Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-27

NE" YORK, Aug. 26.-The old ferryboa
 Newark employed by the Pennsylvania rail
 road company as a cattle transport came into
 Solllslon on the North river nearly opposite
 the, Battery to-day with large schooner 1 The ferry boat struck the schooner amidships cutting into her side and turning her over Several tags took the schooner in tow and l oeached her Nn Governors Island. The crew | or the schooner were taken off by the ferry | boat.
 FURIOUS GAiEs IN THE SOUTH. Charleston And Other Places Swept By A Raging CycIone-Property Damag- ed To The Extent of Several Million Dollars.
 CHARLESTON, S. C., Aug. 26-Charleston was struck by tornado yesterday morning and one-fourth of the houses in the city are unroofed, parts of the spires of St. Michaels and St. Matthew's churches are blown down and the spire of the Citadel Square Baptist church is demolished. The wharves and warehouses are badly damaged Four ves- sells which arrived are wrecked. The tele graph wires are down and there are no cars running. It is estimated that the total amount of damage to the shipping in the harbor, the wharves and buildings in the city will reach s2,OOO,OOO Nearly every has been more or less injured. The work of restoration has already begun
 SULLIvAN's ISLAND, s. C., Aug. 26.-The hurricane yesterday morning was terrific and a number of houses were blown away. The New Brighton hotel had over one hundred guests, and great fears were entertained for their safety. While they were at breakfast the Casino fell with great crash, the velocity of the wind being seventy miles an hour. Fortunately all the rooms in that building had been vacated, but there were grave apprehensions that the dining room and main building would soon suc- cumb, but they remained intact without suf- fering very serious damage. Brave men were blanched with fear and their hearts al most ceased to pulsate so fearful was the ap- prehension that the ladies and children were doomed to instant death. The ladies behav- ed with heroism that was really grand and sublime. Not murmur escaped their lips. They faced danger with such fortitude to challenge the admiration of men. The loss to the New Brighton will be about $50, ,000.
 SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 26.-At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a storm which had ragged all night reached the velocity of sixty miles an hour. Hundreds of trees were leveled or stripped of their branches, and fencing was laid low in every direction. In front of the Pavilion Hotel large sycamore tree was snapped off like Q pipe stem and hurled against the house, carrying away the roof of the porch and battering in several win dows, almost causing stampede among the fo,.rc .c{1~ axnr, r.-%e, # terrified people were up. and city. At Tybee Island, the % summer resi-, dence of Charles Carroll was levelled to the ground. Mrs. Carroll, who was alone in the house, escaped just in time to save her life The house and it's contents were worth $34, GOO. The warehouse of George w. Parish was unroofed and g large shed was blown down. The roofs of many houses were wholly or in part blown off. Along the wharves the gale was even more terrific. Several steamers put out to sea, but were driven back again. There is much minor damage to shipping. While coming up the river the steamer Marion collided with the river steamer Bridgeton, and the latter was sunk. No lives are known to have been lost.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 26.-A heavy storm passed over this city on Monday. The wind, which was accompanied by drench Ing ram, reacned an average Veloclty or Iofty miles per hour, and continued for several hours. At times gusts lasting from two to three minutes attained velocity of fifty miles and upward. News has just reached here from the mouth of the St. Johns river that the gale was terrific there. The Allan tic House was blown from it's foundations. A porch was blown off and fell on Mrs. Dexter Hunter, guest, breaking her leg.
 Smallpox Raging At Toronto.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The Marine hos pital bureau is notified that 390 cases of smallpox and 115 deaths have occurred in Toronto since Aupust