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SAW Francisco. Dec, al P. N.

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Destructive storm Tuesday Nlyht-Dam.
aGe to Wharves, and on onoro'
From tho San Francisco Daily Times, Dec. TO-
Since the first of January, 1855, this
city has not been visited by so severe
and destructive a storm Of wind and
rain as that of Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning, and to cap the eli
max q respectfully severe shock OF earth
quake was thrown in. The night set in
with clouds and occasional violent gusts
of wind. At midnight rain commenced
falling, and continued till about day
light. The wind increased to q gale,
and blew, at times, almost q hurricane.
1t swept up the harbor from a southerly
direction, and piled the waters up along
the city front, in places, even with the
surface of the wharves, and where not
~obstructed, clear over them. Such a
gale from that direction could not but
prove destructive to shipping in the har-
Dor, and it extended its bad effects to
property on land, ALSO
The steam tug Columbia lay at anchor
off Steamboat Point. A heavy sea
swept over her decks, filled and sub
merged her. The stern Of the boat
went under and left the bows of the YES
sci high out of the water. A man was
on board the tug at the time. He barely
escaped with his life. AS he was leav-
ing his berth no took a pair of pants +;
these he put on after reaching the deck,
but finding the upper part of his body
the coolest, he took them off and tied
them about his chest and shoulders. He
was discovered about daylight and
taken off. The tug will be raised again
without much difficulty.
Near Long Bridge may be seen por-
tons Of the derrick GOV belonging to
n. Richard which was also submerged.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
new wharf ut the foot of Townsend
street sustained great damage along al
most the entire length, by reason of the
waves beating against and undermining
the great cribs which support it. The
earth in many of them is settled four
and FIVE feet. Atthe foot Of Main street,
the Lumber Company's dock presents
evidences Of the great force and fury Of
the storm. A large amount of earth
was washed away.
The British bark Bogota lay at the
foot of Beale street. She dragged her
anchor, and lost her starboard fore
| channels.
The W. U. T. bark Palmetto was
moored at the wharf Of the Citizens
Gas Company. She was driven violent
ly against the wharf, chatting her sides
badly. She lost her starboard fore,
main and mizzen channels, and will re-
quire considerable repairs.
The Adelaide Cooper broke her moor
ings and drifted down toward the How
ard street wharf, running into and
sinking the schooner Greenfield. She
next ran foul of the bark Carlotta, the
injury to both vessels being severe.
The clipper ship King6sher, on the
| south side Of Mission street wharf, felt
the full force Of the storm. She was
more or less injured by chatting against
the wharf.
The mills on Fremont street were
flooded, and there wa so much water
in some engine rooms that they had to
stop work. From every portion Of the
| city complained ore made Of dwellings
being flooded whitewater.
The office in which the Morning Call
is printed, on Clay street, was so much
flooded with water that the paper could
| not be got out for several hours after
the usual time. Great damage wa
| done to goods stored in the basement Of
stores on the street neal the city front
by OVERLOOKING of water. The damages
to buildings, gardens, fences, walls,
sewers, and streets were wide spread
and extensive. 0n.Pacifc street, from
Leavenworth TO Hyde, the street was
| caved in and washed away by the tor
rents of water, to a depth Of three feet,
and six feet wide. At the corner of
Larkin and Jackson streets, a huge
bank of earth on an ungraded lot slid
down, covering the sidewalk and carry
ing away the lamp post. On Suffer
street, from Hyde to Polk, the flood Of
water which came rushing down brought
so much sand with it as to cover the
railroad track to such q depth that the
cars could not run till a force of men
had been employed to shovel away the
dirt. On Russian Hill and vicinity the
beating of the rain against the banks
undermined O number Of walls to such
an extent as to render them unsafe,
while all through the city, q the wind
went sweeping and s%creeching along,
it tore down scores Of trees, from the
loose, saturated earth.
Those who were out during the storm
state that they never before saw so
much rain fall in so short a time. Many
of the city sewers were blocked up by
the extraordinary amount of water that
rushed into them. One of them in the
rear of the Turn Verin Hall, on Bush
street, burst, and the whole stream Of
filth and mud passed into that building,
leaving a deposit of about six inches Of
sediment on the floor when the waters
subsidized. To cap the climax of this
eventful nights war of the elements,
shortly after 8 o'clock in the morning,
everybody was startled by several long
rolling peals of thunder, which sounded
more like the falling of a number of
buildings than the usual rattle Of thun-
der. Many persons were under the i'm
preston that the noise was occasioned
by the falling of buildings. 1t is not
possible to estimate the extent of the
damage done, as It's extent has not yet
been ascertained. II will probably
reach many thousands Of dollars. The
earthquake alluded to above, was quite
severe in some portions of the city, be-
ing more generally noticed in the north
ern than in the southern part of San
Francisco. The shock appeared to last
about two seconds, according to On av-
erage-of reports, which, as usual, vary
materially. The shock took place about
half-past 2, or, to be exact, at twenty
two minutes past 2 o'clock on Wednes-
day morning.
Mr.. HORACE GREELEY, in a late num-
Der Of the Tribune, remarks:
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