Washington telegraph., 1852-09-15
Storm and FYood at Mobile.

Storm and Flood al Mobile.
Our New Orleans exchanges are filed with ac-
counts Of one of the most severe,and destructive
storms, at Mobile, Alabama, ever Witnessed in that
vicinity, As full particulars,swo occua, too
much o. oor space, ,syse n4sst coEdenes s..
It appeary that a3ont raianiehson Tuesday the
25th llt. the wind conrnenced bloSging sstrongly
from the North eask kswth constant ran and SO
coptirlaed dhtil about hine.o'cockea "Wednesday
morning whe11it shifted 70 the S5ttth- east stiil
blowing harfand ACCOMPANIED Ey rain @ithoNt
intermission. The strong winds blowing tcwar&
the shore, drove the waterup into the ctgs 4 Fpont
ana Commerce street We're totally submerged
along their whole length, and the streets running
at right angles with them Wore Aocded UptQ Wa
tef stfeef @ AZ II 8 c}oek ca Weclrescav nigrf tie
wind had comparatively lulied, bat soon after
wardsbtew With Renewed violence. 2t&8 8ig
About one o'clock Thursday morning the
gale ragged with terrible fury. The Advertiser says
Immense trees were torn up by the roots. fall
lug iqt9 the streets ,or into theyards Crushing
Gdhcss or whatever inipeded theirsdeseeht: hoases
We're unrooted and the helpless inmates were ex-
posed = trse plsl.sss PEI tagsa the stor, aAd.
added to this came the unwelcome assurance that
with the rising tide, the food was progressing
with alarming raptity. BY ? oclock it became
eyideAt.tiat Water street could not escape SUB
merSQn5 and some gentlemen whose anxiety.
would not permit them to resi-. barely had time to
reach their stores and secure their Books before
they were entirely ruined i" llg saaa
Ay-snmise On Thursday morning. tha city wore
gloomy aspect. The food having submerged
Water street forced its way into the stores offices
and dwellings Of St. Francis. Datphn. Cont ana
Cove rhnIent streets nearly up TO teir several inl
tersecqons with Royal Ihe .4dpotiser, IN an cx-
ira. dated Thursday, 10, 2, m,Says; n
THE lower portion OF the rflarketh0uSe was
tg IL, xN.' ~ 81
aVnng. fr;tnies were scatered indi>crimhatsly
2h9nJ tls,z RI ana tin covering OF several buiid-
lngS was toJnEp and Deposited in rolls IN varous
places, aud not least tie streets mostly devoted
to resdetiees were every few yards obstructed by
the prostIated forms OF venerable and Beautiful
shade trees. .feu,- SITS Be gniga9 b .-st
Il was melancholy spectacle to observe the
care and culture Of years thus scattered in night
Ia soine Instances immense branches were snap
ped of like pipe stems, and In others trees were
torn uP by the roo5sand entirely destroyed. HONS
Iiton street IS at present, impossible from the
nanber Of fallen trees, and looks very like the
path of hurricane Through the forest. I0u Go-
gernnient'srcet the damage IN t|isrespaog isrery
great, and, ladeed 50 It is tbrough0u> ihe eHtirc
city. So sudden and unexpected. was the progress
Of the ilood, That Ittic time was left. after the
danger became Imminent to reserve anvthlugo of
moment lgrr .W a Ea -r
4 correspondent of the Mobile Tribune. writing
from West Pascagoula, SAYS that the storm RACED
IS violently at that pont as at any other along
t3e coast. Not only were the whorves bath
h2uses and gut houses cau4ed away. but Thousands
q trees We're laid CvGtlvijh the sro;ld These
stately va oaks that had bgaved the storm .or
centuries fell before its fury The very leaves
were stripped from thettrces. .# 1
A telegraphic desPatch from Augusta, Ga, re-
celyed at Montgomery, Ala, ou the 3lSt uit. says
tiiat Augusta is four fecJ under wafer and two
"a
5iop OF pf0perty II was untnenae. The loss was es-
timated at million OF do,lar.
The Columbus (Ga) Enquirer Of the 3lst uit,
SAYS:
One Of the heaviest rain .ssdr,,1s,that hes been
experienced about here id!elY took place on the
nghtot the 2Gth, BY wnlch all the streams near
thus place were SO much swollen as to stop tfay-
cling for dav or so. The Chattahooche river
bose higher thar it has been for several years
and we leaIn that the plantations below TINS
place lysng near the IiyeT, have been almost
wholly Submerged, doing material injury, 90 the
growing crops thereon. The factories here We're
compelled to suspend operations, and The datuaee
some Of them may have sustained is yet not
known correctly, ..-...
Ehoiasats af tlae Great storm.
4At Porterviue the storm was terrific
The neY sawmJl, together With several
DWELLINGS. were, we are informed, swept en-
tueiy away and some families only escaped
by wading nearly to tbeir necks IN the
water. Among the houses destroyed were
those Of Nessrs. Alexander and keeier
potatoe fields and gardens we're piougbed
up by the storm, and vines, VITA tubors az
tached aaay pov be seen clipgiug 70 the
branches of trees or hanging trcm them N
curious tcstoops M
Ir. CHARLES Medicus, formerly editor and
proprietor Of the German Courier, publish
cd al New Orleans, ceiled at or office yes
tarday and gave rs an interesting desc1p-
t;yn d. a scene in which he was pp,ortplata-
u prominent actor L sqslns chat Mr.
Medicus had established himSeIi or ;he
shellbank opposite Conway's creek, where
ne was engaged in cultiyating a gardeu.---
Fearing for the safety Of his family, and
~fshn& to r9moe them t.. 4 place Of great
Gr security, he took two boats on Thursday
th6rning, in which he deposited his @miiy,
corisistl8g Of his wife and tw3 c!ildran
The heavy SEA soon capsizad these frail
boats, and BY great exert;or.s, Mr. Medicus
succeeded in btafiGE his Eainilv an back to
the mousse. u ut. the water was reCcrOaciAng
upon them with fearful rapidly Chairs,
tables aud bedsteads soon ceased 50 afford
them any security As last hope the lady
and her children took refuge IN peach tree,
which they reached from the window. The
excited and anxious father had scarcely
placed the last chiid IN this uncertain retreat
when the ho}tsa ISL down With a crash. and
Buried him ia Tile rJihs"
When consciousness returned he found
himself some fifteen yards distant from the
tree containing his household treasures, and
heard the monrhfu' cry Of his wife and chill
dreh,, q Father don't leave as
With thi$ a8onizihg ciy ringing IN his