The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-02 00:00:00

TILE HURRICANE AT NEW YORK.

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The wharfs on the North River are all injured. The
brig Bee, is slightly injured in her bows, hp being
tiristost agile* tier Hoek. At Whitehall Dock, the
sloop Farmer's Daughter, was dismasted. and a ferry
boat sunk. At Coentics Slip. the sloop Leopard, of
Troy, was completely wrecked, anti the President. of
Troy. and sloop New Jersey, of Egg Harbour, were
considerably dislodged, having their sterns knocked in.
an:l bowsprits and booms dirtied away. The chooser
Four Brothers, of Kennebeck, and some other small
craft in theseme slip, were, more or leis injured.—
Brig Hero, at Governeur's Wharf, bad the stern
knocked in ; and the sloop Caroline, with moieties and
sugar, sunk at the same wharf. The ship Gleaner,
and ship Jones, were considerably damaged. A sloop
sunk in Coffee-house Slip, name not ascert..ined. The
ship Chase, baster, rode oat the gale, and came up
Gilt forenoon ; also brig Day. They were the only
vessels at quarantine that weathered the gale. The
wharfs on the Fast River are very much injured, some
entirely destroyed. One oldie two French ships of
war at quarantine was driven from her aneitorage to
the Public Store Dock. Howes were unroofed and
blown.over, in the upper part of the city. One in
Broadway, near the Lead Factory, was blown down
and killed ten cows. The chimney of the house 202.
Broadway, was blown over and fell through to the
second door ; fortunately the house was unoccupied in
the upper stories. A new building, corner of Dover
and Front-street, partly demolished, and the front of
the store of IV. an I G. Post, in Water-street, adjoin-
ing thn it tle eking. was blown in. Mrs. Dawning's
hottite on the Bowery, was blows down ; the 'family
occupying the npper part made their escape into the
yard but a moment before it fell. A Mr, Taylor, in
Ludlow-strut, was struck with lightning during the
storm, and badly burnt. A man was struck by a sign
board in the Bowery, end had his arm broken.

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• At Powles Hook, Jersey, tftept. 4.
thia SlN—Vise gale at this place psterilay
after naim. retipists2sX awful seat leawAlkinfla. Thewind
was fruits N. K, accompanied with Wail sad rain, which
fell in ,orreists. The &inure is very extensive.—
ship Yukio, that lay at one of the piers, from Mo-
bile, neat With and dry on one of the broken docks.
The stoup Stephen, Ireland, from tireat Egg Harbour,
loa,:cd it ith lath, shin‘le9, &I% is ashore, with stern
and how hunched in.—The schooner Enterprise, Jen-
kins; *A.)41:141. Eliza, Salter; and pettianger Itnso
mond, Seaman, are complete wrecks. The lanneli of
the I". S. ship Franklin. 74, lying in the North River,
while carryi:ag out caries to snore the ship, drove
from her, and rime ashore near the Perry stairs ;
ven of the sues are missing, supposed to he drowned.
Poor or live some small craft all stove to pie.'es. 'I he
i,:ss to the. Strain-I:oat Company is very great. Their
wood is witalied away, and their small row hoats stove.
Th.. steam-boat ;ay in the slip, and by keeping her
ve,:to on her, and playing the engine oil sh,re, w.t.
saved withont damage. A ship lays near the old vil-
lage of Communipaw, and the town itself ha., receive'
more or 1... damage. A large topsail schooner lie,
ashore in the core, high and dry.