National Gazette

On Sunday afternoon last a violent squall of wind from W.N.W. and N.W. did considerable damage in this city and port.

Several square rigged vessels were driven from their moorings at the wharves, but were fortunately secured from injury by anchoring in the stream, except an English brig, which grounded on the bar opposite the lower part of the town, and the ship Juno, lately from Havre de Grace, which soon after breaking from her moorings overset, and drifting along the island, got aground about a mile below the town, where she now lies on her beam ends, and is supposed to have lost most of her spars and rigging.

Several small craft and boats were also much damaged, but we are happy to hear that no lives were lost, although the gale was very severe, and came on so suddenly that it was almost impossible to escape its fury.

In the city some chimneys and parts of brick walls were blown down; the roof of a store below the Bird-in-Hand wharf was removed several inches from its place and large limbs torn from many trees in different parts of the town.