Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-10-24
.pryEyDors GAZE AT BUF

fsl dssirseiiea Of Life
The yale on Friday nigh, las, has visited
w,b .fcsdful effect the city Of Bufilo. and
! !. With the dccpcs, solicuude we awai,
fgriher Intelligence from lhs, place eni the
Upper Lakrs
The Com. Adv, TO which PAPER we are
iniebicd for our news, reports fearful de.
gfuc,ion Of lie snd property The gale
commenced sbou, Midnight and blew with I
,efrihe violence 10 on Saturday morning
At3Pnon Saturday morning the storm
vas sill threatening.
The scnmcr Chatauqnc was ashore /
The L S steamer Albert ashore also - I
The S, Louis made Buffalo port, having 7
hal three men and boy washed overheard.
The Julia Palmer WINS al anchor In thr
same bay south OF the lighthouse. She
had on board 3 or 400 passengers II
she goes ashore the loss OF life will be
fearful
The Wayne, Constellation and Perry
made the harbof The Fulton is reported
ashore at Surgeon Poini-thrce men los,
Upwards Of 20 canal boats are drited ashore
number ofwhich are half a mile aud off
from the canal.
PIERS AND WUARFks.
The massive stone pier that projects the
harbor is seriously injured for many rods
in 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, &c,
laying on the wharves, is lost.
Tho Good was heavily fell by the stave
dealers Sherman had 500 900 drif,cd
over the fats flarbeck had some $4,000
also drhed up towards the Hydraulic works.
The whole of the lower floors of the
warehous . on the harbor have been sub
merged, and the property therein stored Of
course much injured.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND INJURED.
Roop's White Lead Factory, a new es-
,ablisement in which some $4,000 had
been invested, is utterly demolished moth
ing but m IS ofruln left. The exert OF
the loss cannot be ascertained until The rub
Dish is removed klngman's three brick
stores, foot OF Court ST not quite completed,
all IN ruins The brick building partially
erected by the Niagara Falls r. r CO. for
depot near Court ST. is mass Of ruins -
The new Cotton Factory, slightly injured
Four frame Cottages, all belonging 10 c. G.
Bristol. near Wlkinson's Foundry, all de
s,royed rs are also all the frame Cottage:
and dwellings, on both sides Of the canal
from Mechanics ST. to the city line, some
thirty or forty in number Welman s
Cooperage and Van Syke e. co.'s Boa
yard in the same vicinity, are all gone, in
GLIDING timber, and tools and seamng ap
para,us Graves & cos Rope walk, to
tai loss, machinery, materials, &c. all DIFF
ted Of w. Meals new brick dwelling OF
Court ST, and some thirty small dwelling
occupied BY persons employed in Wlkin
sons boundary. all washed away or blowr
over A hat factory near the canal, TIVE
frame buildings on Jackson ST. Guthrie &
Benson's Planning establishment, and soar
factory adjoining, on the canal, are ais
gone On the ship canal, near Darts Ell
evator. are the remains of three or fonr bull
dngs thrown into a mass of shopeless ruins
to whom belonging we were unable TO learn
On the peninsula between the lake ant
harbor. several small wooden buildings an
large number of cattle swept away =
MANY of the warehouses along the harbo
were considerably injured IN their roofs bl
the massive strength OF the bodies OF thos
buildings enabled them to resist the gale. =
The water rose seven feet in tibet lassworh
of Pledges & CO. and destroyed large
mount of stock and ware on hand.
The new brick store, nearly completes
belonging to F. c. Ha:ch, corner of +!
change and Washing ton, is totally destro,
ed. The new brick and wooden building
each 1870 by SO feet, recently erected b
the At;ca g. Buffalo r. r. co, adjoining It
railroad on Chicego St are utterly des,r O.
ed, scarcely vcs,age being left Bush
new morocco factory, large wooded bui
ding just completed, has been lifted from
substantial stone foundation which is pa
tally DESTROYED and is much injured.
a part Of the brick DWELLING on Soui
Division street belonging to J. b. Duboi
blew down and crushed the adjoining wo'
cottage belonging 10 NJ. w Dayton. II
escape Of mr. Dayton and family was pro
ideniaI Alarmed by the severity of Il
gale. he and his family arose, and had il
ief their beds when the chimney and pa
of the wall Of the adjoining building f
and crushed the rooms and beds they hi
Just left A portion Of the brick store CO
ner of South Davinson and Main, is destro
ed The battlemen,s on the method
church are down, and the steeple of t
Park church is much injured and ready
fall McCulloch's brewery at the II
draulIcs is unroofd.
The warehouse belonging 10 o, Lee,
cup'el by CT. A French above WashingtC
street. is unroof,d, and was filled with "
ter.
The At,ica and Buffalo Railroad ira
Tor distance OF nearly half mile frt
the depot, is completely broken up. 4
water filled the depot 10 the depth Of abb