Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
STORM ECHoEs.
a vessel Eeschea beaufort wrecked ana
Many People Drowned Heavy Loss as
ChRrleston. y q.


Charleston. ;. a.
SAVANNAH. Ca. Aug 5i.-Thc City of
savannah is wreck on Hunting
island. of the east coast OF south
Carolina
The steamer went ashore there sun
day night The City OF birmingham
arrived AT : o'clock Wednesday nighs
with the passengers aud crow OF the
wrecked vessel
The flag of tho City of Savannah
hung over her side The passengers
were rescued bYa tug from Beaufort
and transferred 70 the City OF Birming-
ham.
The City of Savannah Is "A total loss
and lies high and dry on the beach.
Capt FEMME, of the steamer Bessie.
arrived from beaufort. st. Hclcna and
Hutton half an hour before the city
of birmingham. says that Beaufort il
wrecked and that ON the sea island tho
loss of life among tho colorod people
is very great Fully half the popula-
ton OF the island is drowned Tho
coast is covered with wrecks Can't.
Savage sent letter 10y a boat TO Beau
fort Monday morning Collector of
Customs Small sent the tug Cecilia to
the stranded vessel and took the pas
sengcrs of the City OF savannah. That
was the first n0ws received that tho
steamer was lost
CHARLESTON, ). =, Aug. Sl.-Thc cy-
clone is ended; tho city has started To
rcpair the damages. while vet almost
shut OF from communication with tho
outer world
The sight presented. Tuesday was "A
familiar one 10 people Of this city-a
city almost IN ruins, tho streets and
thoroughfarcs strcwn with debris from
the roofs of stores and dwellings. tho
roadwoys blocked by hundreds OF giant
trees uprootcd from the earth. sidewalks
Strcwn with crumhling brick and NOR
tar, courts. alleys and by-paths under
water the magnificent water front.
with its costly docks. where the fleets
Of continent could be berthcd. piled
with wrcclSagc, many churches unroof.
ell and almost every residence in tho
city more or less damaged. Water and
wind had played havoc in the old city
10y the sea-, and had laid waste some of
its plcasantcst places
The work ~ reconstruction began in
the small hours OF dawn. and while tho
fierce gale was still bowling through
the town, threatening almost 20 an.
initiation Along the hy-ways and ON
the thoroughfarcs could be seen tn,
hcwers Of wood, the African American
city OF Charleston. true 10 the instinct
OF his race, armed with big and little
hntchctS. clearing away the debris with
n proVidcut eve for extra tircwood. A
fcw minutes later away up king street.
battalion Of stalwart worl,men.
armed with axes saws. piclxs and
spades, commenced working their why
down the streets, followed Gloss, in the
rear 10y one of the familiar but indis.
pcnSablc bob-tails OF the street railway
ON its march from Line street 10 tho
battery
As they progressed southwark.
almost in the teeth ~ the gale. q hcdre
ot evergreen arose ON each side OF the
roadway and the street car The first
step toward n return from chaos To
civilization is once more in evidence.
rough estimate places the losses
at something over $1,000, coo. There
arc NO lights in the city. both gas and
electricity have given out. and there
has been no railroad communication
south of uS The total loss of life is
six people.
AUGUSrA, Ca, Aug. SI.-Nc,vS 70.
ccivcd Wednesday night brings the
startling Intelligence that seventy dead
and swollen bodies were taken from
the NooSa river Wednesday by search
ng parties, Not ops-half OF the
horrors OF the storm has vet
been told, rs messengers from sur
rounding sections are arriving hourly,
bringing news Of deaths and terrible
havoc caused by Sundays gale.
The result 81 Wednesdays work of
the relief party puts the number NJ
missing at over hundred. but owing
to poor means 81 communication cor
rect lists 81 the dead can not be OBJ
t"'ncu In several places along the
NooSa river wcrc found eight or ten
bodies lying on the bank close together.