Evening star., 1869-09-11
The Great Storm at the East.

The New England papers received to-day
contain leng accounts Of the great wind and
Wednesday afternoon. It is estimated that the
loss IN Massachusetts, alone will amount to
several millions Of dollars. On the Common
IN Boston and in all parts Of the city strong
roots. The 'told elm" survived the gale with
the loss Of q few branches only. Cambridge,
Chelsea, Charlestown, and other places suf-
No serious disaster to the shipping has bean
reported. The damage IN Boston and vicinity
is estimated at over a million Of dollars
The once imposing Coliseum is now little
better than a mere wreck, and its ruinous and
dismantled condition gives a more striking
proof OF the fury Of the storm and the havoc
which 1t wrought than any other instance that
can be cited. Shortly before O'Clock furious
gust OF wind struck upon the orchestral end of
the building '.like a hammer as sailors saw
In few minutes the large circular window,
which Is twenty feet IN diameter. yielded TO the
blast, and the wind getting inside, the building
quivered like q reed. The whole orchestral
end now cashed in, and the blast, sweeping
speedily forced out the other end In few
moments the whole edifice seemed 10 be the
sport OF the elements, and the wind, getting
underneath the root. playfully lifted it off,
piece by piece, until the whole Of the transept
was entirely unroofed. The air was darkened
with falling snd flying timbers, which were
tossed and blown about like shavings. The
crash was tremendous, and struck awe into all
beholders, The organ was speedily Ieveled to
the ground, and buried in a chaotic mass of
timbers. The big drum was also laid fiat
and pierced in several places by the falling
umbers.
Immense pieces of the roof were carried con
siderable distances, and fell on every side A.
the time Of the gale there were ten visitors
within the building, seven OF whom were Ia.
dies. There were also two boys working, and
Samuel Wilson, the dOOrkeeper, and q dog.
directly the end window was forced in, the
ladies rushed out In q state Of the greatest ter.
ror and bewtldermeut, and some Of them made
their way amid q shower OF falling timberD TO
the open ground. One or two Of them turned
back into the building, but were urged to 20
ont again by the doorkeeper, who feared that
they might be killed, 40 the whole structure
seemed as il II would come down. The dog
was panlc.sticken, and would n0tmove. For.
tunately no one was hurt. The catastrophe
was witnessed by several persons. A car was
brought TO Q standstill on Berkely street, and
some men getting ont In q state Of alarm were
speedily blown 70 the ground.
A dispatch from Portland, Maine, September
y, says :-"The most serious incident OF the
storm was the prestration Of the tall spire OF
the new Catholic Oathedral on Cumberland
street. The building was dedicated with great
pomp yesterday. The spire. which was 2a6K
feet highly far the tallest In the city-iell di.
rectly across Cumberland street. The house of
Captain z. ID. Ohoats. No. 100 Oumberland
street. was crushed IN and badly DAMAGED.
although not totally demolished. The injnry
70 the house and contents wiz probably
amount to several thousand dollars, and 70 TIE
church about sl6,OO0" go .-t