Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-19
RALEIGH, IN. c. Sept. IS.

The STonM.-We hear from almost
every quarter. accounts of The rava c.
Ioccasioned By the late starm, WI h
scems to have taken 4 wide srread arc
destructive sweep. Throughout thecol
TRY is effects arc visib!y marked in the
orostfation of treas and fence, and the
Partial damage Of the standing crops
The towns on our sea-5aard appear to
have been the scenes Of its greatest vio-
Hence, and o! thrse no7e ha. suffered mere
severely than the truly unfortunate tnwr
% Newborn. We have vet received no
accurate Information as to tie extent Of
the damage sustained at This place; but
accounts, authentic. though Imperfect,
lave been received which state the less
|af property to nave bces immense. The
tide. we arc told, was raised by tie vio-
lerce of the storm to an unprecedented
;.eisht; inundating not only al Of the
uharyes, bat streets that had been before
considered Inaccessible to- the water; Sc
yeral houses we're swept of, and large
amount of merchandise lest from The
warehouses on the vharves, the rise o!
the water being too rapid to permit their
removal. Tie shipping is also stated te
have been much injured. many vessels
being stove. and others driven ashore.
and left nearly high and dry.
WILM1xGros. Sept. 9.
THE STORM.-Duriug the night O.
Sunday last, and the morEiag o. the fol-
lowing day, most dreadful storm Of
wind and rain was experienced in tn.
place. The wind Which had prevail.
ed at North East for three or four days.
continued to encrease gradually in vio-
fence until Sunday morning, when twas
accompanied with frequent SHOW ers and
a violent gale. which BY the evening had
encreased to storm--the rain continu-
ing SO abundant as to drive into the most
,ecurc dwellings,. During Sunday right
the wind gradually changed to north, and
then early on acnday morning to north
west, INCREASING in violence with every
change, from 8 to 1e O'Clock; it encreas-
ed its utmost violence duringits change
from northwest to west. About ten
o'clock it gradually caEie round to the
south -west, when tie rain began to cease
and the wind to GENE in puf,s with inter-
walls of or minutes. Fran this time
it gradually ceased in y;eience, aud by
3 O'clock the rain had ceased altogether.
The effects Of the storm have been yisib'y
marked by the general pr"strat!an ctien-
ces ami trees TIE cllimu;es of the Cape
Fear Bank. OF the large house lately own
ed by VIM. Giles, Esq. deceased, OF
ar. Robert Mitchell, o! the stores ccca-
oied by Air. JenRett and Messrs. Mckee
iad Iorrie. were blown down, and The
roof of the last mentioned store was car
red away. The wharyes have been some
,sbat injured. sloop from Bermuda was
sunk, and brig forced from the v"'arf
ma driven some distance below, on the
bore OF MIR. Campbeii's plantation.
Fortunately 10 liycs have been lost,
lor have we heard OF personal injary re-
,eived bv any one in the town. Eut a.
ong the Sand the devastation has been
gide spread and ruinous. The tide rose
n some places to six and others to Il
eet above high water mark, highest in
ne direction OF the salt works of Mcssrs.
jocelyn and GARNER. TEase cent sMen.