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

dismasted and otherwise greatly injur
ed.
The ship Packet, OF Boston, and brig OF
ter, Of Boston. brig Ann, of Boston, and
pr;ze brig Phebe, were considerably DANA
gcd. Ship Romulus, of Newburyport. ship
Ariadnc, Of Boston, schooner Thet,s, OF
Duxhury, Spanish ship Santa Maria, and
Swedish ship Mercurius, received uiiiing
damage. The sloop Maria, of Boston, and
pilot boat Argus were sunk. British ship
Stonnor, has gone aground OF the flats near
the Navy-yard. and has sustained good
deal of damaSr. Brig James, OF Saco, is
badly damaged Schooner, Nancy. OF Ss-
lem, barque Midas. of Boston, brig Wan
derer, of Boston, schooner Three Brothers,
OF Beverly, schooner, Washington, of Ken
nebunk. revenue cutter Massachusetts, and
sloop Sabine, of Biddleford, lost their bow
spirits, and some of them received other
material injury.
The British schooner Ma:chless, was bea-
ten to pieces and sunk. The ship Gaicn.
of Boston, ship Margaret, of Portland,
brig Sewell, of Newburyport. British gov
crnment brig Canso, ship Romeo, of Boston,
and brig Tamahamaha, of Boston, sustain
ed considerable injury. Schr Hal, of
Plymouth, and a schooner at anchor, load
ed with plaster, were dismastcd. The new
ship Old Colony, and ship Oscar. dragged
their anchors some distance, but received
little damage.
the brig Nancy & Mary, Barnicoat,
from Charleston. came up the harbor du-
ring the gale. Her anchor not holding, she
was run aground on Noodles Island, with
out damage, where she remains. A sloop
also came into port during the gale, and
safely anchored on the north side of Long
wharf.
Many other vessels received more or less
injury, which we are unable to particular
ize. But the above, we presume, INCLUDES
all which are very seriously damaged.
Several persons were hurt during the
gale, but we have heard of no one in town
who is wounded dangerously.
We are informed that the gale at the
southwark, particularly at Providence, was
more violent than here. At Providence,
very great damage was done to the ship
ping, wharves and buildings. We are told
that many vessels are entirely lost, and
houses wholly destroyed also that several
lives were lost. We hope that the account
from that place will prove 10 have been ex-
aggerated. We have heard from the east
ward as far as Wells. At that place, it is
sail, man was killed by the falling of a
tree. On the whole coast, much damage
has been sustained in the fields, but no
gre It by the sh piping in the harbors. In
Portsmouth, the buildings are considerably
iniurcd-the shipping little.
We arc told the storm was very severe
at Northampton, early on Saturday morn
ing, and that much damage has been suf-
fered between that place and this. The
wind was SO violent as to upset the Alba
ny stage, as it was passing Brook6eld. Ma
ny trees have been blown down, and the
roads are much obscructed. Several small
buildings were blown down, and many were
unroofed in Cambridgcport, and Charles
town. The southern mail, due Saturday
night. was so detained. that 1t did not ar
rive until near 7 O'clock last evening.
Since the above was written, we learn
by gentleman from Providence that up
wards of one hundred houses, stores, &c.
were destroyed in the gale that the tide
rose upwards of II feet; that nearly all
the vessels in port were either disnasted,
sunk, or driven beyond the bridge which
was also destroyed.