Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-16

began to assume a very tempestuous as
pect, and through the night the wind IN
creased, and blew with great Violence from
the North and North West, accompanied
with incessant showers Of rain. Tuesday
morning held forth no hopes of an inter-
mission, as it had only changed its direc-
ton and blew with equal violence from the
South West, varying frequently South
In the early part of the day a schr. belong
ing to MIR. Chadwick, ofSt. Bartholomew
was forced on shore. and between Two
and three O'Clock, the ship Bedford, capt.
Dixon, having on board $50 hogsheads OF
Sugar, and about SO pipes OF Madeira, was
driven from her anchor, and forced on
shore near Fort Smith, where she soon at
Ter went to pieces, hardly a vestige OF her
remalning-providentlally capt. Dixon and
his crew got safe on shore, and some part
of the wine will be saved. a sloop belong
ing to Mr.. MsGic soon followed, and IS
since entirely destroyed.
The American briggs Centre and Ceres,
TO avoid the impending danger II possible,
put to sea about this time, but the former
could not make her escape as she was fore
ed on shore, at Salt-Ponds, and has since
gone to pieces. The approaching night
presented a most gloomy appearance to the
other ships in the Road, as every mark Of
destruction seemed TO await them from the
increasing violence of the wind and swell !:
they were seen, before tie evening closed,
10 labour and pitch very much. About
one o'clock that night, our anxiety was kept
alive Tor the fate OF the unfortunate persons
on board them, as it then blew a perfect
hurricane, almost every fence being blown
down, several small houses carried away by
the torrents of water that rushed down, oc-
casioned by the unceasing deluge of rains.
and many other houses entirely stripped.
Wednesday morning, presented a scene of
horror TO the Imagination. Not a vesselin
the road, and the beach entirely covered
with Wreck! The William Pitt, captain
Abercromble, a ship loading here for Lon
don! Law on shore above the Pond the
aurora, captain Thompson, a fine new ship
her first voyage, with a cargo worth forty
thousand pound sterling, also on shore
lower down and the Young Nicholas,
(the ship recaptured andsent in here on the
9th ult. by his Majesty's ship Hippomenes,
capt. Ayscough, with a valuable cargo of
Mahogany and logwood on board) laying
on the Bar, besides the above, we have to
enumerate the loss of the ship Nelson, capt.
Lennon, at Deep Bay :sloop William Ash
ton, capt. liauit, of St. Croix, at Sandy.
Point and at Salt Ponds, besides the brig
above mentioned, are the wrecks of two
American Schooners, Mr.. Dawes sloop
Mr.. Rogers brig Jason, Mr.. Coventry's
schooner, whose names we have not been
able to learn.
Accounts received from the different
quarters of the island, detail the many ra-
wages made By the torrent of water from the
mountains and the damages more or less
sustained In the mills and works Of almost
every estate in the island. We cannot pre-
tend to calculate the loss on this distressing
occasiontbut suppose it will fail little short
OF 80 or 1oo. oool. Sterling. 1t is with,
pleasure we state, that there have been but
two victims who have lost their lives on
this occasion; the one a white man who
had the command of the prize ship Young
Nicholas-the other a negro belonging to
Douw Theroulde, Esq. We almost fear
to hear the accounts from n~eighbourlng
islands, as no doubt they have suffered in
proportion.
a Privateer, belonging to Mr.. Dougan
of Tortola, foundered in the gall, one ne
gro only we can learn picked up she was
seen on Tuesday throwing her gus over
board.
NORFOLK. October II.