American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-10-22
THE HURRICANE.
FROM THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN.

i The accounts that we published in our last, iror
Darlen, and its neighborhood, have been fully cor
| 6rmed by the arrival of the southern mail yester
Iday. We learn that the loss Of lives at Mr.. Snow
we're his wlfe's sister, his own child Two youn
brothers, and MIR r. Merrill, who were a
drowned. Mr.. saved himself by clngng to In
trees. Mrs Snow was found in The morning o
Mr.. Nephew's plantation where she had floaed o
a part OF the root Of one OF their buildings.
i The following account OF losses is in addition /
what we have already published
Mrs. Chase Of Patlerson's Island, her child an
two negroes were drowned
Mr.. Nephew's barn and stables blown down, an
one neg killed Capt. Hudson, all his cotto
houses gone and eleven neg oes killed.
j Mr.. w. Carnochan, al the fhicket lost all hi
buildings, crops &c. and one negro drowned.
! family oil negroes is said to have been killed d
Mr.. Chisolms his crop destroyed and house. down
| Vlvon's buildings, Legrlel's store, Carnochan
buildings, and Mrs. Cunninyham's house, al
consdei ably injured, and in tac nearly every hous
IN the place received some damage.
! Nlr. Powers house, all the buildings at Young
Town, three at CIaybo4rd Town. Mr.. Atkinson
house, Mr.. Chortier's house. Henry Il. Hall
house, and A. Lehs house, were all blown down
| Mr.. i opadog lost all his crop and houses oil
Black Island. His negroes saved themselves By
taking to the trees.
cotton and corn injured, rice house, steam house
cotton house, and twenty negro houses, all destroy
leo
The storm at Darien, ard its neishborhood ex
ceeded HAT Of 1894, both in violence aud deslIuc
Itlon.
We have seen number of letters from Darien
and different sections OF Liberty County oil OF winch
state that the devastation has been general and the
l1ss in crops, buildings, SC. incal,ulabe.
A letter from sudbury Of the 22d instant, men
ions The deaths, by droWnng OF Edward and PHILIP
Bacon, who resided on Coloncl's Island, near Sun
bury. Mr.. VIM. law, Of this city had two lie
groes killed in the same nylghbofhood.
On ST. Smon's he loss ha, been excessive Mr.
Cooper's cotton crop is entirely lost About SO
acres OF his Cotton is covered with from TO feet
thick Of alsh grass. Capt. Denele has list IN,
crop, negro houses, SC. aud woman, who was kill.
cd. Mr. Raymond Demere the Sd, was unlutlu
na.ey drowned, together With his boats crew OF
five negrot 5. in gong from Darien TO St Simons
MAJOR Page las lost crop. buildings, SC. The
houses aud crop al Gould are also destroyed, ex-
ctplng the light house and dwelling 1 h- Rev
Mr.. Matthews and Mr.. Hazard, have suffered il
a like degree with the others on the island.
Tie crops Oh Champney's and Buller's Islands
lnd BralIstord's and Buffers Experiment Island
are all gone a; Brasiord's one man was killed.
On Little 81. Smdns, 100 sheep lost Mr.
opading, ON Sapelo LOST his CROP, ana $50 head oil
cattle, and q horses and mules.
AT liopeton, Mr.. Coopels plantation, above Da-
-ien all the cotton most of the corn, rice, building
3Sc. gone.
The Lish House at Doboy, has been injured, audi
os the ianeln aud ol course Cannot be lighted for
sumo time.
From Mr.. Page, who arrived with the mail last
;vening, we Learn that the bridge over Atkins
~reek miles from town, and also both ends VI the
Dseeche bndse gone
The bridge al South Newport, the two SapeloI
ridges, aud nearly d the small bridges between!
his and Darlen, ale swept away. J he road is ne ar
y covered with trees. Upwards Of a week must
lapse before the Commissioners VIII be able to com
nence repairing damages owing to he negroes be
ng wanted Tor that purpose on the plantations. Mr.
?. was three days going TO Dotien, and three in re-
unlng, and performed the journey each way by
alternately swimming. and using canoes.
4 gentleman arrived from Bullock county, re |
'orts The crops in that quarter, having also sui
cred excessively. jerks bridge is entirely gone
In our immediate ghborhood, the ireshet in The
is, in many places, etiectually completing The
work Of destruction.
The sweeping effect of the late Equinoctial Gale
" Hurricane, in the South may be Judged by the !
act, that the Street Officer OF Augu, ia, in Geor.
'la used so much industry, within the four days
GLOWING the Gale, in removing the rubbish, 81
hat in that time he had removed 2S5 waupool
oads and ll46 cart and dray loads, of leaves
md betres oil the China trees, making in all 1881 |
Dads oil rubbish removed from the streets.
Historical Fact.-lt is commonly said and uni
'ersally believed, that the first btOod dramu in our