St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-05

I both to land, property and shipping
can be formed, but ii will in all proha-
bility reach several million dollars. AL
ready many lives are reported lost
! There is too much reason to bcliey,
that many vessels were lost at sea with
all hands on board. The fishermen on
eastern coast of the province suffered
severely, all having lost their boats
fishing tackle, etc, from Guysboro to
Cape CansO. Vessels arriving at Hall
fax within the past few days report
having passed large quantities of wreck
ed stuff at sea.
Reports from Cairo, Crow Harbor,
Sand Point and other places, state that
the storm was frightful and caused a
general ruin, which is nothing less than
public calamity, only to be effaced
by time. At Goldenville, in the same
county, the damage was also expensive.
Stores, barns and crushing mills there,
and at Mine Harbor, were DESTROYED
At Isaac's Harbor the gale caused fear
full havoc among the property of fish
ermen, every fish store was swept away.
The Baptist meeting house, in course
of erection, was totally destroyed. At
Beaver Harbor l3 houses and barns
were blown to pieces; vessel with Il
cargo was sunk, and number of fish
ing boats were blown to sea and lost
At st. Peters, Cape Breton. several
houses and barns were blown down
church partially finished was demol-
ished, and the material scattered over
two acres of ground.
The captain of the bark Undine.
ashore OFT Rlchibucto, reports seeing
upward of 100 vessels off the north cape
of Prince Edwards island. Saturday.
Twenty vessels are reported ashore on
the north side of Prince Edwards island.
which was exposed to the full fury of
the gale. The full extent of the damage
along that shore cannot be known for
some days. Two dead bodies dashed To
spar were washed ashore at Tracadie.
On the north side three or four dead
bodies were found on Tuesday. 1t is
feared that the wrecks and loss of life
on that side of Prince Edwards island
are enormous
In Braddock. Victoria county. Cape
Breton, 30 barns and houses were blown
down within Il radius of 10 miles. and
several dwellings were completely de
One heavy house WAS lifted
bodily and blown twenty feet. and "A
large bridge across the Bladdurk river
was destroyed. y multitude of fruit
trees were destroyed. and the crops in
' Victoria county suffered severely. The
poor people lost heavily. and are much
distressed, and know not what to do. \
IN COURSE of erection at Graddnrk
WAS overturned and bcramr Il heap of
ruins.
Details of last weeks great storm to
he north continue to hc received. II
: estimated that oven 100 buildings
were destroyed mt Can>n and vicinity
Il loss of .>IOO.OOO. The pub
ir hall there is 4 heap of >piutcl>. in
which * buried Il splendid organ. All
he buildings. public and private. were
more or less injured. The Catholic
'hapcl Is ruin. The poor fishermen
o>t everything. Many of them had to
lee from their dwellings. with their
'hlIdren. naked into the storm EycrN
'lnp Ill CanSo haIbur i high and dry
lhove the low water mark. The tide
Turing the night of the gale being three
II four feet higher than WAS ever known
'ct"rc. every wharf and fishing c>tab-
l>hmcnt was swept away. and debris
ines the entire shore. Ont of Il fleet of
'vcr 300 fishing vessels only ~ remain.
several of the fishermen have lost in
l>h and gear upward of $1,000 each.
wcnty Gloucester (Ma>>.l fishing
ch""mcr> and 10 belonging in Beverly.
lass. are ashore 1T Pleasant bay. Mag
Ialcm island. The collector OF customs
t Magdalcn island reports - British
nd American Vessels ashore there. f,