Description: 1893 newspaper with a detailed inside-page headline report and a full-page of historic photos of the aftermath, announcing that the SEA ISLANDS HURRICANE of 1893 DESTROYS CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA in one of the area's worst Disasterz - #1E-042 Please visit our ebay store for printed on the front page other FANTASTIC Americana, Antiquarian Books and Ephemera. SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper (NY) dated September 16, 1893, with compelling Charleston, SC natural disaster history! Perfect for framing and display! When storm signals were hoisted on Friday, August 25, Charlestonians felt the usual dread. The forecast in Saturday morning's News and Courier proved accurate: northeasterly wind, increasing to gales, and a hurricane center moving north. Intermittent pelting rains most of Saturday were followed by howling gales overnight, then a lull on Sunday morning. Church services went on, with light attendance, but soon "there was no longer a doubt that the dreaded cyclone was to descend upon the city in all its fury. The craft lying at anchor in the bay were first to take alarm, and from all quarters of the harbor they came hurrying in." Torrents of rain worsened as evening approached. All of the city south of Calhoun Street lay under a sheet of water, which stood three to five feet deep below Tradd Street. Harper's Weekly was the most widely read illustrated newspaper in the United States throughout the period of the Civil War. So as not to upset its wide readership in the South, Harper’s took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery. Publications that supported abolition referred to it as Harper’s Weakly. The Weekly had supported the Stephen A. Douglas presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln, but as the American Civil War broke out, it fully supported Lincoln and the Union. Some of the most important articles and illustrations of the time were the Weekly’s reporting on the war. Besides renderings by Homer and Nast, Harpers also published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred and William Waud. This newspaper usually contained 8 pages of text and 8 pages of gorgeous woodcut engravings, highly prized today for their detailed illustrations of the American Civil War. The engravings are generally in 3 sizes: double page (DP - 21" X 16"), Full page (FP- 16" x 11") , and half page (HP- 10" x 8"). Very Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper. VINTAGE BOOKS AND FINE ART stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is original printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description, unless clearly stated as a reproduction in the header AND text body. U.S. buyers pay calculated priority postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL. We ship packages daily. This is truly a piece OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!
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Location: Oxford, Maryland
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