Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-11-13
TERRIFIC STORM AT KEY WEST.
From ile Nee OrIsans Tlnss. oef. ss.

We learn with Infinite SORROW and regret lhat
An awful visitation Of Providence lately occurred
II Key West. which has rendered desouie The
homes Of an eni!re Population, and ocoasioned
Al immense losl OF properly, both public and
Pnyste. On Sunday, the llih Of October, a
gale Of wind Of unexsmpled fury, blowing from
the Northwest took place in The Gulf, and sue
cessiVely shifting 70 almost every point Of Iho
compass, without relaxing In intensity, sirewed
The whole Of the FLORIDA shore with wrecked
vessels, and fragments Of vessels. which unior.
iunaiely happened 70 Be in thst vicinity.
The town Of Key Wsa may be said TO have
been laid entirely PROSTATE By this melancholy
oceuuence-scarcely half dozen houses re-
naming rooted. The water was forced in on
the sireet0, so tha, in many places ii was several
feet deep. The Lighthouses al Key West, where
there were six, we're completely demolished-
not vestge Of any Thing Ike building, or
foundation Of q building, remaining-and tho
whole Of the unhappy beings who were there
exposed TO the fury Of the tempest, were lost.
The fou was also odesiroyed-caissons, &c. &c;
being quite swept away; the damage sustained
by Government, in the destruction Of public
works, being estimated to be not less than three
hundred thousand dollars. The whole Of the
Wreckers' means Of substance, in their craft,
stores, &c. have come 10 an end--all being sub
merged, wrecked, or otherwise SO injured as 10
BE perfectly irreparabe.
Many Of the vessels which we're in the harbor
have been thrown high and dry on The land
on what was formerly the site OF the town--look-
ing, IN some cases, like ships, brigs and schoon-
ers on the stocks, or in building yards which, by
some convulsion Of the earlh, had been thrown
out Of their position, as if in mockery Of work.
mems toll and sr. 1t appears from the testimo-
ny Of those who were on the spot-Key West
at the time Of the occurrence Of the tempest,
that never had sesmen or landmen beheld the
sea lashed into such fury by the wind; never had
they known a gale Of such severity, and which
continued unabated fer so great length Of time.
! Il lasted indeed, from Saturday night until
! Monday morning; now blowing from the north
eGst now shifting from that point to the south.
east, and again enacting the wsll-known pheno.
menon Of seemingly coming from all points Of
the compass at the same moment. A Spanish
brig was turned bottom up--sll on board having
perished. with the exception of one man, who
was rescued by the L. S. brig Perry, herself a
victim 10 the terrible storm.
Although the summary Of casualties which
have reached as, Is merely enough 10 contem-
plate, we yet fear much that other disasters may
have occurred, which we shall hereafter have
the sad Office to record. 1t is possible, nay, ye-
ry probable, that the effects Of the storm may
have been felt at Havana, with which we are
F in constant communication, and apprehend that
the shipping there will have been seriously in
jurod. Werust that something will be done inn
nediaiely for the relief Of the sufferers al Key
West, either by the Government or through pri.
vate sympathy and boneyolence.