The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-30
Severe storm at the South.

very severe storm was experienced in Carolina
and Georgia on Saturday night last. We copy
the following account of it from the Savannah Re
publican Of the 18th instant:
STORM 1t commenced blowing gale of wind
on Saturday night from south to southeast, and
continued during the night and the greater part OF
Sunday. The wind blew with the greatest violence
between daylight and twelve O'Clock Sunday, at
which time it commenced abating. During that
time large number Of trees and fences were
blown down, and others were considerably dam
aged In South Broad street there are at least
seventy five trees down In the other streets there
are large numbers more or less injured, many OF
them very valuable as shade trees and ornaments
TO the city. The houses Casse Row. were con-
sijerably injured by the blowing off of the tin on
the roof the force of the wind being so violent
to tear it up from the weather boarding, and roll it
up like parchment, causing the roofs to leak badly.
The house the corner of Liberty and Bull streets,
owned by Mr.. j. s. Fay, received considerable
damage, the tin being forced off the roof in the
same manner. The sheds attached to the cotton
presses of Messrs. G. A. l.. Lamar and j. Baldwin
received slight damage, portions of their roofs hay
ing blown away.
There are several other houses in the southern
portion of the city in of erection slightly
damaged The steamer Gordon, Captain Brooks,
which left on Sunday morning at five o'clock for
Charleston, after proceeding far as The bar, was
Obliged to return. No injury was done to the
shipping in port, and the wind blowing from such
direction as to enable those vessels on the coast
to make good ofling, we are in hopes they will
escape without damage. If the storm extended
far into the interior, it must have caused much in
jury to the cotton crops. II is exactly one year
ago, to day, Oath August, 1862 since we ex-
perienced just such a storm, which was attended
with great damage to the cotton crops in Florida,
Georgia, and part of South Carolina. II is be-
lieved that the storm ofl850, not more violent here
than that of yesterday night curtailed the crop OF
Georgia at least one-ffth from what il would 9TH
erwise have been
The Charleston Ne,cs of the 25th instant has the
following;
A SEVERE SroRM.--A storm set in here about 10
O'Clock Saturday night, the wind at west and con-
tinued with increased force until yesterday mid
day, when it blew violent gale, the wind havin g
veered to the SOUTH but at the close of day il
back to the west and subsidized There was but lit
tie injury done in the harbor.
The various impedmens on the railroad from
the falling of Geographic posts, trees, &c, pre-.
vented the arrival of the until after the usual
hour.
small frame house was blown down in the
western part of the city belonging to the Messrs.
Dawson and at the village Of Mount Pleasant a
two story and half dwelling on a brick founda-
ton owned and occupied by Mr.. Nicholas Nenning,
was blown down, but the inmates fortunately c.
capped before the accident occurred.
On Sullivans Island there was some injury done
to fences, Sc, but no material damage
1t ia a remarkable coincidence that on the same
day last year a storm was felt here, which resulted
in no material injury TO the city and shipping in
our hnrbor.