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

less damage has been done. The water
over flowed the City Railway in Rut-
ledge street, sna fer several hours the
trlpsI of the ours were INTERRUPTED.
tThe siAshley River Was strswn with
timher and fragments Of wood which
twer9icarried along at g rapid pace by
the current. Lnrge trees were blown
down In Broad, Wentworth, Rutledge
aud other streets, md numbers of
fences dashed to the ground. and some
broken into fragments. It was neces.
sary to nse small boats in the streets
submerged, in order to communicate
with tile private residences in tho
South. western portion Of tue city.
One of the most disastrous effects Of
the gale was the blowing down Of the
new Theatre, III COURSE of erection in
Meeting street. It is scarcely three
mouths since the work was begun on
the bnlliing, and the coutracsor had
pushed it fui warl with un energy that
deserved better fate. Iu the severe
gust Of wind that occurred about /
&c ock, after the wind had shifted
around to the West. the Western wall
wns blown down, aud it, of cnmrse,
carried the others with it. The South
ern wall [ell on The workshop of The
contractor, Mr. S"llivan, aud totally
wrecked it; but fortunately noue of
the wOrkmen were in the building at
~" time, and consequently no lives
! were lost. 1t was AL accident that
rrn'd scarcely be guurtled against. The
walls were very massive, being fully
tcn I,Ir IA
feet high. The work had been pushed
forward vigorously. however. and had
scarcely had sniii .ient time to dry aud
sot!lr. Besides this. the West wall
presented q solid trout to the wind.
which struck 1t with tremendous force.
There Was nu Immense soahold in the
interior OF the building, the lumber for
which "lune COS. over S2.7OO rhi.
was, of course, completely wrecked
AMI buried III the debris, us WAS also
\ uew hoistlrg apparatus and steam
engine, lately purchased by the con
tractor. ut u cost Of 81. 100. It will be
seen by the correspondence below that
neither Mr.. Harley nor Mr.. Sullivan
are discouraged. They propose to
cleau away the rnius aud begin the
work ut ouce. It's nu i'll wind that
blows nnboay any good, aul. while.
the uccident is to be depIored. there is
q crnmb of comfort to be derived from
the fact that several hundred sturdy
mechanics will at once find their ser
vices i'll demand The following is tue
correspondence referred to:
Charleston, s. C., September IS,
1874 Ally DEAR MH SULLIvAS: Oar
ti:at performances WAS IL great .nccrss,
"nd. in the l4ngnag4 OF the evening
paper, drought down the house" L
regret TIA" result, moro on your part
than on my own, US your energy was
telling on :hc brick duly, and l was in
hope of seeing your la,ols crowned
with sncnrsa ;hls season, and Charles
ton have tie binding Of the South. l
desire that yon should start again 81,
oncr aud bni.'l ii up, aud we Will soon
have, within its walls. u performance
that will com mand itself To all good
citizens Of Charleston, who, iu times
past, lin that dear old spot to them, J
brought down the house when merit
cane before them. We must expect
Providence to do some things for the
best. and to no other agency can we
uhtIlOut6 tulS we Will DOl
stop to question its results, but go
right ahead, and show the world thu,
III this city there is as much energy
aud good faith as ever. Ing.in say,
so ahead, build it up; and, as in the
past, [ will in the future keep up nv
end IF tho plank Yonrs truly,
TIMOTHY HURLEY.
Charleston. s. c., September 2S,
Yours of this date Co baud, and ia re.
ply I would beg Ieuvo to say that, no
matter what happens. my courage is
never dauntcd [ shall redouble my
energ es to erect tho building which
nus htcone prey to tho tempetuous
winds of thi, day, aud try 10 again
hnlld IL prototype to8 the far-fumed
temple that uuce occupied the site
which giaddened the hearts of our citi.
z"ns. Yours, very respectfully.
D. A. J. SULLIVAN,
Builder and Contractor.
Things looked threatening on the
island ut daybreak. at o'clock the
tide became alaraiing!y high, aud the
waters at the cove seemed umbltiously
striving to join with the roaring
breakers which rolled in laundering
fury upon the front beach. The St.
Helena. undor tho command of Capt.
Coste, left the island about 8 O'Clock.
The sea WAS very heavy, and the wind
In h1f,t In IN .,k