Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-09-28
Dreadful Hurricane at New
Orleans
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On "Wednesday night lat about 0
o'clock, a gale commenced, occaGon-
ally accompanied with vain and hail,
ard which continued with mott
dreadful violence for upwards Of
four hours. As we have never wit
melted any thing to equal it, neither
do we believe the Imagination can
picture TO itlelf a (cene more truly
awful and diRrelTlng than that which
its consequences prelenfs.
The market houle, large and fol-
ii building, entirely demo'i(hed, its
brick columns, of two feet diameter
Gwept down as though their weighty
contribution preGented no obfacle
whatever to the overwhelming ele-
ment. The roof carried off from
the church of the convent, the fence
surrounding which, as alto the trees
in the garden, many whereof are re-
markedly large, levelled 70 the ground.
The tin covering Of the theatres, nail
ed on III fuch manner as would GER
tainly have reGted any ordinary
forcs, twiited and torn off as though
'twere mere paper. A great part OF
the brick wall surrounding the garri-
fon beat down.-Part OF the front
wall of Mr.. Pauldings unhniihed
brick houfe in Charles ltreet blown
in, and the building otherwile mate
rally injured. "A houle at the cor
ner of Bourbon and St. Louis frcets
entirely dellroyed. The brick fore
OF Melirs. 1alcott and Bowers, in
Charles itreetKand from which MIR.
Talcott Fortunately efcaped in time to
avoid mott dteadful death) totally
demoliihed A brick houfe in st.
Louis, pear Bourbon freet, partly
blown down Mr.. Donaldlon's
1houie fauboufg St. Mary unroofed
and otherwife damaged-The gov
erpfnent bople partly unroofed-Mr.
Fry'8 brick fore fauoourg st. Mary,
Mr.. Mulon's brick fore, Canal itreet
down--Mr. Elkin8' brick ltore,
Chartres ltreet, blown down. A
brick houle in Chartres hreet, near
Mears. Kenner anu Co partly down
and much, damaged. MIR. Letters
brick building, Bourbon ftreet, part
" blown down. 1t would BE- impo(
fblc to particularize all the damage
that has been done we believe, how
ever. we may afcrt, that there is not
a building in the city or faubourts,
bat what has been more or lels in
jured.
BUT the fcene prcfented 10 us on
WHITING the ihore, who lhall attempt
to delcribc /! The leyee almof en-
tirely deitroyed, he beach covered
with fragments of veflels, merchan-
die, trunks, sc. and here and there
the eye falling on mangled corP!e.
In fhort what a few hours before was
lie aud property, preicntIng 70 the
aitonmhed fpectator only death and
ruin.
The damage fulained by the flip
ping is immeufe. The u. brig En-
terPrize, alhore, u S brig Viper,
much damaged, u S. ketch Htna,
funk, privatecr Felix, alhore, much
damaged, pjyateer Bucklkin, lot,
fhip Gen Knox, of Portland, much
damaged, lcnr. Cumberland, loft,
orig Mechanic, or Kennebunk, dam
aged, together with upwards of 400
other veiitI5, notify fquare-rigged,
funk, driven on ihore, or otherwile
dam1ged-all the fnall craft crulhed
70 atoms-all the chipping below the
city, high and dry in the woods i
In the country planters houies are
demoliihed and the crops of fugar de-
itroyed Two days before the hurri-
cane an intended infurreGion among
the negroes was dilcovered-the mil
tia were ordered out, & their deGgns
frultrated. 1t is impoGlble to calcu-
late the amount Of property loft, but
it is luPPofed to exceed I millions