Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-27
TUESDAYS CYCLONE.
Additional Details of the Destruction at
Charleston, =. C.-Everything
in Ruins at the
Wharyes, and the Streets of the City
Barricaded with Fallen Trees
and Debris.
Many Casualties to Shipping-The Sea
Front Piled Up with Wrecks
Estimated Losses.

AUGUSTA, GA, August 26.-Yester-
days storm in Charleston was cyclone
in the proper sense of the term. The
wind was twenty-five miles an hour at
1:30 clock in the morning, increasing to
thirty-fve, forty and fifty, which was
reached at o'clock in the morning,
finally running up to seventy-five or
eighty miles an hour. The northern edge
of the cyclone touched Charleston, and
completed its passage in forty minutes.
The streets of Charleston were more
desolate at the end of two hours than
after the bombardment during the war.
The storm commenced properly at day.
light, from the southeast, with frequent
gusts. As early as o'clock the roof of
st. Michael's church was stripped At
Z clock am. the apparatus in the roof
of the signal office, the flagstaff and
weather vane, were demolished. The
last observation before the climax of de-
struction recorded the wind at sixty
eight miles an hour. The climax of the
cyclone was at o'clock. But single
shed is standing on the wharf.
EVERYTHING is IN RUINS
at the wharves At 9 o'clock there was
and continued till l o'clock, when the
great storm of 1885 was over. Hundreds
OF thousands of dollars were expended
on yub this fharo in
order The water front on Cooper river
suffered most; the Southern wharf suf-
fered least. The Commercial wharves
were completely wrecked. Half dozen
yachts, two pilot boats aud a dredging
machine were sunk. Boyce's wharf wa>
wrecked and the pilotboat Schreper and
number of fishing smacks and yachts
sunk. Four piers and sheds of the At
lantic wharf were blown away. The
Cotton Exchange building was also dam
aged. Keech's wharf was demolished
The steamer Planter was stove in az
Accommodation wharf The damage TO
the Central wharf was very serious. The
four piers and three sheds of Union
wharf were
SWEPT AWAY.
The wharf at Castle Pinckney was car
ried away. The steamer Delaware, from
New York Saturday, came in all right
last night. She reports fearful storm
at sea. The damage to houses in the
city cannot be estimated. The pleasure
boats on Rutledge street lake were piled
up on the northern shore In confused
mass of broken hulks. Along Ashley
river there we're many casualties to ship
ping, vessels being grounded all along
the river Two sloops have not vet been
fund. The Convent of the Sisters of
Mercy was seriously injured aud un-
rooted. The plastering is down, the
library badly damaged and the building
temporarily unfit for use. A cOlored
church in Cromwells alley was com
pletely demolished.
THE STREETS BARRICADED WITH
FALLEN TREES.
In Franklin street large tree was
riven in three parts from top to bottom
but remained standing. The whole street
is barricaded with fallen trees. The
south battery was the scene of great con-
fusion and damage to shipping. The
streets were flooded with water, ant
crafts of all descriptions were washe
ashore. and were floating in the street:
at high tide The fshermen's boats were
destroyed and the wharves piled higl
with incongruous wrecks. The north
W.T. stern and central portions of the city
suffered slight damage compared witt
| that on the water front, though the entire
portion of the city west of Rutledge av
enue was submerged with salt water from
one to two feet deep. The spire of tn,
Citadel Square Baptist church, one o
the tallest in the city, was blown acros
the four-story dwelling of Thomas d
| Dotterer, cutting away the piazza ant
front walls, and leaving the interior o
| the dwelling exposed to the storm. Sew
eral miraculous escapes occurred here
but no one was injured. 1t will tax
$4,000 to replace the steeple.
The Plymouth church was completed
unroofed, the st. Phillips Street syna
| gogue was also unroofed. The Churcl
| Home in Lawrence street was badly dam
aged, aud the Avery Institute unroofed
Trinity Methodist Episcopal churcl
aud Chapel of the Citadel were unroofed
The Mt Zion Presbyterian church, col
ored, was unroofed and badly wrecked
About mile of railroad track was blow
up, freight depots were badly damaged
Two sl0ops were blown out of waite
across the track, weighing thirty an
fifty tons each. The South Carolina raj
way wharves are heavily damaged; on
building was thrown on Its side an
hoated 100 yards in the marsh.
ESTIMATED LOSSES.
The Nelcs and Courier of Charlesto
makes the following rough estimate I
the To-: ses Wharf property, $3.50, ,00t
private property, $1,000 900; cotton pres
es. 5000; churches, $50, 600 city prol
, erty, S35, 600, railroads, $4,000; Ashlt
: river bridge, 5000; shipping, sl50,GOt
lumber mtlls, $50, 900; miscel!aneou
, SlO0,000 Total, 81 l23,0OO.
: THE PRINCIPAL DAMAGE.
1t was impossible yesterday to tel
} | graph an adequate description OF Il
/, cyclone. 1t proves the most disa
= trous storm that ever visited Charlesto
= Within comparatively few minutes Il
e injury 10 private residences was We
: large in the aggre gate though inaividu
: losses were comparatively small, chic
70 roo, = md fences. Some Of the whol
: sale dealers, however, lose lose heavily
6 damage to stock. The heaviest loss
S were along the water front. A desori
= ton of the damage in this locality, no
r ever, was given in the Augusta dispatc
n The Sullivan Island steamers Pocos
! and Sappho are aground In the harb
and considered beyond repair. I
e Union naval store and city wharves q
: badly wrecked. % Charleston favori
g promenade, the East Battery, the grou
floors of residences were from three
: six ieet under wafer and the handsol
o gardens were covered deep with sed
a. The sea rose so rapidly as to have
n appearance of tidal wave. The steam
IS Monticello of the Florida line, encou
tered the gale twentyfour hOr
Iy before she reached Charleston q
= had a terrible passage but is l
4 Injured. The railroads leading to Charl
te ton are considerably damaged.
l. the Savannah road several hundred f
of of track was washed away, but the RI
l. was in working order again last mig
q. The freight depot of the Savaopah a
d. Southeastern railroads are badly da
or aged, but the freight in The depot is l
Injured. The Northeastern railrt
track for mile aud half is cove
with water. and one half of the tracl
washed away. Running arrangeme
ne have been made with the South Carol
re railroad. The news concerning the CIR
y is meagre. The rice factors believe
.. rice crop is not damaged much, as
- tide water would scarcely reach the fie
nn' before change in the direction of
u u wind would take it down the ri,
US There is no doubt, however, but that
u u cotton crop on the Sea islands is serior
u, damaged. The coastwise steamer
nSS Helena is ashore at Martins Point.
lN au there will be some difficulty to get her
il wHARvEs WASHED AWAY.
nd The tra OK of the South Carolina /
of road, from the intersection of the No
les eastern railroad to the South Caro-
~ ra;luav wbarvas noated all ahout