The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-11-29
The Storm

The Boston Transcript adds :-Cspt Paine reported at
the Merchants Exchange Yesterday that the ship st.
into Provncetown the a5th lesky and also that
brig with loss of sails and short OF provisions put into
The schooner Sidney, of Boston. Captain John w.
Snare went shore Wednesday night the beach,
miles south Of scuate light and broke to pieces
sea. Her held was full Of lumber, and of It is
srewn the beach She has been taken possession of
The hsrmaphrodite brig America, Of Bangor for Bos-
ton went on shore at the Glades Cohasset Wednes
day night At the latest advcss they were dischargng
The schooner Messenger, Sands. of and from Frede.
rcksburG with 200 bushels Of corn and coo barrels Of
-four to r. Townsend Co., sunk at Commercial wharf
on Wednesday night
storm Thanksgiving and through the greater
part of the night preceding Thanksgiving day While
against the easements thought Of the poor fellows
the coast and shuddered at the idea Of the pers with
done to shipping yet we have heard q no fatal
In the morning the clouds cleared away-the ground
was covered with snow and the mercury in the theI-
We had cool bracing air through the day. and from all
learn, txrkiss pies disappeared with rapid
evening indicated ~ degreesths morning at sunrise ~
and learn from good authority that the ice is almost
strong enough fer skating
The Providence Transcript says:-We little expected
when paper went to press ON Wednesday that the
ssighs would mako their appearance ia our streets yes
terday, but towards evening ON Wednesday, the rain
ground was covered with snow and ice sucient to ena-
BILE the sleighs to glide along very smoothly
Winter has come upon US very suddenly. On Tues
day morning. the aith for the Arst time in November,
the mercury sunk below the freezing point and ON We'd
nesday We had driving northeast snow storm NeV1u-
ryPert Herald
A very severe snow storm commenced here on We'd
nesday afternoon, accompanied with high wind from
the northeast and continued through the night without
abatement The storm had not ceased when We went to
press Thursday morning. and about four inches Of
very violent-the wind blowing heavy gale The
did not arrive till II o'clock having been detained by the
storm.-Porsiand arsSs
showing, and continued throughout the day Snow has
been visible the hills around us for several days.
Northampton Courier.
The Yarm.s,h Register Of the aeth in speaking Of the
towns ., on hs c.ps and little damage Is reported The
bark La Grange, from Savannah for Boston, unable to
make Provincstown hsrbor anchored of Wood End and
dragged Truro and Is ashore near Pamet har
bor IL reported that she 10 not much damaged. and
will be got of after tightening. schooner loaded with
bilged Schooner Sally. Edward Sears, Jr, dragged
from the Deep Hole at South Dennis There was no
na
Yarmouth, dragged from her anchors at Harwich and is
ashore.
We have had a storm of unusual severity for No.
vember The audiences with which ii came on was
very unusual 1t was calm, mild and clear weather up
to midnight Tuesday, and by O'Clock Wednesday
morning it showing furously from the north east
with the Thermometer at - deg, gradually falling
through the day to "a deg; in the evening and this
morning to 20 deg About six eight inches of snow
have fallen the lasted twsnyfour hours the
wind gradually freshening to tremendous gale 1t
must have been destructive on the coast-Harfford
TIMES, Nsp. ~.
In LitchAsld showed on Sunday night, the 22d inst
and on wednesday 1t came furiously making good
sleighing.
The albany Argus Of last Friday, says that the
South America ID the only boat from New York this
morning. although the river ID yet nearly free from
cs and the weather moderate. The large number OF
eastern vessels which have been loading at our docks
have nearly all departed, carrying with them immense
immense quantities of -four, grain, &C., bat there Is
little more of the sort left in the basin, store
houses and on the docks We hear from Schenectady,
Utica Rome and other points that the canal navigation
was this morning closed About one hundred boats
between this city and Utica, the majority Of which
this side Of Schenectady This interruption will be very
brief a. there IL promise of thsw The number OF
boats freirhted with -four and cther products, lying
in the BASIN 10 large ana the tow boat companies have
great dculty in providing barges fast they are
required The steamer Niagara ashore Just above
Hudson, during the storm Wednesday. and has not
been got on Snow fell in Rochester on Wednesday TO
the depth Of six eight inches Some fifteen or twenty
canal boats, while being towed to New York broks
loose during the storm, and bsschsd The carross
| Of several q them are nearly . total loss-' -