New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-18
Severe Gale on Lake Erie.

From the Buffalo Express, 18th,
On Saturday afternoon last large fleet OF yes.
els Jeff this port for the West with fair breeze-wnd
T. Al O'Clock In the evening II commenced raining
and At about half past o'clock yesterday morning me
wind shifted 10 the westward, and blew gale until
morning The vesses that left In the afternoon met
humber downward bound about the time that the gallo
vt In when they put about and the entire heet came
down like the wind Most of the vessels bad their can
vas badly stripped and torn by the force of the gale
The steamer Canada left here about II o'clock on SAT
wday night for Detroit soon after the gale struck her
he valve TO her force pump became useiess, and sne
vn worked safely back TO port by hand
ThebrsJ X Giddnss, loaded with flour. In attempt.
ing to make the habor during the gale missed stays and
ve1t sshore short distance below the pier she tnre~
Der deck load of -four overheard. She Will probably De
o. again n the weather remains favorable, without
any serious damage to the vessel
The schooner Gibson T. Williams. bound down, dur
ps the gale run into by another vessei-nsme un'
known-snd had her head rigging and fyinsjio boom
carried away How much the other vessel was injured,
10 not kuoxn
COLLISION AND AsANpoSNRNT.-An unusual incl
dent occurred Saturday night during the gale ana
one which promises rather to the advantage OF tne gs
liant tar who said Don't stre up the saiP Inc scnooner
George Wson put about when the gale struck her and
sf,er came 10 contact with the brig T. II Scott
When the vessels together the crash 90 frightened
toe At the helm thst he eaped board the brig
followed BY the mate and Captain The only remaining
had was who had shipped that day. lie seized
he helm and the vessels separated, leaving MIN sohe-
"
le the esse A. best he could He called up the boy
d they undertook the perlous task OF working her into
port alone.
The brig Scott came on like race horse and arrived
ss;sy In port The Captain Of the schooner supposns
vessel Loaf reported accordingly About an hour al
trwsrd however, the schooner came down gallan,ly
md entered the harbor In fine style showing the Cap
ha that he had been rather too hes'y In reporting the
hss OF bic craft
After the schooner had found cafe berth and was
made All fss the Cap,an and bis dessr,ers undertook to
~ on board again but were ordered q by the man who
had the vessel In charse-he claiming that ss the Cap
tain and crew hsd abandoned the vessel, ana ne Dad
saved her he was entitled 10 salvage He noids inc
vessel under that cs and do not see no" tney CAL
svold H. .
Among the vessels that returned crippled during tne
gale we noticed the brig Maurice. she hsa sune'eo
badly IN her rigging her calls being completely sppen
away. The brig l. A. Blossom also had her msin sh0
sseocergan carried away her msnssl split and large
hole torn In her foresail
RKPoRTkD DISASTER or LAKE. SvrEKioR.-A report
received here Saturday by the steamer Canals
from Detroit that the propeller Independence had beer
wrecked on Lake Superior, and all on board lost.
DESTRUCTIVE GALE.-The Commercial Adrerfis
er publishes the following extract of a letter dated
GRENADA. Oct %, ls47.
There was severe gale OF wind on the night OF the
lib lost which Injured Trinidad and Toosso greatly
At The latter Island It was very severe About
hundred houses were destroyed. Nearly all the estate
have los, their work houses and fully one third Of the
Gro, 10 lost