Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

uOOd, gave out tnclr sweetness to the dc =
iuge The great top-not on the front of
Sauter's building, about 10 o'clock in the
morning, came down with d crash that
startled the whole town. The third story
OF the new brick hotel commenced by NJ
\. Thompson, was blown down upon the
Odd Fellows Hall, crushing it to a shape
less mass Of splintered boards and timbers.
and later in the day the next lower story
also came down. The most of the slate
roof Of the Masonic Hall WAS torn off
treedmcn's Hall is reported to have blown
down, and one man killed. The water sub
merged Mechanicsville, and did great
damage to the property in that vicinity,
which is very low ground, and covered with
water in ordinary high tides. Messrs. A.
SesSums " Co., I. 3. Stubbs & Co., Bolt
ling, SpOoner y Co., and all the storehouses
III their vicinity were invaded, and to each
one more or less damage done. The bay
Gus were all out Of bank, spreading water
IN places entirely across the island The
city railroad track was submerged, and
the trains stopped running at an early
hour.
There was no mail or passenger train on
the G. II. and II. Railroad, and it was re-
ported early in the day that the bay bridge
had been washed down. Sheds and gale
rles and china trees were twisted off by the
wind, and fences blown down in everv part
of the town. A drenching rain accompan-
led the storm all day, preventing the peo-
pie from coming out 10 tell their mishaps
and report the damages. The yellow fever
patients, the doctors say, will feel the
change IN the air in spite of every precau-
ton, and advise us to look for increased
mortality in consequence.
The water on the Gulf beach was bellv-
deep to q horse. The City railroad depot
had It's foundation SO washed by the Gulf
water that the blocks on one side gave way
and the building settled to the ground
The wind was much more violent on the
Gulf shore than in the city. A good many
Of the buildings, put up by the United
States officers, were blown down. The
city cemetery was covered with water foot
deep and all the ground around the ceme-
terry and to the westward as far as could
be seen, was sea Of water. The steamer
Elizabeth Reed is high and dry near the
railroad below the depot The small
schOOners Sam. Williams, John Oliver and
Fontine Blue are all sunk The schooner
Rosario is on her beams end at Lufkin' S
wharf. The bark Pallos, brig Isola and a
large fore-and-aft schooner have been driv-
en- from the Eastern wharf up the bay, no
one knows where. A large iron brig is
reported capsizcd. The schooner Mabel is
also driven up the bay. The schooner
Wlnona, at Parsons wharf, appears to be
nearly wreck. All the wharves are badly
damaged. a brig lately arrived with car
go of coffee, was driven completely through
Williams wharf All the buildings on the
block east of Hendley's wharf are blown
down or washed away from their founda-
tions.
So,-oroJ CF o,,r o;+;-o,o -rLo La--o I,oo.,
all over the city, estimate the total damage
at not less than half million of dollars.
Mr.. Hawley, the wharf builder, estimates
the damage to the wharves at fully one
fourth their value, and we rely upon the
correctness Of his statement, as he is good
Judge, and never eXaggerates. He goes to
work at once repairing with all the force
he can command. Many Of the tin roofs
of the city have been blown off, and some
few slate roofs damaged. The loss of Odd
Fellows new hall, Just completed, is not
less than $4,000. The most of the regalia,
Jewels, furniture, &c, were in the rooms of
the old hall, and saved. The steamer
Alice NJ. is q wreck, and under water, not
even smokc-Stack visible A three
masted schooner is ashore on the east point
of the island. The schooner Rosario bilged
at Nillams's wharf, and two men were
drowned, the carpenter and cook. SchOon-
er julia is lying high and dry across the
Strand, at the junction of Twentysixth
street. The wharves at i Z. M. yesterday
presented the most completely wrecked and
desolate appearance We ever witnessed.
This is the highest overflow since OctO-
Der, 1887. Messrs. Wallis, Landes & Co.,
have been damaged about s., 900; Messrs.
Droege 4 Co., $500 to S75, 600 in dam
- t,,1I 6 O.
coo Messrs a. Sessums & Co., $4,000 to
ST., 900; Messrs. Westcott & Co., $4,000
Messrs. Dargan & Tobyn, S., Coo to $1,000
Messrs. Piplin & woodward, heavily dam
aged; Mr. Geo. Frosh, 81 600, and many
others damaged in large and small sums.
The waters AT midday had so inundated
the gas works that it became impossible tC
bnild fires, and the city was without gas
light last night.
Important Opinion ofthe Attorney General