Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-08-21
HsOHH Es'EsC.

Tornado and loss Of t1f.-Ihe thunder storm when
n,ssed over this city Saturday afternoon, between
five and six clock accompanied by copious shower
nj rain and also by violent gust tornado which &C.
casioned the less Of several lives, besides doing injury
in various placrs. The principal damage sustained
on Donnes wharf at the lower end OF Thames street
AT this wharf was lying The Bremen ship Sophie ust
arrived with n large number Of German emigrans. n
number Of these making active preparations for
their departure for the West and when the rain came
on about forty fifty lonl shelter in adjacent largo
unfinished warehouse The house not being yet under
roof violence Of the rain caused all bat nine persons
TO seek refuge in the Joining houses They had scarce
IL auiltcd the warehouse when the wind blew with fun
Gus violence and in moment Frustrated the building 10
the ground, bury ing eight persons under the runs vi
The latter number, FIVE Immediately succeeded in ex
eating themselves though not without being consideia
Uv injured. Two others, and young woman
about nineteen years Of age, after dug out,
dreadfuy bruised and quite dead a coorrd man, u
carter was standing in the building, but seeing his horse
rrow FESTIVE at the sound of the thunder he ran to.
yards him. but caught by the falling wall. aud had
both his legs badly broken and his face and head severe
ly cut.
n hrcklayer. who had been engaged on the building
He was in the third story and when The house Eel, he
was thrown head foremost into large heap OF mortnr.-
Although 20 this circumstance may be attributed the pre-.
scrvauu of his life regret 10 say 1t is feared his eye
sight is irretrevabIy ruined by the lime.
The warehouse owned BIZ hlessrs Donncl and
Lu!man. Ii 100 feet long by 10 wide, and three
stores high. The woTknrn commenced the roof on
Saturday, aud had laid bat three OF slate. Its de-
sruclion Comp the tornado scarcely leaving one
brick upon another Some OIL The lumber was carried 10
the distance Of 800 feet.
We learn that two small bay vessels were capsized
the time near Fort Mclienry The hands on hoard
of one escaped but small boy crushed Ia death be.
tween some Iunis"r. In the cabin of the other vessel
were man and t"o boys, who were taken out un!n-
iu!ed, shortly after the squa, by cutting hole in the
bottom Of The vessel
part Of the roof of the Philadelphia railroad bridge
al Canton blown Off and also the roof OF the steam
mill at Harrss creek At the depot al Canton the
walls of the house, which wns burnt few weeks
ago, were blown down, and some other lritng damage
sustained.
Several sheds were unroofed at the ship yard OF
MessIs Cooper and Abrahams.
i part Of the roof Of warehouse Ramsays wharf,
blown oil.
The ship General Smith, lying at Corners wharf,
broke from her mornings, and was blown so violently
agains, the wharf that she stove in portion Of her bow
an! carried away part oi her bnlwarHs
Mr Shaw, the keeper of the Lazarelto who was re.
turning home At the time of the squat, was. together
with his horse and carrya blown fence and
bruised considerably .-.Imerican.
Ssrsrs Gale in The Bay-1rih supposed loss Of Hrss.
Capt Parrish, Of the steamboat Virginia arrived at Nor
folk Tuesday informs the editors Of the Beacon. that
tho gale Saturday night severely felt at Deal S
Island. 40 miles below Baltimore 1t commenced al
o'clock, T. NJ and blew with ali the violence Of hur.
rcane until II o clock, period Of three hours. on the
Camp Meeting ground about 300 sail Of small vessels
ashore. Nine of them espsized, and number Of
person, missing from them are believed TO have been
drowned
The soulest trees near the Camp Ground were torn
up. and the tents instantancously demolished.
Capt. Parrish and were busy employed during
tho gale in rescung the in the vessels that were
capszed. and instrumental in saving number of
lives. One Of his boats blged during the violence
Of HE gale.
On the way down the Sound, he several vessels
bottom upwards, and others oRhorc.
The gale or hurricane appeared to have passed in
vein as i, was not fe, 90 miles below Deals Island.
Great credit is due Capt. T. for his praIsewoTthy
efforts in The of humanity the severity of the
gale would have fully cxonera,ed him from undergoing
any peril in the protection Of the lives and property Of
oihers,han those committed TO his charge.
FLopD At WrScuEsrrR, VA-We regret n learn
on The Virginian that the Of Saturday, The llh,
fell so heavily Winchester 10 inundae the lower
parts o. that town. At four clock Z. NJ, Loudoun
and Water streets covered with water 10 the depth
of several feet and all the low parts OF the town shared
the rane fate. Much damage sustained By the fill
ing u cellars md the flooding Of the grounds covered
several feet by wafer The entire amount OF loss
tanned by the town and cighbohoUd will not be short
of twenty thirty thousand dollars. We learn that
Mcssrs. J. d A Miller, NJ II. Read. Ilupp Il hlachir,
s Appold and Col Beatte among the largest SUI.
icrers the dwelling of the latter being entirely flooded
to the depth Of several feet and the family compelled 10
quit the premises. In the county the heaviest lrsses
were sustained by tie washing away of dams, fencing,
hay &c intending nearly all the mill dams the Ope.
GuOn. That of r. w. Barton, Esq together with 4
lurge lot Of hogs and about 81 tons of hay carried
of making his loss alone several thousand dollars.
We ndd with regret, that the daughter OF John W.
Mehorn worthy and respectable of the county,
was instantly killed By lightning, and others Of the tami.
j. severely stunned from the shock.