New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-20
THE STORM AT BOSTON.

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The BOIton Mail Of yesterday morning has tai
following account Of the recentstorm in and aNou
that city
One Of the highest tides ever kno xn within the
memory Of the Oldest lnhabltant," inundated the
whRrves and lower portions Of the city at noon
Yesterday. The damage done to goods stored in
CELLAR is va-ously estimated st from sl0o 900 to
s5O0ooo Nearly every wharf was submerged
with streams of water flowing into the cellar
windows and setting everything aaost ths. would
foat. A boatmsr started in bis boat from the end
Of Long wharf and propelled himself up TO Glib.
sons Establishment in Milk st. and took drink.
Another individual established ferriage with his
boat from State-st. - the Ccstom House steps,
charging O. cents for passage.
Very extensive damage was done TO soods In
bond at the Custom House stores on LoRg and
Mays wbarves These stores ere all carefully
boxed, bat boxing proved no protection at all
against this unprecedented high tide. w ater rose
three inches above the level Of the hoors In the
block Of new granite stores at the end Of Long
wharf, which are considerably elevated above
those OF nearly all the stores on this wharf In
the cellars of these stores were pipes Of brandy,
baskets Of champ sgne, soap oil, aud West India
sugar in casks % hhds of this article valued at
s6 600. was found to be nearly all dissolved the
soap was alec greatly damaged; the oil and wine
is also deprecated in their market value by the
salt water soaking to which they were sub ected.
There was i've feet of water in these cellars at
6 o'clock PM Tho loss to the United States can.
not fall short OF Se5 000 A gang of 20 workmen
were engaged during the afternoon aud evening
in hoistsg out and removing the goods. In the
store of Mr.. Eaton, a grocer, No. A. the tide was
from one to three feet over the floor. In Mr.. Ma
hans, No. so, the tide was also about the same.
Messrs. Bent 4 Blskes, James Oakess, aud
Cakes & Perkinss, all salt stores, were over
flowed, and the damage to the salt considerable.
In the brick block from IS to 81, occupied by Mr..
Mahan, Mr. French and Mr. Blaisdell, West India
goods--all were overtiowed.
On India Wharf extensive damage was done,
especially 70 goods stored in some wooden ware
houses; a large quantity of box sugar was melt
ed and damaged TO an alarming extent The eel
lars underneath most Of the stores on this wharf,
filed with valuable goods, were flooded.
On Commercial Central, Lewis, and other
wharves, the same effects were TO be observed,
scarcely wharf escaping. The cellars OF Broad,
India Milk, Central, Commercial, Congress, and
even Federalst., quarter OF mile from the
water and many other streets were overlooked
These streets are ali occupied by extensive mer-
camille firms, and, all of them being built on made
land, with effectively guarded cellars, are occa
sionally overlooked at ordinary high tides The
cellars Of houses on the made lands OF the
old mill pond and South Cove districts, were
flooded causing the greatest commotion among
the rats and kitchen girls
In Ann and Broad SITS, whore the cellars are
crowded with subterranean inhabitants, a scene
of soaked misery was to be found that battles all
description In quite a number of the shindy
cellars" of Ann St, tiddling and dancing was go
ing on as in the days of Noah, when the rushing
waters came bubbling up meath the unmentiona-
bic garments of the softer sex many who had
spent their last fourpence in keeping up st. Pat
ricks day. on the day after, found themselves last
night in the dampest kind of lodgings with the iul.
mediate prospect of being drowned out on the in
coming Of the midnight tide.
The cellars of North and South Market SITS. in
Guiding those underneath the Quincy Market,
were flooded to a great extent. a portion oil
Long Wharfwss torn up.
1t is impossible to estimate the extent oil the
damage done, at the present time.
Immense numbers of whsrfrats were drowned
cut and an object of pursuit by the numerous
men and boys in boats rowing through streets tnat
resembed those of enice
So high tide has not occurred since lo5y' Inc
night tide it is expected if the wind holds, will
be foot higher than the noon tide
The atlas says.
On Sunday morning the wind, which had been
blowing from south west, changed to north east
and continued from that point most OF the day
Or hon5aY ~ wes v""'ehla between north and
which commenced in the evening, and continued
during the night and throughout yesterday. the
snow was piled along the fences, in the country,
to the height Of six or eight feet and the Railroad
cuts, on several lines, have been rendered almost
impossible.
In the Bay, particularly along the lee shore,
it was lublimely awful, alternately towering
mast head high, and rolling in broken foam upon
the strand. At distance the land seemed grit
with barrier Of living water, white as snow
The long warning of the approaching storm leads
us to hope that vessels inward bound would haul
of consequently we do not apprehend much
damsge to our shipping on the coast. The U. s.
revenue cutter Hamilton, and the usual number
ofpilot boats, are below, and if any vessel in dis
tress had come within the range Of their observa-
ton, we would no doubt have heard of it.
The boat houses on the channel aud Dorchester
Bay, have been moved from theirfoundations and
much other damage has been done at various
points in that vicinity.
Near Savin Hill, Dorchester, schooner lying in
the creek, broke from her moorings during the
storm, Monday night, and was blown Assistance OF
at least two hundred feet out upon the flats, from
the channel where vessels usually pass.
TIRE.-The wooden paper mill building Of
Daniel Buck, Jr. of Hartford, at Poquonock, Conn.
was burnt on Saturday morning, and with It was
cor ahmed the town bridge over the farmington