St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-26
0harlestOwn, S. O., Visited by Cyclone
0ne-fcurth of the Houses of the City
Being UnroOfed.
Four Vessels Wrecked--The Scene at Sui
hvan's Island--Damage Estimated
at $1,000 600.
One Hundred Lives Lost by the Sink
ing of n Native Vessel in the
Gulf OF Alden.
Indians Continue Their Depreda-
tfOns in Accommodations
Organizing.
An Awful Storm.

Ah AWGNE SIOFNns
CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. 25-Charles-
ton was struck by cyclone this morning
and One-fourth of the houses in the city
were unroOfed. Parts of the spires of st.
AIichael's and ST. Matthew's churches were
blown down, and the spire of the Citadel
Square Baptist church was demolished. The
wharves and warehouses are badly dam
aged. At Sullivan's Island two steamers
are aground, and the new Ashley river
bridge, now constructing. is swept away.
-Four vessels which arrived yesterday are
wrecked. The telegraph wires are down
and there are no ears running. The loss is
estimated at 81, 900. 600. The work of res
toration has already begun.
AT SULLIvAN's ISLAND.
SULLIvAN's ISLAND, 5. c., Aug. 25.-
The hurricane last night and this morn
ing was terrific and destructive. 4 num-
Der of houses on Sullivan's island were
blown away. The new Brighton house had
over 100 guests, and great fears were en-
tertained for their safety. About Q o'clock
this morning the storm reached its greatest
velocity. At that hour, while the hotel
people were at breakfast, the casino fell
with great crash. Fortunately all the
rooms i'm that building had been vacated
There were grave apprehensionS that the
dining-roOm and main buildings would soon
succumb to the violence of the storm.
At o'clock the wind changed
from the southeast and the storm
increased from the southwest, when the
casino fell. 1t is thought that the maxi
mum of the storm was from siXty-five TO
seventy miles per hour. The main building
of the hotel is intact. having stood the storm
without any serious damage. At l o'clock
4.
new Brighton will be $50. 600. There has
been very general destruction of property
on the island. The island was, i'm the main.
submerged. but when the wind changed the
water receded.
AT SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. Ga. Aug. .25.-The storm
this morning did but little damage in this
city or to the rice plantations. At Tybee,
a dwelling house was blown down, but no
one was injured. The bark Caroline Chal-
mers went ashore on the knoll inside of Ty-
bee, and the bark y. MoSher is on the North
beach, half mile south of Tybee light. \
dispatch from Darien reports no damage
either to shipping or rice crops.
During the storm this morning the
steamer Marion and two barkS dragged
their anchors and were driven ashore.
They have shipped much water, but are
lying comparatively easy, and can, it is be-
ieyed. be released.
AT HARTFORD.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 25.-A series
of extensive thunder storms passed north of
this place and TO the east this afternoon.
and did great damage to the tobacco crops.
The leaves were badly cut by hail and
beaten down into the soil. The plants in
some places were washed ont of the ground.
Many trees We're blown down, and in some
instances whole orchards were ruined. The
danase to the tobacco crop alone is esti-
mated at $50, COO.
AT FREDERICK.
FREDERICK, Md, Aug. 25.-For the
third time this summer a heavy storm
swept over Frederick county to-day. The
Cstsctine river. running through the Mid
dletown valley, overfiOwed its banks and
carried away everything that offered OBJ
structiou. Barns, bridges and dwellings
We're demolished and fully SIS. 900 damage
was sustained. Several of the bridges have
twice been swept away within the past
three months, and much of the loss falls on
poor farmers who can i'll afford IT, Con-
siderable damage was done 10 the growing
corn throughout this section of the state.
~ FLORIDA.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Aug. 25.-At
Mayport yesterday there was a violent
storm. The Atlantic house was blown
down and Mrs. Gilbert Hunter severely in
jured. An the guests of the house. about
thirty women and children. We're exposed
for hours 10 the furious driving wind and
rain. News from Ferndina shows great
damage done TO buildings, boat and Ship
ping, and the guests at the Strathmore
house. on the beach. were driven into town