Iron County register., 1893-09-07
The VOICE OF THE STORM.

and Two Million Dollars Worth OF Prop
erty Swallowed Up ON the Sea lsianos- -
Every House . Place of Mourning
YEMAssEE, 8. c., Aug. 31.-The FORT
Royal & Augusta road is compiete
wreck beyond the Coosaw, and the
country there is well nigh impossible.
In addition to the terrible wreckages OF
Sundays storm, the evidences OF which
are everywhere glaringly apparent,
the heaviest kind of rain has fallen,
adding to the horror of it all, prevent
ing railroad and telegraph hands from
making the repairs SO badly needed
and rendering transportation across
the country almost impossible.
The stories of death and destruction
at the sea points have astounded the
world. But the real sum is so far be-
yond that heretofore stated that 1t
seems completely beyond belief. The
list of dead and missing, as estimated
at Beaufort, foots up to the astonish-
ingly great number of $40. How much
greater it may be no one can tell.
On the islands the storms greatest
destructive force was felt, and it was
on them that the great loss OF life oc-
Cured. There are dozen or more OF
the islands, and the Indications are
now that there is scarcely a hamlet or
house that is not in mourning. It
seems too great to believe, and yet the
facts are more appalling than any
thing yet told shows 1t is perfectly
safe to say that the loss of life on all
the islands will reach 1000.
The stories of the storm told by the
poor people of Beaufort are thrilling.
The full force of the storm was felt at
8 o'clock Monday morning. A sea cap
tain says the wind must have been
blowing at the rate of 125 miles an
hour when its greatest velocity was
reached.
The picture Of death and desolation
that presented itself to the people Mon
day morning was appalling. Steam
ships rested upon dry land; trees were
twisted and scattered about; at inter
walls dead bodies were found. while
ever and anon the waves would cast
up one or more lifeless forms, swollen,
distorted and bruised During the day
the bodies continued to multiply SO
rapidly that Coroner Mills was COM
peeled to swear in q half dozen depu-
ties, one for each of the islands.
1t is said that one of the deputies
held an inquest over seventy-eight peo-
pie. While the inquest was being held
seventy-eight graves were being dug
and seventy-eight bodies, swollen and
fast decomposing, were awaiting in
terment at the hands of their white
and colored friends who had escaped
death so narrowly. Some of the
se1- L.
at all, while of those heard from
there was not a single one which did
not increase the death roll. On these
the death roll was large, but in many
instances the names of the victims can
not be ascertained. Many of them
were beyond recognition when found,
while others were buried as unknown.
There are only two steamers at Beau
fort now. and both are chartered by
the Port Royal & Augusta railroad.
This prevents passage between the
islands. The coroner, however, and
collector of the port, ex-Congressman
Small, are compiling the information
as fast as it can be obtained and max
ing a record of the dead as fast as pos
sible.
Two Millions In Property and Ono Thou
sand Lives Destroyed.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept IA special to
the Chronicle from Beaufort, s. c.,
SAYS over 800 dead bodies have been
found on the islands about Beaufort
and Port Royal. Over 90, 600, 600 worth
of property has been wrecked near the
same points. Every one of the fifteen
or twenty islands lying around Port
Royal and Beaufort are stepped in sor-
row. On every door-knob there is a
bunch of crepe, and upon every hill
side there are many graves already
filed while many more are awaiting
the bodies that will be deposited in
them Just as soon as some one can be
foundfko do the Christian act of SHOW
cling the dirt upon the coffin.
On the beach the underground,
shrubbery and marshes are turning up
new dead bodies every time an investi-
CATION is made.
OF the many disasters and devasta
tions which visited this section of the
country, none have been half as horri-
ole as those which came Sunday. AL
ready more than 200 dead bodies have
been found, and those who are at all
posted about the country and the hab-
its of the people in the storm-visited
sections are positive in their predic-
tion that the death roll will run as high
as 500. Some of the people, and they
are among the best people of this sec
tion of the state, even place the loss at
more than 1000.
1t Continued It's Destructive Career To
the Canadian Provinces.
QUEBEC, Can, Sept. From all
points comes news of disasters by Tues
days gale. The British bark Premier,
which was loading deals at Metis in
the lower st. Lawrence, was washed on
the rocks, and is dismasted.
A large batteau, from the lower
parishes, loaded with frewood, was
wrecked at the mouth of the st.
Charles river.
The steam yacht Wasp. owned by
Mr.. McNabb, went aground in the Du
Lup river, and the lives of those on
board were saved through the efforts
of the yachts owner. who, with rope
around his waist, managed to swim
ashore and obtain assistance
Drift From the Storm.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept, 1.-Mr. Jacob
Paulsen left yesterday morning for
Coffin Point, s. c., to bring the survi.
yors of the wrecked steamship City OF
Savannah here. Reports OF the disas.
tro,.s work of the storm are still com
ing In. The entire coast is strewn
with wreckape and debris, vessels are
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