Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-01

England and Ireland, and, after having
wrought into fury the Northern Sea,
and caused numerous shipwrecks upon
the northern coast of Jutland, passed
By Gottenburg and Stockholm, CONT
naally rising more s. more from south
vest to northeast. In traversing Swe-
den, it swept away whole forests; but
twas naturally in the Gulf of Finland
that its ravagcywould be most severely
felt, its violence having kept up to that
snot. In an instant it drove the waters
Of the Baltic into the Gulf of Finland,
which being terminated by point to-
wards the east, must have experienced,
particularly towards that extremity, a
sudden and immense elevation of its
waters. This line, which appears to
form a double curve, determined by
some lofty lands, presents upon the
map development of from $40 to 400
leagues, over which the hurricane ira
yelled in few minutes; for we have
; not vet precise information upon the
exact moment when this phenomenon
burst upon the different countries which
it visited.
The city and environs of st. Peters
burgh were thrown into unspeakable
CONSERVATION on the 10Th Of November
by violent gale from the southwest.
The tempest began at two O'Clock in
the morning, and blowing against the
current Of the Newa, the water at nine
o'clock was upon a level with the para
pet walls of the river and the canals
The wind then blew stronger, and the
river breaking over every barrier, mum
dated the city In Newsky Prospect,
the principal street Of St. Petersburgh,
where the best shops are situated, the
water rose to height of ten feet. All
these shops, as well as the great Gus
tom house warehouses, and the Ex-
change sugar warehouses, were under
water. The damage done, it is impos-
sible to estimate. Many persons who
were before in easy circumstances, are
now reduced to beggary. The bridges
over the river, and most of those over
the canals, were destroyed or seriously
damaged. Boats laden with provisions
and goods, were carried over the quays
and wrecked even in the heart OF the
city. The new pier prepared for the
bridge of the summer garden had been
finished at great expense, was thrown
down and the garden laid waste, large
trees even having been torn up by the
roots. Hundreds of persons must have
persisted. All the cattle in the mar
kets of St. Petersburgh were drowned,
and the horses could only be saved by
lifting them by main force to the first
stories of the houses. 1t was not till
three O'Clock in the afternoon, that,
the wind going down and changing its
direction, the waters subsidized, so that
at five o'clock the streets were clear OF
it. The capital could not be lighted at
night. The morning of the Goth it
presented scene of desolation. The
ovens having been destroyed by the
water and cellars filled in which the
fiour is kept, it was difficult to supply
the people with bread. Whole houses
with their occupants, were engulphed
by the food. Wagons, with four
horses, heavily laden, were carried a.
way. The inundation was greater than
that of 1897, when three thousand per-
sons and much cattle persisted at ST.
Petersburgh. At that period the Ne
wa rose only IA feet above its level
1t now rose l6a feet.
Intelligence from St. Petersburgh re-
presents the catastrophe as much great
er than had been anticipated. The bo-
dies Of seUen thousand persons have been
found in the houses, and eight thousand
persons are still missing. Nearly all
the provisions of the capital have been
destroyed, and as the winter is at hand.
it is to be feared that the population
remaining will suffer the horrors offa-
mine.
Other letters (Which probably exag-
gerate, )say the whole regiment Of i'm
perial carabanier guards men and hors
es, have persisted. A vessel OF loC
guns has completely disappeared; and
all the imperial vessels in the harbol
. ofCronstadt are lost. Burying grounds
have been washed away, and the dead
bodies were floating thro' the streets
Whole stores of coffee and sugar have
been destroyed: those articles have ris.
en- so per cent.
Five leagues round the city of St
Petersburgh have all been destroyed
Within few years, it is remarkable
fact, that Russia has seen both her CAPT
tails destroyed, one by fire, the other by
water.
According to letter ofthe Esd, from
Stockholm, the same hurricane ragged
with equal fury in the Swedish capital
as well as in Gottenburg, Vibourg, Jut-
land, sc. At Stockholm vessels were
torn from their moorings and driven
against each other, the roofs of houses
were carried away, and the roads were