The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-10-16

vflt8gc WIN IeebOse slb fNoDSIy cASNcu
toy ibose dreadful occunences which 81 was, 80
| lately, his lot 10 witness, he will not attempt
to do more, OF present, thso to furnish The
! outlines of The heart.Teading scenes Of this G.
vcBifoi night.
The weather had been for week or ten
days very unpleasant, the wind blowing occa.
sionsify fresh from the l.. end S. K. but as
there sppeered homo of those indications
which usually precede hurricane, and as the
mercury iD The thermometer continued low,
very Ii,lle apprehension was entertained even
Of sunset on Friday evening, tho 9Th ult. ell
though the weather was bad, yet still there
appeared no cause 10 sppiehend gale, at the
close Oi the day there vas heavy shower
from the 3. K. accompanied by some wind af.
ter which the weather sppeafed better; be.
tween ten and eleven o'clock, however, we
had squat from the northeast, from Which
quarter tho wind continued to blow high ill
ABOUT twelve, when we experienced sno,her
more vioIon, squal from about east, The mer-
Guy about this hour had risen to 7s, and con-
rinued TO rise for some time sf;er. From ~
the wind continued grsdoslIy to change TO the
S. L. aod 5. increasing IN violence as it shift
ed from S. 4. IL blew With ffighifui and uo-
precedcnted violence most Of the injury
caused by the wind must have occurred q.
bout two O'Clock in ihs mofDing, and while
II blew from this quarter. As The time OF
high wafer had been about seven O'Clock 10
the evening, the inhabitants epprehended 90
danger f,om the tide, as from the violence OF
the gale, II was presumed thar il could not
continue Until the period OF the succeeding
high water IN this expectations, however, II
pleased the Almighty TO disappoint them, snd
by the awlut result 10 prove how faIlacious are
all human calculations.
The tide could have eboed very lutte, IL al
all, when the waters returned with irresistible
violence, atId between three aud four O'Clock,
in the morning had reached a heigbnfar ex.
ceeding bat IN the great gale OF 1904, aod
We believe Of any other lid; within the Ioep,.
ory OF the Oldest Inhabitants; q ve,y small
portion iDdeed pf the Inhabited part Of the Is
land reusined above the ocean. The gale be
gan TO subside, we believe, about bsH ef,ei
three O'Clock, the wind blowing theo from s.
w. Ii was opprcssIvely warm during the
gsc, sud many OF those luminous bodies, o
meteors unusual in our fall gales, passed near
the surface Of tho earth. The gale was of
shorter duration and accom- panied by less rain
han usual.
The buildings OF the following persons
were either destroyed by ,he wind and sea or
materially injurcd:--
Dr. Ford Dr.. Aston G. w. Hcrio,
Rev. G. Capers; Robert Hsriot D. +. Ira.
pier Rev. NJ III. Lance; Mrs. L. Myers
Mrs. Sarz,dss, (,hrce lives lost y II. A. Fay.
ior /; +. y. Godda,d I. Solomon A. Marvin
p Cu,'ino; Mrs. Henry Rev. J. S. Capers;
Liar Joseph; Geo. L. Carr; Mrs Savage
Smith h. l.. Josephs; Mrs. Thurs,on
Thomss Harot; III. Ingles5y !; M,s. Blyth
]. M. Taylor DIR. Thomas &c. Coggshall
and John Porter, Jun.
The church WAS destroyed and every vest.
ice carried of Wy the water.
a. dc Rosa--Buildiue destroyed and catri-
I ed away by the water. This benevolent, in.
dus,rious and honest man. and negro lad,
the only Inhabitants, ore both lost.
Moses Foo--Every ou,building destroyed:
| the dwelling house thrown iiom is iouhda.
| lion, shsuered onJ removed some distance F;
| the p'azzis and sheds blown away. 10 this
| house there were FIVE deaths, to wit: Mrs
| oisfo,d relict If the late Rev. E.dmund
Belslord; Miss Sco.r. daughter Of David
! Scott and thee se,vsms.
Dr.. l.. Myess~-E Every building torn TO pie.
ces ty the sea, and every vestige Of them de.
I Nroyed, and this respectable and worthy man,
with ese'y member OF the family drowned,
In this house fifteen lives were lost, VIZ Dr..
odd Mrs. Myers three daughters, son, and
nine servants.
Il. +. Withers---The dwelling.house, .
ve,y large new building, and every ou,.buia-
ing destroyed, aud not vesi'ge rensinipg.
Here again il is our melancholy duty to state
the loss OF many vauablelives. There werc in
! thi, house eighteen persons, Of whom -four
have been most miraculously saved
Those saved s,e Mr.. Withcrs end three
| negroes; those lost, we lament to say, are
| Mrs. Wnhers, her fonr amisbTe diogh,ers
| snd one son, Mr.. Wthcrs Shsckleford, ueph.
ew Of Me-. Withers,) Mr.. Wish, and Rve ne
groes. Mr.. Wmhcrs about Daylight was
heard calling for help In Dubourdicn's Creek,
near The ocean, little above the se,demcm
on tha, island, and was rescued, We under.
stand, by LieM. Levi, ofthe U. S. Navy. I.
l appcars that he had cluno IN A p,ere oT ,ip,.