Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
THE STORM " THE ATLANTIC.
Asasai tOmul Details Of liza mage on the

m't5 caCCticu AROUND the streets and
fields. Tho leaves Of fruit trees arc
blasted and withcrel, and gardens
generally present Il most deplorablt
appearance. The new wharf in course
of construction for the Vale Colliery
Company, near Picton Landing, is al.
most entirely demolished. A portion
OF the railway at Picton Landing was
also washed away. Three vessels went
ashore on Fishers Grant, and two
others were driven ashore on the same
side OF the harbor. On the Picton side
the public wharf and few others have
been damaged. The, cellars and ware.
houses along Water street were flooded,
and quantities. OF merchandise injured
or destroyed, -
-Four bridges were washed away al
Fort Hastings, where, the storm was
also severe. Seven vessels are ashore
at Port Mulgrove. four at Pirates
Cove, four at Port Hawkesbury, and
four ut Port Hood.
Great damage was done at Port Null
grove. One child was killed at Cape
Jack, by the falling of house.
East of Halifax the storm was the &c.
vercst that has swept over the country
Tor years. Two unfinished churches
were blown down at Cane Raw. There
are some accounts of the disasters OF
the hurricane from other sections OF
the province. Westward the fruit crop
has been almost wholly destroyed, and
within radius of twenty miles fences,
trees, and barns are prostrated and
shipping damaged. In Hautsport,
three schooners broke away from Their
mooriDgs and we're seriously damaged.
The Cunard steamer Alpha arrived
frow Cow Bay, gives further particu-
lars OF the gale there. A large number
OF vessels are ashore, and O large mum
Der dismasted and not ashore. Many
small schooners were smashed nm
beyond hope of Identification. The
number of disasters to vessels at Cow
Bay is fifty, including vessels ashore
and dismasted. One life was lost, a
pilot, name unknown. During the
gale the crew OF the brig G.. j. Troots,
being in great danger from the tire.
mendous seas breaking over the vessel,
the captain had boat hauled over the
.nds two miles and launched to succor
the exposed crew. They were success
fui in saving those on board, eight in
number. After this the boats crew
started to rescue the crew of the
Pomona, but the 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 des.
truction been known. At the break.
water, erected at enormous outlay, the
sea played fearful havoc. All the new
works and portions of the old are gone.
The docks are also destroyed. At
Belonica wharf almost all the work was
also destroyed. The damages to the
wharvcs mentioned it is expected will
reach nearly 100000, while other
damages, including shipping, will
probably foot up 81, 200, 600. It is ex-
pected that owe: one hundred vessels
have been driven ashore at tue several
harbors of Cape Breton. Eight vessels
are ashore at Greysborough, and every
wharf in the harbor there, and a num-
Der of stores, were destroyed Cathe-
dral in Antigonishjs badly destroyed.
The wharf at the same place was de-
stroyed, and schooner driven ashore
and man named McAlden drowned.
Four vessels arc ashore at Bayfield,.
There is great excitement in North
Sidney, c.. B., where the disastrous
effects of the gale was severely felt
Mickey & Corbett's and Moore & In
graham's wharves we're damaged to
considerable extent. TIL. Presb9 terian
Church was lifted thirty feet, and a
number of buildings unroofed. The
telegraph Office and six bridges were
carried away. It is estimated that
damage to shipping at Sidney will
amount to $4,000. About 5 o'clock
p. NJ, they all began to drift, and by 7
o'clock all but two were adrift. Scarce.
~ single sailing vessel escaped dam
age.
1t is feared the damage to the ship
ping in the gulf has been serious. At
Prince Edwards Island, the ship Jas.
Duncan is ashore, near Wallace, bark
Undine is reported ashore on the north
coast of Prince Edwards Island. The
northern shore of Prince Edwards
Island is reported being literally strewn
with wrecks. aud wrecked material.
Further intelligence from Cape Bre-
ton is anxiors]y looked for. 1t is ap.
pretended that many vessels, in addi.
ton to those reported, have been lost
or ashore, at some coal ports, as most
Of the vessels from Cape Breton ports
are at present insured. The loss to
some Of the insurance companies must
be very heavy. Over 10000 tons OF
shipping. chartered by the Black
House Mining Company, have been
destroyed.
A dispatch from Glase Bay says that
four vessels are ashore there, but the
shipping facilities at that port are nm.
impaired by the storm The coal sup
ply is being continued as usual.
A late dispatch faom Cow Bay, gives
the number of vessels ashore as twenty.
six. Ten are adoat partly damaged,
and two dismasted. Twenty fishing
craft were saved. The vessels saved
were inside the break water.