The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-07
The Freshet at the South.
At MVBILE.
iEroyn tho Mobile Advertiser Augusf

From the Mobile Advertiser, August ~.
The yacht Kate which arrived here last evening,
ports that Oregon her last trip from New Orleans
hither left family of six persons ION Tuesday night
the wharf al Pescagoua. They were passengers from
New Orleans to that place Mr. Dodson the hste keeper
rent down porter with baggage car to assist them to
the house the Oregon having already moved off, shortly
after and before they had time to it, the wharf
was swept away and all Of them drowned
Among the incidents the falling of the gable end Of
the building occupied by Mr. Knapp jew-ry store,
upon the tenement just in the fronting Water
street, which 1t crushed The budingTss occupied by
Mr. stuckey az shoe store whose loss is much greater
The following additional pame with the amount Of loss
respectively sustained by them left desk yes
tercay.
HUM hreys Walsh s.Twelves. ........ 100
& co............ 5000 J.K. Randall 4 Co. 1910
Fix, Kendall s Co.. $500 W. sayer CO.. 1900
stephen 5. Foote. 900 Alsbrook, cluis &
Col. Jbrower ...... 200 Co............... 1000
A most singular and almost indeed miraculous event
occurred below Washington and John l.. Grant
Of Captain Grant, out on Tuesday night pile
driving machine fling a, the Pass The storm increased
wind and current changed and they driven back to
Biloxi Thence they again carried out and finally
They were on hperlcus voyage ry five hours without
food.
The ship Abno is one of the sad victims of the re-
cent storm a gentleman who happened on board on
visit 70 Capt. Elliot reports thst at L. Wednes-
day, Goth there was complete hurricane blowing and
that about A 81 the ship driven on her beam ends
and the mass obliged to be away save tine hull
and the lives Of those board by this shc right
ed, but shortly went aground In this condition they
W.
at which time the ship had driited to the neghborhocd
Of Grants Pass
Scarcely haa the steamer Oregon left the wharf Mt Mo-
bile on Tueds before IL carried away by the tenn
pest -Four white persons said have been hurried
away into the deadly waters with IT,
The steamer Belle Gates lost IL seems from over
care She was fastened by her heavy chains and that
too so tightly that when the waters they forced her
down: Her boat keeper Is reported sick, and aid
from her neghbors TOO late 10 be useful
Although the Dry Dock forced some distance from
is previous mooring has happily escaped injury The
wharyes at Hitchcock and Independent Presses
dered entirely unapproachabe by cart or dray Far
towards the Of the latter press the eide wall has
been stove in by big schooner the bow Of which has
penetrated many feet inside. She Is lumber laden.
Round the Of these presses Royal street barge
lies high and dry
oyster boat in the lower bay reported the ship Erin
Go.Brsgh, nom Boston for Mobile as wrecked on the
south beach opposite the Shell Banks She had no pas
sepgers but her crew Of eighteen all lost but
Two This the report given but such ship appears
IN the Lists as being on this voyage The ship ship,
called the Min.Go Bragh has ssiled from Liverpool
bound for Panama; but this cannotpe the same.
AT ASTON, Sc.
correspondent Of the Charleston Standard thus wrtes
Communication being cut of by the destruction Of the
bridoe at Ahton, Mr.. Medium with his son Edward,
Thomas Jefferson, carpenter upon the road accompanied
by the Chief Engineer Col VIM Spencer Brown resolved
upon the very hazardous experiment Of reaching town by
means Of bAtteau. They had decended but few miles
when The boat swamped and turned bottom up. Jefer
son faiss aLs boas snd pAoLs eli lIon rs o.to,
vent np,dy down. hcCsilsm, supporting bis son.
tsdys yssss c'a and ~. Df0vn swan With The stream