The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-10-16
1Bv the Gl9aiIs.
caAnLrsror. Sept 2s.


ind rain, ives experienced last night and THIS
morning, hat hos ever, withio the recollection
Of the oidest insabiiao,s, occurred in this city.
The wind commenced blowing about | ! o.
clock from the North East, with violence, and
shifting 10 The Moth and Nor,h-Wes,, ragged
with the most ungoyefnsble fury, but p'inci.
psIly from the No'tl,-SVcs, until sbout half
pas, . o'clock this morning. The prevalence
of The Storm solely from ,hese points, without
the wind veering round TO ihs Eo'th East
and East IS thought sery extraordinary. It's
owing 10 this fact that il, destructive effects
have been experienced chiefly witbio the city,
and particularly in those parts Of IL most ex.
posed 10 the West and North NVou. The
damage sustained BY Tho shipping IN the
harbof has iroui this cause not been very ex-
tensivc.
We shall endesyor 10 lay before our readers
such particulars Of The injury experienced IN
the ciiy and the hal bor as our limited tio,e has
enabled VS. 10 obtain.
The houses sitosie5 io Hampstead, Wrag-
borough, and Mazycborcugis have, We undc'.
stand, sustained most Of tho ssyerify oi tho
storm. 1t is with feelings OF the deepest re-
greet we have 10 state, that two .toty wood
on house in Hampstead, belonging TO and oc.
cupied by Mr. Laval fell in, and dreadful to
relate, two Of bis childcen, q negro wepch and
her child, and young gentleman (Mr. Will
son by name) were Immediately crushed 10
death. Mr. and Mrs. Laval were ext,ics,ed
from the fallen building --the latter, however,
was 80 sbocsingly bruised, as to survive but
few bours---,nd Ms Laval lies, at present in
avery dangerous safe.
Hare follow detail Of the destruction Of
Properly and tbe loss OF lives.
The dcvaslation by this storm is so unpre-
'cedenicd Throughout, the city, that wc lind II
Impossible to enter into fu'thcr details.
There is no. a house SCARCELY in the place,
bat what has sufsfcd IN sotoe degree. The
streets are almost impossible from The num-
ber OF trees, &c. which have fallen Most of
the public bui.ding, sie considerably injured
in their Windows, Sc.
MIR. Ca,houn,the keeper ofthe LiSb, House,
came up this morning, aod reports, that the
buiidGs has been SO materially i: jorod, az To
r. event tho light fson beiog exhibited for
two or three days.--The Beacon has been
carried away Tho kitchen attached TO Tie
dwelling house ot Mr.. Calhoun, and the cbm-
ney OF me latter hud been entirely hlown
down. The Lszie.to and store house a, the
came plaee are likewise carried away.
Sullivsn's Island did not escape the effects
Of the storm. We have gathered the follow
ing melancholy and sfncing particulars from
that place:
The housc Of Lewis Morris, Esq. o, the
Ea, end of the IsI,od, was blown dowo, and
Ms. Morris, her eldest son, . Mr.. t---,
the L ench ,u,ot, and ore servant were euri.
Ell 10 the ,tuins. Mrs. Thomas Middleton,
who was in the house during the storm, uud
Is supposed 10 have icf, il for place Of great
81 safety, was found dsowned in o p91d neas
the place. .
Me-. B,yc and family had most pto,idsn.
tial escare--,hey had just lett the she'd ioom
IN which they slept, for a place of greater
safety, wheo the whole Of il Tell.
There follows a melancholy list Of d;sas-
,ers occasoncd 10 the shipping ia tho har-
bor
The United S,s,es schooner Grampus rode
gut the gale 10 safety
The stores on most Of the whirves are
mo'e or less iujured---oy being unroofed and
other wise damsged.
Thete was bu. ooe stroke OF lightning dur
ine hs raging Of the storm, sod thst struck
the United States schooner Grnmpus, and
shivcTcd hcr misen ,op-ma,t
The Thermometer rose from 20 degrees
at 10 O'Clock, to ~ | Q at I o'clock,
The b,rome,vr fell In the same time, from
80 Is To 30 so.
The lido rose and fell abou, ooe o'clock six
fset in as minutes.
Later accounts, by the Steam boat Fulton,
winch arrived here on Sunday last, are gwen,
of the immense destruction OF property, which
is Of too erca, length for insertion 10 our pa.
per OF this day. They conclude with the fol-
lowing
Upwards Of one hvndred dwelling houses
IN the city have been unroofed, and about ono
thousand have been rendered pcrvious to the
rain, by the loss OF tiles or stating.
Among the public boildings, the besu,iful
City Hall ba, been considerably injured 10 the
Yool and the north sashes driven IN. NOT one
place OF worship has escaped the indiscrimi-
nate fury Of the storm. fhe Theatre has
been ussIs,cd and otherwise Injured. Tho
states sni toof Of tho Jail and work house
were tlcsruycd and tho buildings Otherwise