New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-14

clothes but was taken before she had gone very far She
was remanded for further examination by Recorder
Filleul. 9's--s
.~- Terrific Gale.
Immense Damage to Property-Seceral Pes
= sells Injured and .Ashore-Ine Battery and
Wharpes flashed to Pieces Houses De-
molished and Unr0ofed-Boats Plying in
some of the Principal Streets .Anriety
Respecting the People on Suliiuan's Island.
EFrom the chs,lss,on Standard o. the sth.1
When penning our weather paragraph for yes
days paper, we had no expectation of being to-
day called upon to furnish partial description
Of one Of the most protracted, violent and de-
structive gales ever experienced in this section
of the country. After high easterly winds, ac-
companied by heavy seas, had prevailed for
several days, gale commenced blowing on
Thursday night, soon increased to tempest,
and continued to rage throughout yesterday
and last night, with the most frightful fury.
the wind was from the East by f. N, b., but
about three o'clock yesterday afternoon it
shifted to the Southeast.
Owing to the danger Of venturing into the
the street, the difficulties that beset the pedes-
trian at every turn, and the fear of being
knocked down by the tiles and states that were
| tumblimg from almost every roof, and the limbs
of trees, signs, etc, that were occasionally seen
flying in all directions, our reporters were una.
BILE to make as complete returns of the amount
of damage as could have been desired Their
report, however, is sufficiently ample to show
that thousands upon thousands Of dollars worth
of property had been destroyed up to last even
ing, and that so far as regards trees, etc, it
will take years Of time to repair the damage.
| Up to the hour Of writing we have not heard Of
the loss of single life.
EVENTS IN THE CITY-BuILDNGs DEMOLISHED, ETC.
| Many of our citizens, on arising yesterday
morning, were astonished to find themselves
under the necessity of procuring boats before
they could leave their domicils. The lower
streets were covered with water, and in some of
them it was from foot to three or four feet
deep. Portions of Meeting, King, Tradd Cal
houn, Market, and other streets, were COM
| pletely flooded, and in some Of them the owners
| of small boats did an active business in ferrying
| the inhabitants to terra tirma.
Several houses have been sadly damaged; in
deed, there are but few buildings in the city
that have not had tiles or states taken off, win
dows smashed, etc. In some instances the
yards of those houses e1ected on water lots
away, and some of the buildings have been left
in most tottering condition
We were informed that one of the three en-
terprising brothers, Messrs. Dawson, at the cor
ner of Smith and Beaufain streets, who had
erected dwelling on a water lot, which he had
been at considerable expense in filling and fit.
ting up, quietly retired on Thursday night, and
on awakening yesterday morning was astonished
to hear the water splashing in close proximity
that his yard had entirely disappeared and thai
his house was surrounded by water
i A two story and a half wooden building, OF
King street, two doors above John street, for
merly occupied by Mr.. Rich, wheelwright, wa
completely demolished by the wind during
Thursday night. 1t was undergoing repairs
and the catastrophe very fortunately happened
when the workmen were not engaged in it.
Our reporter last evening saw the ruins of ;
two story frame building that had been demol
ished opposite the race track.
A small wooden building, occupied by Vim
Bradford, as a carpenter shop, on Lauren
street, near Cooper River, was blown off ant
carried into the river.
i The front part of the large brick building oc
cupied by Messrs. Ladson Co., Southern
wharf, was partially blown in, and considerable
damage resulted therefrom.
The extensive brick warehouse of Messrs
Brown & Hymns, on Browns wharf, filled witt
sacks of salt, was invaded by the water drive
up by the high tide. The salt soon dissolved
and when the water receded scarcely any thing
was left in the building except empty sacks.
Among the buildings whose roofs were injure
were the following The tin of the Charles
ton Hotel, and also on the large store of Messrs
Townsend, Crane & Co., on Meeting, and ex
tending from Market to Hayne streets, was lit
orally rolled up by the wind and hurled to tn
street.
The various streets of the city presented
truly sad and deplorable appearance. Larg
numbers OF the beautiful shade tress, particu
larly the elms, have been either completely de
molshed or despoiled of their branches. TIL
sidewalks were strewn with portions Of roof
signs. boxes, etc. A large number of the prin
cpal commercial houses were closed Throughout
. the day, and instead of carts and the hum {
, business activity, nought was heard but tn
{ pitless roaring of the wind and the dashing
: rain.
THE BATTERY DEsPoILED.
r The pride and ornament of our city-th
7 beautiful Battery-on which SO much time an
3 money has been expended, is rendered perfec
5 waste. Nearly all the stone facing and break
water, which was believed TO be capable of with
g standing any sea, has been materially injured
e The sea was making complete breach over tn
highest portions of the wall yesterday morning
at which time the spectacle was sublimely gran
, and terrific The wild, irresistible breakers
!. as they dashed forward, carried with them tn
: woodwork and, in some instances, even 5th
stone tagging, and, as they receded, woul
: leave ali a chaotic wreck. The bathing nous
i, was still standing last evening, but the bridg
connecting 1T with the Battery had been sweE
away. The trees on White Point Garden, Whic
:, had at length commenced growing finely, an
gave promise of soon affording the visitors a COZ
:. shade from the scorching rays of the summer
d sun, have been, it is anticipated, irretrievabl
e ruined. We heard it estimated that it woul
cost at least twenty thousand dollars and tie
years of time to restore the Battery to the cor
d dition it was in before the commencement of ii
b storm.
d DAMAGE TO THE sHIrPING-THE wHARyEs, ET'
The shipping interests of the city hay
Il suffered greatly. The wharves especially, has
been damaged to an immense amount. Sewers
$, of the pier heads have been driven in, and til
: planking washed away, and at this momeI
some of them are comparative skeletons to wht
n they were two days ago. During the entire
y yesterday, the Bay more resembled the wilt
i. dashing, surging, foaming and angry apleal
n ance of the ocean, when dashed into fury by
a tempest, than a harbor wherein its vessels ca
" generally ride in safety, without fear of storm
Early in the day large quantities of mars