New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-31
DISASTERS.
Oe,ail> NJ the ato,,u.

HAx:rAs. August 30-The "details Of the
storm by Mail and telegraph show fright
full s;estsuction Of property by Sundays
stor,a. The lows il CeSta:s!y scveyal mil
lions.
A dispatch from Sydney. Cape Breton.
this morning. states that the schooner Eu-
.reka and NOT ihs bark Eureka. from New
donia oa Saturday Of last week, laden with
eusi. and On Tuesday was found bottom Np
one mile east Of BsulaMerjs' light
house. Il il suppose that she cSpszed dur.
in the gale. and that all hands were lost.
The saptain's name has no: Jesa a.eeY.
tanned.
Th. crops throughout sie country "
Cape Breton, are badly damaged.
It 10 estimated that there are over 200
Breton. There are seventeen az Tounis-
burg. Including the schooners Carrie
Douglass, of Yarmouth. the +. M. GishOrne
and the Alba, of st. John. The two first
named are total wrecks. None of the vessels
that wen. ashore At Toun.sbu:: have Jet
been got off.
When the s,oru, see in she sOcean
Wave" . small schooner owned by A. w.
Hart, Of Canso. was at anchor IN Che harbor
o: fe it de GIoa'. Cape Briton. in the
height OF the gale; she dragged suit of the
aarDor. and went to pieces on Cape Hogan
and al! on board perisheds The schooner
Paragon OF Cape CaAso. was also lost, but
the crew was saved. Seventeen American
schconers are ashore high and dry in the
harbo. Of Teburg, Magdalene Island. They
are not much damaged. and the cress are
all safe.
VSe aMe.icaa schooner Fannie il. - a.
Port Uawkesbury. She lost :wo Of her
hands. heY sails, sparemasts. bOwsprie,
anchors. cables and bulwarks An un-
knows brig sunk at her anchor in CarribO"
cave. Lennoa passage. Al hands were
lost. Her topmasts are above water. She
had white boat with a yellow streah. AN
unknown American schooner. supposed to
sa ,is. Sa;as-1 Hsey. q: HSov;lsee .vwa. j.
lost.
TIL. sa;.s;a cf shs Iei:..... - 1'o,.
la~s..b":y. reports sh:t =. ~" = ::is-
H.as:ed vssse; ~ate:iocgeI about a!'y miles
s~uthwe.. Of Halifax. liz could nc: make
sU. her name. Sh. was .! AhSU: eighty
tons Iasea anil british bui!:
/. IL estimated 1hat ever JOD JiIiItIings
have bseR destroyed At CADs~ and in that
vicinity, .ntaiiln. loss sf owes Sl06,00v
At CansO every ship in the hsrbor ~ high
and dry above she low water mark. .he TIDE
.iu,in: the night OF The gale being shse~ ey
four :eet hghs,9 than eVes known before.
Every wharf ana fishing establishment as
been .weD. away. and the sscoris lines she
entire shore. The public hal! there - heap
Of -p!isteys, ia which il jYs:..1 = SpleG1id
organ.
al! III. buildings. public .nj private. arc
nsoye Os less injured. Gu. ct feet of Oysc
three hundred fishing vessels. Onlv twenty
remain. Several fs!efmea have lost, in
f.h and gear. upwards oi one Thousand
dolia:S each. Anon. the sch0oners ae
Canso, are the Agile, Enocb. Benner. Flee
tria. Mclean. Dusky, Lake. and Swan, Of
erly. Massachusetts,. with . fall cargo Of
sugar. lies one haD1se3 tee. above 1ow
water mark.
The Mary Hurst, Of Giouesster. il almost
total wreck. The schooner Maria Joseph,
Of Meramicki previously stranded O1 DI-
telrs Island, is broken up.
A schooner belonging ia Provincesown,
Massachusetts, 10 attempting to enter the
harbOr OF Shelbourne, on Sunday night.
struck on a yeef OF Black Point, aud as she
dragged her anchors. the captain. his wife
and infant left che vessel in boat. and
after rowing about all night, succeeded in
landing about noOn the next day in a very
exhausted condition The remainder OF
the crew, numbering twelve men, left the
wreck in two dorys, and have not been
heard from. It is feared that they are
all lost. Xhe vessel has sunk.
1t is said that forty dead bodies have
drifced ashore on The north side of Prince
Edwards island.
The steamship Saitwell, Captain Mace,
from London, for Sydney, Cape Breton.
foEndered of Lsttere ON Sunday night at
eieye9 0ciack. 4 iSe6oat, with the cap