HURRICANE IN THE BAHAMASNASSAU HALF DESTROYED.

Southland Times, Issue 642, 11 March 1867, Page 3

HURRICANE IN THE BAHAMASNASSAU HALF DES TROY ED.

♦ (From the Nassau Guardian.) Havannah, October 13. A terrible hurricane commenced m the Bahamas on the 30th ultimo, aud lasted two days. Almost half of the tow aof Nassau was destroyed by the storm. Houses were blown down, roofs carried away, and trees uprooted. Trinity Church was demolished, the Government House lost part of its root, and the root of the Marine Hospital was entirely blown off. Vessels were driven ashore, knocked to pieces, and wharves were demolished. The neighboring island suffered in the same degree, and a large number of vessels have been lost or damaged. This hurricane is the severest which has-been experienced since 1813. The hurricane commenced on Sunday night, the 30th, at 8 o'clock, blowing all night from the north. On Monday morning the barometer went down, and later the gale became stronger. A part of the town of Nassau was destroyed. Trinity Church was completely demolished. The G-overnment House suffered considerably and lost a great part of the roofing. The entire roofing of the Military Hospital was carried away. Prom the Arsenal, West Baystreet, to the eastward, no one could pass, on account of the obstruction in the way, caused by the ruins x>f houses, boats, fragments of vessels and of the wharves. The Arsenal wharf completely disappeared. Many of the houses and stores that were thrown down were swept away by the hurricane, including the beef and fish markets. The catalogue ofthe property destroyed is very long. The gunboat Nimble was thrown on the bank in front of the Arsenal, notwithstanding the great efforts of her commander and officers. She does not appear to have suiiered, however, and it is hoped she will be set afloat shortly. The Canal Company's steamer lielief is now hard and fast near the tower of the lighthouse ; and the steamer General Clinch went to pieces near the public abutment. The only vessel that rode out the hurricane was the Minnie Gordon, as her spars and rigging were down. The like weather has not been experienced since 1813. The most doleful accounts were being received daiiy of the effects ofthe hurricane in the adjacent islands. The church at St. John, and thirty-six houses in Harbor Island, had been completely destroyed, and the establishments upon Spanish Well, Current, Governor's Harbor, and Eleuthina have been completely swept away ; Green Turtle Cay, Hope town, and North Harbour are in ruins. A correspondent at Great Harbor writes that the hurricane has ruined all the estates, destroyed the cisterns of water, public schools, &c, and that the poorer classes were exposed to starvation. The schooner Victory, schooner President, and barque Tickler, of New York, were lost here.