New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-01
AUGUST WEATHER.

INTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OY PROPERTY ~ CAPE
BRETON AND PRINCE EDWARD IsIAND-aANY
EofEMcAS VESSELS WRECKED on AsHoRE-GREAr
los OF LrPE ALONG rHE COAST.
HALIFAX, Aug. O.-Further details OF The
ravages u TIVE great storm have been received The
crops throughout the C1unty Cape Breton are badly
damaged u II estimated that there over 100 vessels
ashore az dnrent parts VI Cape Breton There are II
ashore at Louisburg including rhe schDOners Carrie
Douglass, Of Yarmouth: the r. n Glshorne and tho
Alba, OF ~ John The two rst naHd arr total wrecks
None OF the vesses that ashore at Louisbg have
yet been got afoat
when the storm at m the OCEAN Wave, ANAL
schooner, owned by A. W Hart OF Causo was riding AZ
anchor in the harDor OF Petit De Grpt O. B. In The
hight OF the gale she dragged out OF the harbor ard
went TO pieces on Cape Hogan and an on board poI-
shed son Of H. T. Narrawan Of Pictou wa on board
o. the Ocean Wave. The schooner Paragon Of lCapo
Canso was also lost, but the crew saved seven
teen American sohoouers ashore high and dry In che
harbOr Of lie Bar. Magdalen Islands. They not
much damaged and the crews are al safe The Amor
lean schooner Fannie r is at Port Hawkesbury she
lost two Of her hands. her sails, sparemasts hoWspr
anchors, cables, and buwarkA An unknown BRIG sunk
at her anchors In Clrribo Cave. Lennon Passage. All
hands were lost. Her topmasts above the water
She had white boat with a yellow streak. Ar Gn-
known American schooner, with reel out supposed 70
be the samuel Ober Of Proyncetown. IL lost
It IL estimated that 100 building have been de-
stroyed a. Canso and IN that vicinity entang loss OF
over 100000 At Canso every ship is high and dry az
ow-water mark. the tide during the night Of the sAie
cong tnee OF four feet higher than known before
Every wharf and fishing establishment has been swept
away snd the debris lines the entire shore.
DISASTER TO FISHING CRAFT
out Of fleet Of over 30 1shiag vesscls only ~
gain Several OF the fishermen have lost In r.h and
par upward - $1,000 each. Among the scbooners a.
@nso are the Ase, Eaoch Benner, Elrctria. Mclean.
Here 81 Beverly Mass, with IS full cargo no SUGAR
4lmos cutter " f-l9uce-t-r lies hundred feet ahovc
watr marx Ter keoh at ~ stcrn-post. is im1ed-
ds soet IN tae gravel, and ~ tn waist six feet
NE MARI Hurst OF Gloucester almost total wreck
frSi9ded ~ DurrIr8 Island. is broseu up.
schooner belonging 20 Provlnretowu. Mass. 10 q
pmpUBg fe enter tiie narb1r 90 shcburne 90 sunday
igf ssruoE1on rec Of Bas Point aud a. she dra gred
d. I 4, co. ,,d are. royf6p t an ,1,
succeeded IN landing about noon nexf day n very ex-
Aauscd condition. Thl remain Ter of tue crew number
ng y men, ltt we WIZ tu 80 uf''. ana nave DOS
been heard irsn Itis sared tnat theT are al Oh The
Phe steamshp saltwcN Capt. Mace. from Lordon for
Sydney. T., .5uudared N -.alSare o. sunday night
crew landed a. Fourchs- g. B. 40 10 uciock Monday
n0rniug one LsaI With meu was .u-t al0ug fl. II
TIE steamer. and another 7oat wtt nine men h uissug,
The schooner Golden Nest from Labrador witch ar
rived to-day spoke 40 American d-hnr--euo0ner 10 the
straits % tanso' FDch reP"rt~d ~ American LsHng-
schooners i-ioagi % Gloucester and ln n9ugug 20
ashore 20 Pleasant Bay, Magdaen lsiand 1ui gaze no
particulars.
IL s reported thas 90 American fishing vessels 4
III the north side 0 Prince Inward lsiaud, audfhat
only lives were saved out " al the creV-; bat none
OF he arrivals this prt credit the repsTf. A.
Charottetown. Pfinos Edward Island. the storm Ea-
destructive % lie and property Tue crops ere 4
half destroyed. The destruction OF fishing boats
p-ecedented. on the northern coast there was great
los Of life six squa-eugged vessels were wrecked On
the northern coast aud The ol two oi them
drowned. Four American nsh.ng vessels were ti-o
Tre .ked ana the crews an lost. Dczd bodies aud
wrecked material fsatilg dasv. 10 ssId
that dead bodies have lrfted ashore On the north
doc of the s4nd The wAarvt- end ur ge- everywhere
AZ damaged and "a number OF buildings We're blown
down The schooner Bonnie Jean. 1f Ragged tsiaad.
"a. lost with all hands. 80 Cape Caveudi,h The sAlp
Cbusco4gas lumber laden. FOR Liverpool. total lUss
AZ q lve Head. The saved. Tie Collector ~
Customs az Magdalan Island reports ~ BRUSH aud
American vessels ashore there.
GOVERNMENT REPORT.