The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-08
TREMEND DOES STOR NJ.
Something Like the Equinoctial.
Overthrow Of Houses. Church, and Trees.
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The Destruction of the Di0rama.
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THE DAMAGE TO THE SHIPPING,
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On Saturday evening aud sunday morning the great
est storm that has visited this city for many years
swept over IT, sending before It, and leaving dam
age to considerable In its wake. The morn
ing ushered with drixxng rain which continued
all the day and fell Ia greater quantity towards
set when the wind h-ass blow pretty FRESH gradual
AZ increasing tho night advanced till ut length II
became hurricsns The chipping was driven from
Qusys the trees In the streets squares and parks
torn mp bp the roots liberty poles we're little
spared ~ BARRIERS poles ny tho spirit Of the tempest
and churches pro-trsted ~ readily ss profsns
dwellings, Awpipgs rent aud blown In all direo
tions and sometimes the posts also carried away
that exceedingly dangerous to travel the side
walks after IL O'Clock. Now the wind whstlsd dis
mally through the streets. and 1t with sud
den gust, tapping the a~nings sbeut, amidst thou
sand confused hs drowned in the voice Of the
storm. }ta
About hslfpast seven o'elock. in the evening tho
staging the honse- nearly finished in Twenty
Third street came down with crash. aud blown
across tho track Of the Hadsm railroad Tho New
Haven had just ssd II they bad been two mi
nutes later, one OF t~o "cnls have been smashed.
The gale increased violence towards midnight and
howlad fsaruy through the sbrouds of the shipping
the East River AZ halt past II clock whole dock Of
vessels blown sdrift together and II feared
they would 20 ashore Governors Island. In the
majority of them there sither hands, only
one OF tive, 20 that they could not cast anchor.
Two Of them hoisted their jbs and getting detached
IRON tie rest befors the vine till they
abeA to east snchor side Of the Battery two
more then succeeded L. casting anchor aud the
ainisg Eve narrowly Governors Island pass
ing quite CLOSE the and drifting In one mass
towards the Jersey shore There did appear to be
any men on board. ~ least that could be Of
any service One Of them went Ashore on the Jersey
Flats end another brig, was missing yesterday.
So high the tide half psst eleven o'clock that
The Fulton and South ferries ceased to for two
three hours the pilots feared the guards Of the
boats would get the bridges aud become fast or
the stakes either tide The Outer parts ofthe
bridges were raised 10 angle Of IS degrees. The
wind blew from the east and there be ne doubt
shat II the equDocial gale postponed.
At - quarter past o'clock Richard Cooke was
passing through Park Row. the liberty pole In front
Of ths Park theatre fell and frightened him moro than
injured him He conveyed to the City Hospital
where he 10 doing will He Is . tailor.
The brick house, Eve stories high, and just
finished 1t tho corner Of and Eleventh street.
was blown down by the violence Of the wind. The
noise Of tho crashing and sudden fall greatly alarmed
the neighborhood In the dead Of the night. DR. Shop
pard, Who resides opposite the spot early next
msrning, and the digging among the ruins was com
mcncsd with great spirit, to extricate number o.
tools belonging 70 mssons which we're buried In
tAs.Fuins
brick house in T-snty-sighth street, between
Broadway and Fifth avenue, Witch had been just
built, vas blown down sod tbs materials aud scsnold
1ns scattered about every side. Only . small por
Zion Of the NOT h eud remained standing
The new Presbyterian Church, corner Of Twenty :
ninth street and Madison avenue, which nearly
completed, vas also demolished The entire Of thu
north SIDE and the end to within few feet Of tn
ground blo~n cl~sr out, aad that spacious build
ing IL now . melancholy wreck
The diorapa, in Eighth street and Fourth avenue,
opposite the Astor Place theatre was shattered TO
pieces and the pictures IL contained either destroyed
greatly injured This 10 serious loss to the pro-
prietor.
In washington Square In the Park, and In great
number Of streets, trees prostrated before the
breath Of the storm largo ons was overturned at
the corner Of Ninth street asd Fourth avenue and
other old willow that stood In front Of the
church, corner Of Broome and Christie streets
Tbs storm tremendous on Long Island Sound
The wind blew perfect hurricane. IL, of course, put
back the passenger steamers. The Bay State Captain
Brown, Of the Fall River line bravery came through
and arrived here about two clock yesterday afternoon
with Cav, Ripgs-y 4 Co q Express Neither the Nor
wich ner the stonnaton boat had arrived at that time
5hsy had either put hack came to an anchor 0fths
thre steamers that left his city Saturday afternoon
fc- stopipgton Norwich aud Fall River understand
that tho Empire State, Capt Comstock, succeeded In
getting through and vas passed this morning by the
Bay State, OF Ne~ Haven. The Norvioh boat probe-
bly, anchored ct Throx's Neck The Cornelius Van
derbf, the stopipgton boat with the mails. put back
and VIII leave this city this morning We learn from
Capt Brown OF the Bay state that the storm on the
Sound vas one Of the he ever experienced. On
Long Island ief trees without number we're torn up
by the roots
THE DAMAGE IN BROOKLYN.
The gale Of Saturday night very severe In this
city Signs we're blown down and lay scattered about
In every direction A large willow tree vas blown
down in Bridge street Immediately across the strsst
rendering the passage vehicles In that direction ut
ssrly impossible.
THK sHIPPISo-FsRTHHR PARTICULARS.
During the heavy bios Saturday night, the ship
Erohapge, lying at the end Of . pier In the East
River broke from her mooring and came down on .
feet Of vessels about pier eight and tore thsm
ell sdrift. The foo-ips are some Of the vessel
.damaged:-Brig Marchlsnd With tsnrsil gone, boat
stovs ana considerably chssd schr ossstts, bu~arks
end boat stove; sobr Arrovsio flying ib-boom scss;
schr General Foster. Tying jib-ooom and hesd-sai'
gone; brig Lsuretta. flying jibboom broke on The
most Of these vss.ss down the river and were an
ehorsd the Battery.
The British Bsrh Brothers, laying ct pier eight Nsrth
River broke from her mccrinss and drifted down the
North River, but received no serious damage.
An Toe house, vent sshors ct Quarantine but
We could net learn where che csms from; for. With
the exception Of tvo horses there vss no living
thing on board she lies the Planters Hotel,
on the beach.
Drsrsr,cr Tsoors o. ras fLAirs.-Ws learn, BY
Captain Joba Perry, ust returned from Fort Lara
ME that Major Tucker's command had all deserted
hut sevsnteen men; they had c~sn chiefly induced TO
DO 90 By snigrsnts th-ir say to California Capt