Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-29
WIRES Down FROM RICHMOND.
Reports Of Fearful Tcmpests In tn
CarOlinas and Georgia.

Special Dispatch to the Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va. Aug. q. For the pa st
two days the weather in Richn md has teen
unbearably hot. Yesterday afternoon there
was slight fall in the temperature ard
the heat was succeeded by a stiff gale which
blew over this vicinity at rapid rate and
snapped many branches from the trees.
Later on the gale developed into d small
tornado. and last night the winds howled
and clustered as though they heraljed the
approach of a cyclone.
Window frames and signs were badly
shaken. and the rain, which fell In torrents
at times. was blown heiter-skeiter by the
tempest. The telephone wires throughout
the city We're badly damaged. and in many
places were blown down, while at least q
hundred were crossed
The Western Union and postal telegraph
officials said last night that nearly all their
wires in North and South Carolina and
Georgia had been broken down. and that
fearful tempest had been raging in these
states.
News From Charlotte.
A brief dispatch from Charlotte, N. c.,
gives meager details Of the storm in South
Carolina and Georgia. 1t says: Cyclones.
wild winds and violent rains for the past
twenty-four hours have ruined crops. es-
peciaily cotton, and caused deaths Of
number OF persons
Further than this the railroad authori-
ties are absolutely ignorant.
Charleston Not Under Water.
Inquiry at all of the railroad offices in the
city failed to confirm the report that
Charleston, >. c.. is under water 1t is
however, learned that no trains have reach
ed this city from Charleston since early
yesterday morning. but as to telegraphic
communication. 1t is entirely suspended
No definite information is o5tainable
The railroad men say that the storm in
Charleston was terrific. and that the rail-
road tracks are submerged
A washout on the r. r. and p. r. r.
near Quantico. which is about half way be-
tween here and Washington. has greatly
delayed traffic with the north All trains
from Washington are running via Gordons-
willie.
No considerable damage was done in this
city by the storm last night. few houses
were unroofed. and several washouts &C.
CURED throughout the city. Reports from
throughout the state this morning. Indicate
that the storm was very severe. Crops in
the eastern portions of this state and
North Carolina have been almost totally
devastated
!
culable.
Late News From Charleston.
Up to 2 pm. the only dispatch of any
kind from South Carolina received at the
United Press office in this city. was a tele-
gram from Florence. SC, a little railroad
town between Charleston and Wilmington
and not very far from Columbia, SC
This dispatch reads as follows:
FLORENCE. SC, Aug 29-In a cy-
IL C,vIrs
by the name of A. Bryan and his wife were
drowned. and Mrs. E. Holland (white) was
killed by a falling house. Fifteen hous es
were swept away and every one on the Is
land was more or less damaged"
Sullivan's Island Is in the Atlantic ocean.
seven miles east of Charleston, and is the
site of Fort Moultrie. Florence Is a juno
ton 100 miles north Of Charleston. They
probably received the news Of this disaster
there by train.
The dispatch is without signature. but 1t
is forwarded evidently by a regular press
correspondent. The telegraph marks indi-
cate that 1t has been transmitted by way of
Atlanta, Ga.
This Is probably the forerunner Of many
dispatches which will begin to arrive from
the afflicted section.
Disaster mt Jacksonville.
A Jacksonville dispatch sent last night
says:
In Jacksonville. from early In the morning
I'll pm. the rain came down In torrents,
and the river became exceedingly rough.
The wind al pm. had reached a velocity
Of thirty eight miles per hour Hundreds Of
trees were blown down. Signs on boarding
houses disappeared rapidly before the gale,
and scores OF dwellings and public buildings
were either unroofed entirely or had the tin
blown from them. thus causing bad leaks
and great damage from rain. The most
serious damage was at the Park Opera
House and the Ocean Street Presbyterian
Church
At Mairport tnouth Of St. Johns river)
all the buildings suffered more or less, and
the old house was demolished completely.
AT Pablo Beach the sea encroaehed upon
the railroad track and premises Of the cot
tagers. and the wind played havoc among
them.