New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-14
Dreadful Hurricane on the East Coast Of
Scotland.

AgERpyLS, Aug. l9.-Last night about LOU
boats each manned By FIVE fishermen, left the various
MOTT, Of the East coast OF Scotland, between stone
haven and Frsserburgb for the herring fishery About
- o'clock Il blew gale the rain falling in torrents
and the night dark that none Of the and hsns
could Be seen AtPeterhesd, which s the
on, the coast and altogether exposed 70 an easei
sse 70 out Of the 800 tina, rshng mere are
missing and there is much reason 10 lar mar
n not all Of them wrecked or sunk Ine snO'e DC.
tween the Buchanness lighthouse snd me ntsuco -
the South nsroor, for mile ana nsn : IS '''' "eu
with wrecks and the dead codes o. fsneTnen-
Txentv.,bree co-pses were carried into Peternetd
before o'clock and a. the time the latest accounts y
Others were constantly thrown ssnore among me wreck
m the ssnd, OF the rocks Forty boats were wrecked
80, re cfrcuit Of half mile and 90 sudden and
l was the catastrophe that means Of succorng or
saving The distressed snd Pershng hsherrnen could De
devised How many boats may have iounoereo AZ Sea
or zone 20 pieces among tne preciptous CHS o bucnen
no one At present tel. One thing appears Certain,
that the lowest estimate Of the loss Of life and property
by ibis gale exceeds produced BY any other hur
cane hitherto recorded In tee annals Of the East Coast
Of Scotland Il l. calculated that along the coast not
fewer than hundred lives are lost and when u Is con
.dered that for the part the deceased tsne1nen
have ieft wives and families i will be felt that the VIC
ovrhood and orphanage Of seaport towns hsve reci
ed In short night an unparalleled augmentation.
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RAILROAD AcciDES7.-We regret 70 state n at
serious accident occurred on the Baltimore snd On,o
Railroad mis-
oarnsg. 20 the cars and locomotive but unfortunately
injured several persons very seriously Inc a0cotH NJ
occurred beyond Mount Clare depot about I've mi es
from baltimore Il seems that after the early train had
passed out for Wsshngtoo several workmen bad taken
% portion Of the rails for the purpose Of repairing the
rosd The train from Washington came in AZ fU speed
and not having received notice that the track bad been
taken ID approached without observing the Cd
s,ruction thst the engine could not be checked The
locomotive tender and several Of the cars consequently
ran of the track. ini1rng the former somewhat ana
crushing almost pieces two OF the hrst cars IN when
we're the company II Washington tremen and the
Washington Light Infantry beside many others from
the District The shock very severe, and all on
board we're more less stunned By u while Mr. COST
gan had hs foot badly crushed Mr. Harding attached
10 the Washington Navy Yard Two or three Of MS myers
torn Of Mr. Cooper bis head much cut, and Mr.. JOnn
Kelley bic feet and legs terribly injured u i feared
that the amputatOn Of one foot VA be rendered neces
sary One OF the passengers bad his boot literally 'orn
from his foot but fortunately and miracuonsly sustain
ed no injury Another gentleman received severe con
fusion ofthe knee These are eli from the District -
There were others who sustained bruises but not If
very psinf1l character The ladies' in the re-
cars and fortunately al escaped injury The locomo.
tive ran into an en0ankmenf, and was not so much
damaged while two Of the forward cars were much
crushed Many Of the passenger fiter the accident
walked into the city. while Others were brought IN by
a train sent out for them Medical aid was procured
for those injured and every other attention paid them
Bait Patriot 9Th
Our telegraphic dispatch yesterday took of this
qeutensn's head instead Of bis boot For once we are
glad to learn that the telegraph tod hb. iEd