New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-23
HURRICANE.
gEoyrIbIe Details of the Terrible Destruc-
aFan by the Hurricane which Recently
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gEagrIbIe Details of the Terrible DeEfruc-
aFan by the Hurricane which Recently
Swept Over Sicily.
NEw YORK, November Gothic London
gEazcs Of the eighth has the following ac-
as0zEnt Of the hurricane in Sicily, which de-
sGroved the town of PalaZza1o There has
been no instance of such calamity within
size memory of living man No earth
quake ever caused such destruction. There
are houses ruined, houses fallen to the very
Ground walls cleft from end to end, walls
gIaar outward as if TO rest on the adjoining
Houses. There are roofs wholly swept
away sunken vaults, balconies torn from
Gheir places, windows and shutters either
entirely carried off or hanging loose from
sEre walls, lamppOsts forced from their
sockets, and trees upr0Oted, is all
that one sees along the northeast
side of the town. Not a single house
remains in which the whole roof and win
aEOws do not require thorough repair. The
streets are mass OF fragment and rubbish.
sFhe incidents of the disaster are 80 strange
as 10 be almost incredible. There was store
with twenty five hectorlites OF which not
trace was to be seen. The books OF the Ex-
asse and Of the Land Registry offices have
vanished and only few torn leaves have
fseen found here and there at great dis
fauccs In one house all the copper kitchen
utensils were blown through the root; in
another, benches and heavy chests TeW
through the windows; the iron bars on the
balcony are to be seen CURED mp one
svav, those Of another twisted up
another Way. There is pillar of
apollo, which has been moved forward
gue foot without b! eaking, and stands
all in one piece. There is the wall OF an
another palace, which has fallen back
Ghr8e feet without cracking. Here is the
beam Of one house which has thrust itself
SntO another house. There is One-half OF a
gyedstead; the other half lies no one knows
where. All the tiles Of one building are
huddIed together in one spot. One root IS
crushed and broken up as small as II 1t mad
heen pounded. Tho rafters OF another
building were blown away. Men are lying
crashed III the ruins, and are being dug
eat. Most OF them are in Their night
dresses, they having been crushed as they
svGre quietly sleeping. Their features
and forms were so disfgured that one
can not look at them without shuddering
their nostrils. ears and mouths are
stopped up with earth, and the white
dEuHt has everywhere pierced through
aheir skin. Hero is the body OF man,
glogding close to his heart Il child; the
akHls of both are shattered There are
5wo Young men in each others arms, prob
ably brothers; the chests and backs OF both
ave crusbed. Near them is another youth
covered with blood; lie was clerk in gov
sarnutcHt office He has his eyegIass stuck
Sa his right eye, and was probably reading
Gr writing when be was struck.
There are some mashed past recognition,
qvhile others seem unhurt, and look a8
sf they we're sleeping. Without exaggera-
zion at least one-third Of the town is dis
uaantIed, and more than 1000 families are
literally without home; about 1000 more
sg&ve onIy little corner Of what was once
-.Fsyaf7s bnpspu tn Ehplfpr fhAm, There are
shirty-two dead and a large number
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