The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-13
TIE NEW BRUNSWICK TYPEooT.

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Friahtful Destruction Violence OF the Waves
Vessels and Wharves PoGaded into nIaich-
wood--The Earth Torn Up--A scene Of Con-
faGion and Wreck.
IT IS our painful duty to-day. says the 81. John
IeteJloph OF the 0tn inst 10 place BEFORE our
readers some details OF tae ravages OF the great
storm OF donday nielt the details OF losses Wncn
nave reached US are SO extensive a5 10 require al
tue space we can spare.
All around the shores OF Courtenay Bay there are
immense quantities OF logs poies and lumber OF a.,
KINDS, driited In by the storm on the western eide
Queen street, Whose fishing establishment and
gear, together WitA large quantity Ol Ges-
pereaux ana snad, nave oeen swept away. All his
thus entirely lost His Senes, nets, tubs and other
gear have also been SWEPT away, ana loss Is pro-
entirely swept away, and Mr.. James Van Horns
family were forced 10 quit their house through fear
OF It's being swept away. The wharyes OF Messrs.
Holt husent, that Of Mr. wright and the SHIP
yards OF Aessfs. Mahony, Neyins, King ana John
around from these TO the eastward, the shore TO
the ballast wharf was yesterday covered Win
wood and heavy logs, all floating and aground,
together representing a picture oil deaolatlon
ana destruction. Tie wooden mass reached 10
where the bIeakwaler or more soutaerly portion
Of the ballast wharf was built, leaving the ROCKS
which had Kept IL secure against ordinary storms
and carrying away 70 leeward the ligAter material
OF which 1t was constructed, aad Tue logs, now
pI!eJ tue shore W leeward all that remain of
Wnat has cost the city thousands OF dollars. inside
OF This portion OF the breakwater and TO the west Of
lign forming SOLID mass over the remains or
Mesirs. Fishers schooner yacht Emma F.,
when, lying III the shelter VI the bleaAwater had
shared lts tate aud Il now a total loss. over the
balaaC wharf the sea made clean breach, Carrying
surface, wood, and q 0't5 Of al kinds with i, TIL
reaching the Eorth side, where it mad recently Teen
repaired, IL made It's way through tie ground ana
the ballast oeDeatn, leaving the surface guiied out
ana opening holes Tor It's downward passage.
The waves dld not nave great force untll the water
had risen well up. Then the sea took hod OF the
tnlber and logs from the Messrs. Fishers suipyard
before
Inc bridge pankine Ut the stern OF Their new sup
was oaled up anu The outer strlngers carrlel AWAY
ana water getting the street, poured III the
shipyard aud noated thugs around in the utmost
conuslon washing out the wagon road through tue
yard and rendering IL tmpassaDle TO teams Tic
lighter clay on Charlotte street extension was all
washed away. At the loot Of sheffield street there
the ground where II joins the panked portion
OF Charlotte street at that point. Between
this aud the foot OF Nam street there were
over a hundred heavy logs foated ali over the
street. The Lower Cove wnaryes suffered greatly
and The loss Of property IN tae district between
Charlotte street extension and Reeds Point Is great
than in any other portion OF the city. On MAvity's
wharf large quantity OF lumber Kept there by Mr..
This wharf received ittlc damage except the wash
my away OF some earth. The wafer, however, beat
iorcply against It ana the heavy logs and spars
which were piled against 1t where 1T joined Char
lotte street, formed Darrlcade which protected II
TO great extent. Morans wharf was not dam
aged much ana only had some gravel washed away.
me (.ower Cove market slip and wharf, however,
beng much exposed, ieit the strength OF
driven up the shore Among them was
the Rolling Wave, an American brigantine which
had been on The BLOCKS nearly three months.
Yesterday morning she was comparatively un-
harmed, but II required the united force or tae tugs
Relief and Hercules TO get her OF. she was after
wards towed TO tue ballast wharf, where she now
lies completing repairs. one OF the 'iashonr
pieces is split and the copper on her bottom some
what injured Inc end or the Market slip wharf Ia
toin up ana much OF Il noated away, ana the ground
Is considerably washed out. Rankin's wharf Is
greatly DESTROYED aud the pies timbers and ballast
Qft l3-
placed. The T. portion OF IL reaching 10 the west IS
nothing now tut pie OIL ballast. 1he dock be.
tween ii ana wnere tie louDdefy used to stand IL
cfamned With hundreds OF logs anu al Kinds 81
other wood, among which are the remains OF Han
COCKS 1.-THE wharf, OF when nothing TO marx where
Wisnarts Wharf is all DESTROYED at the outer end
and alongside u It lies the schooner Arrow, belong
ing TO hir. William Davidson. she u total 1recA,
tue stern beng entirely worn of to the companion
way IN the alter part OF the trunk, and the bow
smashed in. Her planks are also started Where not
smashed, ana there Is little OF her worth saving
except the spars, sails and rigging. She was laden
Maxwell's lumber yard is considerably DESTROYED,
and IL was against this that the schooner $. b.
loonan came ashore stern foremost when the cap
tain and crew were taken by means OF fast
he'd by men on the surging lumber piles. AT hgl
Tide yesterday she was towed OF, without having
received mucn damage, and l. AoW lying at one OF
the wharves at Carleton.
BIizards lumber wharf is a more complete wreck
than any OF the others, ana tue lumber from IL Is
strewed away TO the west ia far a. the Anchor Line
wharf More lumber latn5 and slaves went aarIft
from this tnan alJ otnef pace, anu the loss Is neary
$1,000.
scenes Of ruin in the harbor, and II VIII Cost thou
sands OF dollars To repair it, Nearly the whole of
the south side is swept away and the remainder
fallen IN, while the floor OF the warehouse and the
building itself is racked and displaced in such
manner as TO require long time and great
outlay OF money 10 put 1t In state ft TO receive
freight. The tide rose over 1t some four feet and
the pIanKlng was IoaIed up, q great portion belng
carried over tue portion known as the middle ebut
ment. Tbs portion, or Reeds point wharf proper,
m In all Tar lNh from a
storm as even the part more TO leeward, but the
logging and spies over the end are started, and
the souin portion some seven tons or coal left
! by the International LIFE Company washed
\ overheard. In the company's warehouse no damage
inches the 1oor-this was because Captain Gus
holm took the precaution to remove all the nerchan
! disc beyond the reach OF the expected nundation.
The south lace OF the northern portion OF the wharf
is somewhat knocked in but the whole fabric except
| ing the south part withstood the storm well.
Along water street extension, between Reeds
Point wharf and that Of the Empress. there Is little
left but the remains or the Wbaryes and piers upon
which lumber iaths and slaves wero piled. These
4 have all been swept away, and now lie strewed
ABOUT tue vicinity AMI damned In the cceyices
aud gulIies made by the receding waters 1he waves
! broke over Water street extension and have left
gutter all along the lower side against the Inside OF
the wooden facing OF the abulment, and the street
Itself is dug out and scored all over with the marks
or where the waters rushed about. On the Empress
wharf the storm seems to have spent Its fury Tue
4 whole of the outer end Is carried away, aud the
planking elond the warehouse Is goae WIN ~ Inc
remainder with the warehouse mas shltea across 70
the north. and II - wonder that the whoe establish
/ nent was lot thrown on the deck OF the schooner
! Katie watch lay alongside. Tie warehouse itself is
broken III two and remains perfect piece OF de-
/ structon. over the custom House wharf the tide
| rose 1--WE feet and the Darks Ansel and Twilight
parted their FISTS and went TO leeward upon the snip
/ Armanila. TIE An3el mad her miZZen topmast
broken or ana the stern planlng and tanrali Of the
| Twilight were considerably displaced ana the fore
/ channels much damaged by cnatng The gilt WORK
on tao stern Of the Armania was considerably dam
aged ana delaced on the port side but beyond this
sue received no serious injury. MeTrtt's wharf did
not receive any considerable damage, excepting the
floating UP OF planking, and the ships LanmeTgier
ana Deacon Light, lying at IT, escaped unlnluTed.
From John5ions wnarl a lew logs are gone.
Walkers wharf Is perhaps the only one uninJurcd,
and It's escape Is Owng 10 its great strength ana the
precautions taken beforehand Oy captain Firlh Who
Lad it well bala5ied ana tue planAs spiked down.
Yesterday morning IL was covered Win logs and
coras or smaller wool The bark Riai.o was nearly
cnated through at this wharf, and the brigantlne