New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-08
THE GREAT STORM.
Further Particulars of ,ie Damage Done ut
the South.
From The \. o Picayuue. 3lst.

From The y o Picayune. 3ls-
The lighthouse on the Chaudeieur
IsaDds destroyed IN the gale OF Thursday last we
are indebted for account Of the loss to the keeper
Mr. Alexander Lee aud 10 minute OF facts by tue
party which rescued hn and his family from their dis
tre,sng position after three days oil exposure ana 'u
TIE storm ragged there heevily on Wednesday, and
the north vino piled up the waters round the Hight
house until on Thu sdsy morniog The foundation was
washed awsy and the building fell The keeper and
his lily at the time (abCut 10 A. attempting
10 escape from the wreck OF the dwelling house. which
had been forced from the piles which II had rested
Mr.. Lea bad extended rope 10 the gallery oil the
Hight house upon which 10 traJs Jor. his family 10 as
place OF refuge, when the whole 81 ucture fell 10 the
Foundation. 1bey were then let TO struggle nearly
wsist deep In the water, which washed into the wn-
dows Of the dwelling, until they constructed raft
from part OF the gallery ROOT, on which they we're
enabled 10 reach sand hul tbreequAters OF a mue
distant, the only visible point above tue waters
They remained in tina. foriorn eondiaOa until tae
subsidence OF the food permitted them to return ne
house, which they found 70 be perfect "re;k Ouo,
houses fences and Improvements OF every klnd nad
been swep, clean away. Provisions, furniture cloning
toes Ia fact every thing movable was derOyed ald
only a barren frame left with wnlch TO shet-r theh
from the weather. They tub'i'ed for three days on
the sctps thry enabled 10 hud aud were on tue
verge of starvation when the flag OF distress they kep
6yrP was seen by pleasure party from Biloxi Ia the
schooner Sea Horse, Csp. Powell, watch was cfui'iog
on Saturday OIL the north end OF tho Island They I'm
meoiateIy lsrded found the lighthouse lsyeled 30 the
ground and the keeper and hs family Ia this distressed
condition Iney relieved their Immediate wants ana
brought them up TO this city. .
er and bis wife, both sged and sne later inhrm Youag
widow Of biz family Win her intsa child. s'esln OF
Hudson Vincent and sick visitor, Cspt Clark, from
Penny lvapia None Of these were seriously inJuted
The Effects of this storm tie Island we're terrh,
The whole island, as far as the party could see, WAS
overlooked The myrtle bushes which abound we're
covered and sand hilis that ten feet high have
been wsshed away and pools OF wGgsr left where they
stood On one side OF ,he sta where the lighthouse
stood the water stands now eight or ten feet deep Four
sbannels eight feet deep cut clear across
abe north end OF the lsland
Nothing had been heard of the inhabitants at the
other extremity OF the ialaId, where there were three
or four families. Capt Lea Is u opinion thai 10 wa1
overlooked. aud fears 'h,Te ny have been loss OF
life 1t impossible for the Sea Horse TO 60 down
there bus such information ves given as VIII cause
iDme ciaie search & be made for them
Capt Lea says new channel has been cut through
Ship Island. three quarters oi mile wlde and good
sized schooner has already passed thr' ugh.
The force Of this storm was creates: es' OF ms city
and we fear IL Will be found 10 nave been torloy de
s,ructve the Florida coasts ana around tho Capes
and among the Bahamas We dreRdto near from Ia II
pa Bay and Key West tits but few years since hey
Wet was nearly Overfowt IL stOrm, and this late
gale appears to have exceeded iu violence any reasm
beIed for great many years. Tho beet hope We may
entertain Is, ihs, II may ave been local
There some curious tscts already known, wAich
Is beyond our meteorological knowledge 10 account
for. The storm hardly trli Ia Lake Ponehat'ra'n'
and thOukh high atthe Bay Of 81 Louis an1 bas Co"'
few mies iuttSer East, tnd was 50 trghtul Ia an
about Mobile Bay let Aons the and al the water-
ing places the gale blew CA shove. AZ Mtsssipp Cry
and Biloxi the wSier driven out OF the haroOr.
Boats were left high and dry ,hs bottoms were eX
posed further oui than hs1 been ever kuOwH before
But at Psscssouls few mes from there on the same
cost fronting also souhward' tde same storm drose
in the water 10 carry OH every wharf AID BATH
house and to wash away the banks and undermine tue
road
In Mobile Bay, which Is at The northern extremity OF
bay, thirty mites from the Cot, the ssms storm ap
pears to have hesped up the wterS within the bay Ia
stead Of blowing them out ana thus caused the nunts-
zion OF the city These facts well woTtay Of mluute
nvesugat In order the OF such singu
lar and opposite results within area 50 crcuGi-
scbed and Il 10 extremely desirable that parties on
the spot at the time should endeaVOr TO rec Jecs and
note down the Duration of The wind, It's force and
changes, Is accurately possible. Taey vii! be very
useful facts and may help to supply satisfactory eX
psnssion of the o these phenOmens, and 10 de-
seinlne Important laws OF metGoroloey.
eofrespondento Of The PioayHe writes from Daphne,
Aus. 26, as fonoy,.
we are 10 The midst Of ire nendous storm of Wind
snu tnp, which commenced On Taesdsy afternoon,
4h, and has continued with but l,ile or no abatement
shoe Ahe '~o lat nights we have passed 10 grea.
suA.es e,efS NC ment the storm threatened clap
.sc1.,,on y, . eogsses nisef, ~as 10 momentsry
eAPoctanon OF seeing the roof xslk off TIE storm
was ths ume rsgiug with iu utmost fury The bay
rois ~ us mountain pillows II 20 oer.w weep the land
srucuoh caused 10 truly dreadful
Freeman wharf l, gone, IS also Shorts Jones's
az WI Cn' heN above us. not particle 20 Do
seen o. either except tbs bath house on one, which
Ta,t 90 swept on ere an hour HowMd's fine wharf
all destroyed ana swep, away with the ladies' BATH.
house inc senu, mems bath. nouse and wareroom &C.
joining together with the house Al ne and of the wharf
are lettering as the waves 10 ell their psesc I'm
da.h over and a. ainss them The old boat called the
SULTAN has len her resting place gone up the bay
Pso Alto that fsvore from tne sun bss an
gone into the bay.
The Junior lett here yesterday morning sse o'clock.
since which time nothing has been heard Of her. All
oISnnulsaacn being crs Oh between here and Mobile
we dread 70 bear from Point Clear.
When the boat does come, cannot conceive where