Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-23

or otherwise much damaged. One or two
houses were Frustrated on Beaufain-street.
Alter leaving Bcaufain street, the houses be-
ing less compactly situated, the marks of its
ravages arc not so distinctly to be traced.
though it appears to have lost nothing of its
violence The Mansion-House of the Hon.
Judge DEsAussuRE, was violently ;issailed,
and suffered very considerably one cf the
chlmnies was thrown down; and part of
the family, who were at the time in an upper
room OF the house, were precipitated with the
iaiiing bricks through two floors into the
Kitchen. Providentially no lives were lost,
excepting that of negro girl. Several other
houses in the outskirts of the CITY, were ,.i-
eher unrooted or much injured and we al
SO understand that much injury has been
sustained in the Village of Islington, but we
were unable last evening to obtain any fur
| Their particulars.
The most painful part of our duty vet
remains-it is, to record the deaths which
nave been cccasioncd by this dreadful disas-
tter-they are, so far as has come to our
| knowledge, as follows:
Miss MARGARET ozzENs, aged 81 years
killed in house adjoining Fort Mechan-
Doctor CoNToN, native of France; a
worthy. man-killed by the falling of his house
MIR. PETERSON, anative of C ermanv, GRO
Ger, at the corner of Magazine and Mazvck
streets.
a free Dluiatfo Man, in. Church-street-
Continued.
French 1futaffo Girl, in KiEg-street.
| L wo bfniafto Children, either killed OF.
drowned, by the falling of small wooden
thouse which was blown into the Mill-Pond
az Cannon's Bridge.
a Negro 1Gan, belonging to Mr.. Dcner,
Mazyck-stfeet
We have also heard of two or three other
Negroes killed, but did not learn to whom
| they belonged.
BESIDES which, great number of persons
have either had their limbs broken, OF. been
very much bruised and we fear that others
nave persisted, whose bodies have not vet
been discovered
I This dreadful visitation is more ofi;ct;po,
than even the ravages of a CONFEDERATION.
The TORNADO struck suddenly: nassed
through the City with the rapidity of light
| nng, and in an instant, involved in destructi-
ON and death, both the habtaton and the
inhabitant. No notice of the approaching
danger was given, and before friendship and
! humanity could fly to the relief of the suffer-
crs, all was involved in ruin. 1t was prece-
ded by momentary deceitful calm, and was
attended by steady rumbing noise resem-
bling that ola carriage rafting over pave
megt.
Last evening the wind shifted to the S. w.
ana although it continued to blow with some
violence, we trust that the Storm has spent its
force.
we did not gain any intelligence from. Sui
lIvan,s Island last evening; but as the tide did
not rise SO high as on some former occasions.
we hope that the citizens at present upon the
Island, have escaped without injury.
what effect this severe storm may have
had upon the crops on our sea-board, remains
to be seen; we think the damage sustained
must be very considerable.
we trust that our scattering brethren up
on the Coast, have been enabled to weather
the storm-the shipping in the harbour have
sustained but little injury few small craft
were sunk at the wharves.
Courier