The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-16

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Our exchange. .how. sSss the gale Rs; Of great en-
'1 The Boston Esenias 1teasy.pt Of q Ian. say.
the day was lowering about o'clock = the :fternoon
began to assume decided aspect and u wind from
the evening, it blowing furious gale: At the same
time the rain pouring down IN periees torrents IN
was throwing buckets Of wstsrst you hoI
zontaly the power of the wind entirely psualiziDg the
Of vessels sunk. Or otherwise injured houses, shops
chimney tops trees, &c, &C. being blown down and torn
Of hs dsn sbon u. s
torn to taers The Mall this morning wes 1rswn with
and in all parts Of the city we hear that The ms things
The barometer FELL from A. NJ. tosP. y. from 1890
to 80 ~. and afterwards fell still lower.
The fence Of the Worcester Railroad bulge in Ire
mont street, blown upon the track, and only remov-
ed short time before the train came in.
Three chimnies were blown down from houses in Har
risOn avenue. directly on to the wercsssr Railroad
track.
In South Boston an unfinished brick house belonging
to the Rev MI Eit1simmo1s Catholic clsrmsn Of that
other triAng damage done there.
Al East Boston large frame building Intended for a
and half story house the sixth section Eagle
Islsnd).
to give up running during most Of the evening.
At Hulls Crossing. West Newton, the railroad sign
ovsS as e 81
injuring no person.
In the haibor number Of disasters occurred. The
bark Globe of Richmond, Maine, Yves run into by the
schooner Liberty last night while lying off Sargents
wharf The Globe had her bowsprit 7oretop mast, and
forward rigging entirely carried away.
The schoone. Leo Of Thomaston, anchored in the
stream. parted her cable and difted into Lewis wharf
stove in her stern, lost bowsprit, &c.
schooner got loose and foul ofthe South Boston
bridge. breaking the railing and somewhat nurng the
A sloop laden with stones capsz cd and sunk off the
end Of Central wharf, near the fats but fortunately
Ship Montreal, lying at India wharf, had aa arer
timber head and plsnkshear broken.
Schooner Sarah Franklin of Welldeet lost bow spirit
schooner Liberty Wass, Of and from Columbia, Maine
slipped her anchors in the stream, drove to East
Boston. stove bow and lost bowsprit.
British schooner Amethyst, lying at anchor in the
stream, was run into by an unknown vessel-lost bow
Briggs r p Perkins. Of ssarsport and Olivia of New
York East Boston, drifted afou of each other The
former lost head and sprung bowsprt-the latter lost
Our old friend Brown OF the Central wharf telegraph
station was very disagrssably surprised on going TO his
the sgnalizng saa the north side OF Central wharf
having been blown down during the gale
that the gale OF Worcester and in the vicinity was re-
msndous; chimney tops signs &C. were blown down, and
The parapet Of the Worcester House was blown away
and several skylGhs' :cuttsa &c were torn of BY the
tory, in southSoroush was blown about eight feet alter
ing the shape of the building from straight line
From Mn Leonard we also learn that one entire length
wa:blown away. This bridge we believe, is two .tOrs.
the under one for travel 'AN
From Ross Of the Providence Express, We learn that
at Providence, the gais was most furious The Jerry
boat of the stonngSon railroad had of her wheel
by Rs
phins in the river. Two chimneys on Bancroft Co.'s
o blow,
down, and rolled over and over.
tory owndown; it was only partly boarded over
At Canton, large barn and several small buildings
At s,oughton the new brick depot house was thrown
down. and one freight and one passenger badly
injured From Mr. Ross also learn that small
Some Of the posts of the Boston and New York mag
netc telegraph blown down during the gale
those which have heard from are between this
city and Worcester, and it is supposed that similar da.
mage has been done further along ON the line
In New Bedford, Taunton and Fall River the gale was
At the eastward though the blow was very fresh, as
far as we have learned no particular damage done.
Tho Albany atlas says there southeast
rain AT sP NJ. we saw brig and freight barge
The Psesids.ee Gsssns says strong wind from tho
wards night which increased to gale The tide
began to Hall early in tAe evening and was going out
serious damage done around the wharves. in our
river sundry scutles blown off, and trees chin.
Of nothing serious The Stoningon cars with the
New York mail, not in at the present writing 70
in the Sound must have been such that the boat could
fight against it, but was obliged to pu, into port
was visited by tremendous gale Of wind with rain and
high tide, which, in some instances, came the
wharves.
During the gale frame two-story house, with the
roof and nearly completed inside situated De Kalb
street. corner of Cumberland street, blown over
sideways, clea- of its foundation.
Trees FRUSTRATED and limbs and leaves cucumber
the sidewalks Great damage was done to the grape
vines and arbors throughout the city and particularly
the avenues.
In Baltimore the gale very severe. The Clipper
gives the following account Owing to the strong
and the day before the water in the harbor was sweed
up greatly beyond high tide The whole Of Pratt street.
depth Of several feet. Calvert street was covered
with water as high up az Lombard street. during the
portion Of Pratt street. had great quantity Of water
backed up in them There are but few cellars this
wharf and consequently but little damage sustained
the water not being high enough run in the lower
floors. All the wharves and docks around the Basin
were more or less oyeraowed and in some places guam
loss being sustained Pratt street impossible for Pc
desans nearly all the ntersecting streets from Light
street. to the bridge Jones' Falls We saw boats
being rowed about in Pratt street. and with great
difficulty that small vessels could be kept floating
on the wharf The favorable wind has Brought up q
large number of bay crafts and there probably aoa
in them 900 bushels Of corn besides wheat and other
grain Last evening the tide had fallen feet
removing all approximations of further overflow The
wharves upon the Point inundated All our mer.
chants having goods upon them suffered more or less
loss The brig Columbia, Capt Coffin lying at Howells
wharf, broke her fasenings and Considerably injur
ed by being bumped against the wharf.-the was finally
secured and lashed. The Railroad Bridge at Canton
over Harris Creek, much washed that II was con-
sdered dangerous to cross it. The passengers to and
from Philadelphia convey to and from the outer
depot in omnbuses The mail due at two o'clock was,
in consequence, delayed until four. Capt White. and
several others, owning wood upon the county wharf,
have suffered considerably. The brig Phoenix, from
Kingston jamaica and hound In went ashore the Fort
bar. where she yet remains The steamer Paapsco en-
ing efforts had been fruitle The track Of the rail
road Of the CaRton Bridge has been rendered i'm.
passibe The polls Of the telegraph the Philadepha
line the Canton bridge. were also washed away
This will probably prevent from getting any tele.
graphic news from the North for some days
The Clipper adds, we understand that the storm of
yesterday proved very destructive at Alexandria The
large and wharves that place wereswe pt off,
! pha-> md aior