The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-10

Ssrious Loss IF life Destruction of Pya,sr,,
-Sh,pcrecks--Iyuryf 10 The Crops, &c,
we have received accounts from Apalacbi.
cola, st. Marks, Newport, Tallahassee. Ou;ucy
and other places in Florida, of terrific bpr,;
cane and storm which commenced on the ood
and continued I'LL the 25th ut. At Apalacbi'
cola the gale commenced about IL O'clock on
the night OF the 22d, the wind blowing from
D. .. E ana the tide rose five or six feet in the
streets during the night. About DAYLIGHT the
w'no 'u''ed somewhat, and it was thought that
.he worst OF the gale was over. At suhsise,
however, 1t freshened, the front doors wera
blown in, the breakers running some five 70 civ
feet high. On the 23d inst, about five o,clo.L
A. NJ, the wind changed from s. f. To = w ma
w., the tide then at its highest, running hack
as far as to Market street, being the second
street from the wharf. Many of the buildings
on Water street were materially Injured; doors
ana windows all blown in; and many of the
warehouses suffered the same fate. Dog island
light was dcstroyed-ive or six lives lost Cana
81. Bias light gone. Ship in the last pass. hirb
and dry supposed to be the John BRYANT. bonnd
to Liverpool Steamer Falcon (river boan
much injured. Spanish brig wrecked at tho
Haulover, seventeen lives lost; loaded with fab
&c, bound from st. Jago to Havana. Their,
were but two or three houses not unroofad ne
injured at Apalachicola Groceries and drv
goods in stores, were destroyed to great ex-
tent At Old Woman's Bluff, steamboat. on
the ways, bad her cabin blown off. The steamer
Magnolia was lost Mr. Samuel Smith was
drowned. lie was the ony person saved from
the brig Saratoga, wrecked on Orange KEYS in
1874.
Great fears are apprehended as to the vessels
in the Gulf, and it is expected that the South.
ern coast and keys of Florida are covered wit,
wrecked vessels and that hundreds of human
beings have been drowned. The sea rose sew
era' feet higher than at any former period the
cotton fields of Middle Florida are laid waste
and it is not anticipated that more than half the
crop will be saved, and it is feared that the In.
jury has extended to Georgia.
At Tallahassee the same terror prevailed. and
great many houses were blown down, loss es-
timated at $4,000. At Newport and ST.
Marks the storm was If possible, more severe.
Houses were blown down, and goods damaged
to very great extent. Accounts from Eufala.
in Alabama, represent not quite so destructive
effects as IN Florida, yet awfulIy severe.
Houses unroofcd, aud crops DESTROYED. II il
feared that it has extended through all lower
Georgia. The weather is still unsettled and
thr atening. All the bridges in Florida as far
as heard from, are destroy ed, and it will be an
endless labor to clear the roads of fallen trees.
Throughout the parts of the country heard
from, at least nine tenths Of the tobacco barns
are Frustrated, and il is estimated that three
fourhs of the crop is DESTROYED, and at least
one-half Of the cotton crop AT Quincy the
gale lasted "a hours blowing down houses and
fences, and destroying the crops Some fifteen
houses were blown down in that city, and many
houses lost their chimneys.