Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-19


! others unroofed. God grant it may subside
I with the setting sun, which is usual here dur
ing severe blows from the south west.
AT present there is no giving you any idea
of the loss Of property and lives.
/ ] have lust understood that the steamboat
Thomas Jefferson is upon the wharf, at the
/ foot of Main street. We shall hear to- NOR
row sad news, | fear, from the lake. MIR. Colt
who has resided here for 20 years, says he
never knew the water so be so high, during
his knowledge of the place. One or two yes-
sells came in this morning completely dismas-
ted, aud one sank soon after getting into the
hurbor. You will have more particulars next
mail.
! P.S. As respects any lives beng lost, it is
at present uncer rtain; some have said that the
number mentioned is correct-how far Il is
am unable to say.
| POSTSCRIPT.-Snc the above was il
type we have received the Buffalo CONNER
cial Advertiser of the 18th, from which we
copy the following melancholy detail.
| UNPRECEDENTED SroRM-The effects OF
the gale " hich was mentioned Yesterday, are
more disastrous than we had anticipated. The
water rose to a height unknown to our Oldest
Inhabitants covering the entire flats several
feet in depth. On the east Of Main street,
extending nearly to Seneca stleet, il present
ed the appearance Of an immense lake, fun
ously raging, threatening destruction to the
inhabitants of that section. Boats were CON
tinually in motion, bringing the people from
their houses, which in many instances were
overthrown, or floating before the wind,-
some entirely demolished, and others were
carried a considerable distance from their for
rner location. The amount Of individual suf-
tering is beyond calculation, and we fear a
number Of lives have been lost, although our
information upon that point is so contradcto-
ry, that we are unable to give particulars
The damages sustained by the owners of lnm-
Der and wood is immense. The mcrchan-
disc upon the wharves was greatly damaged,
and large amount destroyed. The shipping
in the harbor also suffered much. The scene
throughout was grand and melancholy. The
fury Of the wind-thc raging of the waters
the dushing Of the spray-the confusion
which prevailed throughout the day, combln-
ed, rendered the scene truly grand and awful.
As to the amount of damage done to the
shipping, it is difficult in the confusion of the
moment, to ascertain.
! The wharvcs have suffered more or less,
and we trust that the attention Of the forwar-
ding merchants, who generally own the docks,
d
wharves. The greatest sufferers are the
heavy merchants in the lower town, who had
not time to remove their effects from their
cellars.
/ The water was at least two feet higher
than it has been for the last thirty years. No
fears W, re- entertained until too late to adopt
measures for security.
/ Alt ough there is much present suffering,
it is gratifying to learn that our citizens have
taken prompt and efficient measures, for eX
tending relief to the unfortunate.
Much credit Is due to some Of our citizens,
for the promptness and energy with which
they exerted themselves to remove families
from houses which were exposed to danger,
and the inmates to death.
FLORIDA WREcKs.--.tecessiiy Of Light
Houses. ats an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" The wreckers of Florida will pock-
ct large profits from the ealamites which have
lately betalcn the bold mariner on the coral
reefs of that dangerous shore. The editor of
the Tallahassee Flordian, who lately visited
Key West, says, the shore is s,rewed with
wrecks, and that the salvage will amount to
near 100000. Many lives were lost--sev-
eral vessels sank, with every soul on board.
Among them l3 in the Pedec. The same
editor computes most of these disasters to the
absence of lights on the coast, or the exis-
tence of such as serve only as dangerous dc
COWS. He concludes thus:
For example, lie; any one look at the rela-
tive position of the Sambo KEYS and rocks,
and the light house OH Key West-lct him
look at the light on Carisfort reef and the
position of the Shoals near Key Taverniar,
and recolect that there is stroag current
constantly setting on the latter, upon which,
vessels having made the former light and at
tempting to steer southwest with light winds
are almost sure to be stranded. On this part
of the coast, which is notoriousy dangerous
to approach, there is no light at all for one
hundred and twenty miles. Will it be cred
tied, that three thousand American ships,
carrying one hundred millions of property,
and thirty thousand lives, annually pass this
point of our coast, which has hitherto been
so unaccountably neglected by our govern
mcnt?-[N Y. Star.
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