New-York tribune., 1871-08-23
THE STORM ON THE SOUTHERN ATLAN-
TIC COAST
IRA VIOLENCE AT CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH,
JACKSONVILLE, MILMINGTON-EFEECT on
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From The Charlsao, dbg. n.

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From T1s Chares,o. " dta n.
! The CITY has been visited during the past 43
hours with The most violent storm that rccOrdI IN the
history many years. It is believed that at no TING
se he tempest OF 1854 that drove tho waters of the
barbof over tho atery wall submerging East Bay au
slmost celebrating many OF the smaller lsando has STch
steady persistent torrent for 30 hours and
5v S WSs is hardy & ana rSG admit IT o spke eA' Of fa ra
aud hardly cellar that did not contain at
crcpt gradually up the South Atltc coast, and broke
I'm all its fury upon Charleston on FRIDAY afternoon Ihe
weather all day had been an undecided dfI@e, Dnt az
time until about o'clock yesterday morning there wa,
very little nterms,ion in nc storm Tho amount OF
which Is within two inches of Tho whole quaniity Of rain
during the three months from May to August Of tGis
year and twice much IA fell during the
whole month OF August 1870 The storm was also ac
compsnied by high wind bown5 az hrst IRON h sa
several days s,so y colorrd man named Samuel stan
yard, from Rkcrsyllic, cane down the river WIN lHo
10 spose OF in tie market Having sold his produce
I'M wa. last seen alive at o'clock Friday afternoon
when he was sitting the oige Of Gldscc'fs wharf,
At the foot Of ~, tc GSarng few m feet from
him Tho storm Of wind and rain was then at llS
n95eI 10 t1' have taken refuge in the cabin of his
slOOp About o'clock on Saturday afternoon, however
Mir pIIh tLe Owner of a nat lying at the wharf upon
looking into the dock the hand Of man protudng
from the water at the side Of the nat lie tTed 10 pun
him out bat was unable to do this, the boly DclnS
fastened down in the mud by tho weight Of the Dat He
then tied rope around tie mysterious hand ana, having
yyaicd uniII & O'Clock when the tide arose. he
abed 10 draw body ont OF the water on the w1 III
il supposed that the unfortunate man tel into e uock
during the storm he tried to step from the wharf TO
The force Of the wind having been from the northeast
no srrons injury was the shipping in the harbor,
aud vessels ar tho coast could easily stand off into tho
nf Tie shipprgin this vicinity have probably escaped
damage oar Northern bound steamers VIZ The James
AdcT FOR New York and S5a q III. for Baltimore, were
prevented leaving ut their advcrthed time In cOIse-
Guence of the gale The is announced to sa ut
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any very bad weather Inc steamer Souln tdrodlnd' td'
daV last had q very tcmpcstuOus passage. She
arrived opposite Charleston bar on Flluay alIcI,
was |onnd impossible to put into port she was there
fore allowed 10 run before tho wind, and was ealleu
down AS far as st. Helena Island Yesterday morhlnSi
how, YER SIZE managed 10 beat back to ChareslOn ana
arrived at her berh at O'Clock IN the afternoon lg
boat behaved well and sustained Dnt sshI ua-e u ~ ~
her hauing 10y Capt Beckett was 80 admirable as TO
elicit the hcrtcs commendauon from ine p5ssengerS,
TIE steamship Empire, which left for Piaoe pha m Oh
Friday morning, must have had the fun power o. tAe
O'o"' From T7> sqranuah Repus!io1n. Aug 10.
All day long yesterday aAd into the nlSht the , ram
poured down uhredSlllSIy' % - I,ro,,n in tuo Inv
In several squares large trees we're Doheh IA ia twV DS
tie flrco of the wnd-arge branches torn Oh anu cur
ricd some distance, while signs and awnings In many
parts the cty were hurled down, ana III some
broken to pieces. IL almost impossible 10 walk the
streets In some places large bodies OF water, deep
enough for boys TO use for swimming puIPoses' @ WcJ
formed and some streets in some places were iehdertu
uluassabc by their flooded condition. compelling people
to walk wide deourtoaVolt the Wder VIZ, @ M ~ ~ ]
y rising. The storm 20 unexpected tllt no prepa-
n
b,d only thrsifcncd the city Charleston. In Augusta,
al that time the weather was only cloudy me storm
Tr-I i'm Savannah in its strength about il o'clock ist
night when it turned TO n heavy gale Az oGiocK p.
since A. m measured five inches, averaging about
one inch every hours. The storm Is extraordinary
i'm severity foT this latitude The wind al o'clock yes
tcray afternoon was east, the rate OF 80 miles an
hour at p. yeerng TO the northeast AZ miles per
hour and at D. IN. a. miles per hour The storm was
predicted BY the Signal Service as tray cling northWeSt,
aud il doubtless the same which visited fIOfidl Oh
AHiS''' LAST From IN. S1rannah Adregiser.
The storm which ragged yesterday, II Is thouGht, has
seriously damag ged crop along the entire coast
provided it ragged with the same fury as at TINS pOt
and there Is every reason to believe una. ~ 'd IL WI"
be some days before accurate account OF the damage
be obtained; but beyond doubt thi pantationS Uh
ing forest break the fury OF the terrible northeastern
nav From Tle Jsifsotriue (F1a) cou Aug Ia
Since Tuesday the wind has been blowing rom the
northeast gradually increasing in strength untl u ar
rived on THURSDAY night to the dignity Oi S;'Ie oI
wind" Until Thursday noon, but little ram tell ana
since then it has rained almost incessantly Thursday
niht Was an anxious to many. The bowling of the
wind with the occasional snap and crack ot tee nade
n wild night. Friday morning showed scene OF more
or less deyas in the city with rather an alarming
prospect. Trees innumerabe were prostraed during
Thursday night. The river runs over the new and hgh SIDE
walks jus; west OF the Market and LedSiths wharf Is
anuat, the waves rolling In between COL Bay ana the
Market Tn. water Is still about foot below the Market
floor The whole river front is lined with debris Al the
foot of Market-st. there are about dozen WDolts
stove 10 pcces and the little steamer Islander j. trying
10 pound herself To fragment, on the Whafi I'm IoVs
have suffered generally The steamers have al leit the
,yIaryes. except the Nick King, which remains AZ
NcCants's wharf, with steam up Business Is
almost entirely suspended, and citizens are col
lccted in groups watching the rise OF the wafer we
are Informed that the water at Baldwin l. so deep hI
lie trains cannot get through Oh account or telr hts
being put out The mill men must have -nnered gr1tly
in loss of logs; the water Is reported 10 pe e 9t
deem In their engine The damage 10 JaeESChNille
will be many thousand dollars The damage ~ shipphS
must De very great. - , IN
From The Uiiah1ton (N. C.) Star, 4ug 49, -
Rain has been falling almost constantly lOr the past "a
hour 1t is Thoughts to be general aud VIII prove o yast
benefit 10 the crops but too late To save the crops III
some sections where the yield is cut short near one
boIf nv the long drought There is heavy gale on the
coast ihis evening. The brig Alice Lee Foster master
NryYork to savannah ran ashore yesterday on ~ ~
pan shoals She has been tOwed TO this city, leaking
badly Her cargo will have to be taken on ana the YES
! sci repaired