Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-19

b,ins noored on the South SIDE, had been olted with
such violence against the WALL as TO chip oil Inc e"ge
Iaroe nece, of stone foot thick damaging the whole
length of the south edge of the BASIN The stern oil one
briS moored there completely knocked TO pieces
against The bow Of the neghboring vessel exposing Inc
whole Of her after cabin. .
The fine New York packet Cambridge, which was TO
have sailed onday drifed in the morning from htI
moorings in the river She parluusy situated al ."e
South end of the Princes pier with her stefn ne" e
shore. She had two anchors ahead; bul gfeat t"'S y"
entertained that being so near the pier, one gtouhu
! which is shallow and rocky) she wouio eL"u"u
abat when the tide retired This aPpi' hF"s'o', n""
ver huppily mt" reaIzed and by oihl " AND
ship in bracing up the yards in the eelh o ne VIM
other auvlsrcrs she rode out the tide witno"' oH""
On the Of the evening tide, her c"no'':on I"n w.,
proximity TO the quay) appeared YET more 'n
she stood her ground II the great sa'Isiae''" " .t
GUS sppc,aors The arpe sum Of Utl we hhdtfs'a"u'
offered lu any steam vessel that "o"o "" ~ ~,
The gale was, however, so strong That h"'r "a M
powerful s,eamugs of the port accepted &" 'nt i"i'
We lament , add that about half past IN the altfnoon
men riuueIs v no put off IN boat to iehdef e as
sis,unce Yer. cupsizrd and Of their numorf drowned
close 10 the quav, the view of numerous
! talors who could afford them no assistance. "
Abou, iwo o'clock n m the n w. Light Ship winch
had dri,ed from her moorng, came into The fiVe ana
anchored safely under SeacoiDe IT,
There is no ship along The leiesraph '"e' U"
Dg 10 the Te;erra ph Bidsion station, having ote
blown down in the storm OF the vessels which sailed
on Sunday the Ruby. the Majestic, and The MARY bo"y
returned safely into pott. . !, H. ;d
considerably olat.d About eleven fresh gale came
on Which continued with some violence throughout 'ne
night accompanied hy hail and occasional lhuhuet anu
lightning. .-n
During the whole Of Yesterday the weather was sorny
th. WIND blowing strong gale from the west and bring
ing with it occasional heavy showers OF hall Auoul t"o
o'clock in the afternoon The river presented not ICES
boserous appearance than 1t had done On 'ne peeeunI
day The clouds still looked wild and lowering st'e'"'
Of the ferry steamers performing ;heir cus"haIy
trips with passengers however rnoh heerssy
urged 10 cross The river The Northwest fioa'ihggn'
hnsc nb.euce will considerable danger 10 'he IN
coming craft still lay anchor opposite Noodside-
The Cambridge whose safety was sn much c"uD'ed on
the preceding day, and which was subsequently IN some
peril the Seac"mbe slip had iound sale anchorage
opposite the BATH and riding CALAMITY IN the turou'
lent stream. Along the margin OF the wall sun lay 'lt
wrecks Of Hat and of The Eclipse, Runcorn steamer,
apparently SO much damaged that they Will not oe again
fl for duty Preston brig had also shared si'i'at
fate The floating landing pier thanked the N"fli era
OF this string of wrecks the waves beating over me wa
ter logged hull She will however be easily restored To
her former of usefulness The wafer III The s'na't
landing covered with fragments OF b"aids aud
spIiners Of wood several of which were Tue remnants
of the Camera Obscura. which recently stood on lie pier
brig, the Jane, of this port vas seen making !~r way
up the nearly under bare poles she soon p"Ss'e
into the basin amid the cheers q" humdr. DIS OF spectators
who hailed the weuther-heaten mariners back TO p"''-
She and another small vessel the Sally put out l." sea
together on Sunday last When size brought up III The
basin it that her arh"ad bulwarSs had o'en
Of the tempest were hanging about her Ike rbbnns,
sufficiently indicative Of the weather she BAD endured
Throughoul tar whole OF yesterday the um"st arAe-
~ p-ecaiicd learn the tc q several OF the vessels
winch saihd Sunday of which no intelligence" has
been heard Ia the course of the afternoon The following
vessels Ich had weathered the storm, and put back,
arrived safely in port: The Lynx bound for Lisbn, The
Jane for Bristol the Hope, for Bristol, the Sally, Ter
Nhlriayen, Tie Hdidwalc For Lisbon. and the LIAM.
for Glasgow The utmost anxiety prevailed IN c"nse-
qence of report that four large vessels were aground
aud in great rer the banks. Captain Forsyth. OF
Ih- Lynx stated that he had passed (me larg" ship.
with painted ports aud full length figure head sup
posed be The Crusader for Bombay lie C!d not state
that she in any danger
As the evening advanced. certain intelligence
was hlured respecting the four vessels above mention.
ed. The Captain Of the Hardware repurird having seen
the St Andrew, \. urk packet. which sailed on Sun
day last. the Burho Sands with both anchors down.
The beating heavily. The Hardware came IN through
The Furmhy channel where all the hu"ys were adril
Near The Rock Light house They passed steamer with
pilot boat in tow. Subs gneny, the steamer Noun
,aneer brough, in several Of the passengers and crew
Of The ST. Andrew, and at still later hour the Victoria"
tug boat brought in The captain the remaining
passengers, and more Of The crew.
report prev>'eut a. early homr IN the even
Ing that The PennSy lraua, New York packet SHIP which
sailed on Monday, had gone 10 pieces About " clock
hoarger, the masters Of No ]. and M P'l"t bnals
no had been out with the Victoria tug Brought
further intelligence OF the Pennsylvania winch proved
tie f,iiacv Vi the former report The NIci"rn had
lockwood. which was aground on the banks, with a
heavy sea making her They left fifty passengers
still board he Pennsylvania had run halt mile to
the East of the Lockwood with several "t The crew III
the rigging Another vesscl, with painted pu's, appa-
rent'y an American. on the north bank Tn"
steamer Avon (he DnbIn mail due on Monday was
seen going into Braumaris to repair.
II was Gnmorcd last nigh, that the rnadscad Of the
Npnai Bridge had been destroyed by the storm hc CHAINS
having Lecn lett hanging To the snrr0rtes unnJur.d -
Passengers were crossing the strait in boats
The brighton, Of Bombay, was seen in he" p'ess con-
d,on Yesterday morning, IN the New Channel near the
middle Of Patch Buoy. Mr. Alherton, CT New Brighton,
sent the Liverpool Seacombe 10 the wreck for
the crew who visible IN the rigging She succeed
ed in conjunction with the Magazine lie boat, in saving
the captain aud such q" the crew az remained on hoard
The ere ", on Monday, had made raft Fourteen OF
them got it, and have not since been heard Of
Alta late hour, we heard that Cap, Nye Of The lnde
| pcndence, had just returned from Lras"we tie saw
passenger, MIR. Thompson, Of New York who had been
saved from the PenusyIvan This gentleman reported
that himself aud the three other passengers, with the
and FIVE Of the seamem left the ship IN one OF her
| boats When distance from the shore the boa,
swamped and all except himself (Mr 1hompson) were
drowned lie attributes his safety to the fact OF his ha
wing had life preserver round his body lie left the
Captain and the remainder of the III the rigging,
and as assistance had been sent TO them. il conf
IDENTIFY hoped they would be saved The ship full of
water She struck yesterday afternoon al halfpast two
! o'clock
The gale commenced according to The Liverpool Cou.
rier the night of The 9Th January. The davasla"n as
far as heard from the last Liverpool date. Jan 10Th
hud been dreadful On land the destruction of buildings
out-houses walls, roofs chmuies, hay stacks. fences,
&c -besdes fractures and other injuries received by
! Individuals was very great Many vessels sunk
in the MsrsPy, ard in The Liverpool docks, and ID
vessels ashore at Boo,lp Bay The direction Of the
gale was from the S w, but afterwards, sill more Win
lenlly from the West The streets Of Liverpool
slrewed with slate, tiles, fragments Of chimncs. &c
! blown from the roofs. The house Of Mrs Lawrence
had the root and all the floors driven in by the fall of
the stack of chmnes, killing that lady aud IN urng
veral others So also the house Of Mrs. Marsh crush
Ing 10 death her Two sons and the servant girl A
Der of other houses in the city crushed in the
way causing altogether the death Of sume eight
persons.
| 1t is surprising, however, how many persons buried
/ rescnpd nnniurpd by