The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-27
The Most Severe and Disastro IN Hurricane
Ever Felt In the Islnnds- Partial Destr action
Of the City Of Nassau.
From tho Nassau Guardian, Oct. 3


Of the City Of Nassau.
From tho Nassau Guardian, Oct. 81
II In painful duty o record the most alarming huY
rcane which has visited Nassau within the memory Of
On Sunday morning, At eleven o'clock the anerod
barometer ut the Commssarnt stood at 90 with tho
wind northeast by north Al half past nine p NJ II fell
10 277 There was lull for nearly hour and half
About halfpast ten o'clock p NJ. the wind sprang up
from the opposite quarier-thc southwest-and
tnued 10 blow violently ill two o'clock A. yesterday,
when gradually subsidized To give correct account OF
property destroyed win DO impossible until returns
shall be officially sent In. Tho weseyans, believe,
have suffered most their and beautiful Trinity
chapel, Frederick street. with s large and powerful
organ being entirely demolished leaving only the class
and school beneath entire This lofty edi1ce
blown down about three o'clock p N.
The Council Chamber aud House OF Assembly have
suffered badly ms any of tho public buildings
Commencing from tho Navy Yard, West Bay street
below which y was almost impossible 70 pass or account
that hs
has shared the fate The outbuidngs Of the bar
racks have partially disappeared; the roof OF the on
been torn up Mrs T. Faing,ons house on the southern
aide Of Feemilg square fell In The nav warc-
house q Messu henry Adaerley Co, Bay street,
shop shared tho same fate The new shop Of Mrs.
Mr. duintus Russell, Mr. Charles sands MT Robert
weech, Mr. Herbert Jones, Mcssrs j. G. Raining 4 Co,
ss
north sde OF Bay demolished. The slaughter
house and market iish shed
The New Providence Asylum has suffered considerably
and the Quarantine buildings are leveed with the
ground. Tho houses and out buildings In tho Of the
Hon. 9. D. Harris residence are IN wofni plight
Chief Justice Doyle has lost a considerable amount In
houses Tho dwelling house OF b. W. Bethel,
Esa Bay street la, been partially destroyed aoys1.
a Son, at The corner OF Bay and Union streets,
ether with their bonded and other warehouses the
side have lost their roofs and g. Georges Hall,
with tho warehouse In the have been destroyed in
fact all tho buildings with iron roofs except tho one be-
cumberands housc in West Hin had roof
ried and LODGED h. gateway Of Judge Doyes
residence, whittier tho Major took refuge The houses
OF Mr.. j. A. Brook and Mr. J. ii. Webb, 10 the same
street. partially unroofed the inmates taking shel
ter At the rectory Of Christ churb. Mrs MAXWELL,
widow Of Joseph Maxwell, Of Turks Islands, aud
family met with narrow escape OF tseir Iives their
house at the OF Duke and Cumberland streets
being completely carried away from rs Foundation.
Tho Baptist chapel tZon In shirley street, In dvestcd
Of ~ portico. IT, Anno's church at SandiIands IL
swept from lie foundation
Of Mr. Abraham Aiderley, who was knocked down BY
the falling Of house tho Middle road, Albert Town,
,he Infant Public school Teacher, Mn Horton crushed
70 death by her falling house.
Government house ~ In such dcplorable state that
his Escesncy and family have taken hsr abode Al the
rhs house q the Rev. J. watkins was blown down,
and that Of r. henendez ESQ, shared tho same fate
From the Nassas Guardian, Oct Ia
are sorry 70 learn 'h., Of the shipping 70 ps da.
were destroyed, ninety seriously damaged, and
fonyone slightly inured-to,ai two hundred and thirty
one.
Tho schooner G. j. Marshall, Of Hassan In . total
wreck The captain Evans and crow saved themselves
with difficulty.
rHg OCT mlrpa
From the settlement Of Great sairrup's Cay, Berry
Islands learn that the hurricane committed great
haso thers There Is not an IEhAbsd that has not
. house thrown down or o roof on
bark, which struck on the Susan Rock, forming he
tram Blight, the north aldo Of Strups Cay house,
has gone all 70 pieces All on board persisted. Mr.
g. johnson buried hrse OF the unfortunate sufferers
the ID inst and ono on the 9Th. Mr. Thompson also
buried one.
The hurricane commenced a, rapum Bay, Eieuthsra,
20 twenty houses belonging 70 tho setieent ninring
the church on the bay, and slightly damaging the wes
leyan chapel
In Nassau there were OF dwelling houses destroyed
and 600 damaged Ave places Of worship destroyed and
three damaged seventeen warehouses destroy ed ono
theatre destroyed and thousand and thirty four per-
sons rendered houseles4
In The out islands, from Abaco 10 Maysguana tho de-
number Of hives we're lost bv shpwreck and otheYwisc
A. Victoria HUI tho Of the Fly and Thames
two men Of the Gcorgiana sere drowned.
Al Long Cay fortune island fourteen lives ioss By
shipwrcek
W. Finlay salnaker % the Eastern ils,ric, Of New
Providence was blown away Ia hr schooner at Alligator
since been heard o.
The Unis~d states Steamer Winosski Gone
"a the Bsbamas 20 Render A.-istascc 10
w,sHfsGros, Oct a. 1900
Commander Cooper, Of the United States steamer
wnocski reports the Navy Department under date Of
Key West October 10 bis ARRIVAL that point day or
two previous The wnoosk would sail tho next day for
tho Bahama banks to render ~ha, assistance posi-
Reef there being no English wrecksrs 70 sssst them
The Tahoma arrived al Key Yves, on the iSth, aud