Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-08
GALE AT NEW ORLEANS

The last mail from New Orleans brings II,
pleasant particulars Of a violent gale Viii
experienced there on the 10th and l7,b nj,
viii be seen by the following accoun: that n,.
damage has been sustained by the >hipDiu, -
harbour, and that the gale had extended ,0'.
There is also reason to apprehend that Tho -
nifty will he rendered still greater bv ,;,lS
arising from the inunJalion of portion =,
city.
From the Nev O.'t.ms Bee, .ipg. IL
We have but too gloomy details 10 give =,
storm. which has visited our CITY and r,so''
the hour of Pennlng the present 6 o'clort W u
The gale Was ushered in, on TUESDAY r,a..
by fresh breeze from the F.. S. +. a:,omn'
with a ccplous rain. A momen,ary calm en-.
ed the rising Of the sun; but between W.T.. W.,
O'Clock the rain began to pour anew and r.. tu
gradually rqse into violence. From that r.n WI
until yesterday at o'clock those tuo e' ar4S'
have Increasingly inundated our streets and , <sg
eli our dwellings, The greatest damage bach
sustained in the harbour. OF the numbcr of'
sells. now in port. scarcely two or three h,,,
capped uninjured. The pedIars' boats have ~
ed mostly from the violence Of the gale: .,,.,l
to pieces by the larger craft. their fragmor,,.
the strand Of the river. The foIlosirn
most correct statement, which we could oa,.
Here follow list Of vessels damaged h,
gale-none of them belonging to hi, Dor,
as far as we learn, in which any Of our mc-cf,,
are concerned.
The accidents in town have probably bee,
serious, though no less numerous: sundry 49,
ings which were being erected were bov;
and few dweilin: houses partially unra,t.9
There was an appalling claite,iny Of G,lr,.
and states during the blow between IN, nib
the 10th and Eth, The gable end Of Il. C.
tom house has been stripped Of its roof
The Railroad establishments, on the n,,.
OF the lake, with the exception Of Mr.. GuI,rr:
eating house and a few stables, were ll,rf.Nr r.
ried away: the waves Of the lake are nov .,,.
ing over many spot which, but lately, ".
resort OF diversion and pleasure. There ,,,,
but few fragments OF the many small crsii NJ
lined the railroad wharf The railroad ma,
is entirely free from iuundalion; but where
projects IN the lake, the waters have topped n
PIER and carated part of the Filling up. The ar
lng establishments have beer scattered 10 n
WINS; and the carcase OF the old Jubilee !
which they were erected, dragged from il. d
lures and settled again on the other side Of
pier.
Below the city considerable damage ha, b.
sustained in the orchards and gardens All
vase bruke out near Mr.. De EnJe's warehas
The chasm is nearly filled up Another
broke through the Ievee opposite Mr.. BarU
property; but that also has been repaired. l{
amount of losses accrued by the mere dcstrct
of RATS, which have foated away, is rising ts{
ty thoussnd de!lars. Two individuals, We
informed, persisted below town; hospitality 4
offered them, but they preferred abiding hehI
of the storm on The precautions RATS, which ~
mounted. ii
From the New Orleans Bee, Of .1ag, 70
The following details, supplementary 10
statement already given OF the late dl;astn
gale, we have collected with considerable a'
1t is confidently ASSET ted that the violence ds
Mississippi waters, together with the Ioos ts'
ton of previous rains, has burst the leSse 6s
veral places below the city; the river belh.n.
rally at low stage, and the waters .ha'glIa
DIV greatly receded, the crevices cannot X so
dangerous, and must be easily repaired y
Terre.aux- Bnufs, the ground lies under ''H'S
water; all the inhabitants, from the inenOt IN
taken refuge in their garrets, and have bin
their eyes the gloomy certainty OF their IrreH'
able ruin. Their misfortune is so much The o.
to be deprecated. as they depend excHs,c
upon their manual industry. and look upon VIC
scanty crops as almost the odly means % "''
tanning their families. Serious damages ha'ei'
been sustained By planters generally; maDy
had their cane and corn crops lodged Oy us'
lence of the Storm to 4 considerable and ram
extent.
The water which flowed the literal mar &
bordering on lake Pontcharirdn has reaen''
bach. part Of the city As far as Rampant 81
Intercepted all land communication SIN TX
beyond; there arc three feet Of water III ~.
street, aud four feet have been measured ~
what further. Every tboroughfare 10 ha'C'p
ton OF the city is navigated in boats iHp
dation has been increased-besidest the nv.
the lake. which has swollen beyond O'ai y
sure-by the unceasng torrents OF ra'''
have deIused the city, with such stnoto'"I -,
TO create serious apprehenslons thai ''f w.
contract had been rescinded, ahnuiieJ a'p
ed. Indeed. barring the absence oil 'As"n
gondoIier guiding his light boat, or 'roN''
his merry barcarole, the skirts Of Tue e;P
inundation of its streets--the gliding Of 20, 20
between the ranges ofhouscs-and me JIM.
pause OF waters stretching out on TIE t'".i