Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-07
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A 1fSMbest of Wind and Iloih along the Coast
I. .FeSrs fof be cru Etbt difion-- fleets of tht
Blsuin Et,o Kssk and s'seioheIe, eic.
The great blow n Saturday. Nov. 2. was
evidently one Of those Atlantic tempests which,
1t is well known BY experience, commence IN
the tropical regions and proceed. along tho whole
coast, beating up against the northeast vino -
These aorms, which frequently OCCUR In au'
Ave days to traverse the Atlantic coast. and ex-
tend uorkhEard 70 Halifax, near which they
whirl OF upon the waters and are lost from hp-
man observation In theArctic seas. fhe prin'
eipal interest attaching TO this particular tenn
pest is, that II was Of such extraordinary vehe-
|mences aud- -thatit occurred jus. as tne tune
when our naval feet is supposed to need only
prorltious eky 10 strike powerful enccession ol
blows along the Southern coast for the Union,
The effect which the storm may have produced
hapon the action Of the expedition, Is aa yet I'M
known, and We cah only hope for the best 's''
In this city tbS tempest ragged with almost un
precedented furyj ind considerable damage was
done 70 come Of me shippipgs ID the bpTbor, and
70 buildings on me slalerd The canal boat
| Northampton, stir lying at Pier sEaSt river
loaded with graia,- filled with water and sunk
during the niahtgsnSi en- .eo1s nt7alsN '~~'
TGS eastern boasas due at Ap earl. .bopr this
SUNDAY moruing, did not arrive until this af'
ternoon. The City Of New York, from Ston.
ington at' 2 2. M. and the Plymouth Rock Of
the Noraicf line at 3 O'Clock being detained
10 the Sound by the storm = The. Empire State
Of the Fail River line had rot arrived up to last
evenings d The Sound boats bound east were
passed ~ q "A. M lSunday) Off Huntington Bay
by the steamer Pelican, Capt, Jopes, arrived
yesterday morning from Providence, Captain
Jones also reports herh. brig ashore OF
Riker's leland and q sloop on Whiseston'
Point 81 ~ -. = a., ,sss ~, mn H. ~. sas
The steamship Delaware, Capt. Cannon, du'
here early this morning from Philadelphia, die
not arrive until 5 p M. q. go -,
The canal boat New York, laying at pier two
East river, loaded With oats, was sWamped, ant
onlyItb deck cargo saved The tide 10 thu
Eastriser was higher on Saturday night thar
has been known for some twenty Eve years
some Of the docks being completely submerged
while the streets fronting the river were II
many places covered knee deep, ,Bsohd stree
was under water for diatance Of Ave- blocks
up to Beaver street, and hundreds Of cellars wert
filled to the level Of the street. Large quaint
ties of -four were thus damaged and scores o
families Of poor people were obliged to apply II
the station house for shelter. At q hotel II
West street, the bar room contained some two
feet OF water, and when an internally dry ant
thirsty Individual wanted to "wet, up" with
whisky or old Bourbon, be was taken to the bal
Ia small boat and returned by the same means
During Friday night and the early part Of Satur
day, most of the merchandise on the docks
was removed to places Of safety, 80 thai
the loss Of shipped goods. was o lpsidera
BILE. One or two pilot boats came in from
sea with mainboom carried away, or othe'
damage. No buildings were known to b,
seriously damaged Id this city, except feW
shaky old tenements, and some partially erected
small frame houses. The Central Park yester,
j day presented sorry aspect, many the walki
being badly cut up, especially upon the bill
aides, a number Of trees uprooted, and the lake
extending among the surrounding shrubbery
making q turbid swamp. The New York an.
4 Brooklyn ferry.boats were much retarded, thu
/ tide being go nigh that their guards projected
over, and sometimes caught on the rocks. Thl
Atlantic and Wall street lerry-boats were stop
ped for about two hours each. ~ 49,
In Brooklyn Dearly all the telegraph wire
leading from the City Hall to the various sta
ton houses were blown down, several building
enroofed, and chimneys overturned. A new
three story brick building in Elliot street, be-
longing to John Bropby, was demolished, tn,
loss being about $1,000. - All. ~
| At Staten leland pier was undermined ans
partially carried away, precipitating large
quantity Of coal and brick into the riyer.--N
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