The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-16
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TWO BAD STORMS
One Along Atlantic Coast, the
Oth,r on the Lake
SOME SAILOR DROWNED
Stories OF HsrrOr From South Caro-
lima and the Sea ISLANDS.
MANY SEEK REFUGE IN TREES.
The Worst Gale That Has swept the
Great Lakes During the season OF
Navigation for the iast Ell Years
The List of Wrecks Is Appa ling
Entire Crew of the Propeller e
Richmond Given Up for Lost.

COLUMBIA, ;. O., Oct. ia sreciai 10
10 the State from Georgetown tells a
terrible story Of devastation and death
wrought by the hurricane in and around
that city and on the adjacent sea islands.
The entire water front OF Georgetown was
flooded and much damage was done To
merchandise stored In warehouses.
At Magnolia beach almost every house
was washed away, and thirteen white aud
six colored people were drowned. A nnm-
Der escaped a watery grave by taking
refuge in trees. The white people drowned
are DR.. Arthur B. Flagg and wife, his
son, DR.. Arthur B. Fagg. Jr., his wife and
five children; Miss Bette La Bruno, Miss
Alice La Bruce and two Misses Weston,
daughter Of the late Bentley Weston.
The tide rose three feet in some Of the
houses on Pawley's island, q well-known
summer resort. The residences Of DIR. II.
NJ. Tucker, b. p. Frazer and L. c. Lachi-
cote were washed away entirely, the
inmates only q saving what clothing they
had on. No lives were Loaf on the island.
Wires D~emoralized.
New York, Oct. 16.-Last night the
Western Union reported all Morse wires
down west and south, with the exception
of a single wire to Augusta and Jackson
willie. The Whcatstone wires are being
worked to Chicago, via Buffalo, one to St
Louis and one to New Orleans. Two
Pittsburg wires were recovered. Nothing
has been heard direct from Charleston
since the wires went down Friday night.
Important messages are being given pre-
ference. while other business is far behind
some of it two days old. 1t was said at
of getting any more western wires were
very poos. At the Office Of the Postal
telegraph company the manager stated
that he did not have a single wire to Chic
ago. They also reported the prospects
poor.
Along the Carolina Coast.
WILMINGTON, n. c., Oct. l6.--The
sldestinhabitant was forced to admit that
the terrific outburst of wind and wave that
swept through the city surpassed any
storm in his day or generation.
Friday night was stormy. There were
ntful showers and violent gusts Of wind,
that foretokened the furious gale that fol-
lowed with tho early morning and that in
creased as the day wore on until the climax
OF the big blow was reached near midday.
The wind started in from the southeast
and held In this quarter until about 2
o'clock in the afternoon when IL gradually
veered around to the southwest, and the
rest of the gale was from this direction, the
wind blowing with undiminishing force
after night fall, until about 10 o'clock
when il subsidized to almost a perfect calm,
and the "Big blow" Of 1893 passed into
history.
The tide was the highest known even in
che memory Of the most Anticipated resi-
deEts, being sixteen inches above the high
water mark registered and recorded In
1853, which had surpassed all previous
known records, it IL believed.
Wilmington Flooded.
wnMISeros, Del, Oct. 16 IT storm
did great damage In this city and vicinity.
I'm Esstlake, = suburb, seven houses were
snroofed, and the family Of James Greer
had q narrow escape. Six dwellings on
Claymont street were also unroofsd and
two Of the inmates, whose names have
not been learned, were seriously injured.
The banks Of the Christiana creek gave
way and the southern section Of the city
was flooded. In South Wilmington the
occupants OF . number OF houses were
rescued by boats from the second story
windows Of their submerged homes. A
Waterman at Bush's lumber yard was
forced to climb TO the top of . lumber pile
90 rapidly did the waters rise, and ssimilar
smploys ct q railroad crossing in the same