Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-03-23

II oIoRM.--One OI inc scVereSt storms
with which we have been visited foi
many years, commenced on Thursday
night last, and continued with but little
abatement during nearly the whole ol
Friday. Tho guile on Thursday night
blew from the Northeast. and considcra-
bio snow fell. In the morning the wind
vccred to the southeast, and blew vio-
lenily, causing an unusually high tide
and considerable damage to several of
the wharves. Tho vessels in the harbor
rode out the gale in perfect safety, sus-
tanning no damage whatever. The sea
in the Bay and harbor ran very high and
dashed furiously against the rocks, over
the wharves and on the shores. The
view Of "old ocean" at the Beach was
truly sublime. 1t well repaid us for the
trouble of footing it down there during
the height Of the gale on Friday morn
ing more magnificent scene could
hardly he conceived of.
The storm in Providence was also
very severe and caused considerable
damage, tho tide rising higher it is said,
than has been known since the great
gale of 1915. >.
AT Boston, Portland, Newburypor,
Salem, and all the way "down east, I"
the gale was equally severe, and seems
to have been accompanied with very
heavy fall Of snow. In some places,
more snow fell than has fallen before at
any one time this season.
In Ncw-York the storm was the most
violont that has been experienced there
for many years. Several lives were lost
by the fall of house blown down in one
Of the streets, on the East River, and
mention is made of other damage
caused by the gale in various parts of
the city.
The Great Western, which left New
York on Thursday afternoon, on her
return to England, could not have pro-
ccedcd more than thirty miles beyond
Sandy Hook when she met the gale
1t was fearful time Tor her, and we
hope she wca,hcrcd it in safety. She
carried out 81 passengers.
From The n. Y. Com. Adv. Of Monday.
The steamer Mnhcgan, Capt. Thayer
which left New-York Thursday forcnoou
tor the purpose ot taking oft the passengers
uh the Nauagansett, winch was unable to
proceed, on account OF some arrangement OF
The machinery. encountered the gale in the
Sound that night. aud rode, II out at anchor |
two miles West from the Dumplings, at the
entrance Of Fishy Island Sound. She reach
ed S,oning,on ut half past eight The next
morning.
From the Eastward we have accounts of
number OF disasters, two Of which were AT
tended with II loss o' lives.
The whale ship General Williams, Capt. |
Bailey. with full cargo Of oil, 4:W0 barrels,
from n whaling voyage, uf and for New Lon,
don, came through the Race on the evening
Of the gale, md anchored off Black Point, IN
long Island ; lund, but immediately drag.
Icd, aud II was found necessary To cut away
her main aud mZcn inasts Ia prevent her from
gong on shore. Captain Bailey, with six OF
The crew, lcit the ship ~ The boat 10 procure
assistance, but III gong through ,bc suif, the |
boat swamprd, and all uerlshed, with The cX
ccption of Que man. mho saved himself by |
clnglng TO The boat, ard was driven ashore
on the poac,. near Saybrook. The ship was
towcd lh,a New London OH Saturday by the /
revenue cutter.
The shooncr Thomas, Captain Sproul, Of
Bristol. Maine, from Belfast, Maine. Tor Bos-
ton, about o'clock ON Friday morning struck
ou Lynn beach, WITHIN a iHile at the Lynn
depot. When first discovered 1t vas ueaT'y /
o'clock-ihe weather being very thick ear
" in the morning. The Doson DAILY Ad-
terllser saysi-
The people went to the beach TO render
asslsiancc--shc lay within gun shot of the
shore and the people there endravored To
give the crew TO understand that they should
remain on board uutil assistance could BE-
sent to them. But the wind was 90 violent, l
and the sea broke over The schooner 50 llri- Il
uusly, that they could not be- made To under
stand the signs, or hear the voices of those
on the shore. About "a o'clock, the crew
aud passengers, seven ~ number, all left the
vessel ~ ihclr own boat, which almost nnn,c.
dntoly swamped, mud they were thrown INTO
ihc wu,cr-h,c al them were drowned, uEd
two were saved by some people on tue shore
who wadcd off into the surf and took them
from the water. IN such al exhausted state
that It was some time before they could give
any account of themselves. When they had
recovered IL some measure, the particulars
were asccrtaned. The persons saved were
Capt. Sprou, ana young nian named Rufus
Chapman. Those who perlsh"d are, Wi.
liam Russrl, Wiltord Chapman, Robert llar-
vcy, Daniel Wheeler, nnd Henry Ford. the
last rnmed u boy. Had they remained on
board very few minutes longer, they would
all have been saved, as the life boat was on
her way 10 succor them. At0 o'clock no /
beach was lhrnngcd wiIH hundreds Of spec.
taiors--lhe vessel wns going To pieces. The
bodies oi those druwncd had no, been recov.
cred. II Is sad that tlc crew aud passcn-
all belonged 10 Bristol. II
The brig John Hancock, Kcmpton, from
Savannah, for BOSTON. went ashore "n !ink-
cr's Island, off h,arLlrhcad. on Thursday |