Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-29
The Country in a Radius Of Two
Hundred Miles Swept as
with the "Besom of
Destruction"
Over One Hundred Vessels Driven
AshOre-HOuses and Churches
Blown Down : Many
Lives Lost
Stone Wharfs Smashed TO Atoms
and Washed AWay-The
Most AWfnI Storm
in Years.

HALIFAX, August 2S.-Accounts OF
the recent disastrous storm in this pro-
vince are continually coming to hand.
The damage in the town and county of
! Pictou was very great. Fences, gates,
and in fact everything capable of being
moved by the wind are scattered around
/ the streets and fields. The leaves of the
fruit trees are blasted and withered, and
gardens generally present q most de-
piOrable appearance. A new wharf in
course of construction for the Vale col
liery company, near Pictou landing,
was
| ALMOST ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED.
A portion of the railway at Pictou
| landing was alss washed away. The
| schooners Jesse Hoyt and Leading Star,
and the brig Willard Brae went ashore
on the Fishers Grant side of the har-
Dor, and at least twenty other schoOneTs
were driven ashore on the same side.
| The cellars along Water street were
| flooded, and quantities of flour, salt, and
other perishable articles were injured or
destroyed.
BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY
at Port Hastings, where the gale was
]
sells ashore at Port Mulgrove, four at
Pirate Cave, four at Hawkes. bay, and
four at Port Hood. At Port Mulgrove
the wharves are all gone, and several
barnes and houses have been blown
down. A child was killed at Cape Jack
| by the falling of a house. Eastward of
Halifax, the gale was the fiercest that
has swept over this country for years,
| buildings, trees and fences being blown
down and strewn in every direction.
| Two unfinished churches were blown
at Cape Ray. The same accounts of the
DISASTROUS EFFECTS
of the hurricane come from other Sec
tiOns of the province. To the westward
the fruit crop has beeu almost entirely
destroyed, and within radius of two
hundred miles, fences, trees and barns
are prostrated aud shipping damaged.
In HautspOrt three schooners broke
away from their moOrings and were Sc
riously damaged. The fruit crop of
Kings and the adjoining counties suf-
fered terribly, but no estimate of the
damage can be formed now. Thousands
of bushels of choice fruit are sea tered
over the ground. The Cunard steamer
Alpha arrived from Cow bay this after
noon, and brings
FURTHER PARTICULARS
Of the gale there. The following is a list of
the vessels ashore: SchOoDers Onward,
Olivia, Mary, Octavia, Jeddo, Wei
come, Return, W. n. Hale, j. B. Gill
kie, w. D. and Maggie Wood. BTigs
J. Troop, Orloff, Alice Stuart, La Plata,
Hattie B. and Lucy E. Besides these a
large number of vessels have been dis
masted, but are not ashore. Many
small fishing-schooners have been gen
orally
SMASHED UP
beyond all hope of Identification. The
whole number of disasters to vessels at
Cow bay, amount to fifty, including ves-
sells ashore and dismasted. So far as
ascertained, but one life was lOst-that
of a pilot whose name is unknown.
During the hight of the gale, the crew
of the brig G.. /. Troops being in great
danger from the tremendous seas break
ing over the vessel, Captain Macarthur
had boat hauled over the sands dis
tance of two miles, and launched to the
succor of the exposed crew. The boat
was manned by Captain Macarthur,
Ralph CandOr and Captain Martell and
these brave fellows were successful in
saving the lives of those on board, eight
in number, who would, in all prObabili-
ty, otherwise perished. After this, the
gallant boats crew started to the rescue
of the crew of the Pomona, but their
boat was swamped at once, and they had
to return. The crew was subsequently
safely landed.
THE EFFECTS ARE TERRIBLE.
Not in the memory of any resident has
such destruction been known. At the
breakwater, erected at an enormous out
lay, the sea played fearful havoc. All
the new works and a portion of the old
are gone. The docks were destroyed at
Belonis. A wharf, almost all new work,
was also destroyed. The damage to the
wharves mentioned, it is expected, will
reach nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars; while other damages, including
the shipping, will probably foot up to
over one hundred thousand dollars. 1t
is expected that
OVER ONE HUNDRED VESSELS
were driven ashore at several harbors of
Cape Breton. The following is an adj
ditional list of vessels ashore at Sydney
harbOr: Schooners Guide, Victoria,
Amelia, Georgiana, Ellen, Jane, Mar
garet, Jennie, Knight Templar, Joseph
Inc, John Gilpin, Mary Jane, Temper
ance, q. w. Moore, Mary and Charles,
J. R. Homer, Eliza, Christie, and the
barks Venture and Ontario. 1t is said
that the above list does not contain all
the vessels destroyed, as a fleet
of French schOOners put in there
during the gale, and in all
probability many Of them have been
wrecked. Eight vessels are ashore at
Greysborough, and every wharf in the
hRrbor and number of stores were de-
stroyed. The brig Nepins is anchored
at Sand Point. In Antigonish county
many barns were scattered to the winds,
and the destruction % crops is immense.
The wharf at Antagonist was destroyed,
and a schooner which was fastened 20 it
was driven ashore. a man named Nc
Alden was drowned there. -Four vessels
are ashore at Bayfield,. The Antigonish
cathedral was badly damaged.