The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-09
The Lutte storms-Thc Weather.

Inc storms That have visited us within the past
few days have been the most widely extended and
severe that have occurred in a long time On the
Sound the wind blew perfect gale The steamers
that started out of this port for the East obliged
to make harbors on the Sound return to the city.
The officers of the Massachusetts declare that they
never remember more furious storm. The wind
was very high, and the swell of the sea was very
heavy. From the commencement of the sea until
Tuesday morning, no lights whatever were seen in
the Sound and from eleven o'clock until daylight,
the officers entirely ignorant Of their position
An effort was made to run into Huntington harbor,
but no light could be found, and accordingly the
boat kept on her way. At daylight they were
eighty miles from Stonington, which place was
reached at twelve o'clock. But few of the passen-
gers, it is said, conectured the danger through
which they passed. The Massachusetts behaved
nobly, and but about an inch of water was made in
the hold. The freight from the decks was all
carried into the cabin, which, it is thought, saved
the boat
AT Hartford it showed violently and several inches
of snow fell.
In New Bedford, Fall River, and other places in
that section, large quantities Of snow fell.
\ At Newburyport the storm was violent on Monday
night, and on Tuesday the wind blew perfect gale.
About eight inches of snow lay on the ground, much
drifted.
At Portland about four inches Of snow fell.
At Baltimore, severe snow and rain storm, ac-
eompanied by thunder and lightning. prevailed on
Monday Much damage was done by the tide,
which was unusually high.
The Boston Traveller, of the It'll inst. gives the
following account of disasters Tho brig Marie, (of
Belfast) Staples, from ST. Mary's, Ca, for Boston,
went ashore Cohasset rocks during the late gale,
and went to pieces All hands supposed to be lost
memorandum book, with Capt. Staples name in
it, has been found on the beach at Cohasset. Her
cargo consisted Of 706 bbls naval stores 500 hides,
and bales deer skins, consigned to Means & Clark
200 bbls. rosn and tar have been picked up Long
Beach. Steamer st. Lawrence, Sturtevant, arrived
here this morning from Portland, with 20 passen-
gers; she left Portland on Monday, att 2 M. Capt.
5. states that the gale commenced at A. M yester
day. At ) A. nj she off Cape Ann, but the
snow being so thick he could not make the land,
and at $50 A. NJ. was obliged to head out. A large
quantity of freight was washed overheard, and at
three 7 NJ, it blowing heavy and heavy sea on,
was obliged to throw overheard more Of the freight
to tighten her. The gale abated at six +. NJ and
at eight p M made Cape Cod light, bearing south
twelve miles. The boat had bulwarks stove, and
received considerable damage in her upper works,
&c. During the gale. James Sprague, seaman fell
from the upper deck and was drowned Among the
freight thrown overheard were several thousand
dozens OF eggs, large quantities OF veal, beef, and
live Holsters. A large bark, with her masts cut
away. is at anchor of the Second Cliff, Scituate.
portion Of her cargo Is bales Of cotton, was found
on the beach The steamer r. B. Forbes has been
sent to her relief The light ship off Minot's Ledge
rode out the gale in safety, and remained on
ton this morning.
The fall Of snow at St. Johnsbury, Vt, on Tues
day of last week, was the greatest Of the season.
Nearly two feet fell during the night. AtDanvlle.
VT. on tuesday week. 1t showed necessarily from
five o'clock in the morning until nearly dark-fall
ing to the depth of full foot and half on level
1t was the heaviest snow storm which had taken
place for twelve years.
In ST. Johnsbury, VT, a letter Of the lst inst,
says:-''It commenced showing last night, and this
morning there was some eight to ten inches Of damp
snow-making, on the old bottom, fine sleighing.
This is the thirty-thrd snow storm we have had
this winter and to-day is the one hundred and
forty first day Of good sleighng in St. Johnsbury
and vicinity. this season. The thermometers have
all ''gi'n out" and are laid up for repairs. Wood
ruff s services will be in demand, this spring, fer
rarity. A boy brought up in Grafton county, and
one who fattered himself that it was little the
toughest place this side Of Sir John Franklin's
glaciered residence, yields the palm to st. Johns
bury
The HIGHEST TIDES IN 1852. lin the course ofthe
remainder of the present year. the highest tides pro-
duced by the action of the sun and moon, unaffected
by wind, will occur about the full moon on April 4,
s. and g. and on May ,, 4, and 5, and about the new
moon on Sept u, IL, and Is, Oct. IL, b. and II,
and Nov. H. II, and ID; and these are the only
tides thus produced which will be higher than the
sUnit Of Altitude" which, in Boston, is II feet.
But no tide produced solely by the action of the
and moon, however fa yorabe may be their situation
with respect to the EARTH is sufficient to cause da-
mage. Ii is only when such tide is further in
creased by strong easterly wind that it becomes
injurious, as was the case in the great destructive
elevation ofthe sea, March 26 1880, and in March
and April OF the last year. ---Boston Traveller.