Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-13

The SEVERE Disastrous STORM MOBILE.
We announced by telegraph yesterday, that Sc
and destructive storm occurred at Mobile last
week. The Evening News, of Friday, furnishes the
following account
We have Just been visited with storm which ex-
ceedcd in severity anything have seen in these
parts in many years, and which in its extent has
been more destructive than any within our recollec-
ton in Mobile excepting the great storm of the 25th
and Goth of August, 1862. Clouds began to gath
er, and storm to threaten, at about o'clock yes
terday afternoon and before nighfall the rain
pouring down in torrents, continuing, with scarcely
a moments cessation, until late this morning. Du-
ring the night the wind blew strongly, the thunder
rolled tremendous diapason, and the thunder flash
ed with intense briancy all of which, with the
descending flood, made sleep anything but the qui-
ct and gentle thing that poets sing Of
But, as we have limited, the bad effects of the
storm did not stop here. The cutters became
overcharged with the aqueous fluid, and ovcr6owed
into the intermediate streets, which soon became
quite respectable rivers the lower parts of the city
become impossible lakes, and many dwellings
encroached upon by the rising flood. On and be-
yond Broad street, we learn that the water attained
the depth OF several feet penetrating some of the
dwellings in the vicinity, covering the first floors,
and in some instances increased as to alarm the
occupants, and induce them to vacate their premi-
SEES and seek shelter in less exposed situations.
In all parts of the city, bridges at the street cros
sings have been torn up and carried OIL, and wood
piles and lumber washed away-several OF the gut
tiers being literally strewed with these evidences of
the destruction The sidewalk on the North side of
the public square, as is the case is several other
places, has been undermined, and is now in shock
ing order. Gardens have been beaten down, and in
some instances growing vegetables carried away by
this unlocked for irrigation.
The furnace at the Gas Works became submerg-
ed and at o'clock this morning, the fires went cut.
The street lamps all town soon followed suit,
and SO the city continued until daybreak in fetal
darkness. g.
But saddest of all, gentleman whose name we
were unable to learn, drowned in front of the
works at about daylight this morning, while at
tempting to cross the branch. The current was
strong as to take him off his feet, and he foated
down the stream out of sight '-s. go.
The lowest built stores Water street were Wis
tied by the rising waters, but the goods in them
having been elevated upon skilts, were uninjured
So severe was the storm early in the morning,
that the market men, who are used to all weathers,
failed to be at their posts and the consequence was
that many families had to put up with less variety
than usual-if that was the worst-at their Iatin
meal Taken all in ALL the storm was one long to
be remembered, and coming as it did in what by i'm
mutabe signs should have been dry poon, is worthy
the attention Of meteorologists Can the comet have
had anything to do about itP