The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-08
LATE FROM EUROPE.

The Packet ship Howard, Captain Hol
dridge, arrived at New York, from Ha
yre, has brought Paris papers 10 the
18th of December, and London dates to
| the 1Ith
EGtcts ofhe Hurricane on the Continent.
| The tremendous gales which were ex-
pericnc.d on the coast of England, from
the 18th to the Goth Of November, extern
died. over the continent of Europe. The
direction appears to have been as follows ::
1t began upon the shores of England aud
Ireland, and after having wrought into flu
ry the Northern Sea, passed by Gotten
burg and Sweden, continually increasing
from south west TO north west.
In trayersing Sweden, it swept away
whole forests bat it was naturally in the
Guph of Finland that its ravages
were most severely felt, its violence ha'
Ing kept mp 10 that spot. In an instent il
drove the waters ofthe Baltic into the gulph
of Finland, which being terminated by II
point towards the east, must have experi-
enced particularly towards that extremity,
Il sudden and immense elevation of the
waters. This line which appears to form
a double curve determined by some lofty
ihbusg bifNtiio uP"i iIdP d dN't'p
ment of from $40 to 400 leagues, over
which The hurricane travelled in a few mi
nutes, and perhaps even in one minute for
we have not yet precise information upo0
the exact moment when this phenomenon
turst upon the different countries which it
visited.
Al St. Petersburg the most distressing
consequences resulted from the overflow
ing Of the Neva on the 10th of November.
The inundatlon was greater than that Of
1877, when 5000 persons and much cattle
perlsned at st. Petersb irS. At that peri
cd the Ne,a rose only Ii feet abayc lis
level. 1t now rose l6 feet aud a half. The
tempest began at two o'clock IN the morn
ing, and blowing against the current OF the
Nrya, the water, at nine clock was upon
a level with the parapet walls of the river,
and the canals. The wind then blew
stronger, and the river breaking over eveI y
barrier inundated the city. In Newsky
Prospect, the principal street IN 81. fe
tersburgh, where the best shops are situated
the water rose To the height of ten ieet -
All these shops, as well ae the great Gus
tom house, warehouses, aud the Exchange
sugar warehouses were under water. he
damage done ii Is impossible to estimate.
Many persons who were before IN IA
sy circumstances, are now reduced to-
begSary The bridges over the river and
most of those over the canals, were de
stroyrd or seriously damaged. Boats la
den with provisions and goods were eaIrl
ed over the qnays and wrecked even m the
heart the city. The new pier prepared
for the bridge Of the summer garden,
which had been finished at "A great expense,
was thrown down and the garden laid
! waste, large trees have been torn up by the
roots. Hundreds of persons must have
persisted. All the cattle in the markets oil
! 81. Petersburg were drowned, and the
horses could only be saved by lifting them
by main force To the first stories ut tht
houses. II was not till three O'Clock III the
afternoon, that the wind going down anc
changing its direction, the waters subsidet
80 that al five O'Clock the streets were cleal
of IT, The capital could not be lighted a
night. The morning of the goth. IT presen
ted scene of desolation.. The ovens ha'
ing been destroyed by the water, and tn
cellars filled in which the -four was kept l
was difficult To supply the people VIII
bread. Whole houses with their occupant
'"ere enguiphed BY the flood. Wagon