The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-09-13 00:00:00

THE GREAT AMERICAN STORM

The dettlls of tb• &matrons gale at Caps Breton ere given
In the New York papen of the 29th and tOth nIL, which its
Inman end White Star steamers have brooght to hand. •
dispatch, dated Banns, August 29, supplies the following
particulars 1—
" The destruction of life and property on land and
sea is frightful, and far exceeds the estimate given.
The gale was severely felt in the town and county of
Picton, where great damage was done. In the harbour
the tide rode to a great height, and in the town trees,
fences, and chimneys were blown down and property
scattered in all directions. The gardens in the rear of
the town of Picton, which were more exposed t , the
wind than the other parts of the town, are completely
destroyed, the ground being strewn with branches of
trees and green fruits and vegetables. The new wharf
In course of construction for the Vale Colliery Com-
pany near Picton Landing was almost entirely de-
molished. A portion of the railway at Picton Landing
was also wished away.
"The same accounts of the disastrous effects of the
hurricane come from other sections of the Province.
To the westward the fruit crop has been almost de-
litroyed, and within a radii= of 200 miles fences, trees,
and barns were prostrated and shipping damaged. In
Hanteport three schooners broke away from their
moorings, and were more or leas damaged. The fisher- '
men on the eastern coast of the Province have suffered
severely, all having lost their boats, fishing tackle, ttc.,
from Guyeboro' to Cape Canso. Venal' arriving in
Halifax within the past few days report having passed
large quantities of wrecked stuff at sea. Captain
Leonard was drowned in Cow Bay. JameiJessob was
drowned at North Syking. In Guysboro' County the
destruction was immense. Numbers of houses were
blown down or injured, old ones were unroofed or
stripped of their shingles, barns were rased in every
direction, and =rooted fences were prostrated every-
where, and everything moveable was twisted, turned,
and tumbled about as if an army of guerrillas had ran-
sacked the country. Forty-seven buildlngi are re-
ported down at Manchester.
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"Report. from Canso, Crow Harbour, Band Point,
and other plane state that the storm was frightful, and
mimed • general ruin, which is nothing less than •
public calamity, only to be effaced by time. A man
named Leary, of Crow Harbour, was drowned at Got.
densville, in that county. The damage was also cites.
nye, stone, barns, and crushing mills there and at
Wine Harbour were destroyed. At Isaac's Harbour the
gale made frightful havoc among the property of fisher-
men. Every fish store was swept away. The schooner
Bonny Bell, Renfrew, the Lord Airy, and RIIIIIIII
are ashore. The Baptist Meeting-house, in mune
of erection, was totally destroyei. At Beaver Harbour
it houses and barns were blown down, and a Catholic
church was blown to pieces. A vessel, with a cargo,
sank, and a number of fishing boats were blown to
sea and lost. At St. Peters, Cape Breton, several
houses and barns were blown down, and a church par.
tinily finished was demolished and the materials
scattered over two acres of ground. Men, women,
and children in the vicinity were in some instances
killed and in others injured by the falling houses and
other buildings. Vessels drifted to sea, and some were
stranded on the shore."

FIRING MONEY.
(From Puna)

Two hundred pounds of powder, mate,

To bolt of hell a ton,
And sixty tom the cannon's weight;

Good miaow', what igun !
The oat of then enoemooe ran.

Poor taxpayer astounds.
• pros that right full therooore toot

tenet room to jowly pounds.
How.ohargeable the charge dose

Of heavy guns like those
The damage will be all our own.

Whenier they mar our foes.
for if your mousier harmless roar,

And tall to srossh or slay,
Bug, all for nought, goes soma two score

Otit.zlthg pouads.a-way ;
A charge which might discharg• one's rest

Make lumpy many aoula ;
A wife and children : pay, what's ipant

By you In one year'e-cOals.
True, Gunner, reeks the rahalle go,

Which °seta sa such a lot, _
That we rase something have to Mow

For powder upset. and shot;
A hole in barmour, big enough
An Ironsldes to kg,
And enemies whose heads would stuff
• more than common bag.