, 1873-08-31
THE EASTERN STORM.

Only twenty ONt OF n ElGot OF Ihfeo
Hundred Fishing vcssets Survive
the Gsule Additional Accounts Of
thu Destruction OH Lnnd.
IIALRAx, Aug. 30.-A dispatch from Sydney
q. D., states that the schooner Europa cnpBlzod
in tho gale Of Sunday last aud all hands woro lost
There arc over hundred vossols ashore at dif-
aahoro at Louisburg: Tho Schooner Ocean
Wave dragged hor anchors and vent to pieces
on Oape Hogan, all hands pcriehing. Another
Bclloonor lost two mon, ind brig wont down at
hcr anchorage In carrlbo Covo, with all on
board Othor vessea and crows are known to
DO lost. -,
1t ia estimated that over 100 buildings havo
boon destroyed in Cauao aud vicinity, entaliing
. loss Of over 100000, At canso overy Hhtp in
fishing establishment bus beon swept away, a!sd
tho dcbris lines tho ontiro shore. Tho Public
Hall there isahoapo Of splinters, in whfcllia buried
splendid organ. All buildings: public sna pri-
chapel il Il ruin. Tho fishermen have lost all,
aud many Of tholn had to tlee from their
dwellings, with their children, nakod, out
into the piti!ess storm. Out Of fleet
OF Ovor 800 tisliing-yeaseIg, only 70 remain.
Several of tho fishermen have lost In tlsh and
goar upwards Of a thousand dollara each. Ono
schooner lies q hundred feet above low water
mark.
s1aaa., in attempting TO reach tho harbor Of
shclbnrno, Sunday night, struck on q rock of
Black Point, and as ello dragged hor archora, tho
Captain, vito, and infant loft tie yessel and aftor
next day in very exhausted! condition. Tho re-
matudar OF tho crow. numbering twolvo men,
loft tho wreck in two boats, and hayo not boon
heard from. Tho voasolsunls.
It Is Baid that forty doRd a'otIicH hive driftcd
ashore on the north sidc Of Prince Edwards ISL
| aud, and ut other points bodies are washing up
Steamship saltwol1, Capt. h1ace, from London
day night, 1T IL. K liro-boat with the Captain md
fourteen Of the crew landed ut Fourchie, O. b., ut
10 o'clock Monday morning. Ono boat with six
| mon was lost alongside Of tho steamer, and an
other boat with niMo men is missing, but il Sup
| poHe1 to DO at LouiBburg,
Two brigs and two Hchoonors aro ashore at
Llngan, and at Monhaden five scloonora arc to-
tally wrecked. A seaman was washed from q
1ahfng schooner in tho harl,or Of Halifax. The
brig Oak Point Which loft Halifax Sunday, foun-
dered the same night. THE crew were saved.
Thc crops throughout tile County OF Cape Bret
OIL aro badly damaged.
schooner from Labrador, arrived to-day,
Of CaAao which reported thirty American hslling
scloonors ashore at Pleasant Bay. 1t ia reported
that forty American fishing veasels we're lost off
tho south side of Prince Edward'e Island, md
TINT only eightoon liycs were saved out OF all
tho crcwa but mono Of the late arrivals credit
tho report.
at Ghariottotown, Prince Edward, Island, tho
storm was very destructive to lifo md property,
Tho destruction Of fisIing-boat is unprecodent-
cd. Six sauare-rigged vessels wore wrecked on
tho northern coaat, mud the crews Of
two OF them were drowned, -Four Amer
ican 1sling-yoasels were aluo wrecked aud
tito crows oil lost. Dead bodiea aud wrecked
material are floating ashore daily. The wharyes
aud bridges throughout tho isand arc damaged.
A number Of buildings wore blown down.
THO schooner Bonnie jean was lost, with NIL
hnuls, at Cape Caye,,lish.
Ship Chusoongas, timbor-ladon, for liverpool,
| is tonl loss at Cavo Hcad. Crew saved. The
! Collector Of Customs at AIagaalen Island reports