The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-09-04
A Destructive Wind and Rain Storm
Along the Atlantic Coast.

AAVA0 NsAS "A VAssAVAO SVeSCVe
BOSTON. Mass, August 10.
Considerable damage was done b,
the storm last night along the New En-
gland coast. The yachting fleet a
South Boston was badly used. AtPort
land, Me-, several yachts and schoon
ers were sunk. Other towns along the
coast report long list of disasters tt
local craft and property.
New YORK, August 10.
Newburyport, Mass, experienced 8
storm this morning, and it was the Sc
verest in ter years. The wind blew 8
hurricane, wrecking four yachts, badly
wrenching steamers and schooners ii
the harbor, and scattering about twenty
small boats. The fruit trees were
stripped, and tents on the beach were
leveled or blown into the sea.
At Newport, between twenty and
thirty sail-boats are sunk or damaged
Three yachts have sunk at the wharf
while others dragged anchors, fouled
and were damaged.
The velocity of the wind at Cape Nav
was sixty-four miles. Total rainfall,
46-1OO inches.
The crew of schooner ashore at At.
lantic City were taken from the rigging
at three this morning by life-savine
crew. The vessel will be total loss,
Norfolk, Va, had the severest rain.
storm and tornado ever experienced.
Many buildings are unroofed and
flooded, trees uprooted, and shipping
damaged. Many vessels are dragging
anchor. The Boston Steamship Com
pany's warehouses have been severely
damaged. The wharves all along the
river front and many of the ware
houses have been flooded. The tide
was higher than ever known, and
the vicinity of Water street was only
accessible by boats, the sight being un.
exampled even to the coolest inhabi.
tant." The handsome spire of the
Freeman Street Baptist Church was
blown down; the stating of Christ Epis.
copal Church and the cornice and
steeplc ornaments of St. Mary's
Catholic Church were torn off, whilst
the beautiful grounds of old St. Paul's
are badly wrecked. Great anxiety pre-.
vailed during the prevalence Of the
storm, and the Mayor ordered out the
entire police force and Fire Depart.
ment. The loss is estimated from
$780, 900 to $500, 900.
The damage to growing crops in
counties adjacent to Petersburg, Va,
is very great. In Surrey County alone
the damage to corn is estimated al
nifty per cent.
The Ocean Grove camp-grounds, be.
low Long Branch, suffered severely.
At Gloucester, Mass, several vessels
dragged ashore last night.
At other points on the New England
coast vessels were beached, but thus
far no loss of life is reported.
The storm at Morehead City, N. c.,
was the most violent which ever visited
that place. At six a. m. it blew hur.
ricane from the southwest, change
which saved Beaufort and Morehead
from entire destruction.
The Atlantic House. the largest no.
tel in that part of the country, is en-.
tirely demolished, not a vestige being
left. There were one hundred and fit.
ty guests in it, and there was not par.
ticle of clothing saved by any of them
The people did not begin to leave until
the waves were literally breaking the
hotel to pieces-then there was STAN.
pede. The young men saved all the ladies
and children at the danger of their
own lives. All baggage, furniture,
ETC., went to destruction. John
Hughes, son of Major Hughes, of New.
bern, lost his life in the wreck of the
Atlantic House. The front street OF
Beaufort is strewn with lumber, trunks
and goods, and crowds of people, some
barefooted, are trying to identify their
property. The Ocean View House, the
other hotel at Beaufort, is damaged
badly. and many private houses are
ruined. There is not q wharf left in
Beaufort. and only two or three Of
hundreds of sail-boats are fit to sail in.
Morehead City also suffered terribly.
NORFOLK, Va, August 10.
The gale at Cape Henry was terrific,
blowing out some of the glasses of the
lighthouse. the first case Of the kind on
record. The damage to coasting-ves.
sells is very heavy, also to crops along
the coast.
FoRrREss MONROE. August 10.
A tornado ragged here yesterday, and
the rainfall from seven q. m. until two
p. m. was five inches. Shade-trees
in and about the fort went down by
hundreds.