Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-21
From the N1e,c York Journal IF Commerce
HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

We are indebted TO Capt. Bly,. of the brig A.
saph for Jamaica papers to Aux. 20th. contain
mo the particulars of the terrible gale the 9TH
of that month, concerning which same .mentlun
ha, been made in letters. &c already published.
=. About 5 o'clock On Saturday morning. SAYS
the Courant, "thc weather portended one. o
those awfnl yisitations TO which the West Indies
are so subiect-a HURRICANE. The rain fell in
torrents. aud about o'clock it bean TO blow
with great fury from the nnrthward. and coutiGu-
ed without much mtermission until IL O'Clock,
when il began to moderate The scene from the
wharves was truly appalling. I"e sea IN the
harbour was running mountain-h,gh. ana every
vessel in it was exposed to its relentless fury"
~ might be expected. the effects were disastrous.
The s!oops George Mari. and Thames. and echr.
JuAnct,e. sunk at the wharves Of Kingston. The
soop Gnat was totally los,-cargo Of rum saved.
A number of other vessels were badly damaged.
by running foul Of each other. or dashing a
gainst the uhar,es> Several of the wharves
were also injured The total damage in the
harbaur i. esilmatsd at upwards "f $40. ooe.-
The brir George the lth." which sailed on
the day before the gale, for England.was carsiscd
off The Eas, end, & went down. carrying ruth hcr
CAPTAIN hoger> (fhe music d'd SeceHfeen other
persons, several IF whom were pa,sengers.-
The PHO, bnat Mary Elizabeth was also lost of
the Fast End. and zen PERSONS persisted. Other
disasters Of the same distressing character are
mentioned in the paragraphs subjolned. 1t will
also be seen that the pmento and other crops
have suffered severely.
The military stations al Fort Augusta. Port
ROYAL. and Stouev Hill. suffered considerable
damage At the last mentioned place some If
the barracks were unrooied, and others material
IL injured A Board of Special Commissioners
a e Al,
take the subject into consideration and were
unanimously Of opinion that the occasion .was
one of emergency. and that nc time was TO be
lost H repairlpg theibarraCks."
. 4 letter from Clarendon saws. "All the HIGH
canes in the parish have been entirely lcyeled
with the ground, and large trees. which had been
standing for ccn.lries. are torn up by the roots.
II mrntions Slso the destruction Of several bull
dnoS.
A letter dated 81. Georges. August 10th.
SAYS. ..the damage .one throughout the parish
is dreadful. and the plantaius and other prcvis-
ions have been DESTROYED"
Parish ot 81. .iudreps. -I.arge bullet trees,
pear trees in full bearing. and pimento trees in
full blossum have either been torn up by Their
roots. their branches Topped of. or completed,
stripped of their foliage. leaving merely the ma.
ked trunks standing. TO remind their owners of
the valuable loss they have sustained III the rich
fruits they had previously promised themselves
the qualification of gathering. Almost all the
plantain trees. either loaded with blossoms or
Young fruit, and yam vines. wing PROSTATE
with the ground scarcity of provisions must
i'll few days necessarily be felt. MANY of the
negroes. even in their hmrs. were not sheltered
from the fury of the storm; but were exposed to
its blasts. their huts being torn from their foun-
da'ions. ard carried suddenly away by the force
of the wind to considerable distance, leaving
their inhabi'ants-some speeches. from amaze
ment. and others riveted TO tie earth from help
less fear.
The narrow roads leading up to the several
mountain residences. were on Sunday quite i'm
passable. In some parts, large bullet trees were
lying directly across the path;-in other mere
precipitous parts, the road was completely chok-
ed with brush rendering it impossible to trace
the track without mourning imminent risk
and in other places. large stones, which had
been disturbed bv the falling Of some formidable
trees, were rolled down and either lodged in the
middle OF the road, or trenchins it rolled on to
the bottom.
The following instances of the extraordinary
violence of the storm may afford some Interest,"
At Waverlv estate, the bodies Of two large wa
gons had been placed upon two stands for the
purpose of being repaired; but such was the vin-
ance Of the blast, that these immense burlhens
IF csavet vance, uae, to the astonishmeas u Ma