The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-22
THE GREAT STORM.

A great storm ragged last Monday ant
Monday night along the Atlantic coas
of the United States, doing much harm
OH sea and land.
AT Marblehcad City and Beaufort
North Carolina, the storm was The
most terrible eyer known, damaging
property TO the amount of 100000
The waves broke against the Atlantic
house at Beaufort, the largest hotel in
that part of the country, completely de-
molishing ii, the guests escaping at the
last moment, The front streets OF
Beaufort were atrcwn with lumber
trunks and goods. Not a wharf is left
in Beaufort. Morehead City lost its
market house, school house, wharf
colored Methodist church and much
other property.
AT Providence, II. L., the gale at mid.
night was very severe on the bay,
Twenty OF thirty sail-boats were sunk
or damaged. The steam yacht Expert.
ment,i of Boston, sunk at tho wharf
The yacht Pilot and another Newport
yacht also sunk. Others were dam.
aged.
The signal Office at Atlantic City re-
ported that the velocity of the wind
was sixty miles from the north coast.
AT 4 O'Clock Z. II. the steamer Flora
Curtis, of Perth Ambov, was blown
ashore. The liie-saving crew could
not get TO the schooner, the surf run
ming so. high. The crew remained i'm
tho rigging until 3 O'Clock A. NJ, when
they were rescued by the life-saving
crew. About ten inches of rain fell.
All the yachts were damagedi four
were sunk and one carried out to sea.
AT Newburyport the storm was the
severest experienced in ten years. 1t
reached that place early Tuesday morn
ing, and the wind, blowing hurricane.
demoralized twenty small boats, badly
wrecking steamer and schooners in
the harbor, and destroying four yachts.
Fruit was stripped.
AT Norfolk, Va, many buildings
were unroofed and flooded, and many
vessels dragged ashore, and wharyes
and warehouses were flooded. The
tide was higher than ever before
known. Nearly all the churches i'm the
city were damaged, the handsome spire
of the Baptist church being completely
blown away. The loss is estimated al
from 100000 10 100000.
AT Petersburg, Va, the damage to
growing crops was very great and
buildings were considerably injured.
At Lachine, Ont, the propeller City
of st. GATHERINGS ran aground in Lake
st. Louis and sank in five minutes.
She was loaded with iron. The pas
sengers were saved.
A dam at Minneola, l.. l. broke away.
causing damage estimated at 80, 900.
Al Fortress Monroe, Va, the lorna
do carried everything before il and
shade trees In the Fort and about the
grounds went down by hundreds be-
fore the blast.
The storm ragged with the greatest
fury at Portsmouth, Va. The water
front of the city pverfowcd by the rush
of the tide. Great damage resulted.
Many wharves were completely do
stroyed. Vessels aud boats were driy-
en- from their moor:ngs and beached
for mile. In the center of the city
buildings were unroofed in every d.
rcction and the flying debris went
dashing through the air, falling in ey-
cry part of the city. Peters 81 Reed g
warehouse was completely DESTROYED,
the new foundry shops of the scaboard
were blown down, the Catholic church
was badly injured, the city Jail was un-
rooted and over 100 buildings were in
jured.