The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-22
THE GREAT STORM.
A Tenacious .Visttor-Comparati
Little Damage in the City.

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The great storm which began on Friday ex'
pended most of Its force during the nrsI
forty. eight hours but 1t still fingers along tne
| coast, and yesterday was another very dis
NAL and disagreeable day. The sun was OBJ
scured and the wind continued brisk, although
| not so high as during the two previous days,
and there were several light falls OF rain In
| clud ng one which commenced at about P.
NJ. and lasted through the evening. The
| wind was nearly due north all day and varied
In velocity from ten to fourteen miles per
hour. The barometer at A. NJ. indicated
2s.s 80 degrees, fell to 2s 76 at P. NJ, and rose
again to 29.7S by 9P. NJ, and the relative
humidity of the atmosphere rose between
would seem to indicate that the rain Of
asst evening was the clearing-up shower, as
it Is to be hoped may prove to be the case.
Very little additional damage by the storm was
reported yesterday, and 1t seems that outside
of the injury that may have been done to the
crops on the islands, which remains to be
proved, that but little damage was occasloned
by the storm in this vicinity. An old house on
Sulrvan's Island was blown down during the
gale of Saturday, and three of the vessels load
ing with phosphates in Bull River dragged
their anchors on Friday night, during the
heavy blow, and went ashore on the south
bank. One of them was almost loaded. No
damage to the vessels is apprehended, as they
lie on o muddy bank, and it is thought they
will float off at the approaching spring tides.
In the city the principal damage was caused
by the leakage of the roofs. The Almshouse
leaked; the Courthouse suffered to the extent
ofseverAl hundred dollars, owing to the fore
ing in of the library windows by the wind, and
private residences in various parts of the city
sustained more or less damage, but no case OF
any serious injury has occurred.
The Storm In Saw and
Streets Submerged.
The Savannah papers Of Sunday contain full
accounts of the effects OF the storm In that city,
which Stow them to have been more disastrous
to property than even the tempest of Septem-
her 9Th, 1854. Streets were Inundated, cellars
flooded, whole plantations submerged, houses
unroofed and in some cases blown down, and
many thousand dollars OF damage done to the
city itself and to the growing crops in the
vicinity. The public works about the city are
said to be damag to the extent of one
hundred thousand dollars. The main sewer
building, on East Broad street, canal
near the Thunderbolt shell road, and
several drains were torn up for hun
dreds of feet, destroying months of labor.
The Springfield plantation, and Lamar's, Law
toms and other farms, were completely sub
merged, and the crops on those places render
ed total loss. Culverts and embankments
were swept away on the Central, Atlantic and
Gulf, and Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard
Railroads, causing serious losses and much de-
tention of trains. The large cotton ware
house of DR.. Clark, on the corner Of West
Broad and Broughton streets, which had just
been completed, was damaged to the extent
Of 900, by the water flooding the inner Gel
lar to the height Of the flooring, and three
steam fire engines were employed at pumping
it out. Along some parts of the water front
the tide rose four feet above the wharves,
and large quantities Of lumber, cotton, &c, >,
were floated of and lost. A large number of
cattle pasturlng In the fields below the city
also got afoat, and many of them were drown
ed. Two brick yards on the canal, and the
sawmill of Butler & Hardwick, each suffered
many hundred dollars damage by the flood.
In addition to these specific cases of damage
which they report, the Savannah papers state
that the most substantial residences facing the
north were flooded. The streets looked like
one sea- and the winds howled and roared,
tearing away everything exposed to their fury.
the. streets were perfectly flooded, and in
some parts of the city the water stood two or
three feet deep In the principal thoroughiares.
Boats of light draft were padding about the
city, and or account speaks Of several persons
taking. a swi m around the Baptist Church:
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