Year: 1874




in many instances lifting the flooring
from the piers and rendering it extremely
hazardous for anybody to stand in the
vicinity. The sea in the harbor rolled
mountain high, and the waves dashed
over the piers in huge rollers. At Ac-
commodation wharf bark was driven
from her moorings high up on the landing
into the wharf Office of Campbell, WHY
& Co., but vas blown off again when the
wind shifted. So great was the force of
the wind that the bowsprit Of the vessel
entered the second story of the building,
which was Of brick, and cut it completely
in two, making clean split. At the
wharf of the Sullvan's Island steamers
the waves washed clear over the wood
work, and the anxious crowd who had
gathered there to hear tidipgs from
friends on the Island were fairly driven
back by the binding rain and rapidly
rising waters. East Bay and Calhoun
street were flooded and were covered with
water to such i depth as to


FLOAT THE CARS


of the Enterprise Railway from the track.
All the wharyes above Market street were
more or less damaged, but those below
that point suffered the most. At Van
dcrhost wharf large fiat loaded with
phosphate rock intended for the ship Bor-
der Chicftain parted the fastenings, and
was blown into three sloops in the dock.
sinking them almost Immediately. The fiat
was then lifted by tho waves and thrown
transverscly across the dock, making a
complete bridge between the two piers.
The British bark Beltste, which had
arrived from Liverpool and was anchored
in the stream, was blown from her moorings
despite two heavy anchors held by seventy
FIVE and forty five feet of iron chain and
dragged into the dock between Boyce and
Atlantic wharf. The wharf on the ex.
trcme southern limit of the eastern water
front was completely washed away, and
the piers Immediately adjoining on the
north, at which were moored the steamers
City Point and Dictator, were also badly
damaged. The work Of destruction con
tinued without interruption until about
half past twelve, when the wind moder-
ated for short time, and then shifted
around to the south and west, when it
again blew with fury for about an hour.
tearing the tin and slate from the roofs of
many buildings, and blowing down trees
and fences in every direction. The change
in the direction of the wind, however,
had the effect of turning the tide, and in
an incredibly short time the waters began
to fall and people began to breathe easier.
As SOON as the wind shifted the rain ceas-
ed to fall and the streets, which up to
this time had been dangerous to pedcs
trians on account of the falling shingles,
signs and fences, were now crowded with
people who had come out to view the cf.
fccts Of the storm.


The scene on the Battery, while the
gale was at its height, was at once sub.
line and terrible. The sea wall prone
made on East Battery, which on Saturday
night last was thronged with promenaders,
was almost entirely submerged. The an
Cry waves dashed over the stones i'll huge
pillows, and flooded tic street below, tear
ing up the huge fagstones and washing
away the shcllroad. On South Battery
the destruction was equally terrible and
sudden. The water poured in volumes
over the abutmcDt, and long before eight
o'clock was fully TWO feet deep in the lawn
of White Point Garden. The beautiful
Battery is now scene Of ruin, and it is
calculated that it will take at least twenty
thousand dollars to repair the damage done
ut this point, alone


TIE suns RAYs-The most delicate
slip Of gold leaf, says Prof. Tyndall, ex-
posed as target to the suns shafts, is
not stirred to the extent of hair, though
an infants faintest breath would set it in
tremuous motion Tho tcnderest of the
human orsans-tho apple Of the eye
though pierced and buffetcd each day by
thousands of sunbeams. suffers no pain
during the process, but rejoices in their