The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-06
WHAT AN ANIMAL DID.

two feet and half deep In my house. Every
thing had except what was up stairs wa!
ruined. simply dido't know what to do.
WHAT AN ANIMAL DID.
"l saw MIR. Joseph Pate Of the Coosaw com
pany, and be said that he had stood when b,
found out that he was ~ fe. and watched al
poor man. He was over on Lady's Island
His stallion, u fine animal. SWAIN In the wa
ter from Coosaw Island 10 Lady's Island
distance OF Quarter Of mile. and going az
der aud whinned as much az 10 say Master
you aud | alone survive. Let's be "a comfor
TO each other"
10 thank The Slate. the News and Cnurle
and the Augusta Chronicle for their kindly
interest In the survivors and their efforts L
have something done 10 keep them from
starving.
"The three master, J.J. Cummings, which
plies between Boston aud Beuu fort, Ia away
up In the town OF Beaufort, opposite the Pilo
Boy and The two tugs. One OF these tugs nov
far inland, once made trip to South Amer
lea.
The tugs are In better condition 10 get of
the land than any other vessels. The Wey
month: the property Of the Earmer Minine Ilnn
erty of Mr.. George Gage. All the tug boats o
Mr.. Lopez ure high and dry, and one gentle
man, Mr.. Honnam, is
| BURIED DOWN UNDER DREDGE.
I'VE can see him and pmell him, but can
not reach him 10 get him out.
| "Iu Beaufort during the storm could occa
sIonalIy hear shrieks and screams, but they
gale. The dogs kept how ling Mll night during
their battle with the waves. Every street In
the lower portion Of the town Of Beaufort
was swept by the waters. Some of the H.
lands we're 30 badly swept that you canno,
| tell that any one ever inhanited them.
| sNearly all the DROD.6 who were Killed on
| the Islands were drowned. heurd OF one
man, Purcell, who was killed by house fall.
Ing on him. The water CO, cred the island en-
tirely. Paris Island which WAS low was ell.
tirely submerged. The islands near Beaufort
have several thousand people living ON them
the year round. Most OF them were left there
nothing on earth upon their bodies but the
night clothes they had on when the hurricane
came.
"Tne survivors say that they were only
laslIing themselves there. Some Of them
spoke TO Inc and told me about u. No dead
| bodies were washed a. hore ON the Beaufort
beach. The wind came In direction that drove
Ell. pushing them In shore. Speaking OF the
wind, l raw one house belonging 70 man
named Jenkins which was broken In hall.
One half was blown way up street In the
upper portion OF the town; the ether was
blown down q street at right angles and
landed near my house.
BUSINESS PARALYZED.
"The are trying TO do but little business
Mr.. w. p. Roberts has closed his store entire
| there. He * trying TO get ready " open
again. You wilt flni trouble In buying any
thing In Beaufort. There Is no money down
mes s9e for seaa Tss
the principal place " here the poor man go'
his work.
pieces. Every dredge and tug boat Is entire
| ~ gone; not n Vesti2e ieft.
THE PEOPLE ARE HORROR STRICKEN
by the death OF so many of their fellow-men
Monday after the storm was a fair day the
came in about IL O'clock OF husbands, wives
mothers and other relatives who hud been
killed at the mines; then you could hear
screams, shrleks, cries all over the town. II
up right elong ever since.
1.-The people are now sending In money
Salt water has destroyed all the potatoes
even, by soaking In the earth-all that wat
left for food.
| BUILDING a WHARF.
Mr.. Lawton, the agent OF the steamship AL
pha was the first person TO commence the
building OF little wharf by mailing bSard' 81
Schepper, at his old place. All the wharve.
were destroyed, and this is only convenient
Ior ladies TO get ON the tug Bristol. Tails u
the only place that any boat can land. He
did this without the use OF boat. He tried
In vain to get q small boat, there was none
At the risk OF his life he managed to pot uI
this temporary wharf,
'THE FIRST LOT OF PROVISIONS
was brought BY Capt. Strovar on Sunday
from Savannah In n very small tug. Mr
| 1awton drove the nails In the wharf him
self, and offered the use OF his wharf to Col
Averill TO be used for The relief OF the suffer
err. Otherwise everything remains Just ai
| the storm left 1t. Some OF the
PEOPLE IN THE TOWN
are Just as bad OF az those on the Islands
I'm endeayoring 10 give you true statenien
Without exaggeration. What you have seer
| In the papers IL so, and 1t Is even worse.
will return to Beaufort Tuesday. have beer
work Ing myself In the streets OF Beaufort
and am very sore.
~ think that twenty-five would be low
estimate OF the number of houses In Beau
fort town that have been actually broken vi
and destrnyed-nota trace or Them leit. IN
clude In this the beautiful office or Senate
WI. Yerdler: He fost over $1,000 and look
| like u tramp"
THE OFFICIAL RECORD 80 FAR.
Coroner Wells, Beaufort county, has sup
~ .I1HN h All