The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1846-11-06
From The Baltimore American

EFFECTS OF THE GALE. AT HAVANA.
tremendous loss of Shipping. Ninety t,co PES
sefS sunk, destroyed or otherwise inim ed
great loss Of life and property
The brig Cybele, Capt. Merrill arrived at Sa-
vannah on the 10Th ut., bringing adyices from
Havana to the 20th
During the hurricane the citNwas dangerous
from large sheets of lead ands tile posts blown
down from the tops of the houses: these Law about
in every direction, and were in many instances
carried by the wind to great distance. The
beautiful palmetto and other trees which adorned
the Garernoro Square were broken and blown
down. even the lamp posts, &c. The wind was
strongest about nine o'clock, at which time it
shifted suddenly to the N. w. and blew with ter
rife violence. The air was filled with dense
clouds OF spoon drift" or salt spray, which it
was impossible to face. This spray was carried
for half league into the country and deluged the
houses, entering the crevice, and flooding the
streets. The surf aud spray seen to dash
high over the lanterns of the light house on the
Moro Castle.
Many houses were blown down or unroofed
and among them the Tacon Theatre, which was
partially unroofed and received other damage
The streets were nearly deserted except by &C.
casional detachments of soldiers, ordered to diff
ferent posts, to give assistance where it need
ed
The beautiful Passao, the fashionable drive and
promenade of the citizens, suffered in its shrubs
trees, plants, and after the hurricane, many were
forcibly detained to assist in removing the rub
blsh and ruins from the streets. An occasional
pedestrian might be seen flying faster than he
appeared willing to CO. borne by the irresistible
force OF the wind, which swept through the long
narrow streets with incredible force
But the wharves presented the most disastrous
spectacle-ships, barks, briggs and schooners,
crowded Ot Ofh
deep, sunk, wrecked, dsmasted, or totally crush
ed to pieces, with the owners, captains and sail
ors gazing upon the scene of destruction. Some
vessels, known to be in the harbor previous to
the hurricane, have disappeared, and their fate is
lett to conjecture. AS nothing could be seen
turlong length, owing to the showers of spray and
drift which filled the air, and as the wind blew
nearly into the harbor, they could not have gone
out, but the sad spectacle of masts, spars, yards
and pieces OF wrecks which strewed the harbor,
proved that they must have drifted into each 9TH
er and sunk or gone to pieces. The numerous
men ot-war were driven ashore and dismasted
1t is not known how many lives were lost, but
bodies were seen floating in the harbor in the diff
1erent dresses OF seamen in the merchant and ma
val services.
News from the interior stated that the sugar
crops were very much injured and in many in
stances ruined. The coffee plants were also Sc
riously damaged
Out of IO4 sailing vessels, steamers and vessels
OF war in our port, all but twelve have been
sunk, wrecked, dismasted Or otherwise severely
injured besides which 40 or 80 coasting vessels
were destroyed In the city and environs. the
injury to the buildings, trees, &C.. has been i'm
mense, and many lives have been lost. In some
districts the damage both to the sugar cane and
the buildings on the estates has been immense.
The greater part of the coffee crop has perish
ed, and almost all the plantation trees have been
rooted up, and fields OF rice destroyed, whereby
much suffering will be occasioned