| From the Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer |
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| October 3, 1861 |
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| The Gale |
| Yesterday, after a showery
rain during the morning about half-past ten o'clock a terrific gale came
up. Window fastenings were nothing, and iron was bent and broken of like
pipe-stems. On Main street, the iron posts in front of Walker's, Glass',
Nichols' and Griffin's stores were snapped off as if they were of some
kind of Nichols' wares. Trees were blown down, and the streets filled
with branches. Buggies were upset, and things in general were
topsy-turvy, wherever the wind reached. |
| A portion of the Charleston
Depot {South Carolina RR} was blown off,
alighting on some cars standing on the track of the Greenville Railroad,
{Greenville & Columbia RR} to the no small surprise and alarm of
some negroes who were engaged in cleaning the cars. One of the cotton
shed of Messrs. Lyles & Anderson was blown down. A portion of the tin
roofing of the Charlotte freight depot {Charlotte
& South Carolina RR} was blown off. A number of fences in
different parts of the city were blown down. |
| In Cotton Town, the damage was
not as extensive as might have been supposed from the frail condition of
many of the buildings. About 100 feet each of the sheds belonging to
Messrs. R. O'Neale and James Cathcart were demolished, and the front of
an old store blown off. |
| We learn that the camp at
Lightwood Knot stood the gale pretty well. But few tents were blown
down, but the brush arbors in front of them disappeared with startling
rapidity. |
| We suppose the storm
originated in the Gulf and has progressed North. About mid-night it will
reach Hatteras, and if severe will sweep the sand bank. Twelve years
ago, that island did not exist, and a high tide, from the influence of a
heavy gale, will cover its surface. On the coast, we hope the blockading
squadron has felt its force. Columbia South Carolinian, 28th
Sept. |
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