, 1870-03-31


wcro 4 Lust forced out On thu whasvea. Tht
pe<l,le vho lived in ths ,neIghbo1hood saw tht
rata. nan brought ont their terr!ers, ard b ull
tiogt, who dashed nglLs amf-ieff amons TIL M
4st~ecn the food and the dogs. small az1a ic
Of rats saeee put to death.
The S;&tcn island, Jackaou. street, y Ii
Gtecnltias ferry boats rested al day y.,sta
day, rcrtorse, and not l~,cauaais Tas Sunday
| There war trouble Tn III the fcH1ea7 thos
were wisert wha were not seen near them,
asMl hsppisat who had aa noe1 Of CROSSING,
| them.
4 calanli,s which has stricken five ht1r11n
| Leingttu instant death, and W1etrhetls<m s<maitned
| to helrleesn',fs anutLcr. te*ulfe.a yepterttay
| 1nittling in Ferty-ti1th street, near Eleventh
| avenue. Adjoining this uutlni shed h'!ialns
| was little one-etory brick bul1iag, i'll which
| Patrick Donnelty, with his vita and fos:r ch1-
.itep lived Sls. Donnelly was born in freaan6,
Aut, came to this country aboat fifteen years
ago. He had aquircd > little naones by hit
daily toll and haa aiouGht 1n-in Fcrty-sixsll
| street: ard ersct+d thereon a neat dwelling,
al. r:a.se. 1est tfAay, after ts had loaded
his toke-waEou, i1,.readiuess for his nosrnw' .
| WORK, he vert into his house, as,a with his
wife and four children bal eatcr dinner They
had moved frem the table and we're I'll seated
around thc fire in the kitchen, except one Iit.1e
boy who was riding his hobby-ltorEt, wisrn 4
laundering crash was heard aud tllsta1ulls sr-
iOyinR the comforts nj 3 home shelter from
| 1itilees @torn that wss without, were crashed
to death hy the fail 1t the hou4e neiehbering
/ it on tl,t cast- The hnuse that in its ruin
brought death and destruction Gu Dounclis u
home WAS fite-stors brick with 11-iuch brick
| Me!.s built uu AT IL feet frontage. Il w1s so
badly constructed that Gnls a week before
ponnrliy had complained to the Inspector Of
buildings. and fhc bnilicr WAS ordered to
ceasc the work. The wall were two feet ont of
the outside n any way, 90 that when tile ficrce
| east Wind sWept over the city yesterday, tbs
five-ftory l.nl,e topred over aud falling the
littlc home of J,ouuellr, literally mashed it to
| powder.
Wht1, assistsnce arrived. the ho7ses ,setc
nothing but a pile Of bricks AMI sp.inter~d
w.HHi. The itt1. hog who was on his ilahiy
luiree var setn Will, his hruI out Of the tL}ri5
aud crying for help, When the nrish.r,r.
were e1tricatiug him. he begged them not 70
| 10th his thighs were brnken. one with simple
End the other with compound fract1ue 9Th
erwies. lie e.rape.l all injnry. Iie il 7
Scars old. and ti,'es not know the r.'aRlt et the
casualty. He said that all he know at>oat it
| ~aA i. the hos,se fell alut the llnrse fol- The
ead scenes aud the painful consequences Of
| tl!is cataes,u1s were sered when the 1ets
| rle whu lts'i gathered in crowds Dig out the
| dead bodies. -
The nau was lying with his fl,1u emastcd
| IN, the bleed, which had mixed with the peilyet
ixcd mortar, clcttinE lis hair. His noac had
been hidetusly torn, and Liz body bruised III
every Iart- His wife was in 4 sitting poatuta
| viii, her fahe in her ar1ns, and with tn.
to shield the infant frnsn tho in'{'en,lir s
| r7,i1, by covering its head with ter hand 1nfh
! were neas!v Llack with bruises The naothat
had gail over the pyc. aud tlla. babes botty
ras t:ftadfully distt:11et1. 1hn oldest EiFl,, .
| ttaln af age, YES found iLseftWiated with
brolt n l2tlis md the sTiintr1s1l wood-wosk.
| anl her trails We're oozinG from ragged
wornd in the Lead, aud she was otherwise torn
about the body The otl,er 10y Was nanS!ed.
| wtnlt1 har11y hear description They were Ill
cEtangIed IN the ruins, and au1sh1]Lct1 so spm-
1'actly that tho+e who e1t,nrneh ts.atn fouad It
difficult to 10 70 without iT7i.ir- the corpees.
| When thcv bad been disinterr.-l from theft
prvnatnrG burial, tie bodies were horne 70 M
IC4 Wcst Furs.-eecnt,d street, thu house Of AIr,
| Tan en- Atil1.e :, btuthcr-ir-!aw Of D3oellY and
lid Ont tn lie floor, coveicd with = white
kIrct. which, by contrast, made the hrt.iscd
tss4l., ar,s ltac6 bodies mcrr fnshtl4L Thu
little 10y, v!.o was crippled for lie b, tho dis
| ertyr. ~ss *t1l cared fcr, DEs. Little. Campbell
snti Hsrtitl.E lting in Attendance. Last nigh
the tcane ef tic catastrophe was dtc1zy in
decd. tho rain was 1>-hlng on the +uiils tha
lad ,,ern = tc.nf, for tho4e who hsd reared =;
t,cnnS- il, the broken walls, vera the frsg
nieuss IT lureaus. the crockerf from whicl
| they had eaten Their last meal w.a broken am
lyius u1,ont. 1ha kI1c and two COWS in th
|
,, | cshe wagon, resar to sun out in the mprninf
stood In tile y1rl, walled in by the ruins. CaF
rain l.1gtrt, u Ftrty-eeventh street, had sts
ricncd man il change. and ha a!one stood d
|.thc iesolate e:ene. Striker nnd AIoultou wes
the uwnese of the kuildlng, which wAa mfr
ieLetl. ar.l sIr. Wcrt the b7ider. 1t Il sal
thc bricks nf which the house was constructc
were frosted. ani wuutI er1Enble in the hard
the mortar was If q very poor quality, s1,,l IL
: plan Of LIS hos,sc was lily conceived Thong
tie holsc lad tecn condemned Mt the in1tanc
and report Of 3tr, Dounetly, who always had
r1teentiu,ent that it would fall sone daE. an
% had f1e3r. E:ly expressed it All LIS opiniuil. ye
j after days eestatien fscm labor. the wus
j. Was rceun,er1. The f'olies, at ! late hour Ia
: e7cnior, Eai not been seen By tho Corouer.
l. 1t ST. NJ. Yesterday. the rail- surTonna?r
Il the scoperage If ". +. EsrseIa, s.! Wa+Lin;
II ten street, was blow, inward, 1sut no onc vi
h EErt. At ECO o'clock Last evening, the ctif
+ ncv of 4J7 Canal street vas hlown over, a.
4 fell into tic street. seriously frightening Il
" ctlieer on ratrol. uto haTTe1ed 10 lie ras.n
., The show window Of Johnson, Burns s CO
g corner ct Fourteenth tt.eet and rnlTeEai
II rlace, was blown in by the wind. The cornii
At Of the building At the northwest corner I
n. Fourteenth street and Seventh avenue VI
-tkrligh, OF 7(6 broadway, occupied es ator
rs | was LloSp CT. leaving the stock fos some tin
i. ! c1pcetl 70 the wcnthet. The chimney of L
Anity et1eet was tlowp down. The fro
Eo | uai;s, all that remained from the late fire
N N IfIt1an 4 Collartle1s building e. TO GO Cros|
=. street, were blown into The street, bat witlo
re Gcipg cthtr damage than incoclmodiag I!
"a C7c+fy Street I:ai!fosd fcr time.
cf Tie tark George Becker iS. c. snd III 7,
vy Lntnn American tark fpuled yesterday afts
neon in Quarantine, during the gale The
be u lost her quarter boat. and her quarter "
=: badly chafed hS the American ba1ks Eeadge
ia lie b1!g Annie Gardner, from Uemera
IL. | which anchored a. Quarantine on Satutd
,s. e,eliEg, dragged her anchor during the s.
d. Yesterday afternoon end vent ashu1e bel
a.. fectly tight, and will sci OF IS soon q
he eale ahaies. The wharyes 1t Quarantine La1
~ ing a1e badly damaged. and the Heal h o
= GERS bo4thoEse was demolished. The vcss
to It anchor at Quarantine, both inward and Q
.rk ward ornd, remained at snchor Ill safe L
RI Last esering the c=nsl bost J. J. scl,1y
r. was funk at the foot Of EXIT Twenty-eiGs
nd st1eet- Dsnnge. 81 eco: -.---,
l;d Mig Ellen Greed. al interesting EounE '
,at man Of II, Eeeidius with her parents At
~ North Sixth street, Wil!iazsburEh, met With
,at sudden and extraordinary t|catl, last even.I
I'd She stepped 1nt Oh the st:op Of her EcHideu
n 10 FEC The state Of the weather, when she '
nv taken CT her feet by gust OF and dash
N against an adjoining stoor. When found 3
~. uas partially inscE.ibie. but fingered +
~ hour, when s1e died from congestion Of t
Ets | brain
10 4 rcw Of fcu1 ho1ses at tie corner Of Gre
,er avenue and Broadway, Williams bu1gh. We
blown down By the high winds which prevail
as rcstcr.,ay, also the rpcf OF 4 ho:sc st .Ir7
to ayecue and broadway VAS blown or 4 1u
ns Der Of rnftished buildings belonging to }
in, FtsEci. Swift, in Gracd etree,, near Ten
10. we're partially unroofed and Otherwise da
to agtd- 4 Eeu llnlairg in Nithezs styeet u
H., also partially demolished. and uany ahs
trees and cLi1rreys were blown down.
ch The damage IL the storm in Bzoo:lyn -
ch tetdey VAS lhEense, but up to Z late hoar L
en- | night fell reports had not been 1eceiyed
he new thsee-etorv frame building on Th-oop o
ne rpe, near AEftle, was blown down, involving
r. loss Of $500 4 house on Bushwick averr
As rc=r Moore etreet, was .!so blown down 7
ice | reef Of house owned by : Nj. brown, At r!
nd ti:icn and Richard streets, xzs blown o
slso, tho roofs Of the following: uouse Of )
!ta lynch. Ccnrt and Huntington streets; ]
Il, (EaGwirA's dug store, Court snd Dougl,
st, streets Ar. y-telacd's Eouse, Court and C.
IN ! roll Etreets; LII. Haics's. Van E1unt 4
Of, Even streets: A. Fceslars, Nos. COZ and
Hamilton avenue; Nr. DoLov4as, No.
n, lay street; lousc corner Of Luqueer street 2
Of l'eht p!aee- Three largc: plate elass windo
T. in s. T. NhitneEs t:cre, No. oC5 Naalihst
bis s.-tet, were demolished ~ tl,o gale. 10
s.c0. Trees were utrooted il al rarta Of |
by c;tv, and sign-lcalds aQd feuces we're bio
a. about in fe atful proximity to pedestrians,
Ill Go cases Of personal injCv rerc reported
| il one tine tho heavy rain flooded the cellsrs
'uu buildings, and caused considerable dams:
a. Lut it also effected some good, aud that vas
olt the thorough cleaning Of the disty stznt
. u which have been 30 long neglected BY the c
t = ssNtosa.
md The sale wasteaihc in South Brooklyn,