Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-02
Mare Abcui the Storm,
WILMINGTON, n. c.


Some additional particulars in re-
card 20 the late storm came to hand
Yesterday.
Can't. Chadwick, OF the stea tug
;;rn},l{t. which arrived here during the
forenoon from Smithville, reports that
u Was 1,.ritc city terrific III Its violence
1t tie month Of the river. Much
more r,.ii, seems to have fallen at that
MONT than Was the case here, and as
fire location IS more exposed one. the
Wind was Almost Irresistible in it's VIC
| nee. The disar teIs were many, but
,urtunat' ' not very serious ones, as
there j. no loss ,f life, SO far
Il is now known and reported. The
,3apnish barque Lfrjru, " hich had been
living at quarantine for some time, was
at Deep Water Point, about a mile
this side If Snithville, hauled up to
the shore, where She was engaged III
4 scharciug her ball asst when the gale
8 ruck her. She was blown upon the
bach and then capsized by the force
of the wind, fortunately without the
loss Of any of her crew, who all safely
escaped to the shore. The steamer
U0rc0uiq1r went down to her assist
a1ce Yesterday, and hopes are enter
famed that she Will be righted in q few
days.
plot boats were stranded, but this
needs continuation.
The long warehouse used by the
Government on the Garrison wharf at
SmithvilIe was blown over and the
bathing houses along the beach were
nearly all laid low, while trees and
fences were FRUSTRATED in every direc-
ton in the vicinity of the town. No
reports of marine disasters, other than
the capsizing of the barque E2Uird
have vet come to hand and we hope
that there will be none to come. Some
Of the old residents at Smithville pro-
nounce it the most violent storm that
has visited their lection for forty years
past. -.
la Brunswick county it is true that
there have been considerable damages
sustained to the varions plantations
OF the rivers but we are glad to learn
that the loss is not SO severe as was
reported previously, and we are glad
to hear that Colonel Taylor's loss is
probably nothing like as heavy as we
had'expectel. The plantations have
all probably suffered more or
less. but none of them to any very
great extent. On Col. McIlhenny's
place the greatest damage sustained was
bv the blowing over of a huge barn,
72x40 feet, which was accomplished by
rude Boreas III a very scientific man
ner, loss which we presume can be
repaired at the expense of few hun
bred dollars.
The gale was felt very severely on
both the Cape Fear and BIack
rivers. Captain Worth, of the
steamer 4. p Hurt, first encountered
it some little distance beyond Big
Sugar Loaf, but wisely concluded to
tie up at that point, while the North
fast, Capt. Paddison, from Point
Caswell, was caught on the Cape Fear,
about ten miles above the city, where
she rode out the violence Of the storm.
In the city there were immense
trees uprooted and broken off and
fences laid low On the streets, with
various other accidents. Reports
from Wrightsvlle and Masonboro say
that the gale at those points was some
thing really grand to contemplate.
The surf seemed to be dashing III al
most one continuous white wave over
the entire line of banks, while the tide
completely covered the marsh grass,
presenting one vast sheet of water.
Along the Newbern road, between this
city and New River, the roads were
rendered almost impossible, in many
places, by the huge trees that crossed
and barred the way. AS for the crops,
we are glad to be able to state that
but little damage was sustained by
them, so far as is now known, except
the rice crop, and We venture the as
sertion that, Oh the Cape Fear, the
losses in this cereal will not be more
than five thousand bushels at the ut
most.
Wilmington, Charleston and Savan-
nah seem to have been the points most
exposed to the fury of this storm.
Meagre accounts Of the disaster in the
neighborhoods Of our sister cities,
Will be found under our telegraphlc
head to-day.
The blow could hardly have extended
very far to the interior, as yesterdays
Raleigh papers seem to have been I'M
aware of the fact that there had been
a heavy storm on the coast.