Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-03-07
Prom the Norfolk Ber.ld. March 4.
EFFECTS oFTHE STORM.

The destructive North Easter OF VIII ch we barely made
mention IN our last wound up with on Nor.
day night having continued with undated violence for
about W hours As we had apprehended the oss Of
ehandre In tho warehouses the wharves for the UMPIRE
eodsned height o. the tide Monday forenoon has been
considerable Where all have suffered however, IL woud
be needless to eusre and while are depres ed BY
aeeP though vain for the sUerers have at
inc Satisfaction to state that the aggregate OF their LOSSES
painful may be to contemplate in its mldes, aspect
has been greatly exaggerated.
we have m,de dligent enquiry among the sufferers.
so"e twenty nre In number, and from their report we feel
ourselves warranted In saying ,h., the To- 49,
nas been sustained in the destruction and dam.,. Of
soie. consisting chiefly Of sugar. salt aour co
ed oil from the yards and wharves; does mo-, ,ce.J
five thousand dollars. 1 '"e"V
The brig Clarion, Leland. from New York with rio. .,
oouuef N BELL went ashore Craney ts,nd. d,,,;,
tho storm, and had water in he, IA ~ ,h
Captain came up to town yesterday She will be ,o,,,
loss WV"
The s,ddenne.s with which the storm bur,, n,o, ne 49,,
the advanced hour o Its lat nRh with d.
circumstance OF It's being Sabbath day, all combined 10
prevent every thing like pecauon and two or three bou,s
un tneimo'n ngl while the tide rapidly rising was ali
be time allowed merchants TO secure sny M, of
their exposed merchandise Some Of them too were ul
led INTO security by the fact that their lower floor. w,ro
raised above the reach Of the higbe.t tide. In ,ir.. o..
hey little dreaming Of such mighty rush Of water. az
this
The creeks which odcnt the city on IN. c,, N, C,,h
street bridge, and the Of Briggs Point were .,vIl.
To such height as almost form so ,h,, Chu,c
street wss the only channel Of ton tdty ,hod1
between the lower and upper portions Of the civ Some
OF the inhabitants residing within this scene Of
found necessary escape from their domc IN boats
and ihose who remained dned with Duke Humphrsy-,he
tide having put out all their kitchen fires.
We regret to chronicle serious injury which Wa, ipac
ted by the storm on the beautiful brick dwelling of C. r.
Stone ESQ ut the east end Of MAN, the roof of ,n) wa,
stripped oil in and blown across the street f60 fee,
w'de) and lodged upon the roof Of the house
k,oekng down the shNft Of one the ehmn"ys! The in.
error 81 this elegant mansion newly finished with al it's
costly furniture was thus, Of necessity inundated by the
torrents Of rain which ued 10 pour down from IN.
Beside. this we hear Of no other rial inju
from the stor rs above the wharves.
rR's rue NORFOLK BEACON MARCH Arm
The damage sustained by the shipping on our co,. we
iear mas been inmense-'ur information on tn. subject
thus far not sufficiently accurate to Justify N. in fur, n
ing full PARTICULARS And shall con6n. u..ly.. a., -,
statements only Ms come to us in reliable form Fis of
our own haSorur. The Barques Iowa. doaded for S,ub
American Marsct. and vii probably require To be tighten
ed,) Wary Norris (ght) aud Louisiana lin balast are
ashore IN our harbour but will be gotten oil without much
difficulty. ut the high tide Between our harbor md
Craney lsland-Br Clarion. Leland. Of Ellsworth with
small cargo OF Rice aud Naval stores, bound from New
York TO this port is ashore and viii be gotten OF wbut
much difficulty ut high tide Besides these we learn that
one Ship hNS Bgs aud fourteen Sehoone are ashore h
tween the mouth of NansemOnd River and WiuuRhb,,,
Point Light Boat among the mum e., Brig Allquash Of
Bangor, and Baltimore Brig schr Othello Of Truro and
Others whose names we cannot now ascertain.
The U. ship Pennsylvania lyu x opposite the NAVY
fHrd snnrped her chain cables ID ut daylight Monday
morning thus rg her mornings ano got ash re in frut
ct The Navy Yard, che was gotten off yesterd,y The
Frig ,e Pot went ashore and had not been gu
ten of when we last heard from her ye te day.
During yesterday several sells reached our port moro
or ess damaSed-among them Brgs Choctaw and Colon
bo, recently loaded this port Ter tho West I,des ebr
James Barbour Of aarwck and Fawu Of Kingston, and
Pilot Boat Comet o Baltimore.
Since writi"g the ab have gathered the following
further rieulsrs-Schr Jersey Oaks Rogers. of Perth
Amb y is hgh and dry at the bie of Craney Island Schr
Martin Van Blu from New York. lays at anchor ut the
bite with both mnsis gone. Schr rgustps Johnson, Of
New York, il high and dry the Portsmouth Dock Tho
only vessels below that have outr idea the Storm
IN safety that have heard Of are the Ships Nisgura
ani ugr.er Sch J. q. SplTJrd, Johi Wesley Joshua
Sands, ana WIN. Burke.