Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-26

man was rescued from he pc'ilcus si'uauon ~ tho
inttci diis and tcrsc,cfiug cNettors Of Mr. Iur-
den. rolabot auJ female scttou' tbs may
be truly considered miraculous interpretation ui
Providence. O. the only protection between bun
sud death was the strength oi hc la'h aud plaster
which, resting partially against the val 'mmcdl-
stry adIunuc the upper part Of his body enabled
h,n 30 breathe whilst hs fuerds effected bis ult-
maie removal
Shortly before 3 o'clock. Iaepoc,or Thompscu
heard a grra, crash in Wilton street. lie raa im
mc1iatcig Co ihc spot auj found police oGir Is,
Clarke. Grsui aud Sip.l. bad preceded b'm. The
chimney or Mr. John Pfl'chct,'s house bad fallen
thtuu.h ne roof carrying the urpofmust hour in-
Go the bed ruom below. There vas bte ~ thc
ktchen. oud tie sudden draught had caused such
blaze, that the chmucy Mas ret ON ire. 1ho
flames favored by thc harucouc, ignted the wood
work. and communicated 10 The bed o'o'acs aud
some other isbt articles. 4 beam bad Fortunate
D. iacn across and rested against the wall Ga such
a position that II presrtct thosc 40 bed itoE de-
sirucnon. The police officers, having plentiful
supply # water quickly Pot out the tire, aud thos
prevented doubIo disaster The officers had
scarcely finished d. IS task, whom intelligence Wa
brought that ,Le house Of Mr Blanchard, No. 1870
lsiuEion was with She inmates, 30 great Jeopardy,
he chimney hauol failen u Tue officers set to
work, and rescued from the runs three boys, who
would soon have been smothercd, ii they had not
been cxricatcd.
a very great mass Of one side Of the extensive
couon-m,l on the Canal bank, has been earned
away. The loss Of cotton must have beeh CON
siderable.
Several yards Of the spire Of ST. John the Bap-
ti,ts Church, in ToAtoth pntk fell about five o.
clock. The wall of ST. lames' Church had been
completely levclled, and the trees uprooed
to expose the collins.
ABBOTT A o'clock IN he morning, upwards Of ono
hundred yards Of the wall OF hlrkdaie Gaol wac
blown down level with the ground The wall
fell against the weaving shops ot the prison, knock
ing many Of them down, breaking the looms and
leaving the pieces to blow about The slalIng and
lead work of the tread mill blew of. The CHM
neys of the gaie-keeper's room shortly afterwards
fell in, breaking through the root but fortunately
he keepers had removed into room looking into
the gaol yard in all probability they would have
persisted.
The very handsome church building at .
Woodside and nearly completed, has had It's tull
shire Of the storm. Nearly the whole Of the north
side has been cyced to the ground. Tho dam .
age done cannot be repaired for perhaps less than
G2OO. The Albion Hotel has been stripped of
great portion of lts roof.
Destruction at he Docks and in The H9rJor.
In every dock the damage has been enormous, |
from the vessels pitching violently against each o.
tber and thus staving in their bows and stcrns. I,
On the river and the adjacent coasts the disasters
have been numerous and awful, as our marine in /
telligenco will make manifest. Many vessels IN
the rver, entirely helpless, were driven about Ut
the mercy Of the tempest. About half past three
tba oh ,.T
lass, bound for Flint, drove from two anchors into
the river She afterwards dnited into Victoria |
dock, where he sunk. The crew were saved with
grea, difficulty Shortly afterwards the smack
Charlotte with salt, suuR opposite the Clarence
dock pier. There were three persons on board al
the time. OF these two, John Jones and Robert /
Roberts, were drowned. A young man, son of
Jones, was saved by the eXertlons of the police on |
the station.
At half past two o'clock, the sliding gate at the .
north end of the Princes Dock was, with part Of .
the wall blown down. The Admiral. Seacombe |
ferry steamboat, sunk near the Punces Pier and |
only small part of her topmast could be seem !
The Runcorn steamer Eclipse went down near
Georges Pier.head. The fireman, 1t is said was
drowned. The Bidgewatef, another Runcorn
steamer, was wrecked under the Brunswick Dock /
Pier. Several fats sunk in the Brunswick Half /
tide BASIN, IN the Kings DOCK Basin, and at the I
Kings Dock Per. A fishing boat swamped nea7
the latter place, and another IN the Queens Dock /
here many vessels lost their spars. At Cornhll /
the Woodside steamer Riddle came alongside to- |
tai wreck add the schooner Harrci, of Lancaster I
ran ashore with considerable dam0ge.
The gale continued during great part Of Mon
day TO blow with extreme violence. At day light /
not less than fifteen vessels, many Of them large
ships and briggs, were ashore IN Bootle Bay. within
the short space Of mile. Several vessels, which
were at anchor in the Bay, rode out the gale al
boot 5 o'clock, when one or two Of them dragged
their anchors and could, with difficulty, be Kept
from running the lee shore.
The shore presented melancholy appearance.
Her MaJestys steamer Redwing was stranded.
Lleut. Reld, her commander, stated, that So over
?oweung was the hurucuucr, thst with three an
chors nui. a1I hls toll pow OF steam on, one Of
ais cables snapped, and his vessel dragged before
the windmill at last he Obliged to let them slip
to avoid running foul of the Oxford. The uIDd
then drove las vessel her beam ends, and beii-.
naoIe 10 get her head to wiBdward, with oil the
power he could pat On, she was dnseu sideways