The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-01
HUNDREDS MORE DEAD.
Fearful Loss Around Port Royal
and Beaufort.
FACTS ARE WORSE THAN RUMoRs


Damage Far Exceeds Anything Yet
Reported--Grsat Dsstitution Among tho
Inhabitants.
AUGUSTA, Sept 1.-Receiver Averil, of
the Port Royal and Augusta road, wires
The Chronicle that the loss of life on the
sea islands, s. c., far exceeds anything
yet reported, and will not fall far short of
500 Great destitution exists among the
inhabitants, and urgent appeal is made
for aid in the shape of provisions.
Every one of the fifteen or twenty islands
lying around Port Royal and Beaufort are
in mourning. On every door knob there
is bunch of GRAPE and upon every hill
side there are fresh made graves. The
beeohes, the underground. trees and shrub
berry, the marshes and the inlets are re-
vealing dead bodies every time an investi-
CATION is made. Those who are mt all
posted about the country and the habits
OF the people In the storm visited sections
are confident In their prediction that the
death roll will run as high as 500, Some
of the best people of this section even place
the loss at more tlan Zoo
SAVANNAH, Sept, 1.-The tug that went
to Coffin Point, near ST. Helena lighthouse,
to bring back the women and children
wrecked OH the steamer City of Savannah,
and that was expected to return last even
ing had not arrived A gpeat many dead
animals that were drowned in the storm
are floating down the river The body of
little girl about S years of age fioated
down. 1t Is reported that twenty four
bodies fioated up on the lower end of
Hutchinson Island near Sereven's ferry.
The experience Of Captain Whitley and
his wife and family Of ten children or
Castle Pickney on the night of the storm
was q terrible one. The wind blew the
store houses to pieces and blew away all
che ship chambers stores. and his dwell
ing was so exposed that IL was seen to be
dangerous to remain In H. He and his
family stood out the storm with occasional
waves breaking over the helpless family.
Three of the little ones were from months
to years Of age, and they stood il like
the old ones, without wbimper The
fury of the winds and waves was so great
that some huge masses of iron used hold
ing buoys, aud Weighing $500 pounds,
were moved from their places and rolled
about the beach
The missing steamship Seminole, abou
which so much anxiety was felt, steamed
into the harbor yesterday morning with
ercely n scratch on her. She and her
passengers and crew escaped unscathed
from the horrors of the STORM which swept
the coast. Inquiry at tho Clyde line office,
elected little information regarding the
other missing steamer Yemassee, further
than the bare statement that she hnd left
her dock in New York Saturday afternoon
She should have arrived in Charleston at
,sza.clook on the morning Of the 2eth.
Several gentlemen from here, who were
10 Port Royal or beaufort during the hur
ricane, returned to Charleston oo the frs
train which nj tho cit tb h.,
Charleston and Savannah railway. They
report that the loss Of life and the dest.uc
Gon Of property at those places aud the
neighboring sea islands have be Oh fearful
The death roll has already risen to thirty
odd persona, among whom was mum
bered DIR. Ellis, the newly appointed
quarantine officer for the port. Paris
Island, where the United States dry dockt
are building and which stands between
the Broad and the Beaufort rivers, WA
swept by the cyclone.
COLUMBIA, S, c.. Sept l.-Accounts con
tinue to come in of general havoc by sun-
days storm. The long staple cotton crops
has met with severe injury, and the es-
Inmates are that where in former year:
10000 bales Of sea island cotton, this yeaI
ahe will do well to get 5000 bales The
reports indicate that the sea islands met
with the heaviest damage.
Mr.. Il. Robinson, Of Kerrison's estab-
iishment gives the following story of the
sffeots Of the storm in the low coun try.
He had just arrived from Wsltsrboro and
stated that from Blsohoff's place. on the
Edisto river, to JRkBonboro two negroes
hoated tho whole distance on the top of
their shanty and reported that all the
negroes on the place in the lowlands had
been drowned, In all about 100 men and
nd ol,Il1ran rbay OF
bic experience. and Furthermore state that
all of the dwellings are totally destroyed,
and the place is in abject desuation
MEMPHIS, Sept. IA special from Jack.
sonvills, Fla, says; Reports of the dam.
age by the storm in outlying districts are
coming In slowly. Ten bloated bodies OF
victims of Sundays cyclone were discov
cred in drift fourteen miles from Jack-
sonyille The bodies were almost nude
and could not be identified. The damage
to fruit trees and orange groves is enor
nous. In many cases the trees are
stripped Of every vestige of leaves and
fruit Wires are down in nearly every th
Seotion.
WILMISGToN, N. G., Sept. 1.-The three
masted schooner Enchantress, OF New
York, Captain Frank Rallent, cargo OF
railroad ties, is ashore twenty-five miles
south of Cape Fear, deck load lost cabin
and forecastle washed away The crew
were three days without food or water
The mate was washed overheard, and the
captain was injured.
BALTIMORE. Sept. IA shipwreeized
crew has just arrived in port on the pass
enger steamer ID. H Miller, of Baltimore.
IL is the crew of the British ship Astoria.
The vessel was caught in tho hurricane off
the coast Of South Carolina For twelve
hourR fha MAJ tIaru pf ha
lashed to the yards on the mizzenmast and
almost despaired of touching land agnin.
One Of the crew was struck by n floating
timber and his leg was crushed like a pipe
stem All through the latter part OF Mon
day afternoon they drifted helplessly be-
fore the blast, and when night settled
down the dangers Of the hurricane only
Increased The terrors of thnt terrible
night In the storm will never be forgotten.
The Astoria is a hopeless wreck She
probably sunk - after the crew was
rsscuod.
WAsuIEGToN, opt 1.-Charleston news
papers, Just received here, are full of
graphic details Of the ravaaes of the cy-
clone, The News aud Courier says There
has not been the faintest tick of a tele
graph instrument in this city since about
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, The News
and Courier Of the Both incidentally re-
marks that this edition of the paper was
set up by candle lighty that the available
supply OF candles was exhausted about q
q n., which necessltated the leaving out
q four columns OF news about the oy.
international Sunday School Convention.
ST. LOUIS, Sept IA clear, bright day
greeted the first business session of the
seventh international Sunday school con.
vention. The following officers were agreed
upon: President, W. Miller of Akron; re.
oording secretary, Curtis B. Cook of Texas;
assistant recording secretary, Rev ID NJ.