The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-27
CYCLONIC RUINS.
The City of Charleston, South
Carolina, One Vast Cha.
otto Wreck.
IT'S wharves Utterly Destroyed,
Its buildings DemoIished,
Hut No Lives Lost.
over SI,Ia3, 900 Worth OF Prop,
erty Destroyed Freaks of
the storm.
Charleston. n. a., "a Scene of Desc
IRtion and Ruin.


charleston. n. a., "a scene of Desc
Iation and Ruin.
AUGUSTA, Ga, August 26.-Icster-
days storm In this region was a cy-
clone In the proper sense of the term.
The wind was twenty-five miles per
hour at 1850 u m increasing TO thirty
live aud then to fifty, which was
reached ut 8 O'Clock, and finally run
ming up to scventy-tivc or eighty miles
per hour. The northern edge of the
cyclone touched Charleston and CON-
pletcd its passage In forty minutes.
The streets of Charleston were more
desolatc at the end of two hours than
after the bombardmcnt during the
war. Tho storm co mmenced prop
erly at daylight, coming from
the southeast with frequent gale
AT O'Clock the roof OF St
MichaePs church was stripped OIL
Az a. m. the apparatus ON the roof OF
the signal Office, the flagstaff and the
weather vanc, were demolished. The
last observation before the climax OF
the destruction, recorded the wind al
sixty-eight miles all hour
llt NllhlnA vi Nllt Wy ilOlt W NN nj o
O'Clock. But u single she'd Is standing
on the wharf, and everything there is
In ruins. AT 8 O'Clock there was II
luli, but soon the gale Increased, and
continued until o'clock in the after
uoon. when the great storm of 1885
was over.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
were expended on the wharves this
season, putting them in order. The
water front on Cooper river suffered
most, and the southern wharf suffered
least, but the commercial wharves
were completely wrecked. Half "A
dozen yachts, two pilot boats and IA
dredging machine were sunk. b yce's
wharf was wrecked and the pilot
boat, "Schroepcr," and Il number OF
fishing smacks aud yachts were sunk
Four piers and the sheds of the At.
lantic wharf were blown away. The
Cotton Exchange building was also
damaged. kerr's wharf was demol.
ished. The steamer "Planter' was
stove in at accommodation wharf
Tho damage to the Contra
wharf was very great. The
four piers and three sheds of the
Union wharf were swept away. Tn,
wharf at Castle Pinckncy was carried
away.
The steamer, Delaware, from New
York, Saturday, came in all right, bu
she reports II fearful storm nj sea. Tn,
damage 10 houses IN the city canno
be told. The pleasure boats on Rut
ledge Street lake were piled up OF
the northern shore in confused mas
of broken hulks.
Along the river there were man
casualties TO shipping, vessels bein,
grounded all along the river, and tw
sloops have not yet been found,
The convent of the Sisters of Mere
was seriously injured and unroofcd
the plastering il down, the librar
badly damaged. and the building
temporarily unfit tor use. A colorc
church in CroInwell's alley was con
pletely demolished.
In Franklin street large tree wa
rlven IN three parts IRON top to bot
tom but remained standing. III
whole street is barricaded with falle
trees. The south battery was tll
scene OF great confusion and damag
to shipping. The streets were floode
with water, and crafts OF all dcscril
tons were washed ashore aud wei
floating in the streets at high It'd
> The iishermen's boats were dostroyC
ana the wharves piled high with Il
= chaotic wreck. The northwestei
p ann central portions OF the city su
fered hight damages compared wi
q that in The water front through Il
! entire portion of the city west of Ru
4 ledge avenue was submerged wi
a salt water from one to thr
feet Tho spirc of the Citad
Square Baptist church, one of d
tallcst in the city, was blown aero
r the four-story dwelling of Thomas
|, Dotter, cutting away tho plaza Al
4 front walks, and leaving the intcri
Il of the dwelling exposed to the stor
RI Several miraculous escapes occurr
K mere but no one was Injured. 1t "
q. take $4,000 to replace the spire
q. the Plymouth church which was 20
a plctoly unrOofed, The st. Philli
,d street synagogue is also unroof
10 The church home in Lawrence str,
y was badly damaged, aud the Ay,
Institute was unrooied. The Trim
Methodist Episcopal church aud I
d. chapel of the Citadel were unroot
al The Mount Zion Presbyterian ohuI
o. (colored), was unroOied and ba
o. wrecked. About "A mile of railv
Ie- track was blown up; the freight
ny pots were badly damaged two slo
OF were blown out of the water {
he across the track and the South Ca
ci. lima railroad warehouses were
rooted and badly damaged.
The track OF the South Caro-
railroad from the intersection
he the Northeastern to the South &,
re- lima railway, wharves hoated ali
of and was deposited in zig gag pro-
rs tons on whatever foundations v
ily, exposed by the receding waters.
tbs loss 10 the railroad is estimated
81 $4,000 at this point and other
roads lose several thousand each.
to- At Sulliyan's island many no
were damaged. The New Brig