The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-23
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The disasters among the shipping terrible. NJ
less than three of the New York packets were losth'
OYford ST. Andrew, and Pennsy lvania. The Oxford
on shore in Booe Bay, the night of the 9th, with al
her mass standing The next morning, the passengers
IA in number with the captain and crew, landed in safety
with their luggage The masts fell in the course of the
| night.
Near to the same spot, the Redwing-a tender
for the mail-ent ashore So violent was the hurricane
that although the Redwing had three anchors OUT and
full power of steam on of the cables snapped and the
other two anchors dragged, the vessel going bodily
shore till at last the captain obliged slip his cables
TO avoid running into the Oxford The wind then drove
the vessel her beam endsand being unable get her
head to windward, she went on shore sdeway. .
The ST. Andrew struck on the Burbo Sands. The pas
sengers were taken off by steam vessel, the Vicora-
High encomums paid in the Liverpool papers, to the
cool and steady conduct of Capt. Thompson The ship
was total wreck.
The ship Lockwoods-with great number of passen-
gers board-went upon the North Bank her fore and
main masts falling in the shock She boarded by the
same steamer, the Victoria, which took off thrty-three
passengers and about seventeen of the Forty or m
ty persons believed to have persisted board abe
Lockwoods.
The packetship Pennsylvania went on the same North
Bank, about quarter of mile eastward of the Lock-
woods, where her hull nearly covered by the sea-
The captain crew, and passengers, seen in the rig
gng Tuesday, the Sth On that evening, the steamer
Victoria put off to their assistance and within sight
AOiuo'
The sufferers could be in the rigging and their cries
could be heard
One of the passengers-Mr. Thompson, of New York
had been by Captain Nye of the Independence, at
Leasowe. He reported that himself and three other pas
sengers and FIVE left the ship in of the boats,
which swamped, and the other eight were drowned
Mr. Thompson ascrbed his safety life preserver
which he had on.
1t was reported the 10TH that 26 persons had been
rescued from the yvania-44 from the Lockwoods
and % from the st, Andrew,
The accounts from the interior quite fghtful as
those from the scacoast At Manchester the violence OF
the storm terrific In the surrounding country the
destruction of immense In park alone $50
FRUSTRATED and ITO very much injured by the
loss of large limbs and branches Att Blackburn less
than eleven factories had their chimnes leveed doing
great damage in their fall.
The storm extended to Ireland committing great ravages
in Dublin and other places.
SEVEN DAYS LArER-The ravages of the hurricane
appear have extended all the island and to have
been felt in Ireland and the Isle of Man. The loss of
lives, both in these last mentioned islands and in Scotland
appears to have been very great
Ireland, from Londonderry to Cork, and from Dublin to
Galway was swept by the tempest in awful manner,
leaving the country scene of desolaton.
AT Galway five persons were kill AT Athelone from
As to so houses blown down. Orchards, groves,
of trees in every direction lain PROSTATE. Two
the estate of Lord Chalevle, Fuamore upwards
of $1,000 worth Of timber destroyed Troops of
workmen employed in cutting timber to clear the roads
The passenger board the Lockwoods who refused to
leave his wife in dying state, afterwards, with her.
brought safely to land.
We perceive that 900 bales of board the Vic
tora from Charleston, ashore Casoe have been saved
without, damage.
The Liverpool Albion of the 18th, says that the ST. An
drew, Pennsylvania, Lockwood, and Brighton or
would be total wrecks that much of their cargoes al
ready washed out and strewed along the Shore
Dreadful Earthquake at Martinique.
By the Pauline, which sailed from ST. Pierre the 18th
Ill., and at New Orleans the Sd inst, information is
brought, giving the particulars of terrible earthquake
which visited that island the 18th utmo and spread
uin and havoc the whole French colony The de-
'astation was immense Accounts coming in, des-
riding the destruction of budingsthe laying waste of
the swallowing up and burial of many
antilles OF the towns, Port Royal appears to have been
he greatest sufferer
The last shock of the earthquake left building
adning and the whole city may be said to be overwhem-
ID Four hundred persons, is supposed, were buried
lnder the ruins OF these three hundred had been with
going on extend relief others in the situa
ton.
In the town of Pierre the shock not at
Port Royal. The commotion lasted about five minutes.
The Governor of Martinique has issued his proclamation
calling upon the citizens to each other in their
ghtfu disaster and promising the sympathy and asss
ance of the French Government.
Hundreds of plantations the island had been utterly
destroyed and intelligence of disasters contn
tally pouring into the town,
To augment, if possible, this sad calamity, the yellow
committed terrible ravages Among other Victims
s M. Lucote, aid-de-camp to the Governor.