The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-24

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| Sunk and several Persons Drowned
Houses GnrOofoa and rcos strapped
or enc1r Br@nchOs-A aN OF tho
Cathedral rsnins Psestratoh, Sse.
| The weather on Saturday forenoon was OK
tremely warm, tho heat oeing up to our summer
standard, the Thermometer during the hottest
par Of the day indicating temperature OF
ninety degrees Eariy in the ntternoon the
gathering or dark clouds was noticed In the west,
and the signs which usually indicate tho ap-
proach OF q thunder squall wero striking ly ap-
parent. These tokens Of coming change in
the weather continued to aooum mulate and
gather over the city until halt-past three r.
M., when a fierce wind from northwest, 40
oompanled by rain, suddenly arose. the heavl-
est Of the blast lasti. g hardly ten TO ffteen
! minutes. That time, however. sutficed for the
| gale to do deal Of damage. Fences and hight
and exposed buildings were Drostrated In every
| direction; powerful branches we're twisted
| from trees that GOULD have wthstood any ordi-
nary blow. and the roofs of quite number Of
buildings were moro or less injured.
! TIE GALE IN THH n H.nBoR.
But the most disastrous aud lamentable effect
| OF the force Of the wind was experienced on
the water, where several boats we're capsised,
in ole OF which three PERSONS . mother and
her two sons, were unfortunately drowned. A
| Dir. Douglass, wlfo and three children, accom-
panied by two oolorcd boatmen. left tho city
shortly before the blow, III q substantial
sailing boat, called the Malta, bound for
! Buli's Is and. where MIR. D. was in the future
to be employed ss assistant keeper Of tho
| lighthouse. When the boat bad reached
poins IN The haroor near Castle ti"okney she
was ru.k by IN overwhelming gust, forcing
| tho vessel Oh her broadside, and filling her with
wa,er. Que OF tho coored boatacn got into
4 small craft which was sent from the Unltcd
States rovonuo cutter Racer. and with his
aid Alr. Douglass and one CT tho children was
ploked up, the otllor b3atman also managing
to keep afloat til rescued; but Mrs. Douglass
and her two sons, who wero underdeck, were
we learn, rot seen after the accident. and it 10
supposed that they were immediatey dro vned.
Up to last evening their bodies had not beeu
recovered. Nothing was saved but small
box OF wearing apparel. The boat was taken
in tow, after tho squall, in O. sunken con-
dition, aud brought to q position off the
battery, by tho pilot boat Wild Cat, Captain
Jones. A Waterfront was Cap lzed in Ashley
River, but was afterwards got into shallow
water off Chisolm's Mil, whore size was secured.
There wele reports OF 9th .r accidents in the
harbor, but they were generally OF on unimpor-
tant character, and not attenslcd with dlsas-
trous features. Vessels arriving from sea since
the squall report having the wind only 10 the
usual form of an ordinary thunder gust, with
out any features indicating unusual force.
| IN THE CITY.
The dangers, though uot Of q very serious
character, far as we can hear, were quite
numerous.
II The roof Of the frc-roo.l, attached to Stein
meyers saw mill, Gadsden-street, was taken
off by tbs lind. C arried entirely over the mill
and landed safely in the middle of tho mill
yard-1s distance Of about seventy feet. A,ne-
gro who was in the yard at the time saw it
coming and had presence of mlnd enough to
toll fat on the ground, and thereby escaped
being killed. The shod fell over him, but LETT
space enough for him to crawl from under. All
OF the mill hands except two f1ed bong under
the Impression that tho boilor hao burst.
Mauldlng's and Brodie's mills, both in tho
western part Of the oity, were partially un-
rooted.
Tue roof Of the cooper shop at the lime kiln
Of Olney & Co., Ashley River, opposite Savan-
nah Railroad landing. was carried away. broken
up and scattered over the neghborhood. The
? negro coorers employed in the premises, think
ing the last day had come, incontinently held
o prayer meeting.
A wooden house at the west end of Spring
street was blown down. 1t bad no. been occu-
pied for some time, but had boen rented For
tunately the tenants had not taken possession.
The wheel Of the windmill at Mr.. George A.
Trenholm's residence was carried away.
large portion Of the west wall of tho mas
sve cathedral ruins in Broad-street gave way
to the b asst and fell with a crash inside the
church.
The stating on st. Michaol's Church was
damaged, and q portion Of it ripped off and
whirled into tho street.
Tho tin roo6ng ON the new Customaouse
? was rolled up like bolt OF Goth, exposing
tho shed to tho weather.
( freight car in the yard Of the South Ca
roliua Railroad had the roof taken off.
The roof Of Senator Sawyer's residence was
damaged and hole made therein
Ia varions parts OF the city the scuttles on
the tops of houses we're lifted md blown
somo distance by the gale
Soma anxiety WIS fet about the safety of
Messrs. Jarvis Barber and Ludoyic who wero
on their way, by water, to place on Cooper
| RiveS: but q note received from them yes. .erday
, announced that tnoy had been fort tunate
enough to affect landing in time.
y THE GALE ELsEwHEnE.
From the accounts which reach US by tele-
graph, the gale must have swept with mo1e or
less force over wide extent of country. We
hear of it at Augusta, Savannah, Columbia,
Wilmington and even ss far north as Fortress
Monroe. We shall have tbs details OF it's effects
to-day Or tomorrow.
THs RIcs TrEnon QvEs51os. -aplanter',
writes 70 the Geofgetewn Tunes, cemplaining
chat the reoent action Of the rice desiees hero
10 50 Reneeel way OF diotating that tho prica or
rice shall be reduced ono fourth Of . cent per
pound" he says. "Many ie mot ali the planters
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