Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-11-09
From the Buffalo Gazette Of the 1914.
TERRIBLE Gale-Great Loss - Lille
and Destruction or PROPERTY

In aQultl0n 10 the immense loss OF prop
erty, we have to record still more melan-
choly results in the death Of large num-
Der Of human beings. The wind com.
menced blowing about II o'clock last
night, and continued until sunrise this
morning, when it gradually subsidized
The damage done to the shipping i, the
harbor is immense.
The stone pier on the south side Of the
creek which was supposed by all to be
impregnable to the assaults Of the elements,
has given way before the storm Of last
night, and for over third Of its length the
top down several feet has been broken
away and washed into the stream.
The wharves throughout the whole ex-
tent have been more or less damaged, in
many places being completely torn away,
and scattered through the adjacent streets.
The U. S. ship Alert, and more than a
dozen other ships steamers were aground,
and more or less injured some totally
destroyed. ~ 4 @ 2s
The Buffalo papers give the names Of
more than forty Canal Boats that are driv-
en- ashore and more or less injured.
Wood, lumber, hogs, cattle, and the
remnants ofhouses, and obstruct the streets
all over the flats.
Many chimneys were blown down in
various parts Of the city.
The new Glass Factory of II. Hodge &
Go. is in ruins; loss $4,000.
The new White Lead Factory of Messrs.
Thompson, Warren & Co., near the foot
Of Court street, is almost entirely demol-
ished.
The car house of the Buffalo and Nigga
ra Falls Rail Road was partially blown
down and the cars much damaged.
The office Of /. Sherman, lumber mer-
chant, was carried over the railroad track,
and lodged in the ravine near Seneca st.
The iron safe was found in the building.
The track the Buffalo and Attica rail-
road from the Depot on Washington street
to the Hydraulics, about three quarters Of
mile, was washed away. The water
rose about four feet in the Depot, tearing
away the floor, and doing other injury.
The damage in the depot, car and engine
house is estimated at $4,000.
A part of the steeple of the Methodist
Episcopal church, on Niagara street, was
thrown much out Of its perpendicular po-
sition.
The following are the names of the
persons drowned, as far as we have been
able to learn:
Ellen Barney, drowned at Tufts Hotel.
A. Metot and son, drowned near the
foot of Commercial street, on the other side
Of the creek.
Mrs. Smith (German) and four young
daughters.
A young man named Smith.
Mr.. Mitchell, formerly Of Genesee
county.
Mrs. Catharine Smith, formerly Of AL
bany, and two children.
Mrs O'Brien, found near the foot of Ea-
gle street. .
Janet Laurie, supposed to have recently
resided in Canada.
Moses White, fisherman, parents re-
sides at Williamsyille. III
Mrs. Stolicker, and three daughters, re-
Gently from Seneca Falls.
Catharine Redding, at Huff's Hotel.
Mr.. Havens, who resided at the old
toll-bridge, and boy who lived with him.
David G. Bloff, employed at Wilkinson's
Foundry.
Ambrose Milan, trucknan, was killed
by the falling Of the gable end Of his
dwelling on Hanover street, after having
removed his wife and children.
John Bone. ferryman, was found
drowned on the flats.
Up to IL o'clock, twenty -scven dead
bodies had bhen brought 10 the court
house.
Six childrea, drowned in the vicinity Of
Wilkeson's foundry-names not ascertain
ed. Also, FIVE grown persons--three fe-
males and two males. Among them a
Mrs. Smith and two Of her children-lit-
tie girls. Mrs. O'Brien and her child-a
little girl about three years old. One lad,
about Is years old, name not known, was
drowned while attempting to save the life
Of Mrs. Smith. The body Of man was
brought in, which had evidently been
drowned some days. The body Of little
girl was found under the workshop Of Mr..
Sawin, near the foot Of Eagle street.
As near as we can learn, the number
missing and not yet found is about 10
making the whole number lost or missing
AZ. r
The bodies brought in are mostly for
eigners, German and Irish, and were
drowned from small tenemeats on the
flats. a
Dead bodies are constantly arriving
The room is constantly crowded with per-
sons in search OF missing friends and rela-
tives. IA.
Two servant girls were drowned in the
cellar kitchen Of Huff's Hotel. One Of
them was an Irish girl named Ellen By
nam, who has no relations in this country.
The other was an American girl named
Catharine Redding, whose parents reside
at Collins, in this county. At IL o'clock
abe bedies had not been recovered from the
cellar. Two other girls were also asleep
in the same part Of the house, who barely
escaped BY breaking through the windows.
The bodies Of the servant girls have since
been recovered.
Aninquest was held on 20 bodies last
evaninC. which wer. nlaced in coffins-