The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-08 00:00:00

THE HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA

AND
FEARFUL LOSS OF SHIPPING
AND LIFE.

We have this morning received advices from
Bombay to Oct. 14, and from Calcutta to Oct. 6.
A cyclone passed over Calcutta on the sth
of October, causing immense destruction of life
and property. Of more than 200 ships in the
Hooghly it is said that only ten were left at
their moorings after the storm, the rest having
been stranded or sunk. Of these many were
loaded with grain for Bombay. The des-
truction of property on land was also great.
The great extent of the damage done was
no doubt caused by the "bore " of the river, which
during a storm rises to an enormous height, and
sweeps down upon the shipping confined within the
river banks with a force from which there is no
escape.

The Calcutta Hurkarti of the Gth says :—" Wo
have just returned from the river side, where the
view which meets the eye is absolutely appalling.
The tide is rushing up with fearful violence and
velocity ; the ghauts covered with the wrecks
of the dingbees and other native craft usually
to be found at them ; a steamer with her
funnel broken, her masts gone, and ei
dently beyond all management, was drifting
violently upward, right in amongst a tier of ships
which lay a little beyond ; another with her funnel
over her side, and all her ropes hanging in terrible
disorder, is heeling over to the blast, every attempt
to right her evidently hopeless ; there is not a ship
that has not lost her spars; whole tiers of vessels
have their yards and masts interlaced in apparently
inextricable confusion, and the river is strewn with'
the fragments of damaged craft of all sizes."
The Peninsular and Oriental Company at Bom-
bay received the following telegram :

" Calcutta, Oct. 6.

" A terrific hurricane passed over Calcutta yes-
terday. The Nemesis lost her topmasts and bow-
sprit, and is on shore, but expected to come off to-
day. Extent of injury uncertain. She takes next
mail, but will be delayed some days. The Nubia is
dismasted ; the Bengal ou shore uninjured. No
lives lost."

Other telegrams from Calcutta report that the
British India Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ships Punjaub, Madras, Moulmein, and another
steamer, name unknown, received very severe
damage during the gale of the nth. The Nada
(s), belonging to the Bombay and Bengal Steam
Ship Company, escaped uninjured. The Carubel
and Nagasaki, both loading for Bombay, are also
reported quite safe. There is a rumour that the
ship Sir Jamsetjee Family has sustained severe
damage ; but this requires confirmation.
The following telegrams contain additional de-
tails of the disaster :

Calcutta, Oct. 5.

Frightful pie raging.
Immense destruction to shipping and cargo.
M^oy ships sunk, and hardly ten left moorings.
Calcutta, Oct. 6.

Yestudity dneeday) there was a furious storm. Many
ships and steamers in the river grounded, Bunk, or gone
ashore.

Calcutta, Oct. 8.

The French mail steamer Alpbee, bound to Gabe, put
back yesterday, having experienced the typhoon of the sth ;
she is badly damaged. Her cargo, si'k and opium, will be
forwarded by another steamer, the Nada. Steamer Than.
der ashore and broken. Southampton and Lr ly Franklin,
both bound to Bombay, totally lost. Vespasian, 1,640 tons,
losbng for London, lost with 10 lives. Te.tar ashore and
leaky. Many steamers remain ashore nearly wrecks. Singa-
pore, Ville de St. Denis, and Ally, all bound to Maurine.
with coolies, sunk and lost ; Nimrod wrecked ; Clytemnestra
badly damaged. 'mast ell cargo boats destroyed. No
produce offering for shipment at all. Great Tasmmia pro-
bably a total lose. Iron Duka, Macduif, Solway, and War
Eagle ashore, badly damaged. Knight Commander and
Tornado quite safe. _ _ _

Calcutta, Oct. 8.
The llhollera (one of the Iron Ship Company's vessels) is
all right. The li..ahos and Carobel requ•re repairing.

ealcutta.. OcZ 10.

The Saoloo and Harry Warren are slightly damaged. The
Thalatta probably a total lace. The City of Lahore is ashore
and will have to discharge cargo.
A later telegram states that the Harry Warren is afloat,
and tight, with loss of copper. The Sooloo has been char.
teed for Bombay at Ra. 25.
Mears. W. Nirol and Co., Bombay agents of the British
India Steam Na%*.gation Company, have sent the following
memorandum :

" We inclose for your information copy of a Lela
gram received from Calcutta, cud beg to inform
you that, io consequence, we have decided upon
sending round two steamers from here to Calcutta to
enable the company to ful6l its engagement' on the eastern
coast of India. The Coring% sailed at noon to-day (11th
inst.) and the Arabi► will be despatched on Saturday, the
Comorio performing her coasting voyage from this to
Calcutta advertised for the 18th inst."

Calcutta, Oct. C.

Cyclone here yea' 3rday—whole of shipping drifted from
their moonngs, and gone on shore. Destruction to slip-
ping, lives, and property on shore, and loss immense.
Sydney, l'onjtub, Moulmein, and Ma Iras are on shore and
much injured. _

Calcutta, Oct. 10.

The Eaton Renfrew and Thames are reported as both
ashore but likely to come off. These vessels are both bound
to Bombay. The ship Tulja is seriously damaged.
The British Isdia Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Persia is a total loss at the &masa& Only two of the
crew saved.

As Calcutta was seldom or so full of shipping Pi at
the time of the gale, we subjoin a lit of the vaiesh in the
Hooghly on the Ist the latest list we (Bombay
Times) have received :—"Armenian (a.), Asteroid, Anne
Hoyden, Ann, Azzorpadi, Azemia, Atuuushah, Ally,
A. J. Kerr, Alphonse et Nellie, 'Admiral, 'Aral:star,
Aeroa Brown, Alabama, Ally Akbar Shah, Annott
Lyle, Athletes, Maria, Amiral Cuy, 'Aladdin, As-
tronomer, Alumbagb, Agra, Anne de Bretagne, Alpht;is (s),
Arracan (a), Aphrodite, Bengollyan, 'Baron of Renfrew,
Beaumaris Castle, Botanist, 'Broughton Hall, BurmaL,
•Rushee• (a), Bolton Abbey, Bengal (s), Continental,
Cimandef, Ceylon, Colombo, Childwall Abbey, Cly-
temnestra, City of Lahore, Clive, Carribbean, Culling-
wood, Cheshire, Celinie, Chevy Chase, 'Calumet,
C. N., Cams Family, Cuobel, 'Countess of Elgin,
City of l'aris, Clenience Leonie, Comet.), Camper
down, Dirigo, Daphne, Diamond, Dhollereb, Esmeralda,
Earl of Clue, •Ellen Stewart, Earl of Dalhousie, Eastern
Belle Fazarabany, French Empire, Forganhall, Futty
Allure, 'F. S. Allow, Govindpore, tiovernur.General,
Great Tasmania, Georgina, Glenroy, Gust►ve and
Louis, 'Goldfinder, Genii, Glen Isla, flauover, flin-
dostso. 'Henry Ferule, Hampden, Hannibal, Hippolyta,
Harry Warren, liippogriffe, Helen Nicholson, 'lnkeruiao,
'lndian, Iron Duke, Jove. Luis, Jehangeer, John Chisni,
John Ladgett, Knight Commetder, "Krishoe, King Arthur,
Keuyoo, Lady Canning (a), Lady Franklin, 'Lincolnshire,
Lew Chew, Lady l'almerstoo, Latona, Lady ltawlinson,
Leonid.), 'Manill►. 'Morrie England, Macduff, Moors.
Fort, Mabaretta, Mirzapur), 'Monmouthshire, 'Morayshire,
Mauritius (s), Metis, Moulmein (a), Marie Anna, Madras (a),
Medusa, 'Nagasaki. 'Nubia (s), Nemesia(-), Nowadc, New-
castle, Nouvelle Ascension, Nimrod, *Nussur Mujeed,
Oriel*, 'Omar Baba, Osaka, Pricce Arthur (s), •Pride of
Canada, Prinoe Royal, •Punjaub quail of the
Age, Richard Boileau', Renown, Rattlesnake, Raby
Coatis, Royal O►k, Reiver (1), Robert Lees,
Royal Alexandra, Romania, Red Rose, River Clyde,
Sydney (a), Sir Wry. Eve, Southern Cross, Sooloo,
Southern Bells, Sir John Lantana, Sarah and Emma,