The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-10

injured
"A woman residing on Acorn street had her knee
A two and onohalf story wooden tenement house
on Republican street near tine railroad bridge on
| Atwes avenue owned by DR.. Newhall was blown
entirely nom It's foundations and lies on tne ground
complete wreck The house was occupied by three
families. though at the time OF the fall only one w0
| man was In the house. She was considerably hurt
| by the falling plastering though how seriously we
A new two story dwelling house, north Of the Cove
lands was blown from its foundation. though the
| The tin roof Of the Paper Collar Manufacturing
Company, on the corner Of stewart and Conduit
The tin roof OF slade Perrin's mill, IN seekelrs
| Hollow. was also carried or
Several buildings In the course Of erection in
| South Providence and vicinity were more or less
damaged.
| by MIR. p. McEvev. was considerably damaged.
A portion OF the tower of the Catholic church on
| High street was carried.
| The tower of the High street Congregational
| church was somewhat damaged.
That portion Of the spire OF the Chestnut street
| Methodist Episcopal church above the clock was
blown down, carrying two faces OF the clock (Which
stopped at five exactly, and fell on the roof VI the
Church, breaking it in. and then on the ROOF of
| shed In the rear Of W. II. Greene's drug store,
| A portion Of the roof OF the Central Baptist
! church. on Broad street. was blown on.
The wss ss ssans
| r. s. Gmore's house on Gilmore street, was blown
'c Joseph shedon;s house, corner of Division aud
| Hammond stress was blown down. 1t was just
| boarded up Loss about 81 900.
| Two young girls passing along Valley street. were
struck by FENCE and Que OF them had to be carried
home.
belonging to Mr. Oomssock, was twisted into shape
| lessnesS.
The beautiful dining hall OF Mr. Dorman, ON West
Minister street, was damaged TO the extent OF 5000
bv the fall OF bricks from the adjoining Narragansett
block. A basement dining SAIGON near by was par
| italy diIei with water aud a customer created a
small sensation by taking his supper with his feet III
| his chair to keep tue chilli oil. Boyman's dining
bridge also filled with water.
| and steamer pumped 1t out last night.
| The roof Of the Cranst0n Print Works suffered
the Catholic churches on Smiths Hill, Hope street.
High street ana Broadway all received some sliglt
The tin roof was stripped from the Thayer street
school house and from the residence OF Robert W.
| the chimneys at the Reform School were pros
| trated.
| Many cases OF narrow escapes and OF slight per-
sOnal injury are related, which we cannot this morn
and hls mead came under the wheels Of a Pawtucket
horse car, which was stopped Just In tlme to save
| child blown from her arms down embankment in
the Fifth ward but 1t was picked up by young man
and returned to tho mother without great apparent
| injury.
| cases the loss - almost beyond calculation. Tne
streets are Still bl0cka6ed IN many directions. Among
those most impossible are North, Fountain, Acora
and Claverick streets. venerable elm, in the yard
Of Professor Dnan on hope street, planted by Eoe-
Another elm tree OF like Antiquity, in the yard Of
| Mr.. william Whitaker On High street, Is ruined.
| All the fruit and ornamental trees In Postmaster
Jacksons yard are DESTROYED But this story can be
| repeated In hundreds OF instances.
| The Pawtucket horse cars were compelled to s,ls-
pend their trips for some hours because OF obstruc
The IRE alarm telegraph Is down.
| Six steam fire engines were on duty last ngnt
| pumping out water III various sectons.
| We learn that the Bristol Railroad 10 badly dam
| aged.
nav hlnE n fine
section OF tine city the effects Of the gale apparent
| TUE SHIPPING IN THE aARRos
During the height OF the gale the vessels were IN
great dancer, aud 1t appeared almost Impossible for
s-ne OF them TO shpwrecS, but fortunately no
lives were that heard or and no very serious
damage was dene to the vessels. Tne little steamer
Adea was coming up. and was blown into Hlli's
save her IRON going ashore. The schooner L,zzie
Major broke adrift from The lower ferry wharf, and
cester Railroad wharf, staving in her stern, and
carrying away dayts, and dong other injury, and
broke adrift. run afou Of other vessels. lost
| 1booom and davits; schooners Anna shepard;
Helen Mar and British schooner Britannia. were all
adrifI, afoai and received less darnage the
Helen Mar into the stern OF schooner George Faes
ana both badly chafed schooner ParaTon broke
from her anchorage ana drtted afoul OF the other
vessels in the stream: schooner .. BROOKS, lying
moorings and iouled with other vessels, receiving
| cons derabe injury; schooner Horizon lost her
gaftopsai These were IN ost'y coal vessels, loaded
SCHOONER J. D. McCarty drfea from the railroad
wharf 70 Fa River wharf stove IA stern ana carried
| away jib-boom quarter ran and davis; schooner
Treasurer broke from iiils wharf, drlited up stream
and lost deck load Of Lumber; al the vessels o.
dragged their ancnors and we're tossed about FEAR
| fully, but mono o.. them were driven ashore. The
old hulks next to the bridge, or ]. Z. Merriam Co
and Andrews, Brown & Co., appeared ut one time
to take their departure FOR the Cove but 1naly
, The steamtug Charlotte ana Isabella arrived up
from below about seven O'Clock and reported seeing
a slocp go ashore on Conmicut Point and break to
| pieces, and two scnOOneI5 ashore between Gaspe3
and Fields Point, but could not ascertain the names
other vessels beng ashore below, OF which we nave
: yet received no authentic account.
| man from the schooner M. b. Mahoney, from
Baltimore ound for this port reports that his yea
sci ie Al with schooner outward bound on field
Point yesterday afternoon ABOUT four O'Clock nyins
= | lag OF distress. His captain he states, sent
boat 10 the distressed vessel when II was Learned
| that her commander, whose name we are unable tt
learn, wen a. the name OF the schooner, wa
{ | struck the head during the gale By the g jit
block which laid open his sSuli for several inches
| The injured man fell under the blow, and up TO th
time OF our informaups departure for this city IL
quest OF surgical aid he had shown 10 sign OF ife
. | TIE STEAMERS.
a The steamer Watcher, which left here az min
: | o'c ock on Wednesday evening with about iOo pas
t Ions O'Clock Nothing was heard from her up {
eleven O'Clock T.. NJ, and she Ia supposed 10 lav
n Tns Bay Queen, which ok down o large compan.
Of passengers, had not arrived at eleven O'CLOCK
The nver was TOO much oosstoctea WIN We, vesses
y her way far as .ox Poipt. Probably she found
! shelter farther down the pay.
ol The City Of Newport was struck By the gale lns
q | below Rocky Point She tonehet there, took he
l. passengers and came directly ald safely up 70 nc
wharf, though experiencing heavy weather.
{, The irOnsldes, which mad on board company 9
L. | excursloasts from Boston, had NOS arrived 8
eleven O'Clock, and was supposed TO nave anchore
ii | somewhere below tue Croos
ono sloop is reported To have gone to pieces 0
COnmiut Point and two or three vessels are asher
~ ! between there ana the city.
n Captain Sulivans sloop, the Ann Eliza, brok
adrift at Nayatt, slipped her anchors lost her boz
le and split her sails, but Is safe.
he There IL schooner lying below tho America
Steamboat Company's whacf with her stem drive
~ in and three four Others with their bo0is an
It, tophamper stove to pieces, are lying beside her.
ID THE GALE IN APPONAUD AND hast GRkENWl CHI
An attentive correspondent az AppoDaug sends
u tho following Information which the messep9
n brought with tedious diuculty because OF the e