The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03

tined to render her the ireest as well =. -.
greatest among nations. And we reio;.uv
in the fact that the Administration rh;ss
has just been accorded 80 decisive vices.1a
will be sustained and strengthened bv ~
feet harmony in the ranks of its supporfrI -
while moving steadily forward TO the ~
summation of the benefcent work to vh;.s
it has been called by Providence ana ~
emphatic voice Of the People.
The Terrible q clonne In lna,..
The English papers received By the M.
ravian's mails to-day bring full accom-.
of the terrible cyclone at Calcutta. pre.;
ously reported by telegraph.
This cyclone was uneQualed within n.
experience Of persons who have residetl !.
India for forty years. It burst over Cal.
cutta on the 5th of October, and desolated,
tract Of country one hundred ard tven:,.
dred vessels in the Hooghly River. onl,
eight or nine received serious damage. ana
many lives were lost. 1t appear that am.
ing the whole night Of Tuesday, Octobera
the weather at Calcutta was &narked nv
succession of squalls and heavy rain from
the north-northesst, and it maintained ~
same character till about half.past ten On
Wednesday morning, gradually increas;ne
in violence. The wind then veered to IL
east, and began to blow more steadily sni
with increasing fury. The weaker tsses
FIRST hour or 20 no greater damage ~
done. In about two minutes from his
time the true cyclone was upon the town.
Wherever there were trees they were eitAer
uprooted and fell, carrying with them IN
many cases walls, ratings and buildine.
or their branches were snapped OF lie
reeds and hurled away with the wind
Carriages and pulkees were upset, asd
strewed the roads mingled with the dsbns
corrugated iron rocfhngs were torn, dcu.
bled up, and blown away like sheets Of
paper.
BY o'clock the eastern and southern srb,
urbs Of the city, and those parts OF il 10
the westward, which from their proximity
to the Madam and the river were the mos.
exposed, were more or less wreck. Ex.
cepting cocoanut and other palms, scarce,y
q tree was anywhere to be found STANDING:
The beautiful avenues in Fort William
were entirely destroyed; the Eden Gar.
Square the trees and shrubs were blown
away, and in many parts the iron ratings
torn up and Overthr0wn. In Garden Reach
the roads were blocked up and rendered
impossible from the trees that fell across
them. The splendid avenue Of usoth tree,
in the compound Of the school opposite 81.
James Church, some Of which must have
been four or i've feet in circumference, vas
entirely destroyed, the trees being snapped
of above the level Of the wall that protect.
ed them, but which il now no longer stand.
ing:
With few exceptions the:ships were driv.
en- from their moorings and castashore, q
jammed together on the opposite side Of
the river, while several were sunk In mid.
channel, and others stranded by the storm
wave high mp on the Calcutta shore. Sew.
eral ships are ashore on Garden Read,
and one sunk a little below the Garden
House. The old Hindostan, which was
used as hulk and floating church, sank.
II appears that, having broken adrift, she
fouled the Nemesis, doing her damage, and
finally rolling over and over, went dowa
opposite the King Of Dudes house. Tia
ships that have foundered are the Lady
Franklin, Govindpore, A1emia, Anne Roy.
den, Loo Choo. vespasian, Willie de Saint
Denis, Merrie England, the tug steamers
Hercules, Fire Queen, Banshee, Satellite;
Linnet and Hindustan. The Moulmein,
, which b was generally supposed to have been
feared, has attended these founderings.-
Many European sailors were to be seen du.
ring the gale floating down the river on
piece Of wreck, and We have heard he
number lost estimated Ma high as two hun
dred.
The scene presented by the shipping,
(says the Calcutta Enyliskmon Of the lOtn,)
is indescribable. There must be nj leas:
one hundred ships ashore, all crowded io>
gethef in tangled masses, in inextricab,e
confusion. Yards and masts are hanging
about in every conceivable form OF wreck
and the scene is one of the utmost desola-
ton and ruin. The loss Of boats Of every
description is also enormous; probably mind
out or ten Of them were capsized and
sunk by the storm wave which followed tic
change OF the wind from the east to south,
and many of the remainder have been cast
on shore. The utmost difficulty is from
this cause experienced in communicating
with the shipping.