Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

GREAT GALE.-The British Provinces were
visited the 9th with a severe gale along the
Atlantic coast, which was the worst suffered
Tor years and the damage from which is more
appalling as the accounts become more clear
Over a hundred vessels were driven ashore
at the harbors of Cape Breton alone, and
some of them were 50 completely demolished
that it is impossible TO identity them. A
mai ,rity OF the craft destroyed or injured
are schooners, but some OF the large: ves-
ses. The Cunard steamer Alpha narrowly
escaped collision with another vessel. Tue
wharves at Halifax We're badly broken.
Tne northern shore Of Prince Edward s
island is reported as literally strewed with
wrecks and wrecked material.
To the westward OF Halifax the fruit crop
is wholly destroyed, and, within a radius OF
200 miles, fences and barns are Frustrated
1t is estimated that over 100 buildings
! were destroyed at Canso AMI vlncinity, en-
failing loss of 100000. The public hall
there is a heap OF splInters, in when Is buried
a splendid organ. All the buildings, pub
lie and private, were more or less injul ed.
| The Catholic chapel is ruin. The poor
fishermen lost everything. Many of them
had to flee from their dwellings. with their
children, naked into the storm. Every ship
in C4nso harbor is high and dry above the
low water mark. The tide during the night
OF Tic "a : being three or four feet higher
| than was ever known before, every wharf and
fishing establishment was swept away, aud
debris lines the entire shore. Out OF a fleet
OF over 800 fishing vessels ony p remain.
Several OF the fishermen have losg in FISH and
gear upward OF 5 $1,000 each.
a schooner belonging in Provincetown
Mass, IN attempting to enter the harbJr Of
Shelburne, n. B, sunday night, struck on a
reef off Back point and aged her anchors.
| rhe captain and his vile and infant lett the
vessel In dory, and, after rowing about al
night, succeeded In landing about noon the
next day, in very exhausted condition
| The remainder of the crew, about II IN nun.
| Der, left the wreck IN two dories, and have
not been heard IRON. The vessel has sunk
| Ii is said that 40 dead bodies have dTite
ashore on the north side of Prince Edward,
| island.
| Seventeen vessels are ashore at LOuisburgh
The schooner Ocean Wave was lost at Petl
de Graf, and all hands persisted. Seventeen
American schoonersa are ashore, high and dry
in the harbor OF lie Bar, Magdalen islands
but they are not much damaged, and thu
crews are all safe The American schoone
Fannie X. r., az Port law esbury, lost tw,
OF her crew, and her sails, etc. An unknown
brig sunk at anchor IN Carbon cove. Len
non passage, and all hands were lost. Th
body of an unknown man, dashed to a spar
dritted ashore at Port Mulgrave on Friday
twenty Gloucester (Mass.) fishing schooner
and 10 belonging in beverly, Mass, ar
ashore at pleasant bay, Magdalen island
The collector of Gust. ms at Magdaen islan(
reports 50 British and American vessels asher
there.
There seems to be the same story all alon
these coasts trequented by fishing vessels
ana the aggregate loss to property and {
HE, will not be known for some days. Frou
the mass of detail with viii Oh the story of tn
wrecks at each place IS accompanied it
impossible, at this distance to give a connec'
ed account of the dltaster, as this can Onl
be done by th1se familiar with the Who'll
line of coast visited by the storm.