The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-03
THE CYCLONES DEATH ROLL
PAR7IAL LISTS OF THE Drrrs Iosy
ON TIE sEACOAST ISLANDS.

ON TIE SEA COAST ISLANDS.
Estimates from Facts that Are Knowu Nat,
the List OF Dead from GOO TO eOo-Per,
hnp' the Number May Increase 60 1900
Quo Estimate Make. $4,000 Negro..
Fro ticaiiy without Sustennnco - SsresA
Destruction OF Crops-Mnss Meetrne n,r
Aid In Chnrieston-Gov. Tiiiman's Fears
aud Request for Speedy Heip-IIis Fi.n
10 Restore Order from the Present Chaos.
CHARLESTON. g. c.. Sept 2.-Althoueh severnI
days have passed since the fearful cyclone
wrought destruction through the South, the
terrible results are only beginning to be
known. In the country around Beaufort and
fort Royal tho storm has done fearful
work. Charleston and Savannah lost only h
few lives. and other things that may be re.
placed by dollars and conts. Not 30 In the sea
islands. The lost lives there are counted By
the hundreds and hundreds. and there 10 no
money to buy even the neeessares Of life.
homes crops, and In many cases whole fam.
lilies are gone.
There has been no Geographic communities.
ton between Beaufort and tho outer world.
and practically no WHY Of reaching Charleston.
The sad news from here was practically hid.
den, and what bifs have been sent out are far
TOO meaEre forhny adequate idea OF the con.
dition OF things. Death and starvation literally
stare POPULATION OF thousands In the face.
skirtinE the Atlantic coast from Charleston
to Savannah is q belt OF what are known a.
sea islands. from Morris Islands all the way
doyh to Tybee. All are akin in their distress.
Morris Island. John Island. Edisto. wardtna.
low James Island. Charleston's neighbors,
have. perhaps Jared somewhat better than ST.
nuf Dark H..
Dawfuske. Ladies', and the hundreds Of
smaller islands contributary to Beaufort Hud.
died together. and within almost O stones
throw OF each other are Port Royal. the largest
OF them all. Ladies Dathan. Morgan. Coosaw.
Chisholm. st. Helena and Eddengs Island.
1t is almost one island cut up with navigablo
lagoons. Skirting the ocean front. looking
out on the Atlantic are Hilton's Head Island.
Dawfuskie Island. and further over toward
Charleston Chaplins Island. Prentice Island,
and Reynolds Island. Hundreds OF smaller
islands dot the coast.
To-day most OF them are In ruins and tho
majority Of inhabitants are searching in vain
for sustenance. From 10000 to $4,000 seek q J
market in Beaufort. What they will now do
cannot be conjectured. Further up the coast
there are whites on the islands who have
something left Down here. from what can be
learned. nothing is left Eighty per cent. OF
the houses undoubtedly have been swept
away. Here is an incomplete list:
Ladies Island. TOO houses gone; Bastcs Place 50
houses Left Hope Plantation all houses d.
stroyed. Ont of 10 places on Coosaw Island onlys
dozen are left.
So It goes. The population on these islands
is almost entirely colored with few whites.
who keep stores or manage extensive farma.
The crops consist aim ost entirely Of sea island
cotton n M oh nPO ,Afn
and small grain Nothing Is left Of the crop
except on the highlands.
The phosphate fields have supplied sue-
tenance to many OF the more progressive
farmers who. after they have laid by theis
crops. turn the proceeds over to their wives.-
This side revenue Is gone. for tho present 40
least. Tho boats in which they did their Wis.
iting. hauling. and trading are very nearly ali
gone.
On st. Helena Island things are in an 90.
pecialIy sad plight Mr.. wilkins. a trust.
worthy white man. says that for ten miles
there is not dry spot on the island. Houso
tops are resting in trees or are q mass Of
ruins. There are 1000 persons who are In
immediate need OF help. Indeed. 1t has al
ready gone SO far that demands are being
made upon him for food.
week ago this was one OF the most pros.
porous OF the islands. The colored population
were industrious and we'll behaved They had
made money out Of their cotton crops. They
were disposed to be saving and to accumulate
something. Many OF them had two-story
houses, and prided themselves on horse and
wagon.
Estimates Of deaths In that section range all
the way from 400 to 1000 but In no instance
has any one said that less than 400 lives have
been lost near there. Never will 1t be known
exactly how many lives were lost Marsh
grass has covered the bodies OF many and
others have gone out to sea, and. indeed the
count has beeom. monotonous and 10 no
longer being continued.
The death roll as 1t 10 is bad enough. espeo-
l8lly when the population OF the island is con-
sldered. Take the population: Ladies' Island.
!, 900: Hilton's Head, $500: Warsaw, 100;
Island mot BeauIortl. 5000; Beaufort. 3560s
Dawthad. 4.lOO; Chisholm's Island. 800 Total.
1920. ~
wrecks. and remembers the fact that
waves washed oyer the Islands, sweepingxv
10 their course. the surprise Is that more u
II Is i'm possible to get q complete list oit.IN
make up list. When the writer saw him to.st.
night no had not heard from Combahee the
River, section. Hilton's Head. Dam-
He made up his list In this way:
jofin Point 90
!awthad SI
pnciiIc WORKS tChisnoim islandj ......:... "a
iuntine Island ABOUT 20
savannah RIVER iS0
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