Washington sentinel., 1854-01-07

l05; Fireman's Insurance Company, lao; George
town Corporation, 90.
From the New Haven Register January 4.
The Late Snow Storm.
The late storm was probably the most severe
that has occurred for period of thirty years,
especially in the eastern part of New England.
Some of the details of its fury are beginning to
reach US; though the worst undoubtedly remain
yet to be told. OFF the coast, in the vicinity Of
Cape Cod, its effects were appalling We
gather the following from the Boston Post, and
a melancholy aspect it presents. On Sunday,
it was reported at the Merchants Exchange,
Boston, that ninety vessels Of various kinds
were ashore between Boston and Cape Cod, and
the probability is that large number of lives
have been lost, and incalculable amount of suf-
fering endured. The storm was probably the
most disasterous that ever fell upon our coast
The bark Elizabeth, of Orrington, Maine,
Captain Stout is ashore about two miles from
Race Point light. Captain Stout, we are in
formed, requested the mate to lash his child to
the riging while he made the effort to get his
wife on shore, The crying Of the child wrought
upon the suffering mothers feelings to such a
degree, that she died upon reaching the land !;
and upon returning to the vessel, he found the
child had fozen to death Two of the crew
were drowned and the Others are missing.
Captain Bearse, who brought to the reading
room much matter relating to the storm, left
Provincetown, In schooner for Plymouth, on
the 3lst, at half past nine o'clock. She was
compelled by the gale to run for Sandwich,
where he left her at dark the same day. and
rowed ashore, distance of seven miles alone,
since which he has been endeavoring to reach
the city, and only arrived on Sunday at half
past twelve
The storm on the cape was one Of the hardest
ever known. Great damage was done to the
wharves and shipping. The tide rose at Var
mouth Port eight inches higher than in the gale
of 1852, From Wednesday to Friday, there
was no mail from Boston or Orleans. The Re
custer extra of Friday says:
Central wharf is mass of ruins. The
building on it. occupied by Hawes & Taylor,
tered in every direction upon the shore. The
packing shed on this wharf was also carried
away. There were about 1000 empty barrels
stored in these buildings and on the wharf.
Loss from $500 to $2,0O0-no insurance.
They had GOO bushels of salt in store, and a
large stock of goods. M. G. Hallet & Co. had
quantity of lumber-estimated at about
10000 feet-on the wharf, which is scattered
in all directions. Considerable damage was
also done at j. B. Crocker's wharf. The
marshes in every direction were strewn with
broken fragments of the wharf structure, bar.
rels, spars, lumber, &C., and the vessels were
scattered in all directions where navigation was
never seen before.
The dam over Mill Creek was destroyed. The
Mattakeeset chemical works, however, sustain
ed no damage of consequence
In Chatham, Mr.. Abijah Crosby, shoe
maker, was at work at his bench, when he
found his shop was floating off. He had just
time to leave, when the building went out to
sea, with all his stock, and $40 in money in his
desk. Loss about $500. Much damage was
done to the Chatham wharves, particularly at
the old harbor.
A train Of three locomotives left the Provi-
dence depot on the Stonington road on Friday
morning, and got back at half past six in the
evening, having accomplished FIVE miles. The
snow was level with the top of the cars for the
distance of quarter Of a mile in several
places.
Several chimneys were blown down at Glou-
cester by the storm, and Proctor Perkins new
t@o-story house on Eastern Hill was complete
ly demolished.
The delay on the Worcester branch railroad
is owing to the company having but two snow
ploughs. Those we're both at Worcester on
Thursday morning. The Saxonville train has
not run at all since Thursday. Uhe engine
and cars of the Charles River train are buried
in the snow at Needham, and whether they will
be dug out and on the track to-day remains to
be seen.
At Natick there were fifteen locomotives in
one snow drift. The snow is very deep at
Needham, Newton and all that region--a gem
tleman who tried it in Newton, thinks it is
about seven feet on level in some places, and
twenty in others
A slip from the Barnstable Patriot says the
roads are blocked up for miles, and much dam
age was done to the wharves by the high tides.
The lumber all hoated from Josiah Hinckley's
wharf A person from Provincetown says
twenty lives are known to be lost There has
never been known so much distress upon the
shores Of Cape Cod The wharves at Nan
tucket were covered at high water, the sea driv-
ing up Maine street, and overAowing a number
of stores. The injury done to the wharves
amounts to about $1,000. Some wood and oil
were washed away, and the whole amount of
damage sustained is estimated at $4,000.
The Boston TrareAer informs us that, on
Saturday evening, train of cars, preceded by
three locomotives and snow plough, was
passing through South Boston at rapid rate,
when the plough took a sudden plunge, and
darting off the track, entered dwelling sit
uated on Swan street, demolishing the side,
and entering the sitting room Of Mrs. Mckee.
A long shed was also partially demolished. A
girl in the room narrowly escaped being
crushed by the plough, but jumped in time to
save her life.
SPEED OF OCEAN STEAMERs.-From a reca-
pitulation of the trips of the Collins and Gu
nard lines of Liverpool steamers during the