The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-09-04
storm m NOya Scotia.

HALIFAX N. D., aug. Zl.-Dls-
patches just received from Sidney, G.
b., state that that terrible storm OF
wind and rain has been raging there
since Monday-the greatest known at
Cape Breton for years. All the har-
bors are filled with vessels. Thirty
vessels Were driven ashore at Sydney.
Farmers have suffered heavily. Many
buildings were blown down, and the
crops throughout the country devas-
tated, and bridges veEs washed away.
The storm commenced at noon Mon
day, blowing dercely from the south
east, with the barometer at 29o. The
wind changed suddenly to the east,
sending a tidal wave, ten feet high,
sweeping toward the docks and
Wharves. The wind was blowing
frightfully. Among the vessels ashore
at sydney are the Valent, Matilda B.
Hunter, Nancy r., Me3ae, Maggie ID.
Grant, Euxine, Zephyr, and Alpha,
These are total wrecks. The bark
Electra, dismasted, is on the bar al
the entrance TO Sydney Harbor, flying
flag Of distress all day, The schOon-
er Chase is ashore, Qndamaged. Fif
ty sail vessels are at Cow Bay nj
ashore. The Cunard steamship AL
pha, from Sidney, put in there fol
! harbor with steam no and anchors
down, aud succeeded in holding down
The break-water at Cow Bay is badly
damaged. Ballou's wharf is destroy.
ed, The destruction to shipping in
the bay is frightful. Dispatches re
ceived from Cow Bay this forenoon
state that the gale was still raging
There is great excitement at Halifax
over the accounts from Cape Breton
HALIFAX, n. s., Aug. 29.-Mai
and telegraph details Of the storm or
Sunday night are being constantly
received. The destruction of life and
property on land and seR is frightful
and far exceeds the estimate given
From all sections there are stories oil
houses and barns being blown down
crops destroyed, and cattle killed
Such fearful havoc has not been
4 known in Nova Scotia and Cape Bret.
ton for thirty years. At present nc
accurate idea of the loss both to land,
aud property, and shipping can be
formed, but it viii in all probability
reach several million dollars
Already many lives are reported
lost. There is too much reason tn be-
lieve that many vessels were lost al
sea, with all hands. The fishermen
on the Eastern coast of the province
have suffered severely, all having lost
their boats, fishing-tackle, &e., from
Guysboro to Cape CansO. Vessels ar
irving in Halifax within the past few
days, report having passed large
quantities of wrecked stuff at sea.
Capt. Leonard, of Main-aDieu, was
drowned in Cow Bay. James Jessob
was drowned at North Sidney.
The fishing schooner Clyde, of GIon-
eester, IS ashore at Port Mulgrave.
The schooner Mary Hart, from Hall
fax, for Cape Breton, was totally
wrecked off Owls Head, but the crew
were saved. The following vessels
are ashore at PietOn: Schooners Jes-
Sc Hoyt and Trial, of Pieton; Nee,
Mcdonald, Emanuel, and Venture,
of Pie: Bloomer and Little Hugh, of
Antigonish; Ferguson, of Mirmichi.
and brig Willow Brae, of PictOn.
Three scllooners are ashore at Fra
zer's Point, three at Albion Mines and
one at Pieton Landing. The brig p.
r. G. is ashore at PietOn Island, and
will be a total wreck. A brig owned
by Peake Brothers & Co., of Charles
town. is reported ashore in Ponds
Gulf. The Schooner Tewe is ashore
in Pugwash Basin. Two men were
drowned. The schooners Brothers
and Acadia are ashore on the Gull
shore. Four sehOoners are bedded in
the sand in Goose River, Cumberland
County. The Norwegian bark Nord-
aJernen, laden with deal, ready for
sea. was driven upon Wallace's Flats,
and had to discharge part Of her car
90 before getting OFF Brig E. G.
Mulct. stone-laden, is aground below
Ballast Wharf; she will have to dis
charge part of her cargo. Bark LO-
chiei, OF Annapolis, n. s., and the
brig John Richard, of Belfast, ireland,
are ashore at Riehabucto, n. B. Sew
en- square-rigged vessels are outside OF
that barber, six of them ashore /;
among those are the barks FOrmosa
and Undine. The bark Nova and
schooners Margaret Jane and Sea
Bird are ashore at Buctouche. Re
becca Ann is ashore at Cape Bald.
In BaddOck, Victoria County, C.B.,
Illlfl1 uhIAS oI0 AOucCc HCAC DAoWA
down within a radius of ten miles.
Several dwelling houses were COM
pIetely destroyed. One heavy house
was lifted up bodily and carried
twenty feet. A large, expensive
bridge across the Baddoek River is
gone. A multitude of fruit trees are
DESTROYED. The crops in Victoria
County have suffered severely. The
poor people have lost heavily, and are
much distressed and discouraged, and
know not what TO do. A church in
course OF erection st Baddock was
overturned, and became heap of ru-
ins. Sixty-two buildings are sale to
have been blown down at Cape Cam
so during the storm. Twenty-Five
dwelling houses were damaged at
GOldenville.