Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-09-07

Mr. McPhail's warehouse, chimney blown
down and roof much injured.
MIR. Mcintosh's late Whittie's) warehouses.
gable end OF the larger fell out upon the roof
oil the smaller, broke il III, and knocked down
the chimney.
Mrs. Capron's dwelling, two chimnies blown
down; and the house next it, on Martins lane.
ditto.
House belonging to Col Wright, Main oo-
Poslte Bank-Street, gable end down
On Bank-Street, two houses, a chimney
each, and the gable end of an unfinished brick
house all belonging to Mr.. Farmar.
DIR. Gregory's house, chimney, and half
the length of the parapet. The greatest suf-
ierer by this accident, is Mr.. Bonsal, upon
whose book store the bricks fell and crushed
1t MIR. b. narrowly escaped being buried
in the rubbish
house adjoining the residence of Mrs.
Read, occupied by VIM. Maxwell, ESQ. the
gable end fell in-NIr. NJ. had withdrawn only
a minute before from desk upon which the
bricks all fell
Mrs. Kelly's dwelling, chimney.
The Town Hall, chimney blown down and
roof very much injured.
House occupied by Capt Anderson, two
chimneys
James Woodward's house occupied by 7.
Johnson, Esq. Collector, one chimney down.
and roof much injured.
hrist-Church received considerable .da-
mage part of the west gable end fell in,
ana crushed the organ TO atoms-and nearly
one half of the roof was blown of. The organ,
we understand, cost S 5000.
Dr. Barraud's large brick house on Smiths
point, occupied by Commodore Sinclair was
partly unroofed, all four of the chimnies blown
down, and premises otherwise injured.
The u: ). magazine formerly thea Old
Distlilery,") was partially unroofed-there
were 400 or 1900 barrels of powder in it,
Mr. Josiah Cole'shousa, gable end fell down,
and roof blown of.
Col. Camps house, both chimnics down
one Tell upon the she'd of the next house, i'm
which Mrs. f'itzhugh keeps ii schoulZthe
bricks broke through and fell into the room
where Mrs. F. and 5 OF her pupil, were sitting.
but not one of them were hurt
Ir ". G. Camps new blacksmith shop
gable end fell down--Mr H. Hult's brick
kitchen, ditto
Doctor Hudges's dwelling, . chimnies; Mr..
r. ;. Taylor's, do; Mr. A.Taylor, j. . do;
the Farmers Bank, : do. and Custom House
l do.
we regret 70 state also, that Colley's bridge
IS carried away. This is serious loss to Mrs.
Coliey, the proprietress, and will be Il great
Inconvenience to many of the inhabitants
Catherine-St bridge, too. was lifted I'D by
the wafer and dritted, entire, over upon Tai
bot-St.
Several small frame tenements were blown
down, but no person hurt.
"A very considerable amount in merchandise
IN the lower stories of warehouses on thn
wharves has been either LOST or damaged by
the Tide, which rose fully a foot higher than il
mas ever been known to be. The principal
sufferer IN this way is Mr. James Burnett. A
large quantity Of tobacco in the public ware
house ON the Town point has also got da-
mayed by the tide
Besides the above losses, the palings and
fences all over town have been laid fiat ma
ny slated houses have been almost uncovered
windows demolished; the contents of Lumber
yafds, drIiied away; wharyes Injured Sc.
&c short there is not family which Is
not a loser III some shape or other.
Cur streets present melancholy appear
ahcs scarce a tree that is not up-roo,ed, or
limbs torn off
la Portsmouth and Gosport there has also
been much damage done TO the houses hv
chimnies falling; among the sufferers we lean
are, Aicss'rs j. Collins, Tapley Webb, Swift.
DICKSON, Benson, Liuscott, and Mrs Gray.-
"A poor woman, whose name we have not
learnt, was Killed by the fall of her chimney
while her infant, which she held in her ar,n..
escaped unhurt!
The protecting hand of Providence was
never more manifest on any occasion, than in
the preservation Ofthe lives of his ere. lures
On inns occasion ; for except this poor fcmae,
ana al 'hs negro woman Killed on board the James
harvey, (as mentioned abovc) not a single in
diyidUal has experienced thele harm amidst
the whole of this scene of danger-thoueh
there were many hair breadth escapes.
At W 2siilngton Point, Capt Walte's house
DioWh down Mrs. Hardings, do. Mrs Toys
chimney, DO. Mrs. Allmand's, do Mrs h..
he.berts house much injured MIR. AIRING
tons brick Kitchen blown down.-Marina
Hospital much injured windows blown IN.
partially unroOfed, &c.
we have thus detailed our own suTerings
ana misiortuncs-(the aggregate amount of
winch Is estimated at little short of 8 20O,OOOl
what those in other towns have been. we
almost dread TO bear From the mariner and
the farmer too, we anticipate the most disas-
lrous udings. The crops of Indian corn we
l'aF are totally raIned Norfolk Herald.
-, % The preceding statement contains all
inc details oil the effects of the tornado which
i was IN our power 10 collect on Monday. and
was issued in the form of an extra to our cor
'e8pondent5 and such of our distant subscri-
lHrs as we had an opportunity of forwarding
t to, by mail or otherwise.
Yesterday, upon further enquiry. we ascer-
AIMED the following additional particulars
n Fort Nelson, the wooden roof of the.
magazine was blown OFF and all the chimnies
o the dweiing-house occupied by Col. NI'Rea
we're blown down, aud the roof materially in
ured Several large trees were torn uJ by
he roots, and the works much dcfaced.
y brick house belonging to Mr.. f.. Firth.
formerly Finches) had two chimnies blown
Town; large frame house belonging to the