The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-08-17
The Great Storm.

did but little injury in New-York, &C
casloned fearful damage, and ina few
instances loss of life, at the South
lnNew-Jerseygr great injury was done
At Newark, the Morris Canal over
flowed It's banks, and the water burs
through the embankment, at the loci
above the plane, OVERLOOKING the
gardens and grounds of various citi-
zens, and lushinginto town. Noless
than SIX breaks were made between
Newark and Patterson. The dam
age done by the storm in other parts
OF the city, is, of course, consider
able. The storm was equally severe
through the country. CornGelds
were Frustrated, bridges washed
away, and roads rendered almost i'm
p~assable.
At El%izabethtown three bridges on
the Springfield and Elizabethlown
turnpike were washed away, the
roads torn up, and the village ofEliz-
abethtown sustained a good deal of
damage. The inhabitants were oblig-
ed TO turn out with their teams, TO re-
movetimber from against the bridge
across the main street. Gardens
were overllowed, and much damag-
ed. AT Orange a good deal of inju-
ry has been done to the track of the
Morris and Essex Railroad, which it
will require several days to repair
At Belleville the damage was partic-
ularly heavy. Several mills were
destroyed, aud dams carried away.
At PHILADELPHIA, the storm was a
tornado. The whirlwind passed from
southeast to northwest, blowing up
trees, unrooling houses, and upIurn-
ing several buildings in its course
S. r. Reeds blacksmith shop; the
roof of the dye house Of the factory
IN Spruce street; several new build
ings, corner ofSchuylkill Second, and
Chestnut streets stable ofSnodgrass
& White; Sans Souci Hotel roof;
a portion of the roof of the Institu-
ton for the Blind the large summer
house OF the Magdalene Asylum !;
the gas fitting factory in Vine street
r~oofofthe dlsllllery on Ashton street;
roof ofthe house corner Of SchuilkiIlI
Second, and Vine; roof of Joseph
Vests house half ofthe Columbia
factory, Col. Railroad; were all
down, and roofs carried away,
in many instances a hundred feet
Many other houses had their gable
ends blown in. Fences and trees
laid PROSTATE in every direc-
ton.
1t was also attended with loss of
life. Two young men of Darby,
Josiah Bunting, Jr., and Russell
Founders, were drowned by the car
rylng away of a large stone bridge,
III Darby's creek. They were seen
upon the remains of the bridge just
before the final fall of the structure.
Many houses have been carried away
on Chester Creek, and much loss of
life has been the result. 1t is pain
to report, in connection with the
flood on Darby Creek, that it is GER
tain that no less than at least seven
have been lost. The house of,
a woman named Margaret Nolan, who
with her four children we've therein,
was drifted an unknown distance
down the Creek, from a short space
below Kelley's Factory, which is
some two or three miles above Oar
by ; they were all drowned, and their
bodies have all been recovered.-
There are upwards of twenty canal
boats, laden with coal, sunk between
Market street and the Arsenal wharf,
and fears ale entertained that the
lives of several hands engaged on
board of some of the boats, which
lay at the foot of Pine street, have
been sacrificed. A person who was
board Of one of these boats in the
fury of the hurricane, feeling it to be
sinkingunder him, sprang overheard,
and began " swim, he could not tell
whittier, as the storm was so dense,
that he could not see twenty feet be-
fore him. Fortunately he landed
safely on the western shore, but it is
feared that the captain of the boat,
and a black boy, who were on board,
have persisted, as nothing has been
heard Of them. John Whilehouse,
a.hand in the gas fitting factory, was
killed in the ruins. Levi Harrison,
John Large, and John Harris, were
near Whitehouse, and buried with
him in the ruins. but afterwards ia