Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-04
General News.
The Great Storm.


MN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN kILLlp.
HALIFAX. Aug. -
Mail and ielcsr aph details OF the .to-m
OF sunday night, are constantly received
The destruction OF life and property ON
land and sea. j. fri.htful. and far exceeds
the estimate given. From all sect ion. thr,.
are stories OF houses and barns being blown
down, crops destroyed, and cattle Killed.
such fearful havoc has not been know in
Nova Scotia. and Cape Breton for thrty
YEAR.
At present no accurate idea OF the o.
both 10 land property aud shipping car be
formed, but will In all probability reach
several millions Of dollars.
Already many lives are reported lest
There Is too much reason to believe tIat
many vessels wcre lost at sea, with all
hands on board The fishermen on he
Eastern coast Of the province suffered
severely. all having lost boats. fishing
tsckIc, -'c., from Guy sboro and g aE... X -.
so. Vessels arriving ia Halifax within The
past few days, repou having passed large
quantities OF wrecked stuff at sea.
Capt. Leonard Of Main Adicu was
drowned in Cow Bav. Jas. Jcuot was
drowned at North Sydney.
In Guy sboro county the destruction was
immense. \ number Of new houses were
blown down or injured old ones wcr. IN
rooted, or stripped OF shingles Barns were
raised In every direction. and nnToofed;
fences prostrated aud everything moves
BILE MAS twisted aud turned about Is If a,
army of guerilla. had ransacked he coun.
try.
Forty-scven buildings were reported
down at Manchester.
Point, and other places. state ihAi tn.
storm was frightful and caused general
ruin. which Is nothing less than uublc
calamity. only To be eifaced by time
At Isaac Harbor the gale made fearful
havoc among the property Of the ii,he--
men Every fish store was swept .wsg
.>chooners Bonnie Bell. Renfrew. Lrd
Bury and Russell are ashore. The Baptist
meeting house in course of erection VA,
totally destroyed.
At Beaver Iarbor fourteen houses ani
barns were blown to pieces. A vessel with
cargo sunk, aud number OF fishing
boats were blown 10 sea aud lost
Al 81. Peters. c. T., several houses and
barns were blown down, and church par
TALLY finished aud the material scattered
over TWO acres Of ground.
Men. women and children in this yicirity
were in some Instances killed, and in oh
ers Injured by falling OF houses
The following vessels are ashore NJ Pic
tou: Schooners Trial, Lee. Mcdonald.
Emanuel aud Venture of Pictou; Bloome.
Little Hugh, Ferguson and Willow Brae.
Three schooners are ashore at Frazcr's
Point, three at Albion Mines, and one nj
Picton Landing. The brig L. X. C., i,
ashore at Picton Island. aud will be total
wreck. A brig OF Charlestown j. reported
ashore in Ponds Gulf Schooner Tewe is
ashore IN Pugwash basin. two men were
drowned. Schooners Brothers Acadia is
ashore on the Gulf Shore. -Four schoon-
ers are bedied In the sand on Goose River.
Cumberland county.
The American fishing schooner Fanny
Fern arrived on Wednesday from Glouces-
ter. She was in collision with an Unknown
schooner in the Bay of Funday, on Sunday
night.
Twenty-three vessels are ashore IN the
Strait or Canso. A quantity of wrecked
stun passed through on this side of Canso.
An American fishing schooner arrived
at Canso, totally dismantled, with loss of
several lives.
Two dead bodies dashed to a spar were
washed ashore at Trocade. On the north
side Of Prince Edward Island three or four
dead bodies were found on Tuesday. Ii is
feared the wrecks and loss Of life on that
side Of Z. Z. l. is enormous.
II Is feared there are many American |
fishing vessels in the Gulf The captain of |
bark Undine, ashore of Richibucto, re-
ports seeing upwards of a hundred vessels |
,f the north cape Of Prince Edward Island |
IN Saturday.
Two American fishing schooners are re-
'orted gone down during the storm, off the
lorth cape of Prince Edward Island with
vi hands. 40 in number
Her Majesty's steamer Spartan arrived
rom st. John. N. b., this afternoon. with
he wreck Of brig Arthur. Capt johnson,
sunday, IS miles s. w. Of Salnbro.