The New York herald., 1877-10-06

FfLEMENI
Hars Island this morning, but were orcsd TO return
account OF she heavy gala
SCHOONER ARxsrKoSo BREAKING uP
Tho sehooasr Armstrong tof New HavenL from
Georgetown, With coal Tor Providence. is ashore at
feet sro he shore is big and badly logged sails
bown away. The crew were saved by hfssaving
sasiop men,
A later account SAYS she Is breaking up
srEAxrK c'rr OF soRwAIx AsEoRH
The steamer ciiy Of Nosvsk. IRON New York for
Norwalk, became disabled of sands Point and went
ashore ~ seven A. N. this morning. She got OF
=. ten A. u. by the steamer Americus and owed 70
LARGE NuMBxR OF SMALL VESSELS DAMAGED
: AT PORT JEFFERSON.
FoRr JxvvKRsos. L l., Oct. s. 1877.
About twelve O'Clock as night the wind suddenly
changed from south southwest to north northeast and
blew gale, raining torrents and darker Egypt
The effect on the shipping at anchor In this harpor
was appalling. The beacn the head OF the harbor
was piled up with vessels or all Sizes literally break.
Ing one another up The largo thrse-mas,ed
schooner James T. Bsyles, Captain Dicxor.
son, 200 tons. had out . small! anchor with
some fifteen twenty feet Of chain and huge
anchor at her cathsad tor emergency, but Win
only hall grown bov full cnsrge. When tue gale
swept everything ior two nandrea yards Tns yacht @
sadie AsssrK Grscnlef and Norris, had her bowsprit
nllsd Gutter voiante, Messrs H,.chcocs, oad ner
nast broken snort Oh and ieit lying across the
sox o na Sn%asss onr raco. roM mr. Aass
broken up sioop Express had her boom broken and
leaking Small boats ny tno dozen were broken up.
The James T. BayiaS 10 badly cbaied aud aground In
PLACID where II with require hard work noat her
Scnoousr William Young caught her cham over
pier and stopped Just Out vt danger SCHOONER Isabel
wsni ashore schooner Sisnai Is ashore. schooner
Post Boy, from Rockiand Tor New York, with building
granite, ioundcr.d, but can be raised easily Yacht
Syren, C,ptain HAWKINS, broke adri, caught under
dock and rs badly stove schooner John Eastwood Is
The packet sIoop Jacob Duryee that lett New York
yesterday ior this place ~ ashore east OF Eaton's
Ne X The sea Is breaking over her Has iuil cargo
ot general merchandise.
THREs scHooNKRs ASHORE AT FIRE ISLAND
FIRE lsLAlD, L. l., Oct 6. 1871.
Durinr heavy gae winch prevailed ul iast night
vcerng from south TO east and north, three Gsning
Shops were driven ashore tho lclsp raph olhce
Tho steamboat Suri moored at her landing, dragged
away tho wes, wing o. tbs.per and d.. cons,derana
otner damage 10 The dock The S1,f escaped INJURY.
Several batnipg houses sh d. and roofs were Uiown
down.
SHIPPING DAMAGED AT AND NEAR VINEYARD
HAVEN.
VINEYARD HAvEs, Oct. 8. 1877
violent gale from the north prevails. The
schooner Addie and Nellie OF s. John N. b. from 81.
Martins Tor New Brunswick with cargo OF salt parted
one Of her anchor chains and went ashore on Canal
ia. this mornlog. She ios sandy bottom aad
VIII have 10 discharge her cargo. The scnooners Anpo
Lee, 0i J0nesbor0 EVELYN, OF Muchixs aud Ariel, OF
ELs~ort, were IN COLLISION this harDor during the
gaia Nc Annie LOST nor JDboom and head gear broke
hcr head rail-, stsrted ner forecass deck, &c The
Evelyn parted QUE cham, lost her head and
with considerable Other damage. Tho Ariel lost her
boat.
several vessels parted chains and mos, Of the neet
dragged anchors. many OF them narrowly escaping.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Oct 6, 1877.
The storm or Thursday nigh, was severe throughout
Central Connecticut The wind blew gale aud tho
rainfall was the heaviest that has occurred for
moptha No serious damage 70 property, however. is
reported. The railroads escaped with injuries com
parutively unimporianL A bal washout occurred ON
me Valley road near chsser and 10 passing over It
the early tram th,s morning broke tho rails and
rowly escapod disaster
THE PROVIDENCE COMPELLED TO ANCHOR ALL
NIoAT.
NxwPoRT. Oct 8, 1877.
The officers Of the steamer Providence, or tho Fall
River line, VINO arrived here eleven O'Clock To-day
ssas that night was Of the wors, tney ever
experienced The wind blew perfect hurricane and
she rain e;l thick and last that Il impossbiso
see boat's length anead. Alter bunetins aooat IN
tho sound for hours she succseded IN enscting Al
anchorage In Huntington harbor.
SCH soSKR CAPsizKD.
small schooner, name unkIown, was capsixed In
Mount Hope Bay, near Portsmouth Grove She Mas
piainy son IRON the shore ty Passengers Old
Colony Railroad. There MAS serious damage to
Stipring in tho .harbor. he government schooner
Joseph Henry drled Brenton's Cove, and several
small yachts und poats were sunk.
DAMAGE IN MASS AcHus Its.
BosroS, Mass, Oct s, 1871
The storm last night quite severe on thi. coast
but serious marine disaster has yet been reported
Five market nshinz boats went ashore tue SPIT,
Boston Harbor, and sunk. Thoy will probably all
be saved.
The trips Of the Eastern steamers were interrupted
The katahdD, tor Bangor, and Jonn Brooks, Tor
Portland, both returned ~ Boston this morning The
steamer Now Brunswick, from oston for St. John,
N. H., Was IN Gloucester Harbor this norning.
PEoylSoErowx, Aasa, Oct. g. 1877.
A heavy northwest sQuall struck here at hall past
seven O'Clock this morning and continued blowing
heavily. A fleet Of about two hundred vessels ana
several steamers In the harbor. Several small
fishing vessels have boeu driven ashore. A yacht,
supposed be the Ray, from Portland ior New York,
Ii also ashore.
WRECK At BIDDEPoRD, Mr..
BIDDRvoRD. Oct s, 1877.
The wind 10 blowing q gale IRON north.Dorlhwest.
Over hundred and seventy vessels seeking
shelter Al the Pool, many OF shem dragging their
chors and chadng Al noon an unknown schooner OF
about forty t,nA loaded wish salt and hsB barrels,
went on Phillips' Rock. between WOOD Island and
the Pool. and will be total wreck.