Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-13


Iperished. Dead bodies of men, women
and children, were found lying in every d.
rrcsion when the storm abated. As the
suu rose higher, so the who'd and rain,
which had all along accompanied i IN tor.
rents, gradually abated, ADD before noon
returned TO the nor,hward, and by Friday
evening, blew again steadily, and without
violence, from the northeast, where il now
continues. During the hurricane there was
no ,haodsr and lightning, although some
was experienced on Friday nighs.
la relating the account of the great da-
mage sustained, we mast not omit to men.
,ion the Effects OF .histornado at his ma
iss,y's naval hospital. Several Of the wards
were partially unroo.ed, and 10 soa,e plac
es the loof fell 10, 30 the imminent danger
of the sick beneath. Fortunately, howe.
yer, by the activity of the officers and men
Il ache,l To the hospital, the Sex were
removed in time 10 save ,hem, and we are
therefore happy to say 90 lives were LOST.
The wall surrounding the hospital has faL
len in various paris, leaving breaches CT 70
fee, vide. Thc trees are torn up by the
roots, and the place exhibits one conuoued
acenecf devastation. The extensive wall
of Dents g,rdsn is Injured materially,
and ia some parts level viii The ground.
Black Town, Ssin. Thome, and the
Mouc,, seem all 10 have suffered alike
a, the ia.ter place the asg staff IS blown
down. In rhe roads carts spset, aud car
lie dead were every where lying; all the
sentry boxes were blown down as were
The steps gong up to The sigoal s,aH OF the
fort; and the large box, 10 which the cs-
tors are there deposited, was 'hTown on
the parade. Asno market could be held,
so macy families, Eutopean add oslives,
were wiihput food nearly The whole Ct
Friday.
a Pariah vessel lying in the roads was
suaoded, and tAe brig Cyrus, which pui
70 sea Oh the appearance Of the Storm, re-
,urced 20 the roads 90 Sunday moraing,
with he loss nf her u,asts, aud halt fuh OF
wafer. Some idea cray be formed of the
strength of the current. and torce OF the
surf, from the circumstance Of large PoT.
lion of he ribs Of ship, supposed 10 be
the Farke, caps. Elliott, which waa buros
in the roads in 1899, were thrown ashore
close TO Mr.. parry's Go downs.
To sn,er icso regular dc:si! Of all the
mischief occssioned, would much exceed
our limits, or our descriptive powers
We cannot, however, By, lameus that a
amongst, other cons quroces Of the storm,
Df. Aederson's beautiful gsrden was de-
slroyed. This we consider great loss,
10 a national po,nt Of view; TO the indivi.
dual is must be Distressing indeed 70 see
the labor of years, thus destroyed 10
single night.
Ofthe misery in which the natives are In
yoved, we can give no adequate icea I'M
less indeed, the following circumstance which
mas reached us, Of the horrid resolution conse.
quent to despair, in an inAIvidual, be consi-
dered as proof of the general sense in'which
they view their caamities. A native woman,
after the storm, raised pile Of woodin gen
tleman's coach house, and, getting underneath
it, with her child, had the desperate resoln-
ton to set fire to it ; and thus burnt herself
and infant to death.
Of the distance the storm has reached, we
are at present unable to state.-We have
heard that it scarcely reached to the north.
ward further than Pulicat ! to the southwark
it had not been felt at Pondicherry, as the
American brig Brutus anchored in the roads
early on Sunday morning, direct from THENCE
had act encountered any gale in her passage,
In westerly direction, we are informed,
it has reached as far as Conjeveram, where
its ravages have been much felt
During Monday considerable quantity of
rain iell, but unaccompanied with any violeut
wind,-Yesterday the sky was somewhat clou-
dy, but dad not present an appearance of
further storm, although it was the full of the