The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-01

Iiibboom came ciu con.uot with the
btiok we'll Of the offices on the wharf,
Ishd made large hole in North Z
Ienst angle of the wall. Two small
sailing craft which were mo0Ied near
by; oha.of which was tho pil5t boat a..
b.. Thompson and tue yacht Anne,
were broken, mp or muoh damaged.
The Ornhens was somewhat scratched,
but apparently not badly hurt
Browns wharves having lately under.
gone thorough repairs, passed through
the blow without damage of ;nnse.
quence. Tho new bark Sarnh EiIeu,
ut this point, rode out tho gale in
safety. Kerr's wharf had the hoad
carried away. and was partly over
flowed. North Atlantic wiiulf ff.led
some slight injury, the bark Belgium
having broke from her lnUvrings aud
driftei up the dock. The next pie,
had til; upr:ghts of the shed purti,
carried away, and WAS somewhat M
jnred by the wash!uy OF The sen. Th.
next South bad Vie p:auk,ns washed
np, and Tie pits wr:c injured, willie
HE SOn'h pier had tho shed puli iIy
Knocked dowd. This valuable property
Will immediately be placed in thorough
order. Tue Ships Ilaud Home and
Arlington aud the b.rks Guiana nhl
Nucya Pastora, 1T these wharyrs,
showed no signs Of important da-
mage At Boyce & Co.'s wharves, the
heads were both damaged aud the
plankirS washed The Spanish Steamer
Puerto Rico aud tho British bark
Polly, ut these wharves, wore not da.
maged. Adgsr's whnrves received out
little damage. aud tho steamer Cham
piou, brig John II. Kennedy aud
schooner Is. N. Hawkins, ut these
| wharves. were not hurt. Vaudrrhor,t'a
wharf, having just been repaired,
passed. through tue galt without III.
jury. US also did tho British strum"r
Border Chiettssu aud brig &. L
Eitor, lyiug there. Commelc,al
whalses had the pier leads washed
away, and received much other Injury
from tue action Of tho sea. The bark
Bessie Parker. Iyiu; here, fortunately
had her stern anchor out, aud was not
Injured. Tue bark Embla. at The
same whniycs, was not damaged
Southern wharves were somewhat
washed, but did not nppear to be much
hurt. There were some fifteen sail in
tho stream or ut qnlrantinc, but they
rode out the gale apparently without
disaster. The pilot boat A!meda ana
the smnck James Newton were sunk in
VAnaerh"rsi dock, II large phosphate
HIT comiDg agaiust their llues aud
putting thMm as tho h-:v,css part o;
the blow
The following va:s,i, were iu he
stream, but eastuiurd nu s!,.,..aso SO lar
as heard: British blrk Jess q, q i.rmau
bark llbvrtns, Russian bnik J.Any,
bark Weymouth. bark Noverslnls, hlis,
francisco, Sebastian, C..riota and
Florence, sc!ounrrs j. n. Gariryr!l,
LIcy D., and others
The portion OF the city, lying nu .he
Ashley Rlver, felt tue eli. cs of the
storm considerably, although no very
serious damage WA. done. The tide
"veriowed the mill yarls. lumber
yar.is. private premises aud the streets.
The tide had reached its full height
nbon: nine o'clock, and up To and alter
tllut hour the water rushed into the
city with great force. carrying everv
mnvable thing with it, and scattering
debris III every direction. At More
lands wharf, Oh South Bay, what re
malned ot the pier heads there, with
the s!ian'irs anl boat houses thereon,
were undermined, and tho most Of
them fell in ruins. The ishermen's u
b"ats were driven from their mo brings.
West Of the Battery, aud left high ana
dry some distance in King street. The
reur Of the residences on South Bat
terry were completely oveiilowed, and
| the feEces and out. houses either over
turned or damaged by the sursins
mass OF winter. Dougherty ma HIT
cnlcht's wharves und landings were
badly damaged. and everything tia.
could tiont moved out of position. AT
the West eud Of frndd strc.t, and also
i'll Council, Limehouse aud other
streets IN the vicinity, the small houses
buiit over the river We're more or less
damaged, aud some Of them comp pl-tely
wrecked. All along this section OF the
city the tide swept over the land,
dool,ug all tho lots aud iujuriug II
number Of handsome lowor gardens,
wA!c!: n.es.nted deplorabIu sight
when dry land appeared. lie angry
waves washed over Chisolm's cause
way, and uniting with tho water of the
adjlcent ponds. made one continuous
sheet Of water as far AS tho eye could
reach, North, South and West. The
store house Of Chisolm's Mill was da.
| IpaUr1 ond tho q in C,rr,o) ,,r yl,o ,o,>g