New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-29
TreInendeaa f.aIe In Rne1,os &C..

On the 18th and seth Of August heavy and
destructive gale was experienced at Bueuos AyYes.
The New York Herald obtains the following psr-
ticulars from vessel which arrived there on the
23d:
On the 2Sth and 30th Of August d heavy aaie vas
experienced at Buenos Ayresf doing great daat
Of damage, both among the shipping and on Shore
Capt Langston, of the clipper ship Parana arrived
yesterday morning, furnishes Us with the following
full particulars:
The British barks Crusader and Reciprocity were
n contact, and sank each other In the outer roads,
me captain and mate of the Crusader were
crowned, and part of the crew of each vessel
eleven in number lost
The British barks Margaret and Jane, Roxana,
Culioden and British brig Jane Hudson All DROVE
ashore. One Of them struck on 4 wreck Ia he
outer roads and lost her rudder before going
ashore.
The British bark Beethoven had been in contaet
with another vessel and was totally disniasfed.
lost everything off deck, such as hawsers. boats.
galley and bulwarks.
The Prussian brig Urania and French shin st.
Francois were dismasted from contact
The French brig Alfred drove on shore at Pa
lermo and was got Off Lnbec brig Alma drove on
shore, also Hamburg bark Picciola. Buenos A5res
brig, 29th Of September, on shore. Hanoverian
Drag Ernest George ashore about one mile north Of
the gas works and nearly mp to the railroad track
Dutch brig snip. the same as fhe Ernest George.
Danish brig Amelia ashore at Palermo Sandman
polacre san Antonio, DO. Danish brig Concordfa
a.
up the coast. sFrench ship Senegal, do.
The only casualties among the American shjp-
ping we're The Dutch brig Snip, after parting
her chains, drove across the bows OF the bark
Dawn, in1uring her bows and bowsprff, but not se-
riously. The same brig. in passing the Tolanfe
american brig hooked her best bower chain and
parted it. The Volante rode out the gale with the
small bower, and escaped unhurt After the gale
subsidized she recovered her anchor.
During the gale the water Of the river rose 80
high there were three feet water in the lower
stories Of the new Custom.house, doing great dam
great many valuable goods stored therein, sucb 10
fine hardware and German and French Qoods.
some of them intended for export up the river and
totally unfit for the Buenoa Ayres market, conse-
quently total loss to the owners, as the Govern
ment has denied any responsibility for the loss.
The sea washed away the north and south walls
OF the gas works, and inundated the whole OF the
interior, doing. great damage to the works-in con-
sequence OF which the city is without light at night
A new fort, which was built north of the gas
works, was likewise destroyed by the sea- About
two miles Of the San Fernando Railroad track,
which wasready laying the rails, was completely
rubbed out
The station house which was commenced WIS
washed down, and the wrecks of two wbaIeboats
were landed on the site. All the lower buildings
fronting the river on the north side Of the Armada
were some of them completely washed down, and
others gutted-the fronts and insides all destroyed
The low buildings south of the Custom-house als0
suffered very much. The whole Of tho town at The
Boca had to be deserted, the families being taken
out in boats and carts.
Great damage has likewise been done at BarrS-
cas-, as nearly all the BARRACKS were entered by
water and the hides and bales much damaged
The sdtaderos also suffered very much, as there
were great quantities of dried beet piled mp in
them. All the salt in the BARRACKS along the Rio
Chuelo was destroyed.
On the whole, this has been the most destructive
gale they have had in Buenos Ayres for great
number Of years.
The wind during this gale was wen to the east