The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-08
APPEALS To THE COUNTRY.
COZ. TIBLMhN ASKS ron AID FOR TIE
SEA ISLAND NhGRoEs.


An Omcint Report OF the storms Destruc-
sion Shows 10000 Persons Helpless an d
rooo a., 40 r,,s..,, WIN
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nc Aooe" 10 stnrV""on-hho ne"e' "o'S
but Just BeRun-Monry Soreiy Needed.
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Tonight issued an appeal Tor help tor tine neo-
pie OF the Islands and country ruined by the
recent cyclone. part OF which follows:
AN APPEAL To -uv pyorty or ,uv rx,,yp s,,,,s
Tn, hurricane vb,c, event IN. sou,b Atlantic coast
on tho ATTN Of Apops was I'm its
II ,pre.d de,ol,on And min ,hr,u,hout the .ptIre
stat. OF sou,b C,ron, I'm, m. Ca, Island.
nortbwsSd along the coest or sonth Carolina from
Savannah River To IN. North ps,.to inlet were the
vreatest sunerers
wb,le tho .xnot numb.r or ss,,bs will pever he
known IL cannot he les than tbou.,nd yog.t.tion
In compietel blasted Owing In ,h. fact ,ha, MIN.
teentwept,eths of them ara nevroe, and that meaps
of communication with the remote island. have been
DESTROYED nave only within , dsx arrival Mt clear
nns.rs.nd,nu n, IN. ,,,n,,,on sns IN. hove, !, nm
folds
DR.. J. W. Babcock. Superintendent OF the state Lu
matte Asylum. an accomplished physician and san.
i.ariAn. who went til. of the disaster the
nrs' of September I" my official representative. re-
turned to-day and hi. report accompanies this appeal.
s.p from r.op rho pop. s Of '1 tn. 'i s.
Whole losses by The storm viii into the millions.
have responded nobiy and immediate suffering IA be.
ing .yisted but starvation or p,stil.nce viii claim
arc not 0y tho charitable in other
pi.ds. my official word tina. contribution. shall,
ranch thu naomi. inv ,rbon, ~. a.. ,n,.nda ,h, en-,
charity which may be given shall not misapplied
that lnziness and dleness will not he Int
tn. money and provisions which may be donated shall
be applied support of these people 40 AS to on
able them to r.bu,ld thar bomes ana nte ,t.r,
In life with the now year There not less than
twenty nj tbus d..,itnt. p,.,d .op. FOO ,h.
sufferers VIII cost not less than Sioooo between
now and March, while practically eleven months will
al nae before thev c,p grow INV cron.
~ '.'! ."h k''" a"y 'r'Ps'
m bous.- hsc.u.. .vorr,h,,o % SOW. III, a., ,h.,
-. N.. e., '''k 10 k'no-"'' oe ."anA
through the press and will be nut in bank
to be check ed .g.in, a. n.ed.d Sand al o,h,- co.,
tributons to the Central Relief Committee at Charles
ton C. My efforts TO relieve these unfortunate. arc
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stimulated by the feeling that being Negroes ignorant
and helpless, they are peculiarly the wards of the
Executive RI Tu,x.x c,,.rpor
The comprehensive report OF DR.. II. W. Bah
cock in part reads MS follows.
co,,xr,, r Con, 100,
NJ. rr..,..., ID I, oLusbiA, ~ w. sept g. 1000.
ss 4. result Of es,isa.ons made at
rIr.a s ia,n y, .ne lono wius report; ,,. .
tha istnnI. rpSnt N nAklng personal VISITS 70
situ .ion -. nrJumu beautort ana there tounu the
.I.nt " pgtion Oh soutn carolina known as the sea
fort and Charleston counties subjected 10 tidewat"r
innnenees were more or less seriously DAMAGED by the
sySone ana hKh tiue OF sunday Aug ~ The de.
notieeabie On tbs anu n"hes was more espeeia.y
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