Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-09-09


size and strength were either uplifted by the
roots, or bereft of their branches, All the YES
sells in Carlisle's Bay were driven from their
moorings and thrown on shore. At the out
ports in Speights, the hole and Oistin's towns,
every house has either been thrown down or
rendered untenantable-thei inhabitants shu-
ring the fate OF the numberless victims who
have been crushed to death. In the country
the whole face of nature is changed. On the
plantations, almost without single exception
the buildings, mills, and negro houses have
been destroyed, and many of them have suf-
tered materially in slaves and cattle.
The provisions which had been housed, as
well as the standing corn and cane in the fields
have been SO completely destroyed, as scarce
ly to leave vestige behind, and to add to the
heart-rending picture, at this moment MANY of
the estates are without single article of food
OF any kind No force of language can indeed
convey an idea of the horror and distress, ev-
cry where observable throughout the island,
and which ever way the eye is turned. the head
grows dim, and the heart becomes faint, at the
saddening and sorrowful picture. MANY of
the opuent and respectable families, as well as
those OF the mibdling and poorer. by this mel
anchoiy catastrophe, have thus been driven out
destitute OF covering-many who the day be-
fore were surrounded by their families and
comforts, have no where to lay their heads.
Up to this moment the number of killed has
not been ascertained, nor all the unfortunate
Icreatures who have been inhumed in the fallen
dwellings taken from beneath them. The inter-
val OF time between Thursday morning and
the present time, has been employed by the liv-
ing in burying the dead. The bodies which
have been discovered, have been borne through
the streets to their silent and narrow homes in
collins, trees, and whatever else could be OBJ
tanned for them Amidst numberless other dis
tressing cases of this kind it is our painful du-
ty to notice the melancholy fate of deputy-as-
sistant commissary-general Flanner, who with
his wife, five children, his niece and two SER
wants. were all buried under the ruins of their
dwelling on Wednesday night, from which
they were not taken until the following morn
ling-his unhappy wife and two of the children
alone have survived.
! At St. AIMS many of his mairsty's troops
have been killed, and upwards of 100 wound
| ed by the falling of the barracks. The seat of
government, the custom house. the girls CEN
trail school, (the boys school only partially
ldamaged) and in fact. most of the public bull
dings of the island lie in masses of ruin. Sew
eral Speight's boats returning from the leeward
Iwere upset on their way, and almost every
lsoul on board of them drowned-among whom
we regret to say, were our fellow labourers the
lioint proprietors of this paper-Mr. J. Wood
ling, and his brother, Mr.. Thomas Woodng,
who persisted, with fifteen others belonging to
same boat, on the fatal night of Wednesday.
We cannot conclude this appalling account
without observing, that of the many persons,
with whom we have conversed ON this subject
and who experienced the great storm of 1890,
: all concur in the opinion that greater injury
has been done on the island by the latter, thar
5 the former-a circumstance which will more
: forcibly convey to the readers an idea of the
{ violence Of the storm on Wednesday night
! which lasted hours only, when the duration
: of that of 178ois supposed to have been A
! hours. The most remarkable phenomenon at
tending the storm of Thursday morning, wa
q the sudden gusts of wind, which, instead O
thunder. invariably accompanied the most viz
id flashes of lightning, and came with fore
IS net to be withstood.-Hollow, subterranea
IS noises were also heard, and some imagine, W
n n were also visited during the night with earth
u lquakes-this, however, we do not youch for, a
u we were not sensible of them.
We have hastily thrown together these fe,
: particulars, amid the scenes of indescribabl
= horror and confusion, and shall continue I
y furnish such additional ones as may reach u.
- The following is list of the vessels stranded
" the bay:--Barques Irelam and Arethusa; brig
= Exchange, Quebec, Decagon, Mary, Kezial
~ Alliance, Antoinette, Horatio, Nelson, Elir
: brgantines Samuel Kinds and Heroine; schr
Ark and Perseverance: mailboats Barbado
! and Montague"
Here ends the account in the Barbados pap
~ but the letter the 18th says of one of the We
sells above mentioned, 1.-THE American br
nc Antonette is on the beach, with 200 punch
a ons of meal, entirely lost"
m
heI Il species Of Intemperance--A correspond e
Inn lof the New Youk American, who signs hin
he self A Friend to Comfort" says" II
NO use of segars, find by a simple calculatio
If TO be very expensive, (and very great evil
NJ Twill he acknowledged nv MANY more so pr