The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-10-07

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The Great Gale at Charleston.
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The Charleston Nows and Courier, C;, lei.
of Tuesday, has a. lengthy ac
count Of thu effeot of Tho great
gale in that city; Monday, from
which we extract the following
The long immunity whieh Charles.
ton has enjoyed from disastrous e les
was interrupted yesterday by disas.
ter Which has probably destroyed
over a quarter # a million dollars
worth, of property. On Sunday even:
ing, at a late, hour, it began to blow
stiffly in .puEs and to rain, and by
daylight the vi nd had increased con-
siqerably, blowing from tie east and
southeast: The steaher Dictator;
which arrived in the thofninE; re-.
ported heavy weather at sea, but the
cnptain failed to obsepte any indi-
cations of tile cortSiig BLOW. About
half-RaSt six or seven O'Clock 10 the
morning the wind grew stronger,
with heavy squalls and severe puffs,
which created general apprehonsions.
at eight O'Clock it was evident
rHE GAZE @is bfohs Us.
The soa was heaviag 'aad tossing in
the harbor, and the ra aPidly enoroaoh-
ing tide began to food the wharves
and streets. The squalls kept con.
stantly increasing in strength, and
the masters of vessels in port began
to look nnxiously to their moorines,
At nine o'clock the tide had risen 30.
high that It severed all the yharvcs
On the easterh front cf the CITY and
flooded tho streets to the depth of
several feet. Many of the wharves
~ere wasl!sd up, ahd several vessels
Parted froth their mooriug$ and were
driven on shore.
THE SCENE FROM TIE wHARvEs
at this time was terrific. In every
direction drift wood, bales of tottdn,
wrecked boats and debris wore being
tossed about: The wind, whistling
through the rigging of the shipping,
made melancholy music, and the
blinding torrents rendered cffyrts to
save anything almost useloss. The
tide rose to q great height, in many
instances lifting the flooring from
the piers and rendering it. extremely
hazardous for ,anybody to stand in
the vicirity Hast Bay and Calhoun
streets were flooded with water to
such depth asto
), tEbir ffilE c1Hss
of the Enterprise Railway from the
track. All the wharves aboyo Mar.
ket street we're more Or less dam a6ed,
but thosc below ,,that point suffered
the most At Vanderhorst wharf
large fiat loaded with phosphate rock,
intended for the ship Border, Chief.
tain, parted tho fastenings and. was
blown into, three s(oops ,in the dock,
sinking them almost imthediately.
The flat was then lifted by the waves
hnd thrown traksteraely across the
dock. Tbe work of destruction con.
tinued with interruption until about
half-past twelve, when
fAE WIND hitopkgkArEY Il r
ffGf a shors time, and ,,tien shifted
round to the south and west, when it
ugain bloY %ith full force for about
an hour, tearing the slate and tin
from tho roofs Of many buildings and
blowing down troes and .fencSs in
every direction. The chan 60 in tho
directioh Of the wind, however, had
the effect Of turning the 'ids, and in
an incredibly short tithe tho waters
began to fall, and the people began
to breathe easier. Az soon Us the
wind shifted the rnin ceasea to fall,
Mud tho streets, which had up TO- this
tithe beef dangerous to ped destrians
on account Of the falling shihEles,
signs and fences, were now crowded
with people whc had come out to
view the effects of tile storm.
fnn SCENE Oh rhtIns hEArrinn},
while the gale VAS at it's height, was
ct once sublime and terrible, The
sea wall promenade oil Fast battery,
which, On Saturday night. last was
thronged with prom ehaders, @as al.
most entirely sabthstgedy The angry
waves dashed over thS stones in huge
billowo and flooded the street below,
tearing up the Aagstones and wash.
ing away the she'll road. On South
Battery the destruction was equally
eudden and terrible. The water
,poured in volumes over the abutment,