Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-24
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TREMENDOUS GALE
irfM Destruction ofLic,s anil PropcriM

AwfM Destruction Of Lircs anil PropenfH'
Ahou, half.past II o'clock last evening" 4 gale
commenced blowing from the South West, which
for violence and devastating effect we scarcely
rccollecl parallel Knowing the anxiety 10 get
the particulars Of the disaster, We have issued
this extra, with such particulars as we have at
first been able 10 Glia-we shall issue another ex
ira his afternoon with further particulars.
The Iron L. :. Steamer was driven upon the
beach high and dry, near tie old Stone House.
TIE Com Perry came in about IL O'Clock last
night in most shattered coniiun-lcr wheel
house being smashed in-and the boat almost
cripple-in coming in, she ran into the Great
Wes.era-knocaing man o:crboarl in the COL
lision who was supposed To be lost-then she ran
her bowsprit through The side OF the Wayne
where she remained fastened
The steamboat, Chaulauqlc lies ashore on her
beam ends near Black Rock
The Steamboat Robert Fulton which left last
evening. has not been heard from.
The Er" Europe came in about | o'clock lasi
evening. when i!c storm was at lis hcisht-wi!h
the loss OF her lore tcpma,' and her sais considc
rably injured. She ran her hpwSprii plump into
The warehouse Of jos !. Webster.
The steamboat Erierall had her smoke pine
blown oand demolished,
Three Cana! boats and scow boat were dri-
ont of The arhor into the river by the force of
the current this morning. The canal boats were
driven up on the beach and Tie persons on board
thus saved; the scow boat with three persons on
board went to pieces and all on board persisted.
The amount Of damag" done 10 the steamboats,
and vessels in harder is very large, ard the mill
rc> 10 the harbor aud docks is Also great In
deed we do not rccoilec that Buffalo has ever been
visited with q GALE the consequences OF which
have been so disastrous 10 life and propcuy
The new White Lead Factory OF Court street
is entirely demolished
Seneca street, below Michigan, presents, most
singular appearance. Numerous canal hoals,
small houses, furniture, lumber cord wood, &c.
lie in one confused mass. A yawl boat lies near
Craokers's Ta.ern, in the street
Two girls, domcslics, III The service OF Huii's
Hoiel, we're drowned in heir beds probably, as
they slept in the basement of the house which was
completely filled with wafer
A womap residing near the foot of Washing
ton street was drowned In her bed
The dead bodies Of liYe children and one wo-
man are now lying at the Watch house, ten ho-
dies ut the Courthouse, and five bodies al house
on the flats.
The sicepIe of the Parl; Church is completely
twisted round, and now stands in lettering po-
sliop.
The new engine house of the Buffalo and At
lica Railroad Company was completely demo-
ished. The track of the Atca and Buffalo Rail-
road was so much damaged that the cars did not
leave this morning. We believe the Falls Rail-
road is also somewhat injured.
A new two story building, corner of Wash
Ton and Exchange streets, luSt about 10 be en-
closed, was completely blown down. and remains
a heap OF ruins
The new part OF the Mansion House, although
In an exposed situation, sustained but little injury.
l,rtpt 81. al
Main streets, was partly unrooted, and I great
part of the third story was blown down-no one
injured.
A brick house on South Division street, owned
BY James Dubois, and nearly finished, was partly
blown down and very much injured.
The cottage owned BY y. Dayton, next door,
was also much damaged b. The falling Of Mr.. Du-
bois's house. the roof stove in. &c. The family
had arisen and removed their beds just before The
accident.
The number of chimney, blown down and
houses unrooied, is at present difficult 10 ascer-
tain: they must be very large.
The water rose in the lower part of the city
higher than it has ever been known before. The
amount of merchandise. books and papers de-
sroyed on the dock is immensc-thc amount OF
the loss OF one house alone is estimated al over
$4,000.
The steamboat; Columbus lays mp on pasture
ground ahoul two hundred feet from the creek.
The steamboat Julia Palmer lies in very crit
ical situation, and great fears are entertained for
her safety. She has thrown OF her horses, and
twelve of them have swan ashore.
The water rose from four TO five feet deep in
some of the warehouses on The dock. The roofs
of the warehouses OF Philo Durtee, Purdy & Co,
Chard, Mech & Co, James Murray x Co. are
either completely torn off or seriously DANA ged.
The roof Of the new Cotton EacorY was blown
of. and the machinery and walls greatly damaged
Four additional bodies have just been brought
mp from SANDY Town, which had been washed
up on the beach.
Upwards OF thirty houses, mos, of them wood,
have been unroofel thrown down, or partially de-
stroved, between Mechanic stree, and Black ROCK,
on The outer part OF The city.
Five hodes-lhrec boys and two men, were Just
taken from the narbor near Commercial street
and another one just discovered.
The bodies Of man and boy have just been
picked up on the other side OF the creek The num-
Der of lives ascertained 10 he lost, 50 far, is up
wards Of fifty, and fears are entertained that this
amount will be more than doubled.
Nearly fifty canal boats now lie on the beach
between Erie street and Black Rock. Several
boats lie directly across the tow-path.
The extensive Pier and Sea-wall al this harbor
has been damaged greatly. The heavy piers Of
stone this side of the lighthouse have extensive
breaches in many parts, so that the waves make
clear Roadway from the lake into the harbor.
Our reporter Just brings the intelligence OF five
additional bodies being taken from the beach out
side of the sea-wall.
& large number Of houses are overturned, and