The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-02-20
Late Foreign AnteIiigace
From the ". Y. Eyg. Post, Of Feb. hh.
LATE FROM EUROPi.


of Lamentabb .Shipurecks-Loss oaack
ul Slips Pennsylvania, Oxford, al s
I'm AndreV-Loss Of life.
lat The Packet ship Cambridge Cap
ed Bursley arrived this morning iron Liver
is pool, whencc she sailed on the l0h c
10. Janlary. We have our files of Lado
e. papers to the sth, and Liverpool tn
he 10Th ofJanuary.
as The Liverpool papers are fiIledwi
of accoIIts Of a violent and destrctiv
* hurricane which arose on the niht q
I'd Sunday, January G,h, and continue dur
n ing great part of the next day. lie Ii
verpool Courier of Jan. 9th, says =
is al around our own dstrid lh
le destruction has been dreadful an in
l. tclligcncc Of buildings, out.hcuscs, -alls
is roofs, chimncys, fences and trees living
Ir b0cn destroyed or blown down, resh ~
d from every quarter. In this tow, the
}. loss of life aud property have beeuvery
i great, and numbers of persons have fbeen
. more or less injured, while multitude.
Y are recounting particulars of marrow es
: capes from death, or fractured Inns -
5 The destruction TO the marine,it is eareC
> will have been exceedingly great IN tn,
, surrounding coasts, though the intelligence
, is not yet very ample. Many vessels
have been sunk in the river, and in he
docks, and not less than fifteen are nov
lying ashore at Bootle Bay"
! The wind was westerly during tie
gale, and began to blow violently abot
| O'Clock on the night Of the 9Th. A.
bout one O'Clock it became a complec
hurricane, and from to two to five, tie
gusts were strongest, and the most dan
age was done. In all quarters, slate
and lead from the roofs, chimney pos
and bricks, were lifted by the wind, ard
blown about like chaif, flying over tie
| streets OF the town, and the adjacent vi.
lages. Tho alarm was as universal IS
The destruction. Thousands Of families
rose from their beds, unable to rest ipm
the terror occasioncd by the roaring md
the crashes of the tempest. Many eft
their houses. and sought shelter in he
sror ger habltaiions OF their neighbors
The best built mansions of Liverp,ol,
iabrics of solid and substantial masonry.
'rcmhed and rocked before the assaults
OF the wind, as if shaken by an cath.
quake. When the morning broke, the
gale was still sweeping from the west.
ward with the fury ola tornado. Though
ii had done lis worst to the town, il was
dangerous to go abroad, such was the
number Of bricks states, and fragments
OF buildings, which were flying in the
wind, and the streets were blocked with
rubbish and fallen walls. In the enyi-
rons, trees of great magnitude were beat.
en- down, uprooted, or snapt asundcr. In
hirhdalc, Walton, Windsor, Wavortree,
and the surrounding villages, they were
~ -. "S."S'' .iio .Vsss r>,,... Oo...-
plete barriers. Buildings were blown
down, and haystacks scattered bv The
blast in every direction.
In Cornwallis street, near Great
George square, a stack Of chimneys fell
upon the house ofa Mrs. Lawrence driv.
ing the roof and beating in all the inter.
mediate floors to the cellar. Five per.
sons were bnried in the ruins they were
exiricaicd by the police. with the aid of
their friends, but one of them, Mrs. Law.
renee, an aged and respectable lady, cx.
pIrcd almost immediately afterward from
her wounds.
A house IN Nelson street occupied by |
n Mrs Marsh, was also crushed into |
heap of ruins by the falling of the chin.
neys. She escaped unhurt, but her two
sons, with servant girl, were killed.
Various other deaths and injuries were
occasioncd by the falling of chimncys,
and some instances fires broke ont in the
ruins. and the fire police was called out
IA midst OF the gale to extinguish ,hem.-
II is related that widow lady who kent
an infant school, terrified at tao prospect
of having her window blown in. had
placed herself against il to prevent it,
when the roof fell in a, her feet and the
wall tell outward into the street, leaving
her standing without injury.
In one neighborhood, near Bids,on,
numerous families were driven from
houses by danger, and took refuge under
the hedges.
lnali the docks the damages are pro.
digions' the vessels pitching against each
other aud beating it their bows and
sterns. In the river, vessels were driv.
en- about at thc mercy ofihe tempes,.-
But on the coast some frightful wrecks
took place.
Several vessels had been wind bouod
IN the port Of Liverpool previous to the
gale, and had taken advantage of the
easterly wind which prevailed lor a sbor,
time on the 9th to put to sea.
Among them were the New YorL
packet ships st. Andrew and Pennsvly,
MIA. On Tuesday evening, the stb orl
January, intelligence arrived ,ba, the q,
Andrew had been seen on the Barba
Sands, with both anchors down ,ha
sea bcaIlng heavily. A rumor also arriv.
ed that the Pennsylvania had gone n
pieces. Captain Nye, of the pack ket SHIN
Independence. arrived Oh tha, eyennr
rom Lecsowe, where he had seen n NJ ,
Thompson, of New York. who had be.n ,
saved from the PENNSYLVANIA, who 20 q
1Ortpd that lln,ecif ,,.,l ~