Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-02

A, irai Of TIE Surir9rs m Narfo,adiand
-Reseued By British Moa-of- lTor--
Taribh Tales Of SpB0bg
lhe following extracts from a private let
tr fully coulrm the account We published a
Few day ago OF great storm on the coast
81 Labrador, causing immense destruction Of
property and iilc Further details show that
thc account 30 far from having been exc.
aggcrated, failed to do justice to horrors
which fun details pile upon each other
SAINT JOINS y Z July % ls7l.--You
will probably have learned by this time Of
the terrible storm which occurred recently at
Labrador and brought ruin aud desolation 70
nearly three hundred homes. 10 this city
and Iarbor Grace, in fact everywhere through
out the island, on the reception Of the calam-
itous nows CONSERVATION aud excitement pre-
vailed There being few Of Us who have not
some friend or relative engaged in the Labra.
dor fisheries, either as supplying merchants,
traders, or fishermen, general and painful
suspense followed the reception Of the first
news Of the disaster on the 10 instant This
morning however, on the arrival Of the
British ship-of.war Gulnare, which was sent
on by the Governor Immediately upon his
hearing Of the disaster, we procured the full
details. Besides her crew the Gulnare had
three hundred and twenty-five souls on board,
including men, women, and children. Their
aspect on arriving at the Government wharf
wa calculated 10 make an indelible impress
sion upon the memory Of the most callous.
Tbe terror aud iamine-stricken looks Of the
women and children drew from every heart
the proloundest sympathy, while men who
lei here hardly a month ago, stalwart and
vigorous, looked emancipated and puny, with
long.grown boards, haggard looks, and tat
ftered clothing For these poor fellows there
was also much feeling ELECTED for not alone
had they been many weeks the victims Of
hunger cold, aud every form Of desttuuon,
but they had wholly lost the fruit of their
days and nights Of toll, and long, proftless
and Indictment winter stared them dismally in
its comiortess prospect.
The wharf at which the rescued settlers ar
rived was packed with people Of every class,
IN fact our entire community seemed to sur
round the scene, for far above the wharf, in
our principal street, and about the steps plat.
forms and windows of the custom house, which
is opposite the wharf, anxious crowds gathered
and eagerly looked out for the landing, of the
unfortunates. The commissioner Of poor had
omnibuses aud carriages provided for them,
which formed long line outside the gate OF
the Queens wharf, On landing the sufferers
were greeted by feeble cheer, for nobody
could hardly tell whether joy at their safety,
or solemn silence in respect for the dead, were
more appropriate on the occasion. The rush
to meet them from all sides of the crowd was
intense and wild Some had only the living
TO welcome and find the relations and friends
they had parted with over a month before
but others glanced in vain from one face to
another in search of form laid still below
the bowling waves and north winds Of Lab
rabor.
As far as | have learned, twenty-threC
families who had been accustomed to remove
to Labrador on the return of each summer
season, have become literally extinct. Not a
word has been heard of them since the fata
storm Their stores, dwelling-houses, and
fake were all situated quite near the strand
on Indian Sickle. One woman in the prime
Of life is left alone in the world Her OWL
father, her father and mother.in.law, her hus
band, three sons, and three daughters were
all carried in the schooner Helen, which wa
driven from her moorings and never heard Of
The woman, who is the only one rescued wal
engaged berry picking about half mile dis
tant when the wind arose suddenly in squalls
Before she reached her husbands craft sh'
was compelled to take shelter in hous
which had not been injured, and all of who's
inmates were saved. There were as far a
he { l.. t,,l. :.
about eighteen persons killed on shore by tn
falling of trees, flakes, or houses. The res
OF the victims of this most lamentabe catas
trophe were remaining on board their craft
when the storm began to rage. Those of tn
rescued who arrived here were driven to tn
spacious halls of the Atheunum, where re
freshments and clothing were amply provide
for them