The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-07


From the Roches Tor Un,pn, Nov. 81
One OF the we Get and furious gales ever w.t.
s psS Tna an %
soan vfst hurricane In violence and, If the damage
TO sisns and chimney awnings &c any criterion 70
must have suffered immensely.
ssorsly afar the gale cana q number Of vessels
were of the mouth o: the Gsnesee endeavoring
the barber for refuge and in the early part OF the
evening The nost OF them eded in getting inside the
prs but net out Of danger As they inside they
drnted against the cast pier and remained there during
the night in great jeopardy from the violence OF the
waves dashiDg III. N sgainss tho pter.
The schooner Forest Queen, laden with salt, bound
nom Oswsgo to hamilton, roughly handled that
she sunk beside the pier, Toe crew narrowly escaped
with her lives The sss OF the vessels torn 70
rsEs before shc got 'airiy insioe.
In tho same vicinity tho following vessels found
this morning. They had remained alongside the pier sl
peht and wore somcwhs damaged thougn they all kept
Isabel q Toronto from sodus loaded With wood Ueca
laden with eat u Oswego bound 70 roledo CashArine
Darien asd wrd Rover All light 40 bound no he lake
Ruby, with wheat bound 10 oswego.
Tfnny, same cargo and destination.
schooner faieo mako the entrance TO the havbor
and 10 the east Of tho east pier throw hor
cnors and rode out the gale safely.
The ste Provincial Tired mp this morning and went
10 the rcf Of the vessels The gale, however, subsidized
before daylight 10 grea. extent, but heavy sea was
The Amoricsn steamer Niagara was ou. during tho en-
tire pisht ON her passage from Oawego and wthstood
the fun force Of The gale She arrived here at hsif pas
four this morning having been eleven hours coming sixty
miles, These board the steamer represent the gale "
have been very but The steamer sustained no
me HisblaDder, from Toronto, was duo about mid
phht bit Old no, arrive u quite probable thai CAPT
Mcbride found refuge In some port on tho north shore
We are iodebitd 10 Mr. shaw OF tho Charlotte Railroad
for Information from tho port - above STAYED
Sincc The above written, NO have seen Mr.. Geo.
IArling, who came nom Charlotte nj noou, and has a
voFed US with further particulars no won't out with
Cs Kidd 10 'he ssesmsr ProvtpcS1 assist The vessels
BEEN o. s hss Ss no n ss On
board By which they could DO towcd up The gale was
subsicns anc wss boped that the Provincial would DO
abc to get all the vessels afsoAt In sale position this 81
scrroop. Two vcsses hc n the east PIER below tho
sanken one and Was ddscul 70 reach Them with the
steamer.
The schooner ss anchor outside tho Hunter Captain
Thompson, laden ~ish sne has signal Of dhtress
nynr, but - there had be- no communication with her
from The shore. " uncertain about her nao coalition
Her anchors 20 hold her securely but the wind
hauhDs The nortbwsrd and making ner si,aaoo every
mo1sn. more critical A soon As possible Capt Kidd
The schooner Dsrsn. rap Hscss nes at tho east pier
boats ard cavs gone, tarsil carried away. and oihcr
wise mnch damaged. sbe 10 Insured IN The Northves-
The wild Rvor. csya. Peterson, Is laden with car
wheels. q nc- maiis IN god order
the Foreat ocoen. C-r, nei~nd, suoken by the cast
pcr has so barrels Of salt on board Injured Ia tho
Tho ,obooc or Ruby, Csp w'osban,. was dschassiag
cargo Of 600 bushels or shea, yesterday Al Wilson,
Niagara couD.y. when tho gale she ran before
wh All sails gone u, bos,s ami dsvi:s also
spa otherwise damaged She - Insured In the E<na o.
me schooner Iesnc, from sosus With wood, leakias
badly, and ~ili probably .here soe lies.
The Cas,nAD ana hSnay ssis inside without much
damsse
The bark Gres, wtss and scho Bruns Vista
IN ibie morning 81 ss'e.
The ut~a Is AZ The west psr. diamssted and
good deal INJURED otncr sire.
There are several oarr vessels higher up tho river,
having got 10 ssfs place before the storm rnc wind 10
nov, =. NJ hauling round 10 Tho north and ~ equally.
viii The vesses yias at the picrs 10 great
jeopardy this morning owirE TO the sea- and the crews
unable to &C, them into bcter rt1atou except by
cid OF the steamer Provincial The only means Of taking
limos wss BY hfc boat which Was In we .fcr that par
po~e.
The Niagara WAS OF scdrs when The gale came on and
optic Ct the full power Of her engine ~a driven back
ward some ten vriies
We dread 10 hear other quarters NJ the lakes.
handy possible that all tho shipping has escaped SER
disaster.