The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-12
THE HURRICANE AT ST. THOMAS.
300 Dead Bodies Picked up in the
HarbOr.

.e.. New YORK, Nov. H.
BY the arrival of the steamer Marmion, from
St. Thomas LIST inst, we have additional par
tculars of the great hurricane there The sur
geon OF the steamer Ieports; liiH2stae
We arrived at ST. Thomas on the morning of
the 3Oth and found that the island had been
visited the day previous by the most terrific,
hurricane ever known there, the town being
partially destroyed and the loss of life very
great The amount of property DESTROYED at
present rs impossible 10 estimate, and the scene
OF destruction and devastation impossible to
3. describe. The wind commenced blowing a
pretty stiff breeze about O'Clock from the
northwest, and about IL o'clock it changed
round to the east and slewaa perfect hurricane,
carrying everything before II. 1t lasted about
four hours, but during that time ragged with
such violence that trees were torn up, houses
lifted from their foundations and dashed to
pieces. Ships and steamers OF the largest class
as well as smaller vessels were hurled together
ana either dashed to pieces or sunk Some
nifty or sixty vessels are ashore, dismasted or
sunk, and part OF their crews lost Thousands
are rendered homeless, and the amount of suf-
fering, confusion and excitement it is impossi-
Z BILE to describe. There is.nothing doing, Every
body seems paralyzed. n q "a sa~-i
On the morning Of the Goth, there being in
dlcatlon OF a storm, the PASSENGERS of the old
steamer Conway, Capt. Hammack, did not feel
safe to go to sea in her, and wished to he trans
ferred to the Rhone new steamer OF the line
where they might considers Themselves safe in
case OF a storm. They We're accordingly traBs-
ferred, and both vessels put to sea; but during
the storm the Rhone struck on Peters Island
her boiler exploded and AZ were lost with the
exception of twelve fifteen The Conway
thrown on Tortola Island and all hands
I, were saved. s,F -sssnsR awgk vfWfs
Up TO the time of our departure nothing
definite in regard to the otherislands had been
heard, with the exception of Tortola. of which
report says that the town is totally destroyed
and number of lives lost Harbor Master
Steinberg, of st. Thomas, was drowned while
nobly attempting to rescue Others Having
in 10 firCfn of Io
ing the second time, when the boat eapsized
and he lost his life. The steamer Columbian
came in at about IL o'clock, and at 2 o'clock
was sunk and six persons lost. Her cargo
was valued at from $1000,000 TO $1,000
900. The track of the hurricane seems to
have been narrow, as the Marmion from Rio
and North American from New York, arrived
the day after, and neither had experienced more
than a stiff breeze The North American ar
rived at St Thomas on the Both, at 2 Z. NJ, and
left again at o'clock without coaiing; report
ed all right list of the vessels lost has al |
ready been published. The following were
ashore and damaged: Ship Sarah Newman,
Capt. Bryan was loading cargo of bark Pat
mos, and had about two-thiods Of it 90 board,
and will probably prove total loss; she was
bnt at Newburyport in 1857 was S99 tons reg
lister, rated A 1, and was owned by the New
York Union Navigation Cos Ship Charles
Sprague, Capt. Pike, is total loss, and thir-
teen men lost their lives. The G. S. was an A
vessel, OF 746 tons measurement was built at
Kennebunk, Me-. in 1851, and was owned by
N. L. and G. Griswold OF New York. Bark
Aberdeen, Captain Morrison, from Newport,
Wales, was discharging coal, a part of which
q she had ont was driven ashore and badly dam
aged. The Aberdeen was a fine A 1-2 vessel
OF 943 tons register, and was owned by Lamont
& Co, of Bath, Me-, where she was built in
1864 $500 5s.,,f 80 s4a < a7sI assas ss
Brig Mecosta, Capt. Norton, was loading the
y cargo of hides from British brig Princess Alice
from Montevideo for New York The Mecos-
Ia was owned in Boston by J. s. Emery s. Co,
was 326 tons register, new measurement, was
bnit at Goldsboro in 1856, and rated A 2 in
American Lloyds. Brig Nellie Gay, Captain
Gay, had Just arrived. She was built in Mil
bridge, Me-, in 1866, was 1879 tons register rat
ed A l IL, and insured in New YORK by J. w.
Sawyer. 80 a.r
In addition to these are a large number of
British and other foreign vessels. About all
the coverings OF the roofs of houses were blown
I away such as tiles. zinc, g.. All The wharves
are smashed and the fort barracks are gone.
The lighthouse was destroyed, and about 800
persons have been buried after having been
picked upin the harbor. Tie loss, both on
shore and in the shipping, is very large The
American barque Esther, blown off from Som
brero island, was dismasted and.was just com
ing into port 4sl Iaaa