, 1865-10-03

q more graph C account OF the hurricane
than we find elsewhere: -
"NOthiDg on The morning Of WPdnes-
day The 6 b, Indicated that the day would
end with n storm. In the afternoon the
VIVID blew from the south and the heavens
were covered with thick clnudS !; about
SIX o'clock however the wind shifted 10
the Northeast and then the hurricane
burst forth with Incredible rapi!rty. No
10 ~ was preparei for il, and few amongst
uS had the means of fortif\iug our doors
aud windows. What force, however,
would have been able 10 resist The attacks
OF such Il tempest? WhirlwiDds passed
over earring off The roofs, diSp.aci, e the
houses and IIurliug into The streets "a
perfect avaIahche of states and ruins Of
every kind, which dashed agli ST The
stiles of the houses and broke with the
noise of ii thousand ite-aim~. The sun
SIimnrrrd at intervals; Iurld meteors
We're to b. seen occasionally through the
profound obscurlty which rtignei over
our island. One moment we fancied !lut
the wind had exhausted its vioIencr, aud
a few minutes respite succeeded its first
fury. 1t ceased, alas only TO rrcom-
mrnce lis work Of destruction with IN
creased force. The hurricane then com
ing from the South finished what that
from The North hal begun. Al length,
towards nine O'Clock The wind abalrd,
aud the atmosphere was enlightened hy
the feeble rays of the moon, which
could scarcely be seen through the clouds,
as if she. wished to veil her face before
the disaster, OF Whirh the next morning
was to reveal the full extent,
"The ravages suffered by Grand-Bourg
are immense. All the roofs OF siute and
zinc have disappeared. More than a
hundred and twenty houses, sheds, ard
isolated cottages arr fl It, some entirely
destroyed, others half demo ished, block
ing up the streets with the Debris. In the
Sou,14-east pa t Of The street dr-Ia-M .rine
nothing is staining, and il is impossible
10 Identity The spot Wnrra the houses
stood on the day before. It is a chaos Of
beams, plank, aud shattered roofs, amid
VIII CHI wander the unf0rlunatr creatures
who hal there their asylum and possess
Sions. The city hospital has fallen kill
ing OF Woand,ng The patients it contained.
On the Savannah BeUWreROm the wind
his carried away u house Ia the distance
Of three hunlred yards from the place
where it originally stood At The corner
of the street Of lha Pre-bytery and The
Fort, the house Espaignet has been torn
from The posts which, supported it and
hurled 10 the earth, in such q manner
that the floor of the fst story now lies
level with The ground; in this place hf-
teen persons would have persisted had
they delayed their flight fifteen minutes
longer. SO great was the frry of The
wind that the States which il dtove aholt
penetrated he palI~ad s. All the trees
are rooted up or ~fr'iucei TO the condition
of shapeless trunks. The church and
the Barracks have suffered great damage;
and such. III a word, is the state Of ruin,
that we would nol know where TO take
refuge in C Ise of rain.
81 cnme now to The more severe mis-
forum of The night OF September The
6h In the quarter Of Grand i50uTg
alone 50 persons have BEEN wounded and
36 killed; aud this last number will be
still further increased by the unfortunate
sufferers who will undoubtedly succumb
10 their wounds Four sailors forming the
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