Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-12-27
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most tremendous ever experienced on our
coast Its effects on The hniIdiags in the city
and vicinily. and on the shipping ia the has.
Dor. have beea sufficiently violent bu, st,Il
more isial 10 The navigation along the coast.
so far as heard from Whirh we have pretty
full details. and from Cape Cod. 80 Ear a. We
have heard. il was awful. rs the destruction
OF vessels and loss Of life will bear testimony
The annexed melancholy accounts are from
The Mercantile Journal OF yesterday after
noon. from slip Of the Bsaker Hill Auru
"a. and other individual sources.
Boston Con- Ga=
Sch Harwich. living al anchor in the
Stream. dragged against ship Columbian o.
Lombard's line Of New Orleans packets.
moored at Lewis's wharf. Carried away
mainmas;. stove stanchrons. huiwarks. &r
the c. had her cutwater knocked of. was
badly chaffrd. and had her anchor torn
away Sch Clarinda. Of this port. and .
iighier sloop lying al The same wharf. sunk
alongside.
SHIP Proponiis. Of this port. from Cadiz.
lying at Sargrant's wharf. broke aGriir. tore
out her timber heads and droEe up The dock.
where she remained safe.
Atgraniis wharf. ship Forum. Of this pori.
parted her moorings and drove up the dock !;
she siosr in her siern. had her foretopmasi
carried away. and sustained other damage
Ship Sterling. ofihis port. also broke adrih
and was very much chafrd by hlIing across
the dork Brig Banlan. OF this pors.s from
Msisnzas. dragged from the stream. broughs
up between Granile wharf and the + whah
and received considerable damage from coz
tact with the vessel AT the wharves, whfll
were BY no means bensffled by the inief
course.
Al the southern whsrvrs the gale also did
much damage. Al India wharf. the princi-
pal damage was caused by the bsrqur Gre
ole. which drove out ofthe stream. and came
in contact with the brig Adelaide. which
lost her bowsprit and was severely chsfrd
A lieher sch was sunk at CrniraI wharf. by
some other vessels bowsprii driving ialo
her Stern. Al Arch wharf The bowsprii OF
"a srh uas forced into one OF the stores.
| II was fortunately neap t,drs--neverthe-
less. The water rose above some OF the
wharvcs. and considerable quantity oflum-
Der was washed away-and large quanii-
lies Of boards were blo~n from the piles in
the lumber yards Havrrhil. STREET JUS
this side Warren bridge. Was this morning
covered with the boards which were blown
from the adjoining lumber wtarf Several
rhimniss were blown down. and assi build-
ings drmolished-hut We base -hezrd Of no
loss Of ilr in this vicinny.
The damage done 10 tires. fsnces. barns
and other buildings. in this vicinity. IS very
great Many noble elms have been prostra-
ted. or stripped of iheir vide spreading
branches On CharIrsiown Neck, the
chimney Of The house OF Mr. Johnson wss
blown over, aud came through the roof, to
1.-The great danger Of the inmsirs-who hap
PLY escaped without fjsry. Several chin
nirs were also blown down IN this city
| Considerable DANCE was done At East Bos-
ton The roof OF the school house Was
blown Off The carhouse was blown doNn.
and some OF the cars much injured. Some
Of the ehimnirs OF the Mavericks House were
overthrown-
The Salem Register speaks Of this storm
as follows
Storm "A storm Of wind. snow. and rain
lcommrnced few hours sitrr midnight, on
Saturday, and Increasing 10 violence
Through yesterday. During The day, al in
,,ervaIs, the wind blew with tremendous force
Iron the eastward. and the min fell ia tor
rents The ship Samarra, from the Vine
yard. snrhosrd 10 our harbor about noon.
and had all her light salts set until seven.
yesterday morning. when she first felt the
gale. She WAS spnkrn outside BY the pilot,
uho could NOT board her on account Of the
Tremendous sra. and ran in. following thu
course Of the boat under his direction The
Sumatra left the Vineyard on Friday. in
lcompany with the whale ship Izette and
brig Deborah. OF and for This port. and saw
them both in the bay last Saturday night
but neither arrived yesterday. and they prob
ably nsde for hsrbor somewhere The
shipping on the coast. we fear. has suffered
much. especially vessels in our bay. which
were exposed 10 the full fury OF The elements
! We copy from TopliFs Merchant Elk
chanes Books. the following additional par
Ilicuisrs Of the destruction by this storm
4 Sch Hrsperus. Of Gardiner, from Pirston.
at anchor ia the stream. parted her chain
drove against ship VIM Badger. nj the north
side Of Rows wharf parted her lasts. and
both drove nr. across The dock, lowest side
10 the SRA; the schooner carried away bow
spriI. and store her bow u porn. The ship
had her side badly chafcd. and the end Of
her jib-boom stove 10 the upper window Of
the four-story brick store on Rowe swharf
Il Brig Adelaide. for Trinidad. lying out
side Of the ship Argo. al the end Of India
wharf, carried away her bowsprit, &C
Hamburg brig Erdwins. for Baltimore. Al
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