The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-17
THE HURRICANE AT THE SOUTH.
sssW,L ny raR EMPIRE CRY Ar NORFOLK.
NO NTtllIGeNcE OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA
Five Hundred and twenty-five Passengers
ard Sl, 800, 600 in Gold on Board.
rHE DAMAGE pOgE By THE GALE.

x-nsiema, Who left Havana ~ passenger hs steam
p smpire City, and arrived In this city las' evening
tu Norfolk, sAy of Baiumorc has furnished IN with
fol- us sco,uDt NJ bc nsrdsn'ps suie'ed BY the
awe y-<ssl curing The gale ~hios cauga
ssk ne EnpiSe Lrs 1na steamship Central America
rus ssamsnip ten1ai America LEFT the harbor Of Ha
y..s o'cocs ng rsesdAy. the sh lest
s.aAp oommsrd Of Lieut. cant Harnden, Of the Uaied
SAVE nsvy The Central Amesic- h.d on boa d Ave hun
- and t-ents I've passengers, with one million six
susdred lho sand d,lare In oecie from CAornis for
ss~ Yms he ,sft Havana in excellent time, with al
on ART and In gnod solrits
rne snsm.hip Empire City, commanded by Oap'an
shn v.Gsssn steamed out from Havana ON her passage
>e- Y.rk IT 10 cc'ock hs Sning OF The 9Th iast,
-, ou hour the Central America Oar iuform ant
.-ss bad Central America In 'igbt and kept a'ter
&c. ppi the afternoon n that day (oe 9Th ns'an when
far that ~e lost sight 4 ba, and from
M, ume present have no furtcer ipformston
-c..-di,s her When the Emnire c,y Ieft .vans she
sxty iiu pss,ergers on hoard
On The rurg ef OH instant Nv ednesday) the wind
the tor h~esi, ami the day I'd vanoed 1t 10
s-s.ed very gale, oblsng TO lay 70 and
t-ser hold the In during storm Daring the
Thursday, loth Friday llth, and saturday, l2tS
,he storm very forcibly and olew per
t--a hurricane
In sonoss he 18th instant, the wind suddenly chang
ID the west, hen We made Cape LooSoct When
Empire City sb miles from the light hoase
~e,rb rs built the Sbnals, there dismasted
.ss whore This ~as at four oclscs ia the Of fernoon
ns,k q one, having White s"osk OF pairt
oopo her .sist We coul, Dot mako Out her shs
standias, and lkS nsht In the
~ ~ f she little csrso board there were eight
v 1s ,ersop, her The Empire Gty
y,nla ro ar rd soJ aid the bark Captain AcG1wsu
s.,. cd the steamship herself In great danger 81 that
eourpt
OF Noposy, the l4sh inst, the Empire City reached
1s,e aattsrss the ~tnd hen boT wing very fdriou
and led salts, besides
aAm.s,pg sbip. We we're then snort cf c,s', and
v.~~ 70 70 burn the furniture and
sares ~ the vessel veil part Of the s,eamer
ssr.en IN order Keep up AMI 80 reaca Norfolk
In shs -, consumed her wheel nouses, the oenohez
=, ,as cha ~ coal boxes and every oombustbie move
soe thing could place hands
We nu.Iy reached Norfolk on tuesday, the 18th Inst
tho corning In = very exhausted condition, and with
all fuel and provsons ous We qu>ran ined
u N,rfoS, .nd not PERMITTED 70 land Upon this
airy Of me passengers OF the Empire aty embarked
u Point Comfort FOR Baltimore, In order 10 run nome
By tbe dinsrcnt railroads
Aner Arriving q Norfolk Captain kcG,wsn took the
.a .sss W the Pu.t ONCE but he Postmaster refused 10
receive them, and the % psAn compelled TO take them
s~ck 70 ,ns stsameY
Daring r,s.dsy, the 18Th int, received alcusude
NE Empire Cr Nsrfon, hundred and twenty I've
sas of ,oaJ and supply Of provsns. The Empire CITY
uI leave Norfolk for Ne~ Yo ~ she 10 put In
ssdes and has bad the necessary repairs dons 10 her
s..ihioery When len Captain koso~>n said he would
ave On the ph Of IN rsday, The l1h, o. morning Of
F,cA., the 'sn inst Pos.ibe, ~ he was vey anxious
70 xes 20 this city.
cAsp OF rBB NrIRx crvs PASSENGERS.
NJ svvfK Va sept 10, 1857.
We ths underS'ere6 psssepg~rs on board The aitet
SA-es mail s~smship Empire ri,y, Joan tc3evan icft
Bas ara nJ'n'ng OF toe sth iost for Nes York
me FOLIO. Inc csy vsed and crpcenoed one Of
Ne tribe r~les and hurt known. ~hich
hssse i've osys We arrived ~ N,rfnlt The morn
ns the 6b, ,psost Of coal and vis ons ard tho veael
nsrsuerS very seriou.iy damage, having carried
We siusrey tsnder orr sraiAfu sotrow edEmants TO
L~4 ovau fr his skful, untrins and sble exertious
ana s-ai -nb stan In lano Nc us al tln port
Sva gsaI tcril; sso the cfhces AMI cre~ ~ the
shiy ~pfe Ce W hr H-es, the chief ofl -r of The
sAip, srose unooundet efnrb during 'he stwm we
uliy srpvputal~ ard "a him ninocr On us
y snvcb ws,se We sh" acknowledge Tho god quahIes
th~ I'm irs C,y ~ s'voDg and sse ship, ~ sue has
pr hervef under tbs management Of Cap. xcG jwan
shom /. mend - VI the most COIL aad able
,bst od the deck Of ship o the care and trust
n tne nvelItt ubl