The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-11-08
From the Buffalo Gazette.
TERRIBLE GALE.!!.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUC-
TION OF PROPERTY.

QUO vi tilC NIOSs oCEPlO oNo''oNti'N =
gales which was ever expe rlenced
here. The whole lower part Of the
city. extending into Seneca street, on
the East 81 .e of Main street, presents
one general scene of wreck and desc
lation, throughout the whole length OF
the city.
The water was all Of two feet high
err than it has ever been known before.
The wharves, throughout the whole
extent, have been more or less dam
aged.
The U. S. ship Alert, and more
than dozen other ships and steamers
were aground, and more or less injur-
ed-some totally destroyed.
The Buffalo papers give the names
of more than 40 Canal Bo1ts, that are
driven ashore, and more or less injured.
Wood lumber, hogs, cattle, and the
remnants of houses, are to be found,
and obstruct the streets all over the
fats.
The new Glass Factory ofH. Hodge
& Co., is in ruins; loss $4,000.
The new White Lead Factory OF
Messrs. Thompson, Warren & Co.,
near the foot oiCourt street, is almost
entirely demolished.
The track Of the Buffalo AMI Attlca
railroad from the Depot on Washing
ton street, to the Hydraulics, about
three quarters of a mi,e, was washed
away. The damage in the depot, car
and engine house, estimated at $1,000.
The following are the names OF the
persons drowned, as far as we have
been able to learn:
Ellen Barney, drowned 1T Huff S
Hotel.
A. Metot and son, drowned near
the 70 ot of Commercial st. on the other
side of the creek.
Mrs. Smith Germany AMI four young
daughters.
A young man named Smith.
Mr. Mitchell, formerly Of GenneS-
see county.
Mrs. Catherine Smith, formerly OF
Albany, and two children.
Mrs. O'Brien, found n2ar the foot OF
Eagle street.
Janet Laurie. supposed to have re-
Gently resided in Canada.
Moses White, fisherman. parents
reside at WiIliansvi.le.
Mrs. Strolicker, and three daught-
ers. recently from Seneca Falls.
Catharine Redding, at llutl's Hotel.
MIR. Havens, who resided at the old
toll bridge, and boy who lived with
him.
David G. ploG,, employed at Mr.
Wilkinson's Foundry.
Ambrose Milan, a truckman, was
killed by the falling in of the gable end
of his dwelling on Hanover street, at'
ter having removed his wife and chill
drcn.
John Bone, a ferryman, was found
drowned on the flats.
Up to II o'clock, q dead bodies had
Leen brought to the Court house.
Six children, drowned in the vicinity
of Wilkes on's ioundry-names not as
certaincd. Also, five grown persons:
three females and two males, among
them Mrs. Smith and two Of her
children-liltle girls. Mrs. OBrien
and her chIId--a little girl about 8 years
old. One lad, about l6 years old.
name not known, was drowned while
attempting to save the life Of Mrs.
Smith. The body ola little girl was
found under the workshop Of Mr..
Sawin, near the foot of Eagle street.
As near as we can learn, the num-
ber missing and not yet found is about
5-makins the whole number lost Or
missing As.
The bodies brought in are mostly
foreigners, German and Irish, and were
drowned from small tenements on the
flats.
Two servant girls were drowned in
the cellar kitchen of Huf's Hotel
One of them was an Irish girl named
Ellen Bvnam, the other an American
girl named Catherine Redding. The
bodies of the servant girls have since
been recovered.
An inquest was held on 20 bodies
last evening which were placed in cof-
fins. Four others have since been
recovered.
The wind during the night. though
greatly subsided, was still high, and
there was heavy sea rolling. 1t was
chilling coId-the severest night we
have had during the season.
MORE OF THE GALE.
IN addition to what we give from the
Buffalo Gazette slip, we CLEAN the fol-
lowtnp from the Courier of Mondav