Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-02
GREAT GALE ON LAKE ERIE.

GREAT GALE ON LAKE EXILE.
A furious gale took place on Lake Erie on FRI
day, 18th ult., and the night following, accompa
MED by driving fall of snow, which rendered the
atmosphere so thick to obslruct the vision at a
few yards distance. The weather very cold
wilha and we fear the damage done on the Lake
was very great. The Buffalo Commercial OF Sat
urdoy evening recounts the following disasters
within a few miles of that port
The Schooner Jefferson, Capt. Dougall,
went ashore at 6 O'Clock last night, about
three miles above Buffalo light house, and is
u total wreck, attended with a melancholy
loss oflife-one entire family, husband, wife
and FIVE children, together with young wo-
man and one of the men belonging to the
vessel, having persisted Capt. Dongall,
from whom we have the painful recital, says
that about two hours after his vessel beach
cd, the complimentary was washed off, and
the children and young woman, drowned IN
the cabin and forecastle A portion of the
crew had got ashore, in quest Of help, and
were endeavoring to rescue the family. The
mate wrapped his overcoat around the wo-
man, and tried to keep her warm by walking
her to and fro upon the beach, but she soon
became exhausted and incapable of motion,
and was placed in the boat which had wash
ed up, where she died in short time. Her
husband was delrious on reaching shore,
and attempted to escape into the swamp near
hy but persisted within short Distance
One of the hands belonging to the vessel
named James Bruce, got into the swamp and
was likewise lost The flmily were from
Hartford, Conn, names unknown--the chill
dren from eight years downwards. The
crew succeeded about midnight in getting
on board the brig Olive Richmond, beach,
ed below them, in greatly exhausted state.
When our reporter reached the vessel this
forenoon, the figure Of the young woman
above mentioned was discovered standing in
an upright posture, in the fore-castle com-
panion-way, frozen stark and stiff, with her
hands partly raised in an implorng posture,
aud her eyes fixed with cold and stony
gaze upon the shore.
Ofthe vessels heard from, eleven in num-
Der, all have been wrecked in distance OF
some twenty miles from Buffalo, which is
the extent of the coast heard from; what the
effect has been beyond is unknown but it is
apprehended will prove most fearful.
More of tie storm at the West.
Our forebodngs of the farther effects oil
the late gale have, we regret TO say, been
more than realized. We must wait for arri
yas from up the Lake, before we shall know
the full extent of the disasters The pier al
Dunkrk is nearly destroyed The Harris
on and Chautauque laid at the wharf there
from Thursday till Sunday morning and
much of the time were in imminent danger
and finally as a measure of safety took to the
lake and came into this port yesterday noon
the wind then blowing gale. The schoon
er Brandywine, Capt. Tubbs that was also
lying at Dunkirk, dragged her anchor Satur
day night, and that is the last that has beer
heard of her definitely. One report is tha
she went ashore near Silver Creek, and tha
all on board persisted, and another is, tina
she went down the river early yesterday NOR
ming wreck. She was heavily loaded will
flour.
Our informant heard of five vessels ashor,
near the mouth of Grand River, Ohio tel
on Canada shore, and many between Dun
kirk and Buffalo, but no other steamboat
and no lives lost but those we have alread
recorded. The beach for some miles, OF
the East end of the Lake was strewn will
barrels of -four, &c. &c. washed from YES
sells or thrown overheard to tighten those il
distress. The amount of loss must be YER
great. He saw vessels ashore several rod
from the water as it now is
The sailors state that the sky was so blacl
and hazy with snow during good part o
The storm that they could see nothing, an'
never knew that they were even approachin;
land ill they struck. Some persons wh'
had embarked for the West on being Ian
ded safely from the vessels, declared tina
they had got enough aud turned their face
Eastward
The name Of the family lost in the JelieI
son was Woods-ihey were from Connect
cut, either Hartford or New-lIaven.