The New York herald., 1870-01-20
THURSDAY JANUARY 90 SHEET

was DART and We. But what We nave sivsn; tn tne s
way OF instances VI ks work. Will convey IN iuea OF
iw violence. The Immense mass o. the Soutnen
Hotel stood ike reck. "transvcrscly divldlnx tue
stream Of the sterm.n THAT In the central pan OF
tine CITY Its most furious gus,s were felt ON Fifth and
Fourth streets, from Walnut 70 near FrankIin ave-
nue. Inc gsty character o. sae @ wha s % nre
happy To say we have no very serious rcsuU 70
Had we time and space to spare we might m
column with the stories current Of marvellous Incl
dents. One AYERS that u ball OF fire as Dig as
tro s nugss' s nS desr an
parabola over tne City, disappearing somewhere In
lnn0Is. woman on Market street assured y
police sergeant that she saw . man caught up INTO
the air and that she DIDN'T see him come down, and
II ~ her belize he entered the region OF clouds. De-
for his name, aud he vanisned skyward without
leaving II behind.
oraRR INCIDENTS AND PARTICIPANTS.
AboW the commencement Of the storm the teae-
graph wires became useless, owing " prostration
0i poles &C., and the news ran tntO the ground
sonewasre snn ss the destruction o. sgns on Fourth
quite an assortment were brought 70 the Central
roicc station. Some OF the boarding belonging 20
and Oive streets was blown away, andiell tAuntier
Ing along tne street..
FIN 'se , new sale store corner q Walnut ana
The whole front VI the store which pr1ncE
pally consisted Of large glass windows, was
nteraily Durstcd IN 8nuuem0lLsned. Sorgcans Arm
push OF the "a es out Of tho reach OF the RAIN
and while inside the gasts came wilh sucn powerful
would be carried away, they HASTILY Quilted the
premises. Tne loss ~ this building WIN be quite
On Filth street. between Pine and Olive, the I'm
mense bill board put up for Wilson'S mlnstreis was
tered about the streets interfering with the passage
OF the street cars until removed. Among other In
stances OF The work Of the STORM the following are
reported:--
Along Franklin avenue the eject OF the storm
was sadly demorazing. Signs, awnings. shutters,
&C, were scattered about I'D admirable ooniuYien.
At eleven O'CLOCK, Judging from the cnange OF signs
made E the tornado, small dealers were doubtful as
10 wnat Drancn OF business they were engaged In.
Some damage WIS done 70 the smoke stack at
dye house on Seventh street, between olive and
Locust
The frosted front window at Bissen's saloon on
the corner or Chestnut and sixth Streets was par.
TALLY smashed in BY the force Of the wind; damage
Along sixth street, % elsewhere loose brick from
the tops OF houses were sent scaddina hither and
thither, breaking window glass and alarming the
people.
Two nackmen Driving up Chestnut street, when
nearthe corner OF sixth, came In contact with some
reach the throat, and one Of them somewhat In
jured. the wire striking hun about the throat.
AtN0. south MAIN street one half OF THIRD story
window WAS blown in and the skylight on the roof
blown on and badly smashed.
AtIne Western Publishing C0mpany's house. on
Slxth street, between Pine and 0lve, a sign was
thrown down and came crashing through large
French plate glass Ia the front window, destroying
n-value about l0rty dollars.
DEsTRUCrIONsOF A BUILDN0-NARROw Escape.
About TWO O'Clock yesterday afternoon ! frame
Dundlnalon the southeast corner OF Chestnut and
came down with = crash. It had but recently
been erected and was insended a. o pxan9
ruins Of the fire on the llth or December last. IL
was sixty-hve feet long, twenty-five feet wide and
eighteen feet high W on the top,ot the building
sign some Six feet nigh The wind was blowing
quite hard at the time and tue cause Of tine disaster
LAID to this. Mr.. Edward Halaren and ID. W. Tur-
ner were IN the building at tile time the FIRST demon
sration Of the crash came, but managed 70 escape.
The building cost about $500.
Freshst In tho Maumee Rivera Grand
Scene-Destrucsi0n Of . Brldge-6iighx In
Jury tn Shipping.
From the Toledo Blade Jan. I7A
During the latter part OF the forenoon OF Saturday
Hnes nuge s sofge 81 ice S %icn m as1 %
uaIly yielded 70 the irresistible pressure and nnally
pushed on. giving free passage to the vast sea OF
noating corn and haystacks, logs, &c, which had
been gathering during Friday night. Alter this
gorge WAS swept away the raging freshet, which
startled this city IN the afternoon was inevitable.
About three O'Clock IN the afternoon the Ice below
The railroad bridge commenced cracking and
bursting along the elevator and warehouse docks.
Finally the entire body OF Ice began To move down
stream. The laD0rers along the docks az far down
as tine Cherry street brdge presently. observed the
Ice In its unbroken body dlsc0nnectlng itself from
the piles and sides Of the dock. and moving with =
loud grating sound from its mornings.
chaOuc scene which presently followed. A column
Of broken Ice WAS seen approaching In confused and
changing motion from the railway bridge. This
mass Of Ice was evidently slldIng upon tnAt
which covered the river, and crushing IL as Its
volume increased. The grating, crashing sounds
which came from the tee attracted the attention OF
persons passing along bOth Water and Summit
Streets and the docks at tine foot OF the streets lead
Ing 70 the river were lined with wonder stricken
hrtd
on either side were crowded with people and teams.
Those who had business on the opposite side OF
apprehended the destruction OF the bridge were
1urrylng across either on foot with their teams
s.nS u eMc'tea sar coa1nslon AMID all ths increasing
moving under the bridge unDrOken except as was
divided into columns by the edges OF the projecting
abutments. The masseof broken Ice also approached
rapidly. In few moments this reached the bridge
and the entire river between East and West Toledo
was moving, turning. tumbling and plunging with
wreck which had been engufed III the course OF the
mood for miles and miles above. At first the great
volume OF water passed under each division OF the
long bridge without obstruction, but shortly the
swell OF the current on the east side raised the ice
hcn stonn IN - n,iss , re rst "ssrcm o ",dge &
iata! A great pile Of Ice IN an instant accumulated
against the framework, and the latter being INSULT
cent for The pressure moved from the piles and was
buried beneath the accumulated Ice.
The crowds along the docks, ~ well as those at
either end OF the bridge witnessed the grand scene.
which gave away, though but o moment previous
several persons and teams had passed over 1t, and
At the time many more were about gong upon 1t
rom opposite directions. The portion destroyed is
about zoo feet In length, though the centre oil this
s about nifty feet which was not swept over still 1t
IL IN Y totterinR and unsafe condition. The strong
current OF the river being the sde the ruins
Of the bridge were not carried of but lodged to.
gether with the Ice among the ples, and people have
been crossing over the debris on foot since the
bridge gave way.
IL feared during the first rush OF ice that the
shipping along the docks would be swept from their
moorings, but we have heard Of only two instances.
The scow Enterprise lying the loot OF Lagrange
street, was torn from her iastcnings and drlfted
away. The last seen OF the vessel Dte was in the
Ice neary abreast OF Presque ISLE The cable post OF
vessel lying at the foot Of Jefferson street broke
and the boat driited down several yards but was
secured without difficulty.
From the time the river broke up It commenced
rising, and about three O'Clock Sunday morning IL
reached nearly to tho top Of the docks. The ware
house on Water street had anticipated the mum
datoD OF the first floors OF their buildings and they
accordingly worked late Saturday night removing
their stores or eleyating them sKds ~ was pos
sible. BY this timely precauti0n no extensive loss
happened TO any one though the water covered
many Of the old docks and entered many
u the buildings 70 several tnches in depth.