The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-10-30

TREMENDOUS GALE At BUFFA-
LO-Great1oss Of Property and agfm de-
structiOn Of Life.
The gale on Friday night last has visited
with dreadful effect the city of Buffalo, and
it is with the deepest solicitude we await fur
Their intelligence from that place and the
Upper Lakes.
The Com. Adv, to which paper we are in
debted for our news, reports fearful des-
truction of life and property. The gale
commenced about midnight and blew with
terrific violence till on Saturday morning the
storm was still threatening.
The steamer Chatauque was ashore. The
U. S. steamer Albert ashore also.-The St.
Louis made Buffalo port, having had three
men and a boy washed overheard. The Julia
Palmer was at anchor in the same bay,
south of the lighthouse. She had on board
3 or 400 passengers. If she goes ashore the
loss of life will be fearful.
The Wayne, Constellation and Perry
made the harbor. The Fulton is reported
ashore at Sturgeon Point-three men lost.
Upwards of 20 canal boats are drifted ashore
number Of which are half a mile off from
the canal.
PIERS AND WHARVES.
The massive stone pier that protects the
harbor is seriously injured by many rods i'll
length The whole extent of wharfage from
the canal TO the foot of Illinois street, is in
many places totally destroyed. Of course a
large amount of property, salt, q. laying on
the wharves, is lost.
The flood was heavily felt by the stave
dealers. Sherman had 5000 drifted over
the flats. Harbeck had some $4,000 also
dri(ted up towards the Hydraulic works.
The whole of the lower floors ofthe ware
house on the harbor have been submerged,
and the property therein stored of course
much injured.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND INJURED-Gn
immense number.
The Attca and Buffalo Rrailroad track
for distance of nearly half a mile from the
depot is completely broken up. The water
filled the depot to the depth of about five feet,
but subsidized without doing any material
damage. The company fortunately had a
car or two at the Engine house at the Hy-
draulics, with which they were able to sent
out the passengers this morning.-The cars
will not start from the Hydraulics for or
days until the track is repaired. The entire
loss sustain by the company in buildings. in
jury 10 the road, &c., will amount to three or
four thousand dollars.
But the most deplorabe effect of the gale
is the destruction oflife. How many lives
have been destroyed it is impossible, as yet,
to ascertain. Twenty five bodies of men,
women and children have been recovered and
taken to the Court House, for Identification
l. r. l. h. IL.
children in one wagon have just passed our
Office. Sixteen persons, men, women and
children, are missing from Wilkinsons's
Foundry. Two servant girls employed al
HoffHs Hotel slept in the basement. The
side walk fell in and filed the room with wa
tef before they conld escape. Both were
drowred. Thus far the number Of dead
ascertainedis as follows:
Nine meh, ten women and thirteen chill
dren, thirty two in all. Among the numbe
was a man named Smith, who lived on Elk ST;
his wife and two children, child Of VIM.
Nelson, living on Ohio St, and James Smith,
whose body was washer up Oh Seneca 81,
and was identified by his wife Also two
families named Smith. fourteen i'll all, also
a young man named Ploof. Mrs. Stalcom
and three children, recently from; Senaca
Falls; a man named Metot, and another
named White, who resided at Williamsvl.le.
The man who kept the boat-house OH the
peuinsular, we think his name was Gilbert,
with his son and son of widow Oster, were
all drowned. The boat-house keeper and
son about daylight attempted to swim across
the creek, but were swept down by the cur
rent.
These are in brief the particulars Of this
disaster.
The loss ofproperty it is impossible to es-
innate, but it far exceeds any occasioned by
any previous gale, and must amount to many
thousand dollars. Great numbers of famil-
les have lost every thing.
The loss is estimated to be at least $780,
600.