The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-04
The Tremendous Gale mt Buffalo.


everest gale we have experienced since the fall Of
1914, at the time of the highest flood known to the
and Yves at its height from two to five O'Clock this
morning. The damage done to- the buildings, and
shipping in the harbor is considerable though
Der has been displaced from the yards, and quite
large quantity viii be lost destroyed The water
was quite high upon the Flats though the grading of
the streets particularly Ohio street the construc.
docks protected the eastern section of the city
ss ap the
nails pretty effectually flooded the low lands Canal
boats were thrown out Of the Clark Skinner and
Main and Hamburger street canals, and left high and
dry by the receding Of the water A portion Of the
floor Of the depot of the Buffalo and Attica Railroad
the vicinity scattered in admirable confusion In every
| direction, We understand that the water was the
On the west side below the ship canal the water
swept over the space between the lake and canal and
many families occupying the small tenements along
the banks were compelled to leave. On the upper
side of the canal the water up to within few
feet of the gas works and several boats were thrown
out and left upon the land as the gale subsidized.
Quite number of chimnies were blown down, and
The roof Of the coal shed of the Gas Works was
partially blown off, doing damage to the extent Of
The building owned by George r. Bsbsock. on
Lloyd street and the canal in which the law Office
Of Babcock WEIGH was unroofed; as also portion
| Of Bugbee's steam mills.
by vessels being driven against each other by which
,pars and other timbers were broken. One schooner
had her sides pretty we'll jammed and
boat, were smashed. One schooner came in about
| balfpast seven, when the gale was its height.
She had but peck OF canvass up on her fore spars,
but she shot ahead very rapidly and rounded pier
| and came in beautifully. Another passed down the
river at the same time.
Although the driving of many poor families from
their homes will cause much suffering yet lives
have been lost, and the loss of property s trfing
This gale as does aim every heavy one shows tha
absolute nece.sty of q sea wall to protect the canal
from ultimate destruction between this city and Black
Rock The lakeis making approaches towards it. and
hova In hA IN ant
| absorption of the strip ofland intervening
[From the Buffalo Courier Dec IL
We have to record one Of the most severe gales
Wednesday night and yesterday morning, with which
city has been visited. During it's greatest
height our citizen were alarmed by repeated cries of
Fire. but happily there but little damage done
by that element. The alarms were mostly caused by
The wind was at its height between two and Eve
was done to the shipping the harbor and to build
ngs The docks protected the eastern portion Of the
city; still the water was driven through the slips and
side canals flooding the low lands and throwing vessels
out of the Clark and Skinner and Main and Hamburg
street canals leaving them high and dry when it re.
ceded 1t also did considerable damage to lumber lying
the banks Of the creek On the other side the wa
ter came up within few feet Of the gas works
or the buildings Injured We notice the depot Of the
up Bugbee's Elevator partly unroofed, and the build
ings of Geo. r. Babcock, ESQ wholly unroofed. The
loss in the last instance will be $500 The roof
Of the coal shed OF the gas works was also partially
blown off, damage $3.50. tl.a. I..
depot,
there numbers Of shanties tenanted by Irish labor
ers, partook of the painful and amusing The floors Of
most Of the shantes entirely submerged and the
inmates compelled to put out fast possible Many
were very busy in picking up the wood, boxes and
odd ends Of lnmbsr that came floating up,-so
occa,ionai I" ,hndy.n what becsme Of the shanties
appeared to be matter of no consequence the wood
| they must have.
brace Of fine pigs the pets and darngs Of the house,
hold which lay dead in front of one of the cabins Te
working absrers it sppeared almost irrepsrsbs The
distress of the men, women and children who all join
ed in the general wailing was really heartrendng We
trust the benev olept will remember the susrings
these and other unfortunate people who losers.
The water was at one time seven feet higher than
the average The accidents and injuries to the ship
ping were, as near IS we can learn, as follows =
The steamer Lexington bad her buwarks stanchions,
yards &c carried away by the lower lake schooner
Jessie Wood-the bulwarks Of the schooner were also
torn away, and che was otherwise materially injured,
together with the schooner Queen Victoria.
The schooner Green Bay, lying the west side Of
the creek broke loose and carried away the propeller
Charter oak which, in turn, carried away schooner
Blue Bell damaging the latter vessel to the amount Of
The steamer Queen City, lying at the foot of Com
mercial street into by the schooner Virginia
Purdy which Loose from tn opposite shoreeone
Of her arches and two state rooms badly injured.
The steamer Hendrix Hudson also broke loose from
Der moorines and tore up the bulwarks of the brig
Globe. but received little damage herself
The steamer Great Western broke loose and
driven to the dock little above Bugbees Elevator
and is in a bad position-the New England also The
ste amers Baltic and Key Stone State we're also driven
across the creek The schooner Washington Irving is
alto high and dry near them.
The brig Paragon and schooner Pilgrim driven
hard on the bank in KiDnie' slip, together with the
schooner Eudora. The schooner Commodore Chauncey
also broke looee, bad her buwarks stove in, and
considerably injured otherwise.
couple of vessels going down the Niagara
river in the morning but we have heard nothing from
them. One was supposed to be the brig Iowa but we
may expect hear Of other marine disasters and we
fear of loss Of e upon the lakes The gale here has
ceated.
from the Buffalo Republic Dec IL
Our city has been visited since cur last with gale,
which, fer its disastrous conseque is without pa
racl since the disastrous gale Of "A Added to the
fears inspired by the wind the repeated alarms Of
Gre which occurred since O'Clock. We are gratifed
in being able to announce but little damage from fire.
Two wooden shantes, occupied by Irish families, just
below the Michigan street bridge, were burnt to the
ground. The machines found great difficulty in APP
preaching the scene Of CONFEDERATION from the very
nature Of the ground it being very low and at the
time covered with water, from the Overlooking Of the
creek. No 3was the only machine which actually az
tire damsge occasioned by the fire. this morning but
the loss from wind was much greater. A threestory
brick building situated on Lloyd street, opposite
Thomas Exchange completely unroofed Loss
at least $500 1t Is really surprising that there
@ p
ing, Exchange street. near the freight depot,
also unroofed Loss considerable. Bugbee's Elevator
partially unreofed Atwo story brick building on the
east eide Of Michigan street was unroofed. Damage
considerable. Much other damage was sustained in
dihefe MT parts OF our CITY, from tne 1911 OF chimneys,
blowing down Of signs ETC. IL 10 yet difficult to ascsr.
tain the damage done to the shipping.
The water in the creek was at one time seven feet
higher than the average water mark By the assist
ance Of Capt Burnett barbor master, and from what
could learn from other sources Of information, We
enabled to give the following items Of marine intel
Igence -
The steamer Queen City, lying at the foot Of Com
nercal street run into by the schooner Virginia
Purdy which broke from her moorngs the opposite
ride Of the creek and had of her arches taken off,
and two Of her states rooms demolished She was also
| otherwise injured.
The steamer Lexington had her bulwarks stanchions
aud sails carried away by the Canada lower lake
schooner Jessie Wood which got under her guard The
schooner Queen Victoria and the Wood were consider
| ably injured.
! The propeller Charter Oak broke adrift from her
mooripgs, and had good deal of her upper works
ried away
The schooner Hone was driven into port with great