The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-28
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
THE GREAT STORM OF TUESDAY
Hanging at Lone Oak, Arkansas-Auf-
demorte and Shepherd Behind the
Bars Mt New orleans-Soldier
Murdered at Kansas City.
Railway Accident.
Mere Particulars of the Storm al
Charleston

| Charleston.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 27.-The damage
to wharves will probably reach half o
million dollars, but large gangs are at
work, and in few days sufficient &C.
commodations for all possible bust
ness will be provided. There is, even
now, no interruption or any additional
expense to shippers,
A heavy rain yesterday afternoon
aggravated the annoyances to persouS
whose roofs were blown of, but viii
not increase materially The general
| loss. This total loss of phosphate com
| panies in and about the city, is now
estimated at $4,000.
| Reports from Georgetown say that
| rice il not seriously injured. Two
Norwegians, named Henry MaySrhoff
| and John Lanster, went shrimpinp
Tuesday. Their boat was capslzed
| and Larster wss drowned.
Late last evening, tho italian bark
Mariana, Captain Rugier, arrived on
the bar. The captain proceeded TO the
city on q tug, aud reported that 50
mileR from Charleston tho vessel was
struck by a gale and lost masts, sails
and rigging. One seaman was Waghed
overheard and drowned.
THB NEWS AND CoURIER's ACCOUNT.
The News and Courier publishes an
extended general review OF the cy-
clone. 1t speaks Of the warnings by
the weather bureau and the prognos-
tlcations OF old sailors, but says
that nothing Of the severity Of the
storm experienced was looked forward
to, or even anticipated, after it began.
Eat daylight Tuesday tho wind was
blowing from hesoutheast at the rSte
OF about 30 miles an hour, with fire.
quent gusts reaching to about so miles. |
Ihls, in Itself, was an unusual feature, |
as most OF the equinOctisl gales Ia
Charleston start from the northeast. |
Al O'Clock the wind was pretty lively. |
The rain which, during the night, had |
fallen in torrents, had almost cgaseI. |
Tho streets were deserted, save by ice |
wagons and dealers, who had coGsid- |
cradle difficulty lodging tho flying |
stats, BRIGGS, tiles aud street Signs, |
which were whirled about in oVerv !
direction" The account proceeds with |
description OF tho increasing dam |
age az tho wind increased, |
stripping the alats from the root OF |
81. MlChaels church and other build
lngs, with the filing OF the streets
with falling bricks anu other missiles,
and proceeds:
"Jhe outlook was equally but not
alarming. Suddenly the
shingles on the roofs of various offices
and cotton sheds were rolled upward,
scattered like 80 many rolls OF psper.
and the waves angrily dashed over tlg
pier heads and made mountains and
gallsyB in the river. The timeDfhjgh
water was 7:2G a, n. East battery and
South battery wero practically lnipass.
able, sSve by means of small boats, but
his IVES not all-mOuntains Of waves,
Is they dashed against the sea, wsrs
wrought up by the wind, and tons OF
water lifted in the air and hurled
against the east fronts of the hand
Iome buildings which line the side
walks, smashing in windows, doors
md fences, ana inundating the lawns
md gardens. The flagstone pavement !
# East battery was badly broken M,
he waves seizing the large flags aud :
cushing them of to the opposite side /.
# the street. Almost tho entire rail !
yay was washed away and many gaps j
made in the embankment. Thedamage
D houses, lawns and gardens on this
was serious, not more
han two or three houses on either
escaping Most of them
yere unrOoied partially or entirely.
he storm continued to increase in
1Olence as the day advanced. THO
treets were gradually filed up witt
labs and bricks, signs, window shut
ers and slshes, ATS o'clock he -aiu
egan 10 fall in torrents. The stree,
yere flooded and the draia pst.
hOked up. The water ran three feet
pin almost every street In the CITY.
he rain was accompanied by clups Of
hunder at short intervals, the noise OF
1hich was almost deadened In the A.,
Jar of the storm" Tho story pro-
eeds to toll of the gradual unroohng {
{ tho court house, ana then OF the 3
sll Of the temple of the famous ,
I'd st. Michaeps church, which
aG witAstood The storms OF
1ore than u century, and had even es- {
aped tho Union shella during tho late ]
Jar, 10 fell a. about SA5, lust when F.,
ne storm was beginning to luu.