Washington telegraph., 1844-11-13
TREMENDOUS GALE-GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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all precedent, to life and property. The
following private letter to the Cincinnati
Gazette, gives condensed account of the
misfortune:
BUFFALO, Oct. 13-I0 o'clock, "A. NJ
1Mcssrs. Edtors:-It j. my painful duty
/ to give you few of the particulars of the
hardest gale that ever visited this section OF
the country. 100000 will not cover the
loss Of property in this city. r.
At about half past ii last night, the gale
\ commenced Blowing from the northwest,
most violently. Ii kept increasing from
thai time until about O'Clock
l Tie iron U. ). steamers ChautauqHe,
Bunker Hill and Columbus. with several
canal boats. were driven from the harbor and
cast ashore; some below he north pier and
some id ihe bay. The steamboat Indian
Queen and schooner Ashland were diyen
on shore, in attempting to make the pier
The Commodore Perry came in at IL o.
clock in a shocking condition. She was
almost crippled. She did great deal OF
damage 10 boats and vessels while landing
at the dock. The steamers IT. Louis, julia
Palmer and Rohcrt Fulton. lslt last evening
al o'clock, for the upper Lakes. Ihe II.
Louis was driven back TO Black Rock this
morning. The Julia Palmer was driven
back also; but after making several attempts
TO get into the harbor, was beat up into the
bay, where she has laid since z this morning.
She threw ID horses overheard; IL oithem
got On shore. The Fulton has not been
heard from. Ii is supposed that she has
gone TO the bottom. The whole deck, from
one end to the other is completely ruined.
The south pier, which, il was supposed,
would stand any thing has been swept away.
Seneca street, below Michigan street j. one
heap NJ ruins. Canal boats small houses
furniture, lumber, cord-wopd &c, &c.
confused massl Two girls, domest;cs.w
drowned in their beds, at iiuileys IiUte..
4 woman was drowne IN her bed un ~ ash
ngiun street.
I'hc Advertiser states that Tile Julia Fa.-
ner, with 3 DR. 100 pa5srnIr " IN sa.r.
Six Or seven steamers have been destroyed.
But more dreadful than q j. tie css If Liie.
The bodies of i've childsen. IN one wagon
says the Advertiser, have Just pas sed oar
oiiicc, aud sixteen persons are missing from
Nnkcson's fonndery- BESIDES these,
whole families have been destroyed
The damage done u iha shipping ii The
harbor is immense.
The stone pier on lie south side of thc
lefeek, which WAS supposed by all to be i'm
pregnab.e to the assaults of The Clements
has given away before the Storm Of last
night, and FIR over third ni H. leng II Tie
top down several iee; ha- been broken awar
and washed into the creek.
The wharves, throughout the whole ex-
tent, have been more Or less damaged. in
many PAGES being completely torn away,
and scattered through The adjacent streets
The u. :. ship Alert and more than 4 du-
zen othcr ships and steamers. were aground
and more or less inj.ircd-sJme totally de-
stroyed.
The Buffalo papers give ihe names o
more than 40 canal boats. ihat are driven
ashore, and more or less injured.
The track Of the Buffalo and Aftica rail
road from the Depot on Washington street
to the Hydraulics, about three q larters Of \
mile, was washed away. The water rose
about four feet in the depot, tearing away
the floor, and doing other INJURY. The dam
age in the depot, car and engine house esd
mated al $1,000.
a part Of the stecp'e Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. on Niagara street was
thrown much out Of iis perpendicular posi-
ton.
1t would be impossible. to day to give a
list oi' the sufferers by this gale. All who
are engaged in business on the dock have
suffered more or les. Among those who
are considered thr heaviest losers, however
we have heard mentioned the houses Vii
.Hessrs. A. II. iaw, Naibr.dge 4 Hay-
Ten, Strong q White, and John ilemming.
Al o clock there were 81 dead bodies
in tie Court. House; since that time several
have been found. | have been informed
that ID will not cover the number. BnIld-
ings, innnmcrab,e, are blown down in aIl
, quarters Of the city. The water rose from
to ) feet in the Warehouses ON the docks:
the roofs of a great number Of them are torn
OIL The new Cotton Factory sustained
very heavy loss. An innumcrabie quantity
| ofiurniturc Of all descriptions has been taken
lromthe beach this morning belonging ID the
steamer DE Witt Clinton. Ii il ascertained
that she is lost. The steamer G.. W. Da.e
lies across Ohio street, in a shocking condi-
tion. a horse swan into the harDor this
morning, and was saved. Ii is impossible
q tell where he came from
lOl q clock-I have Just been informed
that 10 more bodies have been brought to
the Court-House. | have also been in
formed by the agent the Julia Palmer, that
she had at least 800 passengers on board.
She is the opposition boat. 1t is reported
that a Steamboat went ashore this morning