New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-13
DAMAGE ON THE HUDSON BY THE GALE.
LOSS 100000.


The storm Of wind continued all Friday and as
late az II O'Clock Friday night on the Hudson. AT 9
O'Clock Saturday morning there was quite stiff breeze
tho river The damage is far greater than At first
surposeS the entire loss being estimated at SSOO,OoO
At Peekskill and vicinity alone the 1858 VIII reach
between SCI, 600 and $7O,eOO as follows:
The valuable greenhouse and nursery OF Dr. Gran
WAS e,,irely demolished with oil the and vsusbe
Wants and trees His loss alone is estimated at $4,000.
The bakery of Mr.. Paul Hill and the residence Of
widow Blake were blown down. The Annsville
Bridge extending over the creek was entirely demol-
;shed. Il was worth about $4,000. The Peekskill
woodsheis on the Hudson River Railroad were nearly
destroyed The roof of the station at Verplancks was
blown off, and lies along the road.
The splendid four-story house at Lake Mahopsc,
known as the Gregory House," was blown down
and destroyed. This was an entirely new building,
and would have been completed in few weeks 1:
was built for Summer boarders and is entire loss.
At Sing Sing and Tarrytown number of valuable
trees uprooted and destroyed, aud buildings,
polas, and piazzas blown down.
At Irvingon, the piazza Of the station is blown off,
and entirely demolished.
The damage at Yonkers was quite extensive The
roof of St. Psus Church, Broadway, in that vii
lage was broken in by the falling of large chimney
upon it, The cupola Mr.. Migby's Seminary is de-
Inolished. The roof of Mr. Van Houton's residence
was damaged considerably. The large sgn of Thomp-
son & Brevoort was blown down, and the tin roof
rolled up on the house of Mr.. Mills
Scarcely city or village ON the river has escaped
without serious injuryto either buildings, green houses
or bridges.
The river was never known to be as low as il
Saturday morning. In many places between this city
and larry town. the bottom is entirely bare to the dis
lance of 80 40, So and even 90 yards. Between New
York and Manhattanyille the track was sheet of
ice, caused by the water being blown upon it from
the river.
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING,
During tie gale of Friday, the brig HAVANA
hence for COnstantinope, while anchored at Quaran-
tine, driaed foul of tie bark d. Jex, from Belize,
Hond., carrying away the Havsnnas jbboom aud
head gear She returned to the city for repairs. The
ID. Jex sustained no damage.
The schooner Margaret, hence for City Point, Va,
dragged her anchors during the gale, and went ashore
ON Long Island, near Fort Hamilton.
The schooner Golden Rod arrived from St. Martins,
with cargo Of salt, sunk during the gale of Friday,
at Woodruff & Robinsons wharf, Brooklyn.
THE STORM AT PHILADELPHIA.
that the great gale extended far enough South to
through that city with terrific violence. Loss of life,
90 remarkably escaped in this city, attended its de-
vastations there. From among the long lis. of casual
ties, we extract The LedgerS account of the principal
disaster of the day:
"The storm was unusually severe at the Point Breeze
Gas Works, the splendid new brown stone IeOrhOuse
erected last year. having been leyeled 10 the ground
about O'Clock yesterday morning, and what Is still
ttpo If tba unrkf Tart ~
William McClain, instantly killed, by the wallis
falling upon them. We learn the following facts Of
this sad affair from the superintendent at the works
The house one story being 90 feet from the ground
the top OF the roof the latter beng very sharp. IL
was SO feet wide and 80 feet long, and built OF Iren
1on brown stone, the walls being IL inches thick; the
roof was OF iron, covered with slate ana great care
was taken in the construction OF the house, III con-
fant about ~ retors, some of which were III use at
zhe time of the accident.
There were five men in the building at the time of
its destruction and three of them named John Boyle
David Hemphill, and Henry Connolly, escaped with
out injury in consequence of their being near tae re-
tors winch prevented the walls and roof from falling
upon them. Hart and Mccain started ~ run as soon
as they discovered that the building was tumbling
down butweIe caught by the falling OF the north wall,
and crushed in a most shocking manner, one OF them
being so much disfgured that 1t was with difficulty
that his friends could recognize him. Several men had
Just started toward the building for the purpose o.
going TO work. but before reaching 1t heavy gust OF
wnd struck the north wall, and, according 10 their
statement, II was literally pusned IN Taxing inc TOOL
with it, and thus forcing the south wall to a outward,
making complete wreck OF the bulldlHg win lae eX-
ceptoH of the two gable ends these being bit slightly
damaged The retorts are also injured but not 10 any
great extent. The iron girders, &C., which sup
supported the roof are bent in every conceivable
shape while the whole mass Of stone, slate, NC, pre-
sents of the most complete wrecks we ever saw,
and vividy exhibits the powerful effects of the storm
in this locality. The loss TO the Gas Company will
amount to about $50 000 The accident will not pre-
vent the usual supply Of gas from being furnished, az
the other works are in good order. James Hart, one
of the deceased, was a ned man, aud resided 10
Eaudain street, above Eighteenth. de leaves three
children. Vim. McClsin, the other leaves wife and
one child who reside In Montrose street above Car
peater."