The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-09-07
The STORM At CHARLESTON
1t Was a Night Of Terror on Sulli-
vans Island.
SIX LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST.
Charleston's Experience Worse Than
the Memorable Cyclone of 1855
Seventy Churches Damaged~The
Battery Washed-Parks and Lakes
Observation-Disclosures Unroofed.

| fares Strewn with the debris from the
roofs of stores and dwellings, the road
| blocked up by hundreds Of giant trees
uprooted from the earth, the side
walks StreWn with crumbling brick
| and mortar, the courts and alleys and
| bypaths under water, a magnificent
water front with its costly docks
| where the feet of a continent could
| be berthed, piled with wreckage, some
| of it's churches unroofed and almost
every residence in the city more or
less injured. Water and wind have
played havoc in the old city by the sea-
have laid waste some of Its pleasantest
places and deSOlation SaddenS all her
green.
A PLAYTHING OF FATE.
The city rose from its ashes at the
end of the late war of secession, it
battied with the plague for years and
finally conquered it: it emerged from
the wreck of the great cyclone of 1874
and from the still more disastrous one
of 1885 and by the indOmitable will
and unfiinching courage and energy of
its sons, aided by the practical sym
pathy engendered in the bonds Of
brOthel hood of man, it rose literally
from the crumbling ruins which the
tremendous seismic catastrophe Of
1886 caused. Despite these continuing
disasters her people did not succumb.
Surrounded by the wreck of matter,
the earthquake and cyclone city is al
most on her feet again.
CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD.
1t was unique and touching sight
that was presented in the streets of
,pl,. 11tr
community of SiXty-five thousand peo
pie, standing absolutely alone and
apart from the world. All the mod
ern means Of communication with the
outside world were cut off, the streets
were StreWn with electric wires and
telegraph poles, the telephone was
dumb, the magic tickerS Of the tele-
graph silent, many or them with
wives, parents. SWeetheartS, friends
hundreds of miles away from their
ruined homes, the awful destruction
of millions of dollars Of property star
ing them in the face.
In the face of all these appalling
aggrcgatiOnS of what might be termed
''facerS," these men. without pauSing
to bewail their loss, put their should
ers to the wheel and then and there be
gan the work of clearing away the
wreck.
NIGHT OF HORROR.
Charleston's experience Monday
night was worse than the memorable
cyclone of 1885. She bowling of the
tempest, the rattling of windows in
their frames as though they would be
forced inward at any moment, the
trembling of the houses, even the
strongest, the roar of the chimneyS,
the black darkness of the swelling
ri oil no phn u
of driving rain, the ceaSeleSS rattle of
falling states from the roofs, the
dread of what might come with the
next stray blast or the next surge
of the waves, made up a combination
of alarming incidents and features
that no one would care to undergo
again.
SIX LIVES LOST.
The loss of life has been remarkably
slight, considering the fearful ravage
which was done to property gin every
quarter OF the city. The total death
roll numbers six persons, three of
whom met death in the city and three
on Sullivan's Island. Sunday after
noon Mary Barnwell, colored, was
killed while in wooden house. The
tornado struck the place which was
wrecked in an instant, badly injuring
ored child was drowned in a lot and
in an effort to save him negro man
| and another boy also were drowned.
THE BATTERY WASHED.
Charleston's beautiful Battery, the
| admiration of strangers and the pride
| of every son of Charleston, presented
a scene of desolation, white Point
garden had been swept from the angie
of the sea wall to the foot of King
street. Several Of the live oaks and
| nearly every ore of the graceful UNI
| brella trees measured their length
| upon the ground. On South Battery
| several breaches were made, one OF
them being twenty feet in length.
| The shell walk was destroyed.
SEVENTY CHURCHES DAMAGED.
The churches If Charleston, of
which there are upwards of seventy,
all suffered more or less damage from
the cyclone.
DRAGGED THEIR ANCHORS.
Three schooners were in collision
| with the bridge during the night, and
the Maud 5. was completely wrecked.
From Monday afternoon until Tues
day night the click of the telegraph
instrument was not heard in Charles
ton. The wreck on the river front in
| charleston is almost complete. Along
the wharves on Monday morning
scarcely anything but the tops of piles
could be seen, while the adjacent
streets were waist-deep in water
Every fence was fiat on the ground
Huge trees were broken off at the
roots and their limbs sent whirling
through the stygian darkness. Great
piles of tin were heaped up in the
streets and on the wharves and slate
shingles went sailing up into the air
The ferry wharf was a beautiful but
appalling sight. The waves beat vi
beneath fountains of foam ten fee1
upwards. The surging waves com.
pletely surrounded it and the mosqui
to fleet in the neighboring basin Wer,
completely under water. All the yes
sells had broken their moorings anC
played havoc in their wild caree
within the docks.
AN ITALIAN BARK WRECKED.
The largest and most appallin,
wreck of all was the wreck of hug
Italian bark that had been anchored
in the channel, few hundred yard
from the shore. She had been doubl
anchored, but in spite of all of he