New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-14
TIE TORNADO At THE SOUTH.
Fre.. Tae cAa,le..ea Msre.,y. Srl II.


Tn addition 10 the intelligence contained in Sat
urdays ssue have collected the blowing further
particulars:
iniury but the South Wharf belonging 10 the sa ne
Company. has been much injured and will require
considerable repairs.
The two wharves of the New Custom. House, late
Ftzsmons q which have been lately very thoroughly
ropaired stood the storm nOby, as did the tw5 Cen
tral and Accommodation Wharves, the latter only re-
ceiving some slight injuries.
Brosn's North Wharf has been much damaged,
but the South Wharf stood WELL and has received but
little inury.
some OF the Atlantic Wharves were much injured
Lu their nterprisug proprietor vii soon have them
in a condition II do bdsiness. BOvce Il Co sWharves
have been bu. slightly damaged, ana Ad ger Wharves
were equally fortunate.
Vaudc hosts Wharves have several considerable
breaks but can soon he put IN good condition.
Nor,b Commercial Wharf had part of the pla head
taken r. ard both Wharves have received addition l
damage.
Southern Wharves are in 8 very bad condition, an1
will require large sum TO pu. theL in order.
The new light boat fo- Rattlesnake Shoal, that
anchor I'd in the Roads Thursday last rode out the
gale in safety, with 600 h. anchor down, in oae Of
the most psed pos ions m the nroofi tuuy tests
. SuIiIyAS's IsLASD.-The island presents very
dlmal appearance; trees, fences aud ,he smaller
buildings lay pros'rate IN all directions Near the
Cove the storm did mgch damage. The Pom House
is gone and all of the adjacent buildings are more or
les injured On the Back Beach the damage is uni-
versa all of the houses having suffered more or less
On the Front Beach those foGr neat cottages east of
the Moultrie House, known as the Tennessee Row,
are ell swept away. The Moultrie House /, sound
and secure having lost only the steps around the pl-
azzas and few Of the brick pillars supporting the
front piazza. The southwest end of the piaLza has
fallen in iie. just west OF the Moultre House s
tha occupied by Mr.. Banks which has been destroyed,
having fallen down and been swept through by the
waves. Mr. Halls house is entirely gone; not YES
tiQe len Ctn. Martins bouse has suffered greatly
the bulwaIk is gone, and the flooring of the piazza
otherwise badly injured. The whole island, west o.
and including the Tennessee Row, was covered with
wafer Oh Friday morning. at which time the storm
atts1ed its greatest hight. The terry wharf Is gone
The wharf al Mount Pleasant is standing while the
long bridge which connected it with the land swept
Off The officers at the fort offered every accommo-
dation TO the people who took shelter there.
The Wilmington IN. c. Herah reports Of the
souiherp gale that from Friday up 10 Saturday night
severe storm ragged over North Carolina. Near IL
mington much damage was done to the crops, and
property on the wharves was lost to the value or
s25o. 900 or so, 600. Much damage was also done
to the shipping in port, and to the buildings in the
in the city; one brig and one schooner were sunk,
and others damaged Toward the end of the gale
whirlwnd swept in a northerly direction over the
city moving down houses and trees in its progress