The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-05-04
Terrible Storm at Buffalo |!
LOSS OF LIFE :!

From passenger who came up in the cars
rom Brockpor, Yesterday, we have received
/ he following memorandum Of the particulars of
terrible tornado which swept over the region
OF country along the line of the Rochester and
Niagara Railroad, yesterday morning, about
O'Clock
At Brockport, the wind was so violent as TO
tear down fences, uproot and twist off trees,
and demolish chimneys by thr Wholesale Huge
hailstones big as hen eggs, fell in large guam
titles.
AT Albion the blow was not so violent, but
1t was very dark obliged to light lamps to see
to eat breakfast. Was eating mine when the
blow came on, there.) The Irishnen on the ca
na-eniargemrnt ran, terrified, for shelter. All
along the road between Brockport and the Sus-
pension Bridge, the fences were strewn like cob
houses kicked by spunky boys. In many places
large trees were blown or twisted off at their
trunks Near Ppkin, Niagara county, several
large trees were blown across the railroad track.
Three or fouT houses in that npighborhood were
blown down. Heard farmer say, who rot on
the cars at Prkin station, that timber in his woods
had been damaged to the extent of twelve or
fifteen hundred dollars
At Niagara Of the river--the extpn-
sve car nannfactory of Brainard, Pierce & Co.
was almost entirely demolished damage about
$4,000. The budng was Of wood, some
two hundred feet long, and about seventy wide
great number of dwellings were unroofpd,
and some utterly ruined The gable end of th,.
Scotch Presbyterian church was blown in, slick
and clean, and the building generally injured
daguerrean standing in the street was keeled
over, and the artist and his little son seriously
h'rt' ths latter supposed fatally. railroad
car Standing on the track was lifted IN. bodily.
ana carried some four rods Two scboonprs.
seen Just before the blow came up, off Niagara.
We're not TO be seen after it had passed over, and
were supposed TO have foundered
At the Suspension Bridge the blow was most
Violent, dong more or less damage The men
VINO mad just commenced work on the bridge.
painting, &c, ran off when they saw the gale
corh'ng' and some were blown violently from
one Siae to e,other: one narrowly escaped be-
ing blown over into the river. The wind howl
ra a0d screamed through The gorge, with per-
ifct itlSh. lh- bridge, however, sustained not
the slightest injury. and no vibration was per-
'eP'lole when the gale was at its highest pitch
SINKING or BRlrIsn VesSEL BY A WHALE.
= De London Shipping Gazette of the 26th
march, publishes the following report of Captain
Jones, OF the British schooner Waterloo. of
foFlmadoc, which was sunk in the North sea by
whale:
"lhe Waterloo sailed from Linn for Shiedam
with barleyl on the 9th instant. AtIO.A.
u the 2!st, Lowestoft bearing w. by n. distant
'oout oO miles, wind f., strong gale and high
eaS, vessels under double rpeird canvas. upon a
VINO, on the part tack, perceived large whale
WIndWard. coming down for the vessel nar.lv
ut OF The water, and swimming at a very rapid
ale and when about 10 yards from thr ships
zoe, dipped, and struck the vessel, under water.
breast OF the iore-rgIng, on the port side. with
IS hfad, with fearful blow when the vessel
'aS perceived TO heel and crack: and after strik-
fg the vessel, the whale plunged in the deep
eadioremoS, and rose, his tail on high. nearly
'uching the foreyard, and then disappeared.
= NJ pumps were fixed and worked but bv
aii-paSt IL found she had FIVE feet water in The
'ell, and settling down fast, when the lone boa,
as cleared and lashings cot away. and nearly
Dated of The decks, when all hands fsix in num-
'r)Inmped into her, without food or water. and
e master, mate, and two men, without Jackets.
10 only one car and piece Of another in the
'at, with the sea running very high. In about
'Pnty minutes after abandoning the vessel sb.
Pslzed, and foated for about the SAM, snare of
ne on her side, and then disappeared headfore-
est, at about haI-past pm
"At the time she capsized there was French
Shing boat about four miles 10 windward. and
p'rce'ving her capsize, Immediately bore up
me sinking vessel. The boat proved to be
,. -, Captain joseph Leelong, of Calais,
1ich took all the crew on board a, about 9p
where they were all most kindly treated.
d landTd at Calais at midnight. where they
re provided for and furnished with Jackets
- Bonham, ESQ. H. B. nj. consul, and sent
Londonn