{"character_count": 1591, "word_count": 290, "ccnet_language_score": [0.951200008392334], "ccnet_perplexity": [1576.9000244140625], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
HURRICANE IL THE ISLAND OF M.DEIRA,-On
the o4.h of October last. (says letter from Ma,
dsira, this Island was the scene of the most yio-
lent storm witail the memory Of the oldest lhabit


ants. The torrent of rain which fell, caused
perfect tcuse, sweeping before it Vineyards,
houses and people. The banks OF the rivers in
the town of Funchal ovelfswcd, and that o! Nossa
Senhora do Ca!han being SO choked " with the
im;lense masses of rock trees, &c. deviated from
It's regular course, and breaking through tie
streets carried many houses with ii, as well as
wine stores Some of the English merchants
sufferers, but not 20 any serious extent. Il is said
that about City lives lost but had the catas-
trophc happened at nigh, the destruction of human
beings would have been much greater. The vii


lage Of sgdaleDa at the S ". end Of the Island
is completely washed away, leaving but the church
and the house OF Z rich landed proprietor. The
roads and bridges all over the Island as faf as
heard t,onl, are more or less destroyed, and the
damage done TO properly is estimated at one mil
lion and hall of dolars. The weather coatiuueG
unsettled untiithe 26th, when 1t again blew per
feet tornado from the South. OF six vessels in
Funchal roads, only one rode ou. the gale 4
Sa,dinian brig with full cargo OF wheat weE't on
the 81. Jaso rocks, asd all hercrew persisted
Portuguese schooner lost 6 out OF 9. The crews
of ali the other vessels were sayei. lae brig
Dare, reguiar packet in tho London trade, and
the brig Creole from New York, were among the
vessels los, on the beach Jour. ooa1