ten mimites. The hiirricane abated somewhat in its 

 fvcry about Sih^y and very soon afterwards the water 

 r^idly receded, leaving South Water and Dyer Streets 

 completely covered with the wrecks of the gale. The 

 water poured into the Press Office in great volumes, 

 putting out the fires in the engine room and submerging 

 the press room to the depth of eighteen inches. An 

 editorial in the Press of Thursday says: 'The water 

 mark in the room where we write is eighteen inches 

 from the floor and all around are indications of a 

 great flood, beaten in history only by Noah's celebrated 

 deluge and the Great Gale of l8l5'. 



"The Steam Fire Engines of the city were busy all 

 night in pumping out the cellars near the wharves, but 

 several days elapsed before the water was entirely 

 cleared out. 



"Numbers of our citizens who experienced the gale 

 of 1815, s^ the gale of I869 was heavier v±iile it 

 lasted than that of its destructive predecessor. It 

 is almost impossible to compute the damage done to 

 property on land and sea, but in our own. State it must 

 amount to himdreds of thousands of dollars." 



"Bristol - The gale Wednesd^ was very disastrous 

 at this place. The wind was from the southeast and 

 very terrific. The tide rose very rapidly. At $\ 

 o'clock it was six feet above high water mark. Had 

 the wind held southeast two hours longer the damage by 

 water would have been immense. Over two hundred of 

 the ornamental trees which adorned the streets were 

 blown down and others were destroyed. Most of the 

 public buildings were more or less injured. 



"All the wharves were damaged, some of them very 

 seriously, especially the long wharf and the wharf 

 belonging to the Fall River Iron Works Company. 

 Nearly all of the sail boats, fishing boats and 

 fishing smacks in the harbor, were either driven 

 ashore and wrecked or sunk at their moorings. No 

 lives were lost. Several persons were injured." 



"Warren - A large number of valuable shade trees 

 were uprooted in various parts of the totm. A portion 

 of the new cotton factory was unroofed. 



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