i. 30 October 1866 . From "The Providence Daily Journal", 

 Providence, tthode Island. 



"A gale of unwonted severity has prevailed in 

 this vicinity since last evening. Shortly before 

 3:00 this morning rain commenced falling and 

 continued until about noon. The wind has made 

 much mischief with signs, awnings, chimneys, etc., 

 and there has been some commotion among the vessels 

 in the harbor. 



"The heavy blow between 12:00 and 1:00 this 

 afternoon did considerable damage to the shipping 

 in the port, although the loss was not so serious 

 as at one time seemed eminent. 



"The gale stripped off part of the roof of the 

 Stove Foundry on Cove Street. A building being 

 constructed on Harrison Street was badly wrecked. 

 Two dwelling houses on Smith's Hill belonging to 

 Rhode Island Locomotive Works were prostrated and 

 in falling crushed the side of the third building. 

 These were ready for the plasters. The windows 

 were not in. 



"The tide was forced by the wind to an un- 

 precedented height and the water flowed into West 

 Water and Dyer Streets fiiliug cellars and doing 

 much damage. The water also overfloiiied the wharves 

 on the east side and penetrated the cellars. Steam 

 fire engines were brought into requisition to assist 

 in abating the tide. 



"Those malicious people who thought there was 

 a leak somewhere about the >ii'30,000 City Hall on 

 Market Square will not be surprised to learn that 

 the flood tide found it and rushed in so freely 

 that the water was several inches deep in the 

 offices in the basement j there is grave reason to 

 fear that the leak remains, against another flash 

 time on the Narragansett. The gale at Narragansett 

 pier was tremendous. The New St. Peters Free 

 Chapel (Episcopal) was utterly demolished. Other 

 b-uildings suffered." 



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