Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-23
The Recent Storm.

.,i The Recent Storm .. q
GREAT DEsTiucnoN or PRopERrY IN
MISSISSIPPI. From The Sea Coast Demo,
rrat of Wednesday last, published in Missis.
sippi City, we extract the following ac-
count OF the disastrous effects Of the recent
heavy rains: <@
On Thursday aud Friday, this region of
country was visited by the greatest rains
ever known to have fallen here. The rain
commenced ut half past two p. VI. on Thurs.
day. and continued ill Saturday morning
without hardly any intern,ission. 1t pour.
ed down in such torrents that on Friday
morning, after but one nph 5 rain,t the whole
back country,as far as could be seen was one
expanse of water. The thunder which ac
compnnied the ruins seemed TO threaten ter
.lble calami,ies, so awful were its peals; the
lightning was very vivid, AID flashed inces.
sanity. For about two hours on Thursday
night, the wind howled with some fury. but
not violent enough TO be called storm;
this moderated to all ordinary s. T. wind,
which continued the two following DAYS. -
On Friday evening the work of dcstructio
had committed terrible disasters TO proper-
ty on bayous which connect with the Gulf.
Phe waters Of Chattacabuffa, Biloxi and
Bernard bayous had swollen to an immense
Hood which swept away everything it en-.
countcred IN its impctuous course. Up
wards OF 10000 logs that lay along the ba.
yous were carried out 10 sea, as were also
several hundred thousand feet OF lumber
that had been piled up a, the various steam
saw mills situated on The banks of these wa
ter courses. Altthe bridges, so far as heard
from, hnve been destroyed.
Warehouses, some Of them fifty yards dis
tnnt from the embanknicnts, have been
flooded TO heights varying from four to sew
en- feet, injuring furniture considerably. l..
was with difficulty many of the inmates es-
capped drowning. Some cut doorways thro'
the roof, and were rescued in skiffs others
clung to the r;fters till the food sba,ed.
The extent Of property destroyed can
hardly be es!imatcd-~lhe loss is certainl,
not less thanSIo0,oo0. The largest losers,
whose names we have heard, arc Hon. r..
q. Saffold, $4,000 Messrs. Bean & Hen
ry. $4,000; Messrs. raylor &c Myers. So.
900; Mr.. Fowler. $4,000; Mr.. Burr, So.
600; Col. Humphreys, $1,000. Some
mills lost as much as 200, 900 feet of ium
her each. Every man engaged in the log
"''u luinoeT BUSINESS lO tnlS district has lost
eli he had invested in timber. And it be.
ing the chief industrial pursuit of The peo-
pie, trade is completely paralyz for the
present. None Of the mills can be started
to work very soon, because of The damages
sustained by their machinery. and the vast
amount of drift accumulated about the bull
dings +; and even when the machinery can
be righted again, they will have to wait
sometime beforea supply Of logs can be had
Our sea coast has not suffered in any wise
from the flood, except that some garden
beds have been well beaten with the min.
Every tide since Saturday morning last has
been freigh,ed with the lost lumber and
logs, an immense quantity of which is now
strewn along the beach from one end of the
coast to the other.
Srra a Sf- "A mo-.