Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-28
From the Montreai Gazette Of Tuesday.
SEVERE HURRICANE.

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| On Saturday afternoon, between five a nd six
O'Clock, this city was visited by tornado. which
in violence, and the damage it caused during
the short time that it lasted, seemed to be similar
to those which we hear of as occasionally occur.
ring in the West Indies. Dark clouds towards
the S. S. w. had for some time previous indicat.
ed an approaching storm. bat nothing was appre-
hended beyond an ordinary thunder gust. But
at the time above mentioned, perfect tempest
of about ten minutes duration, the influence OF
which, from what we have subsequently learned,
has been of more than two miles in breadth, me
sweeping destruction along upon whatever i'm
peded its course. In this city its effects were to
carry away the roof from the western tower of
the new Catholic Parish Church, and to lodge it
IN Notre Dalne street, nearly opposite this Office.
In winging its flight through the dir, this mighty
construction of wood and sheet iron has entirely
DESTROYED the roof of the house occupied by
Messrs. Kirkwood & Blackwood, destroying the
chimney of that occupied by MIR. Mussen, and
otherwise injured the roof of other buildings
gentleman who happened to be passing at the
moment in a caleche, was partially covered by
the roof as it fell, but was speedily extricated
from under its ruins. He luckily escaped with
but few bruises, but the horse was seriOus in
jured, and some portion of the caleche broken
Trees were uprooted in several orchards near
town, and various other injuries committed on
property. A brick house now building in Grey
Nuns street had great portion of its new walls
blown down, while of that which remains 50 much
has been removed from the perpendicular, that it
will require to be taken down and rebuilt. The
wings of Mr.. Crooks new Mill, i'll the same sub
urbs, have disappeared entirely. In the harbor,
however, the effects of the storm were most yisi
hle VeSsels in our MORT are in oenf raj satisfied
with mOOrlng of one or two common hawsers,
and accidents arising from squalls, in harbor SO
protected as that of Montreal. are of exceedingly
rare occurrence. When this hurricane came on,
few were moored IN more than the usual way.
and the damage done to several Of the vessels,
has resulted solely from the drifting.
By those who were in any of the houses on the
river side, we have been Informed that the wind
carried such clouds OF dust along with it utter
y to obscure all the shipping i'll the port for
moment or two, and that when it had passed by,
the vessels were observed all drifted from their
moorrgs. clustered between the new wharves,
and sol.le of them on their beam ends. 1t appear
ed like the rising of curtain in theatre, display
ing an entirely new scene. The confusion which
presented itself to thousands, ~ho-went to the
harbor alter the storm was over, when every ves-
sci was seeking to regain the birth FROM which it
had been driven, IS indescrlbabe.
After the hurricane had subsidized, rain fell in
torrents, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud
thunder.
On Sunday morning we were again visited bv
another severe storm, during which the Joseph
Hume was struck by lightning The damage
sustained by her are in her main royal, top gal
liant mast and top mast, and some of her sails
which were burnt, and required the exertions Of