Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-25
WILMINGTON, n. c.

The Star, of this city, goth instant, gives
the following as to the general character
and track of the storm:
A cyclone, having its origination in the
West Indies, as we are informed by the
signal officer here, travelling in north
westerly direction over Florida, and then
took q northeastern course, striking Savan-
nah and Charleston. 1t struck Savannah
on Friday afternoon and Charleston at
night, the centre then being in Savannah.
From Charleston it took q more easterly
course, and last night, at IL o'clock, it was
stationaryiabout 100 miles southeast of this
city. The gale is supposed to have been
very severe off Cape Hateras last night.
It was the opinion of the signal officer
that the gale would be comparatively light
here.
AT CHARLESTON, S. c.,
the storm began on Friday and continued
till Sunday night. During that time up
wards of eight inches of rain fell, or more
than for the three months preceding. The
water rose and flooded all the lower dis
tricts of the city. Only one life was lost,
that of a man who had come to the city
with a boat load of produce, and was
washed from his craft while she lay at the
wharf The extent of the damage to the
plantations is not yet known. Many are
under water, but this wonld not necessarily
injure the rice at this season. That some
loss has been sustained in the cotton crop,
now about ready for picking, is mOrep prob
able. The dOings of the coast steamers
under stress of the gale have already been
reported by telegraph.
AT SAVANNAH, GA,
the losses were more serious, and within
the city limits are set down as exceeding
500, 900. All the railroads leading out of
the city were more or less damaged by the
washing away of the embankments and
culverts. Communications were inter-
rupted, but no lives lost. Several days
may be required to repair damages on the
seaboard road. Throughout the city build
ings of all kinds were unroofed and CHM
neys blown down. From the plantations,
so far as heard from, the accounts were
disquieting. At some points the residents.
barely escaped the spreading floods. Along
the Ogeechee it is represented that many
rice crops were destroyed, but these first
accounts do not appear to be received with
entire credence by the Savannah papers.
AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA,
where the storm began on Tuesday, and
reached its height on Thursday, ware
houses were undermined and fell. a num-
Der of streets were overfowed, roofs were
blown away. about dozen small boats
stove and two small steamers sunk. The
railroad bridge was displaced SO that trains
could not cross the track at some poi nts
was submerged deep enough to put out the
locomotives fires. The telegraph wires
were blown down. There were reports OF
damage to shippers along the coast.
DAMAGE TO CROPS.
/ A telegram from Charleston says that
accounts from every part of the coast sec
ton report immense damage to the cotton
and rice crops, especially cotton, from the
recent heavy and continuous rains ana
gales. Reports from the interior, on the
! other hand, represent cotton and corn to
be suffering badly from the protracted
drouth.
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