The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-10-30
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The evening EDITION VI w"
If tho 23,d contains an extended account
of the vr.s, storm which swept over the
State of Florida on the 9th INST ana "n''n
was experienced. bu, with much less Sio'
l.nce along the coasts OF Georgia, and the
Carolnas, As well as IN the Cult
T,,,,s.,r.-.The morning was cloudy
h,t calm. At II o'clock the wind was
fresh. bat nothing more, blowing iron H. ~
Ey half past one. 1t had sersed 10 the
south East. and was blowing gaze ana
raining hard The Sentinel OF the i%'h
SAYS
By half pas, two. the destruction com
,,,,r.sd and IN an hour after the storm wa,
a, ts h.,ght- wind : :. t.. II Is I'M
possible To- Civ, an adequate idea OF Hs Jury
IN. rain drove horizontally in fine misi--
d,rkeninr the whole horizon, aud the crash
of 6,lliug roofs and buildings the claiter
of immense rolls of tin and iron torn nom
the house tops, were most melancholy aha
terrific Accompaniment 10 the fearful roar
ings OF the storm.
Ia town we are torn to ribbons. from
the country we have not learned much
bu, shall pfohnhl, hear something more be-
fore We 90 to press There is scarcely a
building in the town which has not sustained
some damage. aud there are several cases
Of total wreck.
The depot buildings ut the railroad ter
minus are all gone demolished. The Iron
Foundry and Machine shop ditto.
Tie frame of new two story dwelling
house Tor Or Lewis. Is demolished.
The Capitol is badl, Injured. Some OF
the southern gable is blown In-some four
or five chimneys were blown down and shat
tered the roof badly. About twenty win.
dows were either wholly or partially blown
i'm. The roof of the eastern portico was
started off and the building torn and shat
tered generally The Senate Chamber Is
in a bad condition--the ornamental ceiling
all ruined. The force of the wind was
such as to start the easements ct some OF
the inside doors after blowing out the win
dows opposite The falling bricks have
broken in the arches of botl. the cisterns
at the south end The whole roof is IN a
wretched condition
The Sentinel gives a long list Of buildings
unrootod aud otherwise injured by the hnf
ricane. Fragments of the iron rooiot one
house were blown quarter OF mile.
The Masonic Lodge building was heap
OF runs-not stick standing The Meth
ODDS, Church badly strained, and st John :
Church a good deal damaged. One man
only. foreigner, name unknown, was in
iured. \ building fel on him aud he died
of the wounds received The scniihel
adds
There are not more than four storchouses
in the town which have "A sound roof, but
probably less injury is done the stocks OF
good, than might be reasonably inferred
from this fact. Although it rained 2 3od
deal during the gale. II either did not ram
much after the mischief WAS done, or the
rain drove SO horizontally as not to do the
damage it might otherwise have dcne.
Certain it is that much larger proportion
Of tie exposed goods have been found day
than any one would have thought possible.
The damages to Kitchens. out houses,
fences. trees, shrubhory, and all the mischief
incident to pre,ly general burst up among
the out buildings, may well be imagined.
The whole town and ts purlieds Is one
scene Of disorder and ruin--,he streets Oh
siructcd By fallen trees, fences. piles OF
lumber, aud bricks, great rolls Of battered
tin, &c,
The accounts from the country are awful
and appalling. We have not heard from
a solitary plantation which has not suffered
to the amount OF thousands Some plant.
ers have lost their entire crop OF cotton.
Gin houses are down, and Of course all the
cotton which was stored IN them. not ginned
or packed, has been acattered and destroyed.
Al the cotton not yet picked has been blown
out and is lost The fields on Saturday
morning were white unto the harvest, but
at this hour nothing is to be seen in them
but the stalk aud empty hollis, We suppose
that in this county alore halt million
has been lost in cotton, 10 say nothing OF
the negro houses blown down, the fences
Frustrated and the lumber destroyed.
Similar accounts to the above have been
received from ApalachIcola. New Port,
st, Marks, and from the counties Of JeiIer.
son, Leon, and Gadsden. Several lives
have been lost, and number Of people
injured The damage to the shipping in
teres, has been very great