The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-09-20
CHARLESTON Sept. H..
I DkEADFCE CALAMIINy

CHARLESTON Sept.II.
DREADFUL CALAMITY.
lt Is again our painful du'y to detail the
awfui ehects OF a dreadiu visitation upon.
gu. iii-ia'ed CITY. Tornado having pas
sed through IT, carryingidcath and dcsolat,ns,
in its progress
Cn sunday evening last, the wind, which
mad bsen Tor some days light and vaiab,-
shifted TO tle north east and bioninp ye,,,'
fresh through the night 1t conlinued in the
same quarter al day n Mondsy and Nm.
DAY night I; On lnesday morning il blew
with increased Violence, and during the.
WI ,e Inc rom ouS lay venng. there AZ
an almost uninterrupted all o rain. Abnoe
twelve O'Clock in the .or nom Of Iuesaav
the WIND shifted to the 5 L. & ., half pasr
twelve o'clock, Tornado, nprecedente,S
mere N 10 extent and effects, crossed A SER
ton oi ~ cit.-i fist took effsc, ar
f0rf 1echanick situated ON the soutb.easr
point OF he city, aad passing ON n nee.
III nor n west direction, il eros, ed The town
ma direct .ine to he pond ln The no IN sid, Of
"a mons bridge; h lar i. mas extended ~
ravages inte the country we nav mn, ~
.earhtIn It's pruSre. 40 :ertu ne ScomutrteI
destroyed g'eat numb OF houses Id
out buildings, unfooted liners, and 49,
rated tiees, fences, and .imos every ,b,aa
cunning IN contact with l.. Ii IS conn, u
from hasty view of the scene OF dpvas,s-
tion' that she loss to the city wili tait -ti>
u any more o that experienced ny the ca.
ianitous hre IN oItooer ;as,.-B Z, in ADJ
dition ~ this great loss of p, operty. we h. -
y" us occasion, oiament the loss OF seve~
raj valuable iives
he tornado appears to have been ,r,,e
one hundred yards n width-after =, "a
Pr"strated the flag AFT uH Fort N-rs,-
mex unrooied the house within me -.
sure Of 'iiat tort, thrown down the h, -.
Sui'h shop con igu1us TO Ii, and unr,,o "A
All the houses Immediately adjo,nioy he
:; .o.., u crossed over 20 Lynch's Lane, " acre,
IL enrooisd sevcral hou ses from ,bE,-,,,.
1t proceeded across Gnu = street $500
ed, 10 Meeting street, uere .eve,.I 49,.
Is were unfooted, part cuiatIy me ,aryss
ne" Drlck nause Nafh Huascf 70
whose loss IN tut ni.ure, &c cannn .u -
70 no less tnan 10000 d..i.ar ron, M a.,
ing street II Crossed to Trade stree -.
large three-story wooden house on hr
SOU side ao~nt iait way between M NO
"nN AA"s streets, was blown over, winch
crushed two adjoining houses in it's FAN i. a.
mos OF the houses on both sides nt ~
TO the corner OF King-street were nn,,,.,ied
OF much shattered II passed up K,ng.
s'res', nearly l. Broad street, unro FIN .n,
sna'erihg several houses IN its progress nm
I'll 1T reached Broad street.. her, pbe ~ ~.
OF Or. Mex. Baron, situated a, he cn. 'as
VI orange sfte ana he Venerable man,ior.
Oh tue late DIR chandler. on The opun,i,e,
, ~, "S'' ~e'e Wv 'ouSny handled the,
latter being old and ncak was cn~,, III.
y. ~ W p'eee' on the opposiie side
OF Broad IS rect, the pre- misses lately n,,rcha-
sea oy me st Andrezus' .Society and ncrn
pied by Mr.. Henry Ingies6y the mans;-
on OF the late gen. Macfherson. and 80:
othcr building. were elthe, u,ronfed or
,.ucn na'hdSe I; passing thro' Vaux n IL
'aroeh It crossed over Queen street ne,r
, W the corner OF Friend street, and shat sr-
ins several houses IN rs progress II Deni nm
~ '"e corner OF Magazine and M.zvck,
'"o UT thTee small houses fronting
OH the former Of these streets wer. hio,,sos
down and IN the progress of the Torn.do
up Mdzyck street several houses were no.
iooted OF o'hefwise much damaged One
vi Two houses were prostrated on Reau, 80.
Street M er Leaving Beauiain-streef fha
houses beng less ConpactIy situated ,hss
iharhs oil ITS rayages are not So d,s,,nrt,, -
us traced, though 1t appears TO have los,
"o.nnS Vi us Vioiehce - The mansion bonss
VI ."e non Judge DesausSure. was v,olrnt-
a'at'eu' ana suffered very consid ,ablv :,
-, e S"''"":ys was thrown down ami
part Oh ne family, who were at the ,;..
w an upper room OF the house 49, S
C'pitated with the falling bricks thronob -
noo'S in'o 'he kitchen. Proyidentiailv mn
ives we're lost, excepting chat OF n.., mo
siri several other houses in the ou,-Sk 81
% '9e CITY we're either unroofed or mnch
INJURED ; aud we also understand tina, mocta
injury mas been sustained IN the v,lIa"Das
.o"'ston' ou' we were unable last eyeo,og
to o6tain any further particulars e"'"S
he most painful part of onr du,, ..,,
rei"a,ns---It is to record the dea,bs o.'.'
nave been occasoned by this dread6', " 49,.
asteI they are, so far as has corna US =.
our knowledge, as follows ~"e |"
MISS Md'g@e' Casseas, aged 81 years. k;llss
n house .djoinins Fort MecbanicS = n ~.ieo
[o S on native OF France, worthy man Kin.
~ WV ls''ngo OF ms house in Beauf4in-street.
&c corner OF Magazine and MaxVck sire, y
J'es Ns'att0 Man, IN Church street eo,,,,n. !.
ca q French Mai0tso ei,I N x ne .sfr.s,".