The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-03
THE s lORu KINGS MARCH
ossrauouonAr oHAaLssros
Isouss. niawu Down, whsr,ss Demoi.
l.hsd, sbipPinE wfeeked aud naii-
road Property washed Away,
AggrsgatinE Loss Of -
Mutton OF Dollars
ye.,.rday'. s,orm At oharle,top

Yesterdays storm at Charleston.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Aug. ~. Yesterdays
storm Ia req ity wasa cyclone la the
proper sunse of the term, The wilma
was 20 miles per hour nj 1850 4, m', IN
creasing Ia 80 ana 80. which WAS
reached ~ o'clock, mail Y running up
10 20 OF ~ miles per hour. Tho north
arn edge OF tho cyclone touched
Cha lOstuu aud completed It's passage
In 10 minutes, The streets Oi Charles
ton wore ts dssolats at the end of Two
hours - Et.sr tho boubardment dur
monced woPeTly At daylight,
from tho southeast, win
frequent gales, Al q O'Clock tho roof
OF the 81. Michaeps church was strip
ped. A. a, m, tho apparatus on tho
roof OF the signal office, tha niRstail
and weather Vane were demoilshed'
Tho lat observation before tho climax
OF destruction recorded the wind a. os
miles aud hour. TheclimaS Of the oy-
clone was ~ S o'clock. But single
shed is standing on lhew wharf. Every
thing IL in rufus. Al 8 o'clock there
was a sudden lull, but the gale soon
increased and increased ill p, M,
when the great storm OF 1855 WAS over.
Hundreds of thousands OF dollars
. were expended on whRrves this
season puLtlng them in order. The
water front ON Cooper river suffered
most-the Southern wharf suffered
least. Tho commercial wharVss were
completely wrecked. Halt a dozen
yacht, two pilot boats aud dredging
machine were sunk. Boyco's wharf
Schoper and number of fishing
smacks and yachts sunk. Four piers
ana sheds OF the Atlantic wharf were
blown away. The Cotton Exchange
building was also damaged.
Kerr's wharf WAS demol-
ished. Tbs steamer Planter
was stove in st Accommodation
wharf. Tne damage 10 the Central
wharf was very heavy. The four piers
were swept away. The whaIi at Castle
Pinckney was carried away. The
steamer Delaware, from New York,
came IN all right last night.
She reports fearful storm at soa. The
damage 10 houses In tho city cannot
be told. The pleasure boats on Rut-
ledge Street lake were piled up on the
northern shore Ia confused mass
of broken hulks. Along Ashley river
there were many casualties II ship.
ping, vessels being grounded al along
v
been found. The convent of the SIS
toys of Mercy was seriously injured
end unro oied, the plastering Is down,
the library badly damaged and tho
building temporarily unit for use.
Tho colored church in Cromwell's
alley was completely demolished.
In Franklin street a large tree was
riven in three parts from top to bot
tom but remains standing. The whole
81, mil A, fafl
The Soth battery was th9 seen I OF
great confusion and damage to ship
ping. The streets were flooded with
water and crafts of all descriptions
were washed ashore ana were floating
in the streets ut high tide. The fisher
mems boats were destroyed, and the
wharves piled higher with incon-
grutous wrecks. The northwestern
and central portions OF the city suffered
light damage, compared with that III
the water front, though the entire por-
ton OF the city west of Rutledge ave-
nue. was submerged with salt water
from one 10 three feet. The spire Of
the Citadel Square Baptist church, one
of the tallest 10 the city, was blown
down across the fOur.story dwelling of
Thomas A. Dotter, cutting away The
piazza aud front walls ana leaving the
interior OF the dwelling exposed 10 the
storm. Several miraculous escapes
here, but no one injured. 1t will
take $4,000 to repair the
spire OF Plymouth church,
which was completely unrooied.
The st Phyllis street synagogue was
also unroofed. The church home on
Lawrence street was also badly dam
aged and the Avery institute was I'M
rooted. The Mount Zion Presbyterian
church (colored) was badly wrecked.
blown up. Freight depots were badly
damaged. Two sloops were blown out
of the water, across the track, weigh
ing 20 or 80 tons each. Tie South Car
olina railroad warehouses were UNI
rooted aud badly damaged. The
News and Courier, of Charleston,
makes the following rough estimate of
L.