The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-08-07
Terrible Hurricane :! 4!
From the st. Bartholomew paper.

GustGvia, Ja!y Is, 1911.
On Sunday last the 18th inst We were visited by
one ot those scourges OF the elements, which have
been so often and severely felt II began about
O'Clock in the morning TO blow very fresh from v.
~ J.. increasing as it came round further north. At
n. 1t blew from to ii, very hard, but not without
some appearance that il would moderate at noon,
which IT indeed seemed to do but after IL O'clock
the wind got to the westward OF north, and connu-
ed gong westward unti 1t reached to N. W. f0m
thence ragged with dreadful fury (inc'ining further
westwaid) until Midnight, when il suddenly shii; ed
to tie southws ard and eastward, and then aba,ed
We have endeavoGed 20 collect correct account
OF the Vessels sunk, ashore, aground and bilccd,
and give the following as the best We could obtain,
viz.
shps-Catharine Shepherd, Foresight, 104 hhds.
and 81 hbis. sunk; Here, Burnham, l57 hhds. mo-
iasles, and l37 hhds mol. S. s. and l8O bbs. beef,
sunk Experiment, Rydcr, e h'Gs sugar, aground
Richard, Dickson, empty, sunk /; Northern Liber-
ues' Bunker, full of pr r',is,ons, bilged Noun,
vernon, fNpp, n.o!asscs, aground Enterprze,
Lane, ballast, Ishose; Stas, 1uete, ballast, wreck
ed oally, i., yi., DsIiaat, ashore asofais.r, 80,
ballast, wrecked Ia Rosa, Ross, ashore Ann,
hean, ashore Malta, Jones, ashore Emily Ben-
thain, loaded, suas sally, Antoine, ashore Chel-
sy, Coit provisions aground Combra, Portuguese,
ashore Eclipse, kouche, entirely wrecked Re-
beccaa, empty, wrecked.
Brgs- -liebecca, Wilkinson, wrecked Echo,
Little, DIS puncheons rum, ashore Mentor, Hi!l,
IL hhds. sugar, ashore Guernsey, CoIinette, rum
ana coffee, not piece left.
ship -Rcsoiution, (empty) ashore SIS. tiyen-
tule, Mncgell, aground Tom, ashore John Bar
SELL ashore Neptune, Canon, shingles, bbged
Trimer, Mariana, ashore Dolphin, Mardent,
shore Whm, pogorty, ashore Ann Hora,io,
Walker, ashore Olco, Lana. ashore sch. Of the
Nlesens, Of Mr. Herds three smaller vessels,
whose names could not be obtained ashore brig
Fame, Fowler, put out has since returned with
loss f foremast, main top-mast, and otherwise
terally damaged sch. EAdeia, Dewever (sn in
trer:d young seamsn) put out and returned without
loss OF any kind Bell Blake, put out and returned
in good order, having lost small trunk containing
1855 dollars; brig Washington, Scott, laden, put
out ana returned. Capt Deweyer saw a brig sup
posed TO be the Elizabeth, which put out, ballast,
upset keel up; sloop Chance, Thomas, put out,
since returned, not damaged
The damage done the shore was not so materi-
al as vas .pprehended Several wharves were in
Jurcd, and four of them entirely swept away by the
sea, and the force Of vessels driven against them.
No houses were blown down-but one Of Mr. Win.
hcids stores was unrootcd, and one of Mr. Harvcy's
next TO it, was removed Ut its place, and Sery
much shattered.
The cultivation Of the interior has suffered, and
the toll and industry of the husbandmen fell equal
victims to the relentless violence of the wind The
damages done, and loss sustained on this mesncho-
iy occasion are estimated at one hundred and sixty
thousand dollars We learn that the cultivation at
St Martins has suffered materially, and that
al roofs were brown away. Nothing heard from
any Of the other Islands.