The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-02

ENTITY cOt0rod persons, whO were In.
dustriouslYs engaged in collecting and
carrying Of; the drifk wood thrown up
BY the gale, ssaGd many OF them suu.
Gee led in iR1ing in enough fire wood
to laat through the winter. ..sss5.
THE BATTERY The saddest scene
OF all, however, was tho magnificent
sea wall on East Battery, now N .ss
of rumbling RUNS. SO violent was
the force of tho wiud and waves that
The huge pavipg STONES, with which
East Battery was laid, were takeu I'D
aul hurled iuto the streets. The en-.
tire promenade is destroyed In some
places the walk wnA unlermiued by the
waves, mud caved in. In other PLACES,
it WAS onmp.efciy washed away, the
brick app lrt En thn street side Erjng
throws dnwn rb. d,m,se to the
South walk is almost as graa. The
| coucrc'e wall Of which this is form 4
was not so exposed a the stone vail
Oh d sst ,ttcry. and it tharrFora ..,l
not suffer as mach. But the action az
the water made deep ru:s and hoe. III
the yhelled walk, and rendered it nj
most impassabie. Tho gra5, on The
sSard, t0a, has wiited appearances
from being covered with sulf, water,
aud mauy Of tho grauite posts aud
rails were swept away.
THE BATHING HOUSE --Nothiug re-.
mains OF the bathing house save ~
rickety, crumbling ruin, aud the
s;u m:,s of the posts upon whlcn it was
built. Over two-thiris of tho building
WAS carried away III The storm, and the
remniniug portion hh, fallen ont of po-
sitlon. and lies heaped up on tho half
snuken oundutions. \ t0lerahly stiff
breeze. or strong tide. will carry
away the last ves.ige Of this favorite
resort. 1t is hard to estimate the loss
sustained by the city in the destruction
OF East Ittery. but it. will hardly cost
less than so 900 to S25. 600 to restore
it. The loss to Mr.. McaIanmpn. the
owner of the bathing house. il purti
cularly severe. as he had just spent u
large sum of money in putting repairs
upon it. 1t is net likely soon to be re.
built; SD that landmark of Charleston
may be considered as gone. What nc
Lion the City Couuc will tnke towards
rebuilding the Battery is not yet
known; but the hope is generally rx-
pressed that the work will hc cam.
meuced at once. Daring tho cutie
day the rains vera crowded u wit;l rn.
rlouS peupie-:ncn, womrn uni ,.hll-
lreu -gnz,ng ut the terrible wor, ui
the storm. aud Wondering how /; ali
could have happened.
The New iuMArKE. HE ;a,> :,,,cl,
siour,i Ivy the. blowing down ui Liz.
new Theatre will no: f,!i >hor; ,i $40.
900. La addition to the luss tho Goa.
tractor sustained, by reason Of tile he
strnction os he scuif ,I.ling, The hoist-
ing apparatus AMI IL portion of his
workshops. considerable delay III ~
anm,ng operations will b. involved by
| reason of the losi IF tools which are
bnriea III the ruins. From a gentle.
| man who Witnessed the falling of tue
| walls. we learn tina. the East wall fell
hrat, carrying the others with it The
wind which blew from the West must
have fiied tue bniIdiug, and not being
able to tind vent. acted Us n powerful
lever. throwing down the East wall.
The North wall fell in. and tho bricks
nra scarcely dam ,ged ut nlI. They lie
IL rrgnlar layers jlst IL, they wcru pat
MP. In the centre of the landing,
however, tho devastation is terrible.
The extensive scatfolding, crushed and
r-""'', pCii'E A'Actl w Win nOu CO.
vcred by tha bricks. will render the
jrb "f clearing up \ d,lh:alt one. Tnis
WAS began yesterday. however, and H.
s'on ~ the necessary tools can be pro.
cured large force of hands Will he pnt
to work, aud the new Theatre will
once more begin to ri So
fHE TELEGRAPH WIRES Tn: wires
OF tho Western Uuion rpirgr,ph Com
pany, which We're blown down by tho
gale. were repaired yesterday aud were
III working order by = o'cl >ck The
'o."s aud wires were ievricl with th,:
gronhd for il distance Of SIX miles from
the city. But tho company PIT ii
irge force Of skilled hands 10 work
snd soon resumed its business.
The stnrm III Snmmervllo was re-
Inarkable rather for tho amount of
rainfall than the severity Of the wind,
though the latter was by no means ~
gentle z,phyr. Soon after II o'clock
Monday morning the rain commenced.
and continued without intcrmlssion
until about 9 o'clock, falling IN tor
rents. Wa arc Informed by IL gentle
man familiar with the locality tint
Saw mill Branch, which runs through
The village, WAS higher than has born
known Tor twonty years. Some of the
hmaller bridges were washed uwny, and
Que of the main roads 1T this point was