Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-27
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Mr.. Thomas Parker. of the schooner
Hermoh. at Norfolk, 10 twenty fou,
DAYS from 1t Thomas, has commdniea
ted to our correspondent, Mr.. w. q
Lyford, several particulars with relation
to the gale Of the nth inst.
Mr. Parker states that all the wharves
are Destroyed al St. Thomas. and thai
considerable damage was done to the
houses ani farms on the Island. A
Dutch galiiot and a large English scnr.
were totally lost, aud a droser with a
TOLL and valuable cargo on board. was
lost near the lower clearing hole-for.
tunately no person belonging 10 either
OF them was lost II. Barts. St Croix.
and the ;. part of Porto Rico. had sui
fered very much, likewise, and from
the former Island the schr. Maria. Chase.
OF baltimore, was forced out of the
harbor with both anchors ahead. when
the captain slipped his cables, and not
w~ithstanding had only two men on board
besides himself, and the gale the most
tire mendous that he had ever witnessed
succeeded in reaching st. Thomas with
out further damage. Two or three o
Their schrs. had also been forced out
winch had not been heard from. Mr..
Parker states, that they experienced
another gale which commenced the
night after they sailed, (2ist Aug.) and
continued for 90 hours, during which
time the wind was from all the westerly
points OF the compass, and he thinks
must have been as destructive as the
previous gale
From a Correspondent.
ST. Thomas. Aug. 2lst, 1897.
We have experienced a severe gale
here, which commenced on the,i7 inst.
Very few have, however, been in.
luted. OF Americans Gu the shore are
the briggs Commodore Porter, of phila
delphis, and Juno of Boston, the latter
since got oil, with little iEjury-the
Captain, tBarnes,) and two OF his men
were drowned, Ia attempting TO get off
to her; their bodies have since been
found, and were Inferred on the ION.
Died, on the 18th inst Mr.. j. Waddell,
of Sew.York. aged "a, much and de
servediy regretted b, all who knew him
- and on the 18th, Mr.. Joel Gomparts.
also of New York.
SAFE Of the Markets. Flour, Dbl.
IS so; Corn Meal, 8 80: do in punch
cons, IS, Rice, bbI. 8 50; Corn, BUSH
ell, 90 cts; llams. 10 10; Lard, o;
Cheese, 6; Coffee, prime, 10, Sugar
S. so.
From 81. Thomas pape, S rcce,ped at PHILADELPHIA
ST. CRoIx, Aug i9 -"lt is not in nv
power to describe the scene the country
presents throughout; the north size Of
worse than the south. On Fri
day loon the island looked like a gar.
den in the highest state of cultivation:
the canes tall, wholesome, and pinmis-
ing; acrop equal to our greatest whls-
es; and on aturday morning, nothing
but devastation, our canes p:ostrate.
she wing nothing but stalks and a colour
as if a light fire bad been passed over
the land and singed every plant, putting
the appearance of winter upon the few
re naming trees; all by a fufious gale
from four O'Clock on Friday afternoon
until eight at night.
l am told that the Estate Annually
there is not a building standing,of which
many were made ne after the gale of
1895; even to the still house, butts and
worms are lost. Negroes in several
places were killed; at Sion Farm %
killed, at Retty's Hope every ne
gro house lost by fire, which took ia
the midst of the gale.
ST. CR0Ix, August 20.-Ou the 18th
instant was witnessed the mos. dreadful
gale of wind that tins Island has expert.
enced for some years past,it commenc
ed blowing from the N. L. point from ~
and increased as evening ap.
preached. exhibiting in solemn a%ntici-
patton what was to he the result, all the
vessels in the harbor we've seen using
preparatory means To combat its ap-
preaching fury but, alas! at half past
6 O'Clock the wind shifted to the south
ward,a and continued to blow with impetu
ous violence until 8, when it gradually
At day light the eye wa presented
with the melancholy catastrophe If the
evening previous; every vessel with the
exception of the Jupiter. Vigilant, and
small craft, was seen in various di-
rections driven on shore; not an en-
closure was seen standing, fragments of
both from large and small