The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-19

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The late gale, which set IN at Charleston, o. W
90 Saturday night al 10 o'clock, and ceased at one
o'clock on Tuesday morning, (about The Time lhe
blow commenced here,) was not felt ia Boston uhul
between 2 and O'Clock, p. M, ON Tuesday Al =,
p. m. IL blew perfect hurricane al Boston, ~hieh
continued until o'clock the same evening Al una,
hour the wind began TO hull, and at midnight Il had
subsidized 10 fresh breeze. The damage sustained
ia Boston not very great, being Principally con-
fined TO signs, awnings, &c. Several chimneys
were blown down. many OF the vessels at the wharis
suffered somewhat from ehahng; aud one or two
small craft were sunk coming INTO the harbor, A.
East Boston and South Boston several unfinished
buildings were partially destroyed; also the
saving and planning establishment Of Messrs. d..
IL. Herrck a. Co.
The Boston Journal of Wednesday says: ...
We fear that the vessels on the coast have suffer-
ed severely. Fortunately, they had ample warning
during the day of the approaching gale" Ia.
The Boston Transcript of the same date remarks;
"This gale is, without doubt, one Of the seyerest
that hus been experienced in this vicinity for years,
though the loss far as we have heard, has fortu-
nately been confined to property" .r.
All the towns in the vicinity OF Boston expert
enced the gale with more less violence; but the
damage was principally confined to buildings, out
houses, &c a
The New York Commercial Advertiser of Thurs
day afternoon says:
"Up 10 this morning we do not hear ofany damage
to the shipping in our harbor beyond what was re-
ported in the paper yesterday. A row Of buildings
on the Second avenue, filed with tenants, was
blown down. but no lives were lost, The water OF
the East river was blown high upon the docks and
into the cellars on Front street, doing much damage
to goods"
At Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City, and
Rockaway, considerable injury sustained in the
partial destruction Of buildings A man was killed
at Williamsburg in the street, by the falling Of
railing from the roof Of a house. The extensive
stables and earriage-houses at Rockaway, attached
to the Pavilion, and owned by Mr.. Stephen Whit
ney, were completely demolished. The building
contained no horses; but number OF valuable car
rsges belonging to Mr. Cranston, the proprietor Of
the Pavilion, were crushed.
The Commercial adds:
'tOur accounts this morning from the west are as
far as Buffalo. The telegraph wires were broken
during the storm"
Its feared that the Erie canal has suffered Sc
yerey from the quantity of rain that fell. tele-
graphic despatch from Rochester, dated the llth
instant, Wednesday EVENING" says:
"a breach in the canal occurred last evening at
Eagle Harbor which will take from ten to twelve
days. if not longer, to repair Two three boats
were carried into the fe,dd."
The steeple Of the new Baptist church in Troy,
but partially finished, was blown down.
The Norfolk Beacon Of Wednesday, speaking Of
the gale, says:
"The immediate effects in our own harbor have
been slight being confined, in the main, to one OF
two small vessels, which had their buwarks stove,
&c; but on our coast fear that the damage has
been much greater"