The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-27
EVERYTHING IN RUINS.
The Cyclones Damage at Charleston,
South Carolina.

Augusta. August 26.-Yesterday's
storm in Charleston was q cyclone in
the proper sense of the term. The wind
was twenty-five miles an hour at 100 in
the morning, increasing to thirty five,
forty and ffty,which vas reached about
8 o'clock in the morning. finally run
ming up to seventy-fve or eighty miles
an hour. The northern edge OF the
cvclone touched Charleston and COM
nieted its passage in 10 minutes. The
Streets of Charleston were more desc
late at the end OF two hours than after
the bombardment during the war. The
storm commenced properly at daylight
from the southeast, with frequent
gusts, as early as 6 O'Clock.
The roof OF ST. NIichaels Church
was stripped. At I a. M. the anuaratuS
in the roof of the sly nal IN Wa
demolished. The last observation re-
cor led the wind at sixty-eight miles an
hour. The climax of the cyclone was
about s O'Clock; but single she'd is
Standing on the wharf. Everything is
in ruins at the wharves. AT O'Clock
there was q sudden lull, but soon the
gale increased and CONTINUED till
o'clock, when the storm was over.
Hundreds of thousands OF dollars were
expended on the wharves this season
! putting them. in order. Half a dozen
yachts, two pilot boats and dredging
machine were sunk. The cotton eX-
change building was also damaged.
There was also fearful storm at sea.
The damage to the houses IN the CITY
cannot be estimated.
. ATIV . -
| impossible Yesterday to telegraph an
| ADEQUATE description of the cyclone.
| II proves the most disastrous storm
that ever visited Charleston. Within
a comparatively few minutes the injury
to private property was very large In
the aggregate, though Individual losses
were Comparatively small, chiefly to
| roofs and fences. Some of the whole
sale dealers, however, lose heavily by
the damage 70 the stock. The
heaviest losses were along the water
front. A description OF the damage
in this locality, however, was given II
an Augusta dispatch. The Sullivan Is
land steamers Pocsin and Sdppho are
aground in the harbor, and are con
sidered beyond repair. The Unio1
. naval stores and the city wharyes are
, badly wrecked. On Charlesten's favor
2 tie promenade, the east battery, III
{ ground floors of residences we're iron
> three to six feet under water, a q Tn
) handsome gardens were covered dec
e with sedge. The sea rose so rapidly a
f to have the appearance OF tidal wave
/ The steamer Monticello, of the tlorld
t line. encountered the gate "a hours be
4 fore she reache Charleston. and had
J. terrible passage, but is not injured. In
d railroads leading into Charleston al
y considerably damaged. On the Savann
n road. several hundred feet OF the trac
q was " She'd away, but the road was
/, working order again last night. N
" freight depot of the Savannah d NORTH
! eastern Railway is badly damaged bu
v the freight in the depot IS unlnJuret
,e The Northeastern Railway track for
70 mile and a half is covered with waite
~ and half the track is washed off. Rul
al ming arrangements have been mac
" with the South Carolina RaIlwa
Is News concerning the crops IS meagr
IN Rice factors believe the rice crop IS NJ
as damaged much, as the tide wat
ID would scarcely reach the fields beio
in a change in the direction OF the WI
or would take it down the river. The
n. is no doubt, however, but that the &C
~ ton crop on the sea islands, is serious
III damaged. The coastwise steamer
L. Helena, is ashore at Martins Point, al
m a canal will have to be cut to get II
of off