Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-11-07
EFFECTS OF THE GALE AT HAVANA.
Ninety-fwo Vessels sunk, destroyed, or otherioiSe
injured forty or my coasting uessels wrscked.:

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The brig Cybelle arrived at Savannah on the goth
utimo, bringing advices from Havana to the 10th.
The recent gale, experienced all along the Southern
coast, was felt with much violence at Havana, and
did considerable injury to the city and the shipping
in port.
During the hurricane las we learn from one accsun
dangerous to be in the city from large sheets Of lead and tiles
blown from the tops of the houses These lay about every
drecon and In many instances carried by the wind to
great distance The beautiful palmetto and other which
adorned the Gaernoro Square broken and torn down
The air filed with dense clouds Of spoon dri sab
spray, which carried for half league the country,
and deuged the houses entering the cevce and flooding the
streets. Many houses blown down unrooied, and
among them tho Tacon THEATRE which partially unroo
ed and received other damage The streets nearly de-
Serted except by occasional deachmens Of soldiers ordered
to different posts to give assistance where needed The
beautiful Passao the fashionable drive and promenade of the
citizens suffered in its shrubs trees plants &c. But the
wharves presented the most disastrous spectacle
barques briggs and schooners crowded top Of the
Others three tier deep, sunk wrecked dismasted, to-
tally crushed to pieces
The Savannah Georgian has the following letter,
which gives some additional particulars
"HAvAsA, OcTonEn IL, 1876
We have announce with deep regret have again
been visited with terrific hurricane, far destructive in
its effects upon the shipping the harbor than that of 1884,
ltcommenced the evening Of the 10th, and lasted until
o'clock the next morning Out Of l04 sailing vessels steam
SUNK wrecked dismastcd otherwise severely njured be-
sides which, forty fifty coasng vessels destroyed In
the city and environs the injury to the buildings trees &c
has been immense and many lives have been lost The
counts from the country yet incomplete in their nfor
nation and vary great DEAL In districts the damage
both the sugar and the buildings the estates has
been immense others has been somewhat lighter The
total dimnuon Of the crop in consequence Of this calamity
will doubt be very considerable, though have not data
enough yet TO make estimate. Much will also depend
on the weather we have for weeks to come.
greater part ofhe coffee crop has pershed and almost
all the plantation have been rooted up, and fields Of rice
destroyed whereby much suffering will be occasioned, and
imports Of provisions from abroad will be required to greater
extent.
Our Government have published order permitting small
foreign suited for the coang be transferred To
the Spanish flag Such vessels should be of light draugh
with good capacity for storage.
No has yet been made of any reduction
duties upon articles of necessity. 1t is doubtful if any rec
will be afforded in that way.
French gate went ashore, but will probably be got
of with considerable damage Also, French sloop of war
driven ashore the morning of the Ith, and will be
total loss and French man-owar steamer much damaged,
being dsmasted, &c. Spanish man-ofwar brig sunk at
her anchors, and will be total loss ashore, and
three slightly injured. The Montezuma and
Guadaoupe are ashore"
The Havana prices of the 18th instant summing
up the list Of disasters to the shipping, gives the following
result
Ships sunk IL, dismasted 4, much damaged 8, safe
total ~ Briggs sunk 10, dsmssed IL, much damaged IA
safe total 49, Schooners sunk dsmased 3. much dam
aged p safe total ID. Steamers lost Natchez, Tacon,
Vianueva. Coasters sunk, upwards Of As"
Intelligence bad been received at Havana from Matanzas
which represents the gale have been very svere but
destructive to the shipping Although every vessel in port
driven ashore they got Off without much damage,
with the exception Of the Nicholas Brown Of Providence and
schooner Gen. Warren which considered totally lost