Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
ANGEL OF DEATH.
4 Harvest Of Human Lives Along
the Atlantic Coast.
THE RAGING ELEMENTS AT WORK.
Reports Of Damsge 10 Property on SEA
and Land and Everything not
Yet Told.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. ga special
10 the Chronicle from Port Royal, >.
O., brings the startling information
that fully one hundred lives were Lost
at Port Royal, Mt Beaufort, and neigh
boring points by drowning during the
storm. or the 100 persons killed and
drownod only six were white the
others were negroes. Twenty persons
were drowned on ApTis Island. The
total losses are estimated IN the neigh.
bOrhood Of half million doiiafs.
Houses were blown down and carried
in every direction. The tidal wave
that dolugcd tho town aud country
around Beaufort anu Point Royal
buried everything under from ten 10
twelve feet Of water.
HOUSES UNRooFED IN Nt.w YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Many houses
In this city were unfOOied or dom0lish.
cd and wires OF all descriptions were
broken. The Long leland aud jersey
shore resorts suffered more than from
the storm Of last week.
Al PHILADELPHIA.
NJ Philadelphia two olcclrocutions
occurred this morning a. u Tteult OF
tho storm. Tho Delaware river IL
higher than for years and the wharves
aud structures along tho river frOut nc
Philadelphia were flooded and con
siderable damage resulted. The dry
dock at Cramps ship yards were daiu-
aged to the extent Of 100000 by the
high tide.
Heavy damage to property was done
at New Haven, Conn. shade lrses
are down and chimneys anu roofs
blown OF. The oyster beds are thought
to be entirely ruined. The fruit
orchards IN Connecticut suffered much.
The damage must amount TO over "a
million dollars In Now Haven county.
o1MMUNIoATioS SUSPENDED.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 29.-Sunday
nighpsstOTm did inca'oulable injury TO
the farming interests VI the southeast.
There has been no communication
with Charleston, Savannah or Jackson
Vile since Sunday afternoon.
BALTIMORE FLOODED.
BALTIMORE, No., Aug. 20.-Noi
since the great food VI 1888 has such a
storm been experiences 81 Baltimore
IA that Of last night The wind blew
furious gale ali the afternoon anu In
the evening the rain began failing tn
torrents and did not cease until morn
Ing. Roofs and chimneyH were torn
Oh, much glass was smashed, Telegraph
and telephone wires were wrecked
and electric lights wont out, leaving
tbs greater part OF the city In darkness.
on the bay n mountainous sea epurted
up anu rolled high In the basin, spread.
Ing over walls ana flooring streets aud
adjacent buildings. This morning
the streets TeBembled lagOOns instead
OF hGSness thoroughlares. Tue
wharvOs were completely submerged
and sons portions destroyed. Several
fchuOuers were washed high ami dry
ON the streets. The warehouses along
the waterfront suffered damages Gg.
gtugating many thousands OF dollaTs.
A southeast gale prevented the waters
from Trcediug until noon today, %
which time business was practically at
astaudttlll In the flooded districts.
Looming vessels report severe expert
encer.
CHARLESTON ALMOST ~ RUINS.
RICHEOSD, Va, Aug. GA passen.
ger train on the Atlantic Coast line ar
nvcd this evening from Charleston,
having been delayed twenly-iOuf
hours Dy the destructive storm VI Sun.
day anu Monday. Tbs express mes.
sunger, who was In Charleston during
the storm, says II commenced nj /
o'clock Sunday afternoon and con.
tInued without abatement until
AOndny morning. Inefo was
not fiity yards OF space Ia the streets
not II tered with debris, such rs roofs
OF houses, signs, etc, Railroad prop
erly was demolished and one schooner
10 lying high In the street, having beOn
driven from her anchorage. IL was
reported that eight people were killed
In the city. II In also rumOred that
there has been great loss OF life on
Sullivan island.
A Dispatch from Raleigh, ". g., says
much damage was done ~ property IN
that city and Wilmington, anu great
damago to crops all through tue state.
81. LOUIS, Aug. ga Charleston,
:. o., special says. This city was sub.
ltcted to the tull Jury OF the tornado
Sunday night. The tornado left the
city almost In ruins. The streets were
slrewu with debris from buildings ana
upfooled trees AID th1 magnificent
water front Is packed with wreckEge.
The battery is badly wrecked. The
greatest wreck was at PfegnalPs duuE
yard, " here the loss n $4,000. Hun.
ureds OF small craft In the haThOr wefo
carried out TO sea during the storm.
Dozens Of lives were saved by hard
work.
NEWS FROM SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 20.-The great
BiOrm Of Sunday aud Monday did con-
siderable damage here In the CITY
proper. Fifteen people are known 10
have been drowned, US mentioned last
night. More are missing, out II In i'm
possible yet TO estimate the number. In
addition 10 the vessels in the hafbur
wrecked, as reported last night, n
number Of other wrecks are reported
today. More than thirty vessels are
reported wrecked 80 far aud many sal
lUata Int kpthluu IL vat he0 nj 0f fin