Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-01
SIX HUNDRED DEAD.
,..r IS THE STORM RESULT ON
'''' cAROLlNAS COAST.
-. snrvivors Ds.titute-Ureept Appeal
Ior AID In the shape of rrovissons--
uore stories Of Wreck Incidents.
.n, inlngr,nh % the DIspsich.l

. OF the Port Royal a. Augusta
,.Ires the Chronicle tonight that the
.,rf. 0n the sea islands OF South car
.. sr exceeds anything yet reported.
,-rI rot fan far short OF COO. Great
..-.f.r exists among the 1000 remain
....l lulnts and an urgent appeal Is
.r aiI IN the shape Of provisions.
e aai supplies OF the people hav-
I..l entirely destroyed.
vEtA. :. G.. August d.-Accounts
. t1 come IN OF general havoc by
Us storm Thousands % valuable
tr.,s have tbeen blown down,
t... been washed away. and the
f.I of notsam and jetsam from
..,.r AGyiccs from the sea coast
..r r.mmcd Up In the following ex-
.. ,-u t,lay's Charleston papers:
.. t-v-staple cotton crop has met
..... injury. and the estimates arc
... lu former years Charleston re-
.r1 bales of sca-island cotton.
ID, viii 90 well to get 1900.
ra s.fuatiou in nut shell. as
rray by those who are in the
.u % do any talking. The re-
to that the sea islands met
.. ... heaviest damage. while the up.
-I s.mcwhat better.
. ..l....u. 81 kcrrison's establish
. .... The following story Of the cf-
- ttn storm in the low country:
t-f ..t arrived from Waterloo. and
.... r.t from Eischonrs place on the
..,.. If,.r tI Jacksonboro two negroes
..,H .n the top OF their shanty
-.i.l chat an the negroes ON the
,- 'nW.auls had been drowned.
....f .l men. women and children.
.t "a terrible experience, and
stlt. that all of the dwell
totally destroyed and the place
t.s.'ltiuu.
... s....a,." NJ Robinson said,
...t t. houses had been completely
. f-u their foundations out into
...... .rI all of the rice fields were
ralt Pilot Boy familiar 10
.r thc inland route between
- No Charleston and Savannah,
stranded and more or less in
plot feet OF the harbor Is
stranded. The phosphate
ar. located on the banks
t-. boring rivers. are i'm little bet
.. those ON Charleston Neck.
.... .ir- on tongue Of land
'.rt river, must have been
..f t. OBJ. fury OF the tempests.
rretlcmly in ruins. Its
.. destroyed and great dam
. ...r dom. o. its buildings. The
Hf. which resulted from
... .. every shore Of the islands
.-' f.rc or else II has been
....t..I- stated. Thirty odd
..rl dead on the beach.
number was expected 10 be
.. before the death-ron
.-i 10 is needless 10 add
. were injured terribly.
... ... l.s- would probably not
. .- estimate to make
... gentlemen from this city who
...., I....1 or Eaaufort during
.. returned to Charleston yes
... FIRST train which came into
... ra Dhr1ceton & Savannah
.. r.i.r. tnlt The loss OF life
..... 1: property a. those
r. r.chhorinE sea islands
t.rrL The death roll lad
f. afty odd people. among
..t-i ~ Ellis. the newly
...n. officer for the port
...t whom. tfe United States dry
and which stands be
'. .r..u. The fatality which
nh. Government improve
".r inception found its cul-
sunday uirht The injury
t .- ..c4rtely calculated.
f.. Irruiest island town in
is terribly damaged. not
..... oil. n0t that Il stands six
.. Beaufort river. Many Of the
" r.. town were badly dam
'.. W.arts are nearly or quite