Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-19
Violent Storm.

G., vas totally destroyed by tide Sunday night.
Bolh hotels were swept to saa. Ono hundred
aud hfIy guests escaped in their night clothes.
~; baggage lost, but fortunately no lives lost.
About oac third Of the town is DESTROYED.
The Inhabitants fed to the high ground to save
themselves. Several vessels were wrecked in
sigUt Of Beaufort.
lG sttus that the storm, 10 its greatest VIC.
ltncc, struck this coast about o. m, the wind
tl0Tlog hurricane from the east, fuay vcer-
ius to tho southwest, thereby saving Beaufort
aud Nlorehcad City from total destruction As
Ii Ss $I5 600 will scarcely c)7er tho loss at the
t0rEer, aud go 600 at the latter.
III" Atantc House, the largest hotel 10 this
part OF the country, Yves entirely demolished
! a0t Tcstlgc LETT. There were one hundred and
iiity guests 10 tic hotel, aud there was net c
particle Of clothing saved by any Of them. The
people there G1 not begin 10 leave uotil the
waves warc literally breaking the bulldog TO
pieces, and tacn such q stampede as OILY fear
| III dagger will make took place.
The Yong men saved all the ladies' ard
chi!Gtcu. Though sill the baggage and furoi
| turc was destroyed, not lifo was lost
The stores of Messrs. Il. A. Willis. Henry
CIawSou. Samue! Gabrial, WilIi.m Sobistop,
AID Chodwi ch l. Jones, were totally destroyed.
aad most OF their goods carried off by the see.
| 70 day the front of Beaufort IL strewo with
lGnlbcr, trunks and goods. Crowds OF people,
come baretooted, ara trying to gather the ftag.
ricnts OF their property
| Gov. JAWS aud family. Hon. Joseph Davis,
aud many other prominent people, we're at the
| Atlantic. aud lost their clothes.
The OCEAN View House, the other hotel, is
damaged badly. Many private houses arc ruin
cd. There is 90! q wharf left
Mcrohcad City suffered terribly. Oao thou,
sand yards Of tho road bed of of tho A. N. g.
Railroad vas moved from its place b.tWeen the
town aEd the depot, and chaDncl of seventy
five ya!Ga IL width cut through one part of it,
The li;C1 platform OF the warehouse is entirely
gone.
The towo lost lis market house, school
house. q large wharf, and the coIored Mctho-
dist Episcopal Church. w. L. hrendel lost o
f.h house, bath house, and 900 terrapius from
hs pen; D. Bell, fish house and three boats
badly damaged, two wind mills. aud, 10 COD
ncotiUn With Mr. WigeiIs. 5000 tcrrapns.-
There wero twelve dwelling houses bcWp
dove.
IL is reported that Mr. John Hughes,
the son Of Major john Hughes, OF Newoerr,
lest bis life in tho Atlantic
NORFOLK, VA, Aug, 19-This vicinity has
been visited by the severest rain storm and tor
nata ever experienced. 1t moved from the
southwest, uorthwestward. commencing at 230
g. In. aud reaching its utmost intc nsity at about
q. n. Macy bulldogs were uIr5ctad. and
HOODED lfec5 were urroOtGd, aud shipping
damaged, many vessels dragging ashore. The
Boston Steamship 60. g warehouses have been
snIously damaged BY the force of the wind.
| The TharVcs aIl along tho river front have been
! ukrnr nd ~ tlo o. Jol
| The t!ar vas higher than it was ever before
kcoHD. The vicinity of water street was Only
accessible by means Of boats, tho sight being
one uncEaDplod even to the oldest inhabitant.
Tho handsome splrc of the Freeman street
BAPTIST church vas blown down, fortunately
without damage to the surrounding property.
The stating OF Christ, Episcopal, Church was
torn OIL. cod the cornlco and stoeplo ornaments
oFSt. Mary's, Catholic, Church suffered severe.
| i, while TIC beautiful grounds of old St Paul's
arc badly wrecked and the old trees torn
and asliched SO as to be barely recognizable.
GtcG! anxiety prevailed during it's prevalence
aud Mayer Tucker ordered out the entire police
iorcc aud ire department. The loss is various
iy estimated at from 5000 600 to $1,000
PETERSBURG Va, August l9.-Tho damages
to the growing crops in the adj AGENT counties by
Tho storm of yesterday, which was the severest
That he's been experienced in this section for
Years, is expected to be very great. In Surrey
| ccunty alone tho damage to the corn is estimated
ut ~ POI. cent Barns and outbuidugs were
Also considerably damaged.
PROVIDENCE, Il. | August l9.-Thc gale
at midnight w2a very sogcre 90 the bay. At
NcEp&rt - 10 80 sail boats arc sunk or dam
aged. Tne Yacht Wardcrer. of tho New York
yacht fpcadron, parted b5th chaios at 1880 c.
H. ana GTaggad ashore in the lower part of The
barber, nc-r L'ue rCck. Tho yacht Muriel,
O ste sane :qladrou, also went ashore near
| ina "sadlrct, Both lilo Gays and will como off.
Il eater hnl gone to their assistance. The
stcala yacht Experiment, Ct Boston, sank OF her
wharf. Inc yacht Pilot and another Newport
yacht also sunk at the wharf. The yacht J uuj,
eta, oi Provltorc,, dragged aiou of the yacht
! Uadoe; both Wtto badly damaged. The shade
a1d t'u't trees on tho island suffered severely
GLOUCESTER. MASS August l9-Seysral
vessels dragged ashore ia sho heavy wind last
night. The schooacr George z. Trirg struck
on Is 5ck hGck. and the SCHOONER l. zzie and
Fact No: 90 the Rock, but wsro taken eff By
tug Tho ichoon,rs George Clark, ir., and
| lr!ion, ar2 ashore gu Rocky Neck, but will
probably get of with slight damage. The
schooner iA4rg Lizzie, Westport, Me-, romans
| ashore on the neck.
viclhliy has not experienced more severe
storm Tor Ten years than the ono carly this
morniag The wind blowing hurricane d.
noIIshed 20 small boats, badly wreuched a
Steamer and some schooners in the barbor and
ocstroFec tour yachts. Ono Of these belonged
to Havrrhll, another to Gloucester. The other
40 WIRE oEned here. Fruit was stripped from
the trees; and fences, signs and awnings blogn
doEn. Sad havoc was made among the tents |
1t tue beach, several being blown into the sea-
OCEAN GROVE, N. j., August 9.-Tbe 40
counts OF the cfFaOt Of the storm here were
mnch exaggerated, although tho storm was tho |
scve:rst at this season of the year since 1872 |
and 5000 ct tho population of Is 900 ar, living
IN tents. There Were 20 accidents to persons
About % persons went in tho stages to the |
labsrnacle, where president Stokes had nro-
7lded MATTRESSES fer them.
~ CAPE MAY, N: j., Aug. lo.-Thc schooner
Tracy, from Philadelphia bound north. con
laden, went ashore near Fishing Creek, e;sht
miles north of Cape May She is full Of wafer