Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-20
STORM-SWEPT EAST.
THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AGAIN
ASSAIlED

Repetition of the Dreadful Raw
ages of the storm.king-A Wide
Swarth Cut Wherever he Pursues
His Way.
: A Wilmington, N. c., dispatch of
Sunday says: The Oldest inhabitant
was forced to admit that the terrific
outburst OF wind and wave that swept
through the city yesterday surpassed
any storm in his day or generation.
The tide was the highest ever known
here. On the river the waves dashed
with tremendous force against the
warehouses and vessels, the tide quick
ly covering the lowlands opposite the
city and stretching in an unbroken
sea across the rice fields as far as the
eye could reach. The troubled stream
bore an immense quantity of wreck
age. High water did considerable
damage at Water street. All the
wharves were under water, and the
flood swept through the lower floors of
the warehouses. The city wharves
were washed up and landed bodily on
Water street. The flood is deep
enough from Chestnut and Mulberry
streets for rowboat. At the Cape
Fair and Hadken Valley Railroad
wharf the flood covered everything.
The Wilmington compress, warehouse
is also flooded and 5000 bales OF cot
ton in the warehouse is damaged to
some extent. Telephone and electric
light wires are all in a tangle. One
of the spires of the First Presbyterian
church was blown down, but nobody
hurt.
At Southport the custom-house
building and nearly all the wharves
were washed away. Many residences,
warehouses and other buildings were
badly damaged. The foundations of
Oak Island lighthouse are undermined
and the house is settling down in the
sand. At Ocean View all the large
pavilions and many Of the cottages
were either swept away or more or less
damaged. No serious disasters to
shipping aie as yet reported. The
only loss OF life as yet known Is re-
ported from Sampson, where tree
fell on the house of farmer named
Lane and crushed two OF his children
to death. The total loss in this inn
mediate section will probably reach
$4,000.
At Baltimore the damage done is
greater than has been experienced in
many years. Along the water front
the tide rose to the level of the
wharves, overlooked into the stores
and cellars of commission merchants
and places occupied by oyster packers,
and completely destroyed stocks to
the amount of almost ST 100000. The
oyster boats are badly damaged, the
destruction of property all through
the city is large. After the burning
of the electric light works, the flames
communicated to the Jail, as reported
last night. A panic cnsued among
the prisoners, who were locked in their
cells. Quickly as possible the cells
would be thrown open, but not before
many inmates were sutfocated by the
sitting smoke. Many of them, in
fright, plunged headlong from the up
per corridors to the stone floors be-
meath, breaking arms and legs, and
inhicting other injuries. Thirty of
them were so badly injured it was
necessary to remove them to the hos
pitfalls. Reports are coming in slowly
showing immense damage to crops,
and numbers OF cattle in suburban
towns. Until this afternoon tele-
graphic communication was entirely
cut off, except with Washington.
The storm in Washington City was
very severe and the damage great. AS
sociate Justice Brown, of the Supreme
Court, had an artery in his head cut
by a plate-glass window which was
blown in at his residence, and came
very near bleeding to death before
medical assistance could be obtained
to tie the artery. He is reported out
of danger now. but will be confined to
his house for some days. The walls
of the new Calvary Baptist Church
blew down, fortunately without injury
to anybody. Damage to police and
fire alarm service was greater than was
ever known before. The tide on the.
river rose to an unprecedented height.
Considerable injury was done along
the wharves. Trees were blown in
every direction. The Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies sui
fered greatly from the storm. Both
companies were obliged to refuse bust
ness to all points. The United Press
loss control OF all its leased wires be-
tween and 7 o'clock in the evening.
At Georgetown, S. c.. the devasta-
ton and death wrought by the hurri-
cane in and around that city and ad-
jacent sea islands is terrible. The
entire water front OF Georgetown is
flooded, and there is much damage to
merchandise stored in warehouses. At
Magnolia Beach almost every house
was washed away and Is white and
six colored people drowned. A num-
Der escaped watery grave by taking
refuge in the trees.