New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-27
BETWEEN WIND AND WAVE
DETAILS OF THE STORM AT CHARLESTON.
SHIPPING WRECKED, wHARvEs DEMOLISHED AND
ROOFS STRIPPED oPF.


ROOFS STRIPPED oFF.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug 20.-The storm in Charleston,
C., yesterday a cyclone in the proper sense OF
the term, entirely different from the usual August
storms the coast equlnoctial gales. The wind
was twenty five miles an hour at 1:3O In the morning.
increasing to thiryhve, forty aud fifty miles. which
wGs reached about 8 g. M, finally running up to
seventy-fve or eighty miles an hour. The northern
edge Of the cyclone touched Charleston and completed
Its passage forty minutes The streets Of Charleston
more desolate at the end OF two hours than
after the bombardm, mt during the The storm
begun properly at daylight from the southeast with
frequent gusts. AS early o'clock the roof OF St.
Michael's Church was stripped At q. m the appar
atus In the roof Of the Signal 0ice the flagstaff and
the weather-vane were demolished The last obserya-
ton before The climax Of destruction recorded the wind
at dxtyeight miles hour. The fire bells toed at
intervals indicating breaks in the alarm wires The
water in the river came over the granite wall on the
Battery. breaking hagstones washing away ratings.
and OF water were hurled in upon handsome
houses, breaking windows and smashing doors. The
last time the Battery torn up was in 1875; At
o'clock the slate root of the County Court House
peeled oil. At $50 the gilt ball and weather-yane
which Tor century adorned St Michaels steepe.
nigh and historic point were blown down me
is in ruins at the wharves only shed remaining in
tact At o'clock there wss sudden lull but soon |
TIE great storm OF 1855 over.
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars were expended on
wharyes this season, putting them in order. The |
water front Cooper River suffered most and the |
Southern Wharf the least. The Commercial wharves |
vcro completely wrecked. Half a dozen yachts two |
pilot boats and dredging machine were SINK at this
point The steamer Cty of Palaika, at Adgers wharf
rude ont the storm without damage. BOJces wharf |
was wrecked. aud the pilot boat sehreper and mum
bcr o fishing smacks and yachts sunk. -Four piers and
the sheds of the Atlantic wharf were blown down and
damaged The CottoO Exchange building was also |
damaged The tugs at this place were not Injured |
K"rrs wharf WAS demolished. Browns wharf was |
damaged but the tytir steamer Equator was not hurt
Tho stamer Planter waS stove III at Accommodation
wharf lhe damage 10 the Central wharf was serious
The Market wharf heavily damaged The
steamers of Suvans island Forry Company met with
serious damage The iour piers and three Of the
shed, Of tho Union wharf swept away The brig
Frnhot sank here. The Naval Store Wharves were
damaged. he Norwegian bark hedb"r lort masts
aud bow in the hnrbor The schooner Maud Low went
adnft. tho schooner Lee driven ashore and tho
German bark Peters was damaged The Norwegian
bark vcitas and the Italian brig s. Frisco went
ashore at Castle Pncknny. Tho wharf at Castle
rmckncy was carried away. The steamer Delaware, |
frm New ork Saiurdsy. came In all night last
night She reports q fearful storm at sea
Tho damage houses in this city cannot be esti
mated On king-st lcss damage was done than was
oufi~iuotcc thongh trecs and ieucos were blown
d,su ana here and there houses were unrooed. The
pleasure boats 0u uttdgt Street Lake were plled upon
the northern shore - confused mass OF broken huks
Al,ng Ashley River there were many casualties to
shipping vessels lciog grounded all along the rver
Two sioOp- have MOI yet been found The fence aud
o1ihou,es Of the Roper Hospital were blown down,
and the root Of the jail dam gcd The Convent OF
Tho sister Of Mercy wa seriously managed and unroocd
he pastcung & IN. tho hOrsry badly damaged dnd
tho hrildmg mporarlly unfit for use The cOored
church m Cromwell Ale, was completely iemo |
.hed In Frankmh--t large tree Fas uven IN three
parts from top t. bottom but remained standing lbe
whole street Is barricadcd with fallen trees. lD
Henseman Court two sn,a houses we're blown down |
Ola the ocoup who escaped without SERIOUS injury
In this section of The city the tide reached height
of onr oei and washed out the negro houses IN that
locality.
The South Battery was the scene of great confusion
aud damage 10 shipping The streets we're Hooded
With water and cras Of all description rero washed
ashore and were floating n the streets az high tide !
Tho Gsherrnens boas gore destroyed and the wharves
~ ! high with IN. ongruous wrecks. The north |
and central portions u the y suffered slight
damage compared With that Sl"ng me water front |
ave ws subm'iged with salt water ifom one % hfeo
feet deep in many eases coyeIns covering ,he lr't % moor 81
house, Tho Pre 9i the M .tadel SqgGlre l".n BAPTIST
the tourstory dwelling Of Thomas d. Dotterer 1utting
away he piazza and front ralls and leaving the |
interior u the dwelling exposed 20 the storm Sew |
eral miraculous escapes occurred here but
injured IL will take $50 COO 10 replace the Hteeple.
Tho Plymouth Church, Pittst.. was completely un-
nnroofed The Church Hons In Lawrence-st eas |
badly damaged and the Avery Institute qnrooied' mi
and the Chapel OF the CiIadsl were unroohd The |
main building not seriously Damaged. The |
Charleston High school and the Catholic Central
School we're damaged The Mount Zion Colored Pres |
byt ran Church In Calhoun-st unrooied and badly
wrecked The spirc Of the German Lutheran Church |
was damaged
About a nle of railroad tracks was blown and |
freight lcpots we're badly damaged. The damage te |
the Northeastern Railroad yards amounts tc SZ.OOo |
Two sloop, blown out of the water across the |
tracks weighing thirty and 6fty tons each The South
Carolina Railway wharves and immense storehouses |
we're unrooied and heavily damaged one building |
was thrown on its side and aoaed 100 yards into the
marsh Tho track from intersection OF the North
eastern Railroad TO the South Carolina Railway
wharves aoated ali about and was deposited In zis,
zag nroportions IN whatever foundations we're exposed
by the reosding waters The loss 10 the south Car
ona Railroad Is estimated at $4,000 at this point
Other railroads lose several thousands each
At Sullvans Island MANY houses were damaged to
greater or less extent The New Brighton Hotel had
windows blown in and erockery broken, but Tithstocd
The storm brayey The tasno Tas nnn% nnted entirety
The Xer' and 3our'er. OF Charleston, makes tho fol-
lowing rough estimate OF the Joss losses Wharf properly
30 600, churches. so o0o city property streets md
PARKS $4,000 railroads y90009 hiHniey inSr Ryer t
6o0'O'' 6oo "''
SEAS THROWN OVER HER SM0KE-STACK.
EXPERIENCE or rHE WILLIAM LAWRENCE IN THE
cYcLoyE-A MATE LOST OVERHEARD.
Inr TELEGRAPH TINE TsIBusEl
SAvANYAu, Aug. 26.-Nelther the British
barkN Mosher, reported beached GEAR Tybee Light
house in yesterdays Cyclone nor tho Brsh bark Cath
ar,ne Chalmers aground Tybee Knoll with cargo Of
mahogany have oated yet and II Is feared that
hotb will prove total wrecks No additional bodies have
been washed up The steamship william lawrence,
from baltimore, due at this port yesterday morning
reached her dock at $3.50 this morning Captain Foster
reports that at I30 o'clock yesterday morning teroe
storp was raging and 40 hove-to with 'ho ships nead
out 20 sna Jolock when they believed themselves
% be in tho vicinity Of Martins Industry Li9ht snip
afteen miles from tho entrance to the Savannah River
The esse Iegan TO tabor heavily shipping large quantL
ties of water which entirely submerged the decks ear