Republican Herald

TREMENDOUS STORM--Destruction of Property and Loss of Life.--We have been favored with the perusal of a letter, written at Shrewsbury, York county, Pennsylvania, on the evening of the 5th inst., to a gentleman of this city, from which we learn that a most tremendous storm occurred there on that evening, causing great destruction of property, personal injury and loss of life. It commenced about half past eight o'clock, with rain and high wind, blowing a hurricane from the south west. In a few minutes the whole town was thrown into confusion and uproar; and horror and consternation took possession of every breast. Nearly every house in the place was submerged, and a number entirely destroyed. The roofs of many were blown off, and the street presented a most deplorable scene of ruin. On the main street the houses were unroofed. The Methodist meeting house has been destroyed. In one of the back streets a dwelling house was entirely thrown down, burying two families under the ruins--those of Mr. B. Grevell and of Mr. Neller. Mrs. Grevell was killed, Mr. G. dangerously hurt, and several of his children so severely injured that it was not expected they could survive.

All the buildings on an alley, with the exception of two squares, have been prostrated. The barn and stables of the writer of the letter, Isaac Collins, Esq, were blown down and scattered about the lot; his carriage was broken into pieces under the ruins, and his colleague, name not given, had a horse killed. The account is but partial, as at the time, and under the circumstances, it was impossible for Mr. C. to ascertain the full extent and all the particulars of the devastation which the next morning would reveal. Even while he was yet writing he could hear the groans and shrieks of his neighbors, mingled with the roar of the elements, that were sweeping their property to destruction and putting their lives in peril.

This visitation which, had it come in the day time, would have been eminently horrible and heart rending, occurring as it did in the darkness, increased the confusion, and rendered the preservation of persons and property the more difficult. It is to be feared that the full revelation of the next morning will show a great addition to the amount of damage given above.--Baltimore Sun.