The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-16

Great Gale &C BaHAlo.
Iron the Buffalo Democracy, Nov. H.
Yesterday W. one Of the days that have given
BufiSlo it, bod eminence - . windy town. All
through TIE long might the tempest would rage:
VINE ths clustering Of signs and the sanmng o.
up the mournful accompaniment.
In The lower part Of the town there were sorrow
ana sunesing IN plenty. The water had spread over
.tne HATS and families were driven from the shell
YER Of their tenements 10 seek charity among strang
ere. In mary places the houses were uprooted
from their foundations, and drifted OF upon the
boiling Hood. Domestic animals, out buildings,
Ienoes, furniture, lumber, piles Of wood were set
afoas and weat with the current, wherever chance
and the gale determined. Tho cellars and lower
floors OF more substantial buildinss within reach of
the oevsssstion were submerged, and property was
II vas Pitiful sight to Sc the members OF these
poor families who had suddenly been visited by the
food. standing in their night CLOTHES, or with such
scanty rament as they had bean able to seize at the
the wreck. endeavoring to save their little store
from destruction and loss, while the cruel Wind
tapped their covering to shreds, and the cold water
stifft ned their limbs.
gathered about the body Of some drown cd friend,
Just extricated from Q cellar or basement where
death he'd nruded 20 suddeniy a. to leave no chance
OF escapes or group Of curious spectators, watching
to restore to life unknown nAmeless one, who had
met his fate In barn or under . stack or pile Of
lumber. having crept there In drunken moment
and gone to sleep forever.
iDgs and getting foul Of each other, had stove their
bulwarks torn away their rigging, and shattered
their sparA Shreds Of Canvass bits OF bunting, the
frayed ENDS Of rope ~ere futteng IN the storm, and
swinging like pendulums, threatening with death
aIy one who approached 10 secure them.
An occasional schooner, with but mere stitch OF
canvass set, with her t0pmass and ibboem splinter
cased in ice, would make the harbor, while others,
less Fortunate lay stranded the beach, above and
below the mouth. Crowds Of men, with spy glasses,
swept the foaming surface Of the Lake and reported
others scudding for dear life farther away upon the
expsDse Of tumbliDg, angry waters.
In the streets, Mgnboards and tin roofs rolled and
crumbled Ike paper, conductor pipes, branches of
peded wayfsrers and gave evidence Of the destruc-
tion the tempest had wrought. Business was sus-
pended; none thought OF buying or selling; mer-
chants sat over their stoves and cracked nuts or
whitfield while the ladies kept at home and felt as
blue as they had mind.
From the Buffalo Commercially
The gale Of yesterday continues, andi this morn
ing accompanied by q bitter snow storm; wind
little south Of west. Out door business is almost
cleared from this polt for Saginaw few days since,
returned at an early hour this morning, having
made Point au Pelee light before the gale struck
her. Capt Tracy reports large number OF YES
not as yet much of feet on the lake bound down.
A schooner name unknown, Is ashore on Wind.
mill reef, b. twt en- the lighthouse and Fort Erie.
The canal boat East Wind, loaded with railroad
Cass on Sunday isht near the foot Of Main street.
She will be raised with difficulty az soon az the wea
tier moderates.
The scow Granville from Gibraltar, with cargo
Of slaves, went ashore on Point an Pelee week
throwing over part Of her cargo, and in reaching
this port The extent Of the damage to the vessel
has lot yet been ascertained.
We learn from the Brighton Sentinel, that on
Monday last FIVE vessels went ashore in the gale, to
the East, and In sight Of Pressure lale harbor. The
Edith, Of Hamilton, laden with 900 bushels wheat,
sunk her deck two feet under water. The Forest
Queen, Of Oakville, from Lake Erie laden with
and John, laden with plaster, aground. The Para.
gon, of Toronto, aground, with two feet water in
hold. The Sarah Frances, Of St Catharines, rudder
and foremost gone. There is little doubt others met
the seine fate farther East.
The Toronto Leader, Of Monday, says that on
Friday night, the schooner Jane Wood, owned by
Forward d Smith, Oswego, went ashore in gale Of
nass %ss nd
er, Captain Hamilton mistO0k fishing light for
that of Toronto hsrbor The vessel was laden with
400 bble. Of eat, marble and some merchandise for
Toronto, which is probably all lost The Gre Y hap.
ply escaped.
EFFECTS OF GALE ON THE UPPER LAKE--The
Chicago Journal Of Saturday evening has the fol
owing items:-
since yesterday there have been q large number
of Lower Lake arrivals Quite . number OF the gal
liant craft bear marks Of the hard usage Of their trip
From the lumber regions we learn that the schoon sis
En- o, Twin Brothers, Lizzie Thvoup, and Ellen
Stew art, which went ashore early in the week on
the north bar at Grand Haven, had not been got of
up to Thursday, though all could be easily got
ahoat, with the exception Of the Ellen Stewart, Of
and from this city to Grand Haven with 40 tons Of
iron: Her mainmast had gone by the board, and
her hull was breaking up: She will be total loss.
She was owned by A Covert, Esq, Of this city,
and is insured for 5000. The Twin Brothers re-
ported full Of water. s~A-
The schooner Three Bells, With acargo Of railroad
iron, attempted to enter the harbor between seven
and eight O'Clock yesterday morning, but grounded
on the bar, near the North pier. BY the aid Of her
canvass and hawsers she got Oh, sfter an hour Of
haId work, having experienced no damage except
chatting against the pier.