Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-04

they did us no mary, s. the, would neys: have been
remembered, but tor the ports VIII ca have sine :
reached us OF their desniatng eff cts elsewhere. IL
was on the Esd, when the was about to pas IN
Line, that the Storm ught up TO its high
est pit:h, ard fell with such destructive fury upon
the States in the North. As far South as New.
York, the injury was not unusually great. Many
trees in that City were blown down, and the tide
rose to IN unconmor IA ight but death ard desiruc-
ton did not secn In hovSrin the blast.
The tornado passed with peculiar. ferry over the
Se.-corts OF Phods-islsnd, G ,nnecSieut and Mas
sachusetts--tt Was scarcely felt as far West a,
northampton Mass lit seemed To be consne, To
district around the margin on the coast. On the
coast itself II had full scopethere, the winds and
The waters appeared 10 vie with each other in mre-
mosity. How tar 1t has extended 10 sea- we dread
to hear
IN Boston, trees on the Mall, most Of them or
10 teet m girth, were tcrn MP by the roots Only
vessels, tHat were at anchor in the str am l.lsl
on anC rode it out.-N eary 100, that were IN the
harbour or nj the wharves, were sun, drrc1 ashore
or damaged. Most 81 the sunken vesse:s have how
ever been since raised. Subsequent accounts
Too considerably abate the calculations of the
damage done. Though the houses TO the ,yrl-
wa'u' ana ~ exposed points, sulgerc, ,uucI,
Yet'"o-tiitds OF the buildings o. the t0wh lid not
sostain dollars los each
liz New-Bedford, NJ, the vessels in TIC harbor
except two. wercash0re or beaten 10 Iieccs All
the ware-houses ON The lower whaiycs, with their
So.'Sh'S' Welf SWEPT oil men and 1 wOman Pc
nsaed--the tide 2 10 Ii feet higher shan usual
At Newport, MIR. a. V. Aliens wife anil ciil-
u'en, and young Sirl OF ~ who resided With hi,l
were swept into the rcmOrseless Aool--hc has los.
b Sides. the whole OF his property.
In dorchester, IL houses unroccd 60 ch,anics
nio'Vn over 10 barns uroDfcd Or de,nuisi,el more
tnah 3uUO luit and forest trees pfOituted Ia Mar
Diehs@h, IL vessels driven shore and some big
ed--in Gloucester, Gun-boit No. IL, biiyed.--In
LAWYERS, majestic trees which hat! braveti the tenn
pest hundred years, thrown down.---Ia Roxbury.
s'"'Sc new harm, with 10 tons of hay and several
nnfees, were moved Ieet.---On .Iamaica Plains,
Mr i-ovrlFs 81 CANT cuuut,y sest almost heap Of
runs, lac great Tree, about II Feet ia e4h,
near Oheisea Ferry !ote, and upon the centre
n'nDs q Which a port leo was er, ctc,i that Syolld
hold 20 persons. was blown down la IoIlanj,
Con the meeting house unrr,nf.d AT canps Col.
ana an. Anne, the storm was felt in all lis Violence
a ne spray OF saltwater reached Andover, impart-
ing Saiiish taste 10 every ti.g it descended upoo,
anu n'S,ninS every fibre Of vegctaGon---lu Salem,
mc out'des Of the windows was covered with fine
SAL, (which IT seems conveyed from the occar,
ana te leaves 81 the trees from this cause are curl
ell and erisped as with general bast''
But the heaviest blow fell upoa Providence, r
lie number of buildings destroyed, great and
suiAi, Including the meetng-house, is estimate, by
tie = american" at social the ships, Except
or ~ on the tops OF the wlaryes-the qret Brid.e
T w connects the two parts Of the town, In'ia-
Iorhise and Aiii-Bridge, swept from their foauda-
at 35,GC0,05O
and yet, "du'ing Gie gloom and uproar of this
tempes', says the Boston Cen,nel, '' llie SUI fire.
iNenty burst through the clouds in Ne spl,.ndent
iustre, i; it 'to show the wild winds the wrecks
they were making"