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TERRIFIC GALE IN THE GULF.

TERRIFIC GALE IN THE GULF.
Wreck OF U. s. BRre PERRy--Ioss OF r..
VENUE CUTTER MoRRIs--TorAL DESTRUCTION
OF KEY WEsT-FTTY LIVES Losr-lMMEys.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
The schooner Sarah Churchman. Can't Bay-
more, from Philadelphia via Key West, for
Brazos Santiago, arrived at the n. f. Pass on
Wednesday morning, the LIST. and landed Com.
Sloat and son from the Pacific. and Lieut. VIM.
G. Pease, of the Revenue Service, bearer of
dispatches to Washington. They came upto
town last evening on the towboat Jefferson. To
Lieut.. Pease we are indebted for the details of
terrible gale in the Gulf-ofa fury unexampled,
and from which we must not expect to hear all
the deplorable effects in many weeks. We will
begin with the gale as twas felt at Key West.
The gale commenced blowing from n. T.. the
morning of the / tn inst. BY o'clock it blew
perfect hurricane. The tide rose rapidly and
the storm ragged with incredible violence until
near midnight, when it abated. On the 18th it
blew a moderate gale, and gradually subsidized.
Every dwelling house save five or six, at Key
West, was destroyed or unrooied. The GUS
tom-house was blown, the marine hospital I'M
rooted. and it is supposed Government property
destroyed to the amount of 100000. Fifty
wharves disappeared, and the Salt works are
destroyed. The U. $. Barracks were injured
but suffered less than any other buildings. Many
families were turned out houselcss, but the u.
S. Quartcrnaster came promptly to their assis-
lance.
The loss oflfe is great Many were drowned
and many killed by falngs. Key West light
house and dwelling attached are entirely gone.
The spot where they stood is covered by white
sand-beach. Fourteen souls persisted in these
buildings.
Sand Key lighthouse is gone-totally dis
appeared, with the buildings connected with it,
The occupants too have persisted.
The Light ship in the N. w. passage drag
ged her moorings and went to sea. but she was
recovered and returned to her position The
agent of the underwriters was doing everything
in his power to save property Very great dan
ger is to be apprelended from the loss of the
lighthouses, to vessels from Europe and the
North, bound to the Gulf We must refer to
the list below for the injury done to shipping,
| furnished to us by Lieut.. Pease.
The U. s. brig Perry was in the same gale or
tornado. driven with resstless violence before
the wind, but was finally run ashore after all
hope of saving her was gone, and in all proba-
bility will be saved
All the lives on Indian Key and Key Vacas
are saved. and it is hoped all the crews of the
wrecking vessels.
The captain of the cutter Morris saved the
buted it, through the Methodist minister, to those
in need of the necessares of life.
LIST OF VESSELS WRECKED AT KEY WEST Dy-
RING THE HURRICANE OF THE llTH INST.
L. 5. brig Perry. Blake, from Havana for
Charleston. with Com. Sloat on board from the
Pacific, ashore near Sombrero Shoa inside of
the reef, both masts gone, anchors. guns. &c,
thrown overheard. The vessel lies in | feet Of
water and may be got off; all hands saved. u.
; S. revenue cutter Morris, Walden, ashore about
|, three miles from Key West, in two and a half
| feet of water, with loss of both masts, anchors,
=. chains, guns, bulwarks, &c, and one mile from
| the channel; probably total loss. Brig Colo
| RADIO, of Boston, (probably) dismasted. ashore.
but has been got off vessel tight, but much in
iured by coming in contact with another vessel 1;
it is uncertain what will be done with her. Schr.
Com Kearney, ashore in two feet of water.
!, Schr. Gov. Bennett Wartield. dislnastcd, dis
: charging she will be condemned II. w. SAT-
l. ford, from New Iouk for Brazos Santiago. came
e in a wreck, being disnasted in the gale !; she
u will probably be condemned. Brig Matamoras,
II from New York for ~ Nn... .i-..~stai la gil
: and dry, with part of the cargo thrown over
u board. Brig Waskallaw, from New York, fol
Cedar Keys, left before the gale came on. Schr
= Catharnc ii. Bacon. ashore near the breakers
+ with the loss of both her masts. anchors, etc.
5 wheels she got off by assistance of the crew OF
" cutter Morris, and came into the harbor, deck-
ripped up and otherwise much damaged. Schr.
II Adea Waldron, of Bristol, X. l., with a cargo
i of potatoes, ashore in three feet of water ha:
N thrown her cargo overheard and may be gotten
oi off. Brig Gen Wilson, from New York. ashore
in three feet of water. with loss of fore-topmast
she may be gotten off, but it is doubtful. Brig
a. Napoleon, Libby, of Boston, eight days from lla
Il vana, both masts gone the vessel has since
n been condemned and sold far 5000. Barqut
Francis Watts, Perkins. from Havana for New
York, fore and main masts gone the Captain
paid $500 to wrecker for plotting him int
~ Key West he had his shoulder dislocated, bl
is was in "A fair way TO recover. Pilot boat Louis
90 sunk in the harbor Pilot boat Lafayette sun
w. in the harbor all hands lost--two bodies wer
picked up by the cutter Morris.
lie The brig Exchange, Dyer, from Portland fc
is Havana, dsmasted, lost mate overheard durin
the gale ashore on the reef and since sold tt
,e- $500. Ship Warsaw, of Charleston, Crowel
liz bound TO Toulon mast cut away: on shore
nd Matacombe Key lost-all hands saved Bri
o. Commissary, Of Bristol, r. l., ashore AT Boo
Chica lost-all hands saved both masts CT
he away before going ashore. Brig Faconer, Br;
NV gin, from Portland for Havana dismasted ar
ed since sold for about $500, vessel and carg
an Spanish brig Lincedero, Baraton, from Bare
Iona, ashore at Key Vacas vessel lost but carg
nd saved. Schooner st Denis, from Newport, r,
N came in dsmasted, and has since been sold to a
agent of the New York underwriters for ligh
IDS err. Schooner Emma, Essenbray, for Nassa
We with loss of both masts and rudder. SPANS
ch schooner Villa Nueva for Nuevitas, vessel al
to twenty lives lost, including woman and child,
,nt one man saved by U. S. brig Perry. Schoon
,p- Sarah Churchman rode out the gale on the B
,se hama Banks, in company with the ship Adelin
nc with fifty passengers on board, bound to Ne
las Orleans. Ship Eben Preble, of Boston, is asho
ted OF the N. w, Bank, high and dry, and cannot
got off. French ship La Reunion, Ardiso
We. ashore on the reef part of cargo saved. Nc
of of the vessels engaged in wrecking lost, or ha
est sustained injury only one is now engaged
DIV the business The Eliza Caharine is ashore
the Key Vacas, in a mans garden and one of 4
the briggs ashore is one hundred yards above hig
we'd water mark. Four or five vessels are in Il
ON vicinity bottom up, and one up the reef that '
To know of, vessel coppered, and no doubt all han
the lost About twenty-one vessels ashore on I
an. reef all their cargoes ofno value, being dam
to ged among them, and not mentioned before,
asst. the barque Iris Dillingham;, from New Orea
ov. for New York. All the warehouses are eth
we'd blown down or unrooed the streets of X
en- West are full of lumber and not six out of .
yer hundred houses but what are either unroofed
II hloun dawn The current ran siy u,ilas