Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-25

Al Sandy Bay a schooner, name I'M
known, loaded with -four, struck on a
reef, while entering the harbor, and went
to pieces. II is thought that all
on board were drowned.
A letter to Messrs. Topliff, from Geo.
Fl. Rogers, of Gloucester, received last
evening, gives the following additional
particuars:-
About sixty sail of vessels were in the
outer harbor when the gale commenced,
of which twenty-one were driven ashore.
OF the above, schooner Delta of Wiscas-
set is the only vessel not totally lost
Three vessels sunk, crews probably lost.
Twenty one vessels remained in the har-
Dor, at anchor, with their masts cut away,
and seven only with nasts stlnding.-
There were other wrecks at other parts
of Cape Ann.
The Salem Register, of Monday, speaks
of the storm as follows -
Storm. A storm of wind, snow, and
rain commenced few hours after mid
night, on Saturday, and continued increas-
ing in violence through yesterday. OAR
ing the day, at intervals, the wind blew
with tremendous force FROM the eastward,
and the rain fell in torrents. The ship
Sumalra, from The Vineyard, anchored 10
Our harbor about noon, and had all her
light sails set until seven yesterday morn
ing, when she first felt the gale. She
was spoken outside by the pilot, who
could not board her on account of the
tremendous sea, and ran in, following the
course of the boat under his direction.
The Boston Courier of Tuesday, saws:
A gentleman from Cohasset states that
schooner MaIg aret, of and from Bath for
Charlestown, with lumber, was ashore a
mile south Of Cohasset harbor. She was
light and upright al noon, yesterday
The captain saw ship in the Bay on
Sunday. A brig of about 200 tons, paint
ed black, with white streak, boh masts
gone, was at anchor one mile from Co
hasset harbor, inside the rocks.
Schooner Opposite of and for Belfast,
reported for West Indies, went ashore on
Sunday forenoon, on Lakeman's Beech,
Ipswich, and three persons were lost
The report of ship being ashore or
Ipswich bar probably arose from the loss
of the Deposite
The Mercantile Journal of Tuesday
evening. says:
The vessel that went ashore on Nahant.
Is said to be the schooner Catharine Nick
els, Woodward of Brunswick, not Susan,
as reported in our yesterdays paper.
Ia Marblehead, every vessel but one
went ashore-but no lives were lost
Schooner Margaret from Bath, for
Charleston, S. c., laden with lumber.
went ashore on the beach south Of Co.
hasset haroor. A brig panied black,
with white streak, rode out the gale.
by cutting away her masts, inside Co.
hasset rocks.
Schooner Opposite, of Belfasr, laden
with lumber, went ashore on Lakeman'>
Beach, Ipswich, AMI four persons were
drowned. Two men and one woman
were saved
The Salem Gazette of Tuesday morn
| ing, contains some further accounts Of the
disasters by the late storm. A letter from
Gloucester, says:
cit is impossible to say, at present, pre-
cisely how many have persisted, bat all
| agree that the number can not be- less
than fifty. The nortaern shore Of our
harbor presents scene that makes the
very heart bIeed-strowu as it is with tie
wrecks and cargoes Of twenty-five YES.
sells, and here and there with the lifeless
and bleeding bodies Of unfortunate mar
lners. Our whole Community are in
mourning, while sympathy and benevo-
Ience are actively alive 10 the wants OF
the surviving sufferers. A public meet.
ing OF our citizens is TO be held this eve
ming to devise means for their relief"
Al Marblehead the schooner Minerva,
Rollins, from Pi,,stown, Kennebunk,
bound to Plymouth, with wood, hay, &c.
cut away both mass and bowsprit, .hrew
over deck load of hay, &c, but still held
on at our last accounts. Schooner Paul
Jones, high and dry on the rocks bilged.
Schooner Sea Flower. with a cargo of
400 bushels corn and l20 barrels -four, is
on the beach, total loss of schooner
and part OF the cargo. Schooner Brill
liant, loss Of main boom, and stern ripped
down. Schooner Tasso, slightly dam
aged. On River Head Beach, schooners
Mary, Swazey.J. O. Adams, Plutus, Two
Brothers, Burlington-lauer lost rudder.
Will all be got of. The stern Of small
craft has been found on River Head
Beach. probably wrecked on one OF The
islands at the mouth of the harbor.
We hear from various quarters of &C.
cIdents which prove the uncommon VIC.
lence OF the storm. Chmneys blown down
-fence Frustrated buildings unroof.
ed. AT the South Cove. the plank side
walk, for some hundred feet, was removed
to some distance entire, and deposited
bottom upwards. The drifting snow, so
blocked up the Boston and Worcester