroyed.
amora we're doubled in twain BY tho furiou
blasts.
Tho new largo frame building No. 20C Fart
ham street, not yet we1thcrboarlcd, sudere
tho rear portion Of the same to fall en- mass
to the ground =,
front Of the Methodist Church, on Seyenteent
strcct, was blown in, completely running
handsome window light; in addition to this tb
.ninnret On the northeast cornor Of tho churc
was taken oil, scarcely lea-i1g Al evidence g
liz once having occupied 80 lofty site.
4 portion OF the front of Sperrya livery sta
tle, On Sixteenth street, WAS blown out
A new frame bnilding On Nineteenth street
north of Judge Wakelys residence, Was ove'
turned.
Still another one-story frame house on Cas
street, near Eighteenth, WAS sadly handiet
enough 50 AZ to mako the work OF rebulldln
4 now building Of Mr.. E. Creighton in tn
cnnrse of erection, near Jefferson BQuars
SHARED the fate Of those Just noted.
Dexter Stable. on Dodge street, betwee
Fifteenth md Sixteenth; Ike many other
: found itself unable to withstand the furiea Q
lie night, and consequently gave way in th
e. C, Hobby i Dro's new house, on th
Florence road, IVES moved from its foundi
ton. .-.-....-.
what extensive. Tho iron roof OF Simpson
Hall, on Fourteenth street, to tho extent {
six hundred feet, was blown of. Two hui
ited feet of the same material on the billiaz
establishment of tho MessrB. Shoaf, corner {
Eleventh md Fs1nhan streets, were pzecil
itated into tho street. Tho tin roofing on Y
Wholesale grocery house of 11essrs. viii
Hing j. Co., corner Of Twefthsand Faznhol
gtreets, was nearly all ripped on.
Tho river passage WAS attempted 70 bo MAJ
} At Nh early hour in the morning, By the stoan
er Il. c. Mutt, in order to make connectie
With the st. joe trim. She ran on sand-b
on the opposite side, from which she was soc
J dritted by tho strong wind and current, II
those IN charge Of icr were glad to return
lie Nebraska shore. The passage Was n
attempted again during the day
There vas no connection s.thST y seegra! 4e
. of country east Of the Missouri River. II
+ telegraph wires Here n 'f1eInorz1iZed" east
l this point, and ne have therefore no means
l arriving at tho extent Of the deraatatlonH
3 The storm in that direction. The wiEes west
: san Francisco worked quite Batisfaetoril
Q The loss in property BY this tremendo'
j storm cannot, at the present tmo, bo well e
n timated, particularly when it is consider
3 tpat the Einl has by no means aa yet spent
: force. 1t may safely be said, however, th
+ tho destruction Of property in Omaha aud il
y mediate vicinity. to say nothing Of the expen
i and trouble which will be demanded to TePia
r the damage sustained, cannot be lar short
8 | s5O, 900. The casualties arising from the Il
t | precedented high wind must be many and {
!: tious. Tho new Catholic church has be
3 blown down, and is become total wreck.
i Laker.-The wind mills belonging TO {
n Union Pacific nnilroad tanks at this and Vail
9 ( Stations have been blown down.
d FnHsoSr.-Dy private aavices NO arc
9 formed that the storm did serious work
It 1 Fremont. Nebraska Among other thint
: several houses were demolished, one. at I
: loss OF 81, 900, and others at amounts scare
i legs: also two windmitls were overturn'
d Tho damage Will not fall short Of 81 900
+ that district. A boat Of tho Fremont te
y capsized and went down. ,...
At Valley Station windmill Was destroy
i and still another, We learn, met similar ia
a DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATI0