The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-30
THE NOVA SCOTIA )C,l1E.T'
Terrible Story 81 Wreck
and n dne
Hundreds OF 'lessels Ashore and
lismasted.
L I VIE S LOST.
Numerous Dead Bodies
Washed Ashore.
Churches Blown Down and. Chill
dren Killed in the Streets.
The Damage Now Estimated to Reach
Millions.

The Damage Now Estimated to Beach
Millions.
HALIFAX, n. S.,,August 90 1873.
Mail and telegraph details OF the storm on Sun
day night are being constantly received. The de-
struction OF nfe and property on land and sea Is
frightful, and far exceeds the estimate given.
From all sections there are stories OF houses ana
barns being blown down, crops destroyed and cat
tie killed. Such fearful havoc has not been known
In Nova Scotia and Cape Breton for the past thirty
years. At present no accurate idea OF the loss
both to land property and shipping. can be formed
but will. in all probability, reach several million
dollars. Already many lives are reported lost.
There Is as much reason to believe that many
vessels we're lost at sea with all hands, The fisher
men on the eastern coast Of the Province have
suferedseverely, all having lost their boats, fishing
tackle, &C., from Greysboro to Cape Canso. YES
sells arriving in Halifax within the past few days
report having passed large quantities OF wrecked
STUFF at sea.
Captain Leonard, OF Main al ieu, was drowned
~ In Cow Bay.
James Jerrot was drowned at North Sydney.
In Greysboro county the destruction was i'm
mense. A number of new houses were blown
down or injured, old ones were unroofed or
every direction and unroofed, fences were pros
trated everywhere and everything movable was
twisted, turned and tumbled ABOUT as If an army
Of guerlllas had ransacked the country. Forty
seven buildings are reported down at Manchester.
Reports from Canso, Crow HarbOr, Sand Point
and other places state that the storm was frghtul
and caused general ruin, which is nothing less
than public calamity only TO be effaced by time.
man named Lavey of Crow Harbor, was
drowned. At Godenvile, in that county, the dam
nge was also extensive stores, barns and crush
ing mills there and at Wine Harbor we're de-
Btroyed.
At Isaacs Harbor the gale made fearful havoc
among the property of fishermen Every fish store
was swept away. The schooners Bonnie Bell, Rem
few. Lord Bury and Russell ashore. The Baptist
meeting house, IN course Of erection, was totally
destroyed.
At Beaver Harbor fourteen houses and barns
were blown down, and Catholic church was blown
to pieces. A vessel with cargo was sunk, and
number OF fishing boats were blown to and lost.
At st. PETERS, Cape Breton, several houses and
barns were blown down, and church partially
tered over two acres of ground. Men, women and
children in this vicinity were in some instances
houses, &c. Vessels drfted to sea and some were
stranded on the shoals. The fishing schooner
The schooner Mary Hart, from Halifax for Cape
Breton, was totally wrecked of Owps Head but
crew
THE FOLLOWING VESSELS ARE ASHORE
Ct Pictou:-Schooners Jesse Hoyt and Trial, OF
Picton; Lee, Mcdonald, Emanuel and venture, of
guscn, Miramichi, and brig Willow Brae OF Pictou.
Three schS S3 are ashore at Frazers Point
The brig P. r. G. is ashore at Plctou Island and
will be a total wreck.
brig, owned by Peake, Brothers & Co., of
Charlestown, s reported ashore in Ponds Gulf
Schooner Tewe is ashore IN Pugwash Basin Two
men were drowned. SchOOners Brothers and
schooners are bedded in the sand In
SsSss cO The N5
ready for sea, was driven upon Wallace Flats;
had to discharge part of her cargo before getting
below Ballard wharf; she will have TO discharge
part OF her cargo Bark Lochiel, Of Annapolis
ashore al Richabucto, n. B: Seven square rugged
vessels are outside Of that harbor, six of them
ashore, among those are the barks Fornlosa and
Undine. The bark Nova and schooners Margaret
Jane and Sea Bird are ashore at Buctouche. Re-
becca Anne Is ashore at Cape Bald.
A TERRIBLE TALE OF DISASTERS.
The American fishing schooner Fanny Fern,
which arrived on Wednesday from Gloucester,
was in collision with an unknown schooner in the
Bay Of Fundy on Sunday night.
The schooner Escort which arrived yesterday
from Labrador, reports the loss OF three boats,
decks swept and lost seven butts OF oil in the gale
Of Sunday night OF Cape So. George. Twenty.
three vessels are ashore In the Strait Of Canso.
quantity OF wrecked stun passed through on this
An American fishing schooner arrived at CAMEO
totally dsmasted with the loss OF several men.
The schooner Emily, also from Labrador, reports
that large numbers of the Labrador fleet rode the
there will be many disasters to be reported among
the American fishing feet in the Gulf.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE BARK UNDINE,
ashore of 'Richbucto, reports seeing upwards of
100 vessels OF the north cape OF Prince Edwards
reported ashore on the north side OF Prince
Edwards Island, which was exposed to the full
Gy o. the sn a the @ Of the damage
Two dead bodies, dashed TO spar, were washed
ashore at Trecade. On the north side three or
Jour dead bodies were found on Tuesday. 1t is
feared the wrecks and loss OF life that side Of
Prince Edwards Island have been enormous.
Two American fishing schooners are reported
gone down during the storm on the North Cape of
Prince Edwards Island with all hands, forty in
Her Maiesty's steamer Spartan arrived from St.
Jonn, n, b., TINS afternoon, with the wreck Of the
Drlg y, Arthur, Captain Johpson who was dis
masted III the gale OF sunday, thrty-egbt miles
southwest OF Sambro The r. Arthur was nom
Boston lot TINS port and was struck by hurricane
at I'VE T. M. on sunday, which cleared her decks
Of spars rigging and sails as clean as a whistle
the brig was blown on eighty miles, hut managed
TO WORK up under her Jury 1nasts until she fell in
with the Spartan this morning who TOOK her in
tow.
arrived from Bermuda this morning She reports
that she experienced heavy weather SINCE the Ieth
Inst. On Tuesday last she fen in with tha brig J.
Morton, of and from this port bound TO Prince
Edward Island, dismasted IN the gale Of Sunday in
her crew and brought them to halifax. The Nor
ton was IN danger OF iounderng. Her cargo is
valued at $7,SS5.
In Baddock Victoria county. G. b., thirty barns
and houses were blown down within radius
OF ten miles. Several dwelling houses were
completely destroyed. One heavy house was
lifted up bodily and carried twenty feet A large
expensive bridge across the paddock River is
gone. multitude OF fruit trees are destroyed.
The crops In Victoria county have suffered Sc
verely. The poor people have lost heavily and are
much distressed and discouraged, and know not
what TO do church in course OF cree
ton at Paddock was overturned and be-
came heap OF ruins sixty-two build
ings are said TO have been blown down
At Cape Carso during the storm. twenty-five
dwelling houses were damaged at Godenville.
The schooner Daniel J. w. Clark Captain Peck,
from St. John, N. b., arrived this afternoon, and
reports passed, seventy miles south by west OF
hambro, a bark dismasted and steering northeast
by storm staysail and standing jib. she also
passed schooner, with foresail and6yng jib gone,
steering west.
The Annie Q. Brown arrived this afternoon from
md tl.ax am fft.1av m 0lt