The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
THE LATE BLOW.
Further Accounts of its Violence in Rhode Is

Oh tiOience IN Rhode Is
From the Providence Journal Sept 13
ride around the suburbs of Bristol sets forth the
efiects OF the late gale to an alarming extent. On
the ferry road a large building near the residence
of Mr. Bogart was taken up by the force OF the wind
and blown over a high wall on the land OF Mr.
Simmons adjoining without injury to the wall The
farm house adjoining the farm of John r. Gardner
was unrooied and other buildings blown down. Both
these gentlemen sustain great loss in the destruc-
tion Of trees and shrubbery. At Bristol ferry the
wharf is demolished, and the boat formerly used at
that place destroyed. The lighthouse was in immi-
nent peril during the gale; the tide came into the
Keepers apartment and his family compelled to
vacate. The building, however sustained no serious
damage Nearly all those stately willow trees around
the Ferry farm were blown down stripped of their
branches; On the farm of Mr.. a. Sidney DeWolf
barns and other buildings were blown down and
trees uprooted. On the grounds Of the late Hon.
James DeWolf, now occupied by the family of the
late William Bradford DeWof the destruction is
terrible. great portion OF those beautiful locust
and other trees surrounding that residence, many of
them of nearly century's growth are uprooted and
lie about the premises in wild confusion Three
stacks Of chimneys blown from the house, which
was otherwise damaged. Barns were unroofed;
sheds, stables, and other buildings completely pros
trated. On Mount Hope nearly every barn is blown
down, and the damage to the orchards is immense.
In Locust Grove which has been for many years
place OF resort for picnics and pleasure parties,
nearly all the trees are blown down and destroyed.
There is scarcely farm on Back road but what has
suffered loss In buildings and trees, and the same
can with truth be said OF all the farms the main
road. The vanes or arms on the grist mill on Fort
In POppasquash the effects of the gale are equally
visible The residence OF the late Mark Anthony De
Wolf, now owned by Governor Burnside ana occu-
pied by the family Of the late Francis L. B. DeWolf
was unroofed and otherwise injured. Buildings,
Sheds and trees were blown down. The farms OF
Robert Rogers, Charles Chase, the Herreshof farm,
and the South Point farm suffered severely by the
destruction OF trees and buildings. part OF the
roof of the residence OF Oliver II. Perry blown
off, The farms OF stephen f. Church and Samuel
w. Church suffered equally with the others in the
destruction of buildings. At the latter place many
OF the trees on each side of the walk Leading from
the house to the road were blown down and the
orchard nearly destroyed Many of the trees in this
orchard were blown over during the gale OF 1876 but
rghted up and have borne fruit to the present
time Most of the large willow trees surrounding
Willow walk are down, and the shore on the east
side OF PoppaSquash is lined with fragments Of
vessels
The storm on the East End of Long Island
Vessels Wrecked and Lives Lost.
The violent storm which passed along the coast OF
New England last week also swept along the eastern
coast of Long Island. The three-masted schooner
Mary Mines, from Philadelphia for Boston, loaded
OF Montauk Point. She broke in two and went to
pieces In less than one hour afterwards. The crew
consisted OF nine men, seven OF whom succeeded
with great difficulty in reaching the shore. A brother
OF the captain and one of the crew were drowned.
On Napeague beach fourteen fishing boats came
ashore One yacht is high and dry. Several others
were blown out to sea, three OF them having man
each on board. The sloop Fanny Brewer OF Sag
Harbor, went ashore at Watch HILL and several
purse boats were driven out to sea, three of them
with SIX men each on board. The ghtkeepers
having been blown down and the stoop carried
away. barn and other outhouses were also
destroyed. ~
At East Hampton large trees were blown down.
carrying away telegraph-wires and rendering roads
impossible. Several dwellings were also much
damaged. The corn is Nat all through the Hamptons
Ine storm was the most severe that has visited IN
part OF Long Island since The hurricane OF 1915.