The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-27


Mr.. F. A. Michel and Mr.. Frank Wood,
were struck by the falling ruins, and
both severely hurt. Mr.. Wood having three
ribs broken. They were both as
sisted to place of SAFETY, and brought to the
city on the terry.bost In the afternoon. They
are now doing well. Near by, on The wharf of
the Ferry Company, was nondescript Gala.
be ose, made of the cabin of some old steamer,
which had been placed on the wharf, without
being fastened down. as temporary shelter
in which passengers could await the ferry-boat
In bad weather. In this cosy retreat four
darkles had taken shelter to await the passing
over of the shower, as they thought 1t. As
the squall struck, the calaboose rose slowly In
the air over the heads of the astonished oc.
cupants and lit again several feet of.
This alarming symptom brought the quar-
tette from beneath it with run,
and as they scampered headlong up the wharf,
their headquarters once more took flight and
describing handsome someraault, pitched
into the river about twenty feet off, near the
stern of sloop at anchor. Farther up the
island, large dwelling house, of two stories
and six rooms, was being erected on Middle
street, for the Hon. N. P. O'Connor, by Mr..
John 81. Devereux. The substantial frame OF
heavy timber had been raised on brick plllars,
eight feet high, but unfortunately the Interior
truss bracIng had not been let into position.
All The workmen abandoned the building as
soon as they saw the storm coming, and
Mr.. John Wigfall, alone, was endeaVor-
| ing to strengthen it with such braces
as he could get, and thus save the frame. The
souall raised 1t from the pillars and threw ,t
down on the lot q total wreck. MIR. ~lslaIi
| was struck by falling timber, but managed
10 make his way to an adjoining house. HIS
hurt was merely temporary. On the same
line. and near the fort, the frame of two
story dwelling with four rooms for Mr.. &.
Adger had been raised, and stood on wooden
supports about two feet fron the ground. 1t
was blown down and smashed to pieces as II
it had been house of cards. 10 this neigh
borhood also another house, In which color
ed family was staying, was blown over on Its
side, and lay In the soft sand as whole and
| helpless as a turtle on Its back.
In addition to these destructive attempts,
several houses rocked out of the .perpendicu-
lar aud moved perceptbly on their supports, as
| If some giant medium had been playing at
spirit.rappIng with his hands on the sheds.
One worked around several degrees, and
others lost shingles innumerable. The storm
passed over as quickly as 1t had come,
and ended In huge rain, which flled the
clsterns and put the residents. and cosmopo-
ites In good humor. The principal saluta-
,ion yesterday was, "dld you blow down"
aud the storm will af,rd matter of CONVERSE
ton to the lslanders for some time to come.
Over ,-
MOUNT PLEASANT
the strength of the tornado did not pass, but
the wind was high enough to do considerable
damage and aslonish the natives. The long
Ibridge connecting The wharf of the Mount
Pleasant Ferry Company with the land stood
the fury of the blast for some time, but a.
length breach was made about the middle,
| and soon The panking, railing aud timbers
,vn.-.--rcT' uuuyi IOuVrufs-n Sup "r v"0 iu"
dred and fifty feet in the bridge. The very
piles supporting the bridge were blown down,
aud had it not been for the several pens OF
Palmetto logs, at long intervals, which help to
support the bridge, the whole structure must
have been washed away. Yesterday morning
and at twelve o'clock the passengers were fer
rled across the break In a fiat, but later In the
day temporary scafoldlng was erected, upon
which boards we're laid, afordlDg q narrow
and precarlous pasSageway down to the wharf.
The loss to sLhe company Is about three hun
dred dollars.
Near the centre Of the village stood hinge
nine tree fully three feet in diameter. upon
the lot of Mr.. Sanders. This monarch OF the
forest was torn up by the roots and fell with O
tremendous crash over the adjoining lot, with
lis two huge arms one on each side OF lie
Idwelllng-house, In which family was staying.
| Had the Tree fallen few feet 10 either Bide,
several persons must have been Killed. ln
the ward of Mrs. Edm0nston, the root OF
kitchen was b,own away without Djurlng any
Lone The popular proprietor Of The Mount
Pleasant House, Mr.. Il. Torck, also met
witt. severe loss in the destruction OF the
long shed which covered the Two bowling
alleys This was blown down and broken to
l.pieces At the time that the Storm came up, q
;marooning party were dancing away In the
hall of the Monnt Pleasant House. AS soon
| as the sqnall struck. the dancers thought u
was best to get down stairs, and they did 30
with au alacrity aud unanimitr which showed
Just perception OF the state OF AFFAIRS.