New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-02
PARTICULARS OF THE LATE GALE.

Lieut.. Pease. [. : y. furnishes the Delta with
the following account Of the late terrific gale II the
Cult
The al. commenced ABOUT 10 O'Clock = NJ on Ire
llih instant and Il O'clock ? " II blew perfect
hurricane ! On board the revenue cutter Morris
abor one mile from Hey West snchor. WITH l5D
fs-rorne of cham oGt Yards down deck and every
orsps-atiOa made FOR te storm Our riding ot;i were
ana Il became necessary % BACK them win
d-cz tackles the current moving Dy u Al the
rate Of i miles AZ hour me Mors laying oroadsde 70
i. as vel a. the wind made Ter labor very heaFE and
n danger of parting Chains when We were com
PEELED 70 Gu; away the -lsinHas o- ere ssieiy OF our
lives vel the F-sseL When ne MAST WeHt oFer
The side !; hung by the ;-suc-stsy and II danger OF :a
Ing upon "a every moment. could not eel a-o
and ;Te hold on 20 he orerast a. inc
!at resor: the schooner should founder a. her
anchors After few moment man made out % Ee;
sloi; and cut tie stay waen the mast fortunately 1s
Ttsas narrow escape Thrtyrnen tossing 20 and
fro on the deck Of small vessel r.ia mast suspended
over their heads - were By thread. made TIE .liua
ton any ,h!n- but enviablc. We aow battened down
the matches ard ali hands passed through me
The vessel continued 70 LABOR very ncaVy aG TIC sea
made complete breach over Us It was with difficulty
~, could keep hs- free with both pumps going ana
bsilInr from wardrool and b!r:il-deck- 4: p NJ tHe
ar gas full OF and man could LOOK 7vlnd"aFd
Tor a second. Houses lumber and Tesseis af!uH- .!
us-some large sucks OF timber turned end ovet END oy
the force Of the current ard the sea running so hisn ana
breaking over brought lumber CASKS &c on oOaFo
water was u 20 lower ports nboard and gaming
upon Us when starboard chain parted and We com
rncnced dragging know not which way rs our com
passes few round N such manner thai tnsy became
useless for that object Now our fears were tHd we
should 20 the Rect into the Gut and before we
go INTO the Gulf the vessel must strike and oise ou'
that would not save her At this time we cut away me
foremost when struck US knocking the schooner
on hci beamends carrying away our oui"srAs cranes
larbuari boat quarter house Swinging BOOM ana every
thing movable of deck and 70 ricn the yesse! We move
L., I'D md kuTr
expecting momentarIly 70 20 20 the bottom we were
in this suspense for hour when We struck on some
.eef unknown when our sr5oaTd Cham pHFteo ana we
made preparations 10 scutte the vessel ne hurricane
gradually subsidized, although Al Il midnight we were
sticking heavy and blowing gale from : L.
On the morning OF the l2th the scene was any thihG
bat agreeable mad driited about three miles, ana
onehsif Of that distance shoal with only TWO zee,
Of water on it at ordinary tidcs-this is the depth OF
water around the Morris when len her. Around her
wrecks OF all descriptions one snip OF! er Ochiii
ends three brigs dismasted also three schooners'
three vessels sunk IN small channel ana Ioer vessels
bottom UP How many persons attached 10 these yes
sells have been drowned am unable 10 say we nave
picked up only two--one OF them young man wnorn
knew Intimately. The light ship AT the y w Pass mad
gone from or sunk At her moorinc. The lighthouse AT
Key West and Sand key washed away. and hey west
in ruins white sand beach the spot where hey
Yves, lighthouse stood and the waves roll over the spot
where sand ley was.
Fourteen persons were either killed or drowned at
Key West Lighthouse aud not soul escaped TO tel
the tale The only vestige OF the Lighthouse to be
seen portion OF the ZION posts OF the lantern ana
come pieces of soap which have washed one nun
bred yards from the spot where they fell
At sand Key six persons were killed or drowned
most likely the former the general impression Is they
flew 10 the stone Light House for refuge the hey being
very low Poor old Capt. Applcby-l knew him very
well he has told me the hurricane would sweep all
to destruction, and alas his prediction is verified
At Key West the tide was tive feet high, and running
miles hour through the centre OF the town. Inc
citizens lied to tine back part OF the town which rather
higher than the rest into the bushes-laid down and
held on expecting every moment the waves wou.dresch
them Parents were separated from their children nus
bands their wives, and all was confusion terror
and dsmay The island tremoled 10 It's very centre
iew hours mere aud a white sand beach would have
covered the new desoiGe remains oil hey West Inc
occupants OF the Marine Hospital were expecting every
nomentto 20 into eternity large stone building sur
rounded with i've feet oil running by SIN miles an
hour cutting the sand from under the foundation made
the situation awful Thirty feet If the stone washed
away from fifteen from the other and the
root blown oil.
An the wharves are washed away OF iniUred-not
stone seemed all alike gong 70 desruc ion There are
than out OF 200 houses but are unrooied or
blown down.
The public buildings at the Fort, well as the wharf
are all gone and the Fort is Itself mass OF ruins II i
estimated that the Government alone viii loose al least
$4,000 by the hurricane
The Custom House Is much injured but the L. states
Barracks at the East end the sustained injury
and are occupied by the OF the brig Perry and the
Morris and by those whose houses have
blown down
The streets and roads impossible, being flled up
with lumber and the ruins OF the fallen houses