Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

desOlatlOn and distress. In BridgetOwr
there is scarcely house which has es.
capped injury-hundrcd DIS have been raZ-
ed to the ground, and many Of their in.
habitants buried under the ruins, Others
unroofed and partially thrown down ST
as to be completely untcnantable. Tree.
of immense size and strength were either
upliitcd by the roots or bcrclt of THEN
branches. All the vessels in Carlisle's
Bay were driven from their moorings and
thrown on shore. At the Out Ports in
in Spcights, the Hole and Oislin's towns,
every house has either been thrown down
or rendered untcnantabc-thcr inIabi-
tants sharing the fate of the numberless
victims who have been crushed to death.
In the country, the whole face of nature
is changcd-on the plantations, almost
without single exception, the buildings
mills, and negro houses have been de-
stroycd, and many of them have suffered
materially i'll slaves and cattle. The pro-
visions which had ben housed, rs well as
the standing corn and canes in the fields,
have been so completely destroyed as
scarcely to leave a vestlgc behind, and
to add to the heart rcnding picture, at
this moment many of the estates are
without Il single article of food of any
kind. No force of language can indeed
convey an idea Of the horror and distress
every where observable throughout the
island, and which ever way the eye is
turned, the head grows dim and the heart
becomes flint at the saddening and sor-
sowful picture. Many of the opulcnt and
respectable families, as well as those of
the middling and poorer, by this mcIan-
cloly catastrophe, have thus been driven
out destitute of covcring-many, who
the day before were surrounded by their
families and comforts, have not where to
lay their heads.
"Up to this moment the number of
killed has not been ascertaincd, nor all
the unfortunate creatures who have been
inhumcd in the fallen dwellings taken
from beneath them. The interval oftmc
between Thursday morning and the pre-
sent, has been employed by the living 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, andwhat-
ever else could be obtained for them. A
midst numbcrlcss other distressing cases
of this kind, it is our painful duty to no
tcc the melancholy fate of Deputy-Assis-
tant-C Commissary-G General Farmer, who,
with his wife, five children, his niece and
two servants were all buried under the
ruins of their dwelling on Wednesday
night, from which they were not taken
until the following morning-his unhap-,,
py wife and two of the children alone
having survived. At st. AIMS many of
his Majcsty's troops have been killed and
upwards of 100 wounded by the falling
of the barracks. The seat of govern
mcnt, the Custom House, the Girls CEN
trail School, (the Boys school only par
tally damagcd,) and in fact most of the
public buildings ofthe island lie in masses
of ruin. Several Speights' boats return
ing from the leeward from this, were up.
set on their way, and almost every soul
ON board them mdrowned-among whom
we regret to say, were our fellow laborer
the joint proprietor ofthis paper-Mr. }.
and his brother, Mr.. Thomas
Woodng, who perishcd, with fifteen 9TH
ers belonging to the 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 converscd on the subject,
and who experienced the great storm of
| $50, all concur in the opinion that great
cr injury has been done on the island by
The latter than the fOrmcr-a circum-
stance which will more forcibIy convey
% the reader an idea of the violence of
he storm of Wednesday night, which
asted s hours only, when the duration of
hat Of 1880 is supposed to have been 4S
hours. The most remarkable phenome-
1on attending the storm of Thursday
morning, was the sudden gusts of wind,
which, instead of thunder, invariably ac-
the most vivid flashes of light
ling and came with force not to be
thstood-IIollow, subterranean noises
we're also heard, and some imagine we
we're also visited during the night with
,arthquakcs-this, however, we do not
'ouch for, as we were not sensible of
hem.
awe have hastily thrown together
hese few particulars, amid the scenes Of
horror and confusion, and
hall continue to furnish such additional
mes as may reach us. The following is
/ list of the vessels stranded in the Bay:
-Barks Irclam and Arethusa; brigs FIX
,hange, Quebec, Decagon, Mary, Kezlah,
Alliance, Antorncttc, Iloratio Nelson,
Elirc; brigantines Samuel Kinds and
Heroine; schooncrs Ark and Persevcr-
lnce, mail boats Barbados and Mon
ocuco