Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-03
From the New Orleans picayune, Del. IS.
,,rppICIc GALE IN THE GULF.

not lose The opportunity Of reaching Inc neia y
active service.
r,om this New orioaus ~Picayune, Oct. %.
TERRIFIC GALE IN THE GULF.
u,,ek nj The u. S. Brig Eerry-Loss Of ffs1enn
CuI,sr lIorr;s-Ict Destruction Of Hey HeI-
Epv Liyes Lost-Immensc Destruction Of Ff0
periy.
1,he schooner Sarah Churchman, Capt. Bay
| more. from Philadelphia, uia hey Wesi, lot bfa
EOS Santiago, arrived at Inc y, e. ass oh WWe u
nsS5av morning. the olst, and landed Com. Sloa
and son from The Pacific, and Lieut.. VIM. Z
pcase. of the Revenue Service, bearer OF des
n,,ches m Washington. They came up TO tow
las, evening ON the lowboat Jefferson. To Lieut.
psase we are indebted Tor The details OF a terrible
Gale in the Gulf-of a fury uneSampieu, ahe
1rn,n which we must no! expect 10 hear all ths
denlorable effects in many weeks. we VIII De
Gin with the Gale as il was ielt al hey Wes!,
The yale Commenced blowing from n. L. The
moInine Of The ll,h inst. By | o'clock il blew q
nertect hurricane. The tide rose rapidly ana 'he
Storm RACED with incredible violence uhtl n1d'
midnight. when il abaled. On the i2ln IL ple"
a moderate gale and gradually suoSiueu. Ese's
dwelling house, save i've or SIX, a. hey We
was DESTROYED or unrooied. Inc ous,oii i'"
was blown down, the Marine Hospital u%nrooleu
and N IL SuDUOSeu
cd 70 The amount OF 1900, 600. Fifty wharves
disa nneared. and The Salt Works are destroyed
The u. S. Barracks we're injured, but suffered
less than any other buildings. Many iamilies
were rnrned out houseless, butthe u. ,. 0uaIlef-
master came promptly to their assistance.
The loss of..life is great. Many were drowned
and MANY killed by the falling buildings. Key
IVES, lioh,. house and dwelling attached are en-
,irely gone. The spot where they stood IS cover
cd hy a white sand-beach. Fourteen sous gertSa'
ed IN these buildings.
Sand Key light. house is sonc-tosaliy dlsap'
pearcd with the buildings connected win It.
The occupants too have persisted.
The Light ship in the N. w. passage dragged
her moorings and went to sea. out sne was Ie.
covered and returned TO her position. The agent
ot The underwriters was doing everything in his
mower 10 save properly. Very great danger Is to
h. apprehended from the loss OF The lighthouses
n vessels from Europe and the North, bound 10
the Gull. We must refer TO the list below iCr The
injury done 10 shipping, furnished 10 US By Lieut.
psasc The loss of the cutler Morris Is de-
e., he'd 10 rs in a letter from an officer on board,
We give the substance in another column.
The u. S. brio Perry was in the same gale OF
tornado. driven with resislless violence before
the wind. but was finally run ashore alter all hope
of saving her was gone, and in all probability
will be saved.
An the lives on Indian Key and Key Vacas
are saved, and i, is hoped all The crews Of The
wrecking vessels.
The captain OF The cutter Morris saved The pro.
duce, the cargo Of one schooner, ana DISTRIBUTED
il, through The Methodist minister, lothose iE need
of The necessaries OF lie.
We are compelled TO omit many particulars III
regard To The gale, from the pre-occupatlon oil our
columns.
List of ressis 1creeked al keg UTa dar'ag TIC
Harricane Of the Ilti INST.
U. S. brig Perry, Blake, from Havana, Tor
Charleston. with Com. Sloat on board, from The
Pacific, ashore near Sombrero Shoal, inside OF
The reef both masts gone, anchors, guns, &c,
thrown overheard. The vessel lies IN III feet
Of water, and may be got off all hands saved
U. States revenue cutter Morris, Walden, ashore
about three miles from Key West, in Two and
a half feet OF water, with loss 81 ooth mass.
anchors, chains, guns, bulwarks, &C, ana one
nile from The channel; probably a total loss
Brig Colorado, OF Boston, (probably,) disiaas,ed,
ashore. bur has been got oft; vessel tight, but
much injured by coming in contact win an
other vessel; il is uncertain what will be done
with her. Schr. Com. kearney, ashore in two
feet of wafer. Schr. Gov. Bennett, Wariield,
dismasted, discharsine; she will he condemned.
n. w. Stafford, from New York Tor Brazos San
t;aon came in a wreck, heing disnasied in the
gale: she will probably be condemned, Brig Ma
tamoras. from New York for ST. MARKS, alsmas''
ed high and dry, with part OF her cargo lnIown
overheard. Brig Waskallaw, from New ioih
Tor Cedar Keys, lcit before Inc gaze came OH
Scbr. Calhar ine Il. Bacon ashore near The break
ers. with the loss OF both her masis, anchors, etc.
an. anchored with one OF General Taylors car
wheels: she GOT off By assistance I. Inc crew O
enter Morris, and came into the haroor, decR'
ripnpd IN and otherwise much damaged. ochr
Adelia Waldron, Of Bristol, K. l., with a cargo
of no,a,oes. ashore in three feet OF water; has
thrown her cargo overheard and may De gnueI
on. Brig Gen. Wilson, from New York, ashore
in three feet water, with loss OF lore-iopmasl; she
NAV he po,ten of, bu; it is doubtful. Brig Napc'
leon. Libby. Of Boston, eight days from Havana,
both masls gone; The vessel has since been con-
demned and sold tor $500. Bark Francis WAITS
Perkins. from Havana for New York, tore ant
main masls gone; the captain pail Sooo 70 .
wrecker for plotting him into Key Wesl; ne nae
his shoulder dislocated, but was in a lair way 10
recover. Pilot boat Louisa sunk ~ The maroon
Pilot boat Lafayette sunk IN The harDor, all hahus
IosI. TWO bodies were picked up by The cutter Nor
ris.
The brig Exchange, Dyer. from Portland FOL
Havana. dismasled; lost male overheard during
Inc Gale: ashore on The Ieei, and since sold loi
1850. Ship Warsaw, Of Charleston, CroWell
bound 10 Toulon; mast cut away; on shore at Ma
lacumbe Key; losi--all hands saved. Brig Com
missary, OF Bristol, r. l., ashore al boca ChiGa
losi-all hands saved; both masts cut away be
fore going ashore. Brig Falconer, Bragin, from
Portland for Havana; dismasted and since solt
for about $500, vessel and cargo. Spanish bri:
Lincedero, Baraton, from Barcelona, ashore a
Kew Vaccas; vessel lost but cargo saved. Schr
ST. Denis, from Newport, Ill, came IN dismasleu
and has since been sold 10 an agent oil Inc NE"
York underwriters Tor a lighter. Schr. Emma
Essenbray, for Nassau, with loss oil ooth inas''
and rudder. Spanish >chr. Villa Neuva, 10
Nncyi,as, vessel aud twenty lives lost, lucludin:
a woman and child-one man saved by U. )
brie Perry. Schr. Sarah Churchman rode gu
The gale on the Bahama Banks in company viii
The ship Adeline, with fifty passengers on board
hound 10 New Orleans. Ship Ebin Prcble, 0
Rosron. is ashore on The N. w. Bank, high an
dry. and cannot be got of. French ship La re.
anton, Addison, ashore on The reel part oil caifg'
saved. Most Of the vessels engaged in wreckin'
lost. or hav We sustained injury; only one is nov
| engaged in the business. The Eliza Catharine j
ashore al Key Vacas, in a mans garden; and on
| of The briss ashore in one hundred yards aoov
high water mark. Four or five vessels ar
in this vicinity, bottom up, anu one up .'e Zee
that we know Of, vessel c%oppcred, and no doubt al
hands lost. Alb M tweniy-one vessels ashore OF
The reel; all their carsoes OF no value, being dam
aged; among Them, and not mentioned before, i
the barque Iris, Dillingham;, from New Orleans 10
New York. Allthe warehouses are either blow
down or unroofed; the s'EeeiS OF Key West al
iull of lumber, and, not six out oil six hundre
houses but what are either unrooled or blow
down. The current ran six miles an hon
through the town OF Key West. The lighthouse
al this place and Sand Key are washed away. an
not a veslige Of them is 10 be seen.
The brig Psccnick, which cleared from Ne,
York Tor Key West, and subsequently put in'
Charleston with loss of iopmast, has arrived her
dismssled. II was reported thai a Portland brl
the Eliza, was coming down, but it has turne
on, 10 be the Peconick. Some cotton has driile
into the harbor, and some vessel, cotton loade
and not YET heard from, mnst have been in III
hurricane and suffered from It's violence. !
schooner with a new lantern for Tor'usas lIghI
house, is lost with her cargo-all hands saved
The white water now extends sixty or sevent
miles 10 the soulhward Of Torlugas.
The Government will lose by the loss OF IN
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