The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-08

srzor SAT- sra. os B~seh al N.fl.-
hS~. 70 sxroaai - Cooper ris.. asa
eli crafts have sss.r,d us-A. n.rx
n.r,ka lsuaeA.s .-d .uAn .Atlin<
vessels savlaT eons ozt 20 .s..
JacKs1SvIiLk. Pa sept. oh
~ ooSi~rrstise es;inai~ 90 sss
that any people have Zoe, tA.sr lr,.
troG y~s,crdsy's harrlcs.. anA tAs
nnnser taAy FaH mach sish.r.
| The huTrioAne sfra~k a: Cedar
hsys. ara tie reports shov ths, A.
passed IN ns PatA g Ssstructlor
over twenty towns Aaa villages. and
that ect~c~a thirty aud :or.y People
we're Allied.
AeroAs the hre toto G~orxia de
struciion sAs continued. Al fol.-
too. ncAr the Dk.frnckee spnp.
the school hoass ~ss wrecked Ara
'orr children Killed. ss,erAi taau.
al'Iss are reported n Camden coan-
ty. ia.
Iao s.orw th-a ~onilau.d on n.
wAy &" brunswick Ard sA,AlENl.
There IS No es'gm.,, az th. los. 90
property ia Florida. The losses may
seem heavier now than they -tli
a..
the talk among insurance men her.
- that Florida loses abORt - .0,,O. go.
THIS seems however, an srco.sivc
estimate.
WASHlsuToS. 10. e.. sept. I.-K.
ports received thss morning from the
suburban towns about Wash ngton
show that great damage wAs done
throughout the surrounding country.
At the Catholic Univ, rsi,y. lust oai-
side the city, the domitory an pre-
GEES 81 destruction wAs demolished.
The train shed u: AlsxAndriN wts
blown down ard the debris 10 across
the tracks Hence the iraias ,hA,l eft
Washington late l.St afternoon left
over the Southern Railway and the
Chesapeake and ohio. Three trains.
due In Washington this morning
from Southern p"inis on III. South
erp, chesapeak. * OHIO and Attain
tic Coast Lime, have not been heard
from and are stopped NJ some point
south OF Al.xsudris.
Ia this city the PApal Legation
y WAS unroofei and the Chinese Lega-
II tIon WAS damaged about ~ 800.
y Communication by telegraph aud
telephone within the city is prscti-
4 cally stopped.
IS The White House was slightly in
&c !arel 10y the storm, portion of the
P copper roofing being stripped of
'e ard other damage done. TIE tail
r flag stsf from which the signal was
given 10 the city that the President
ts was in town disappeared completely.
II In the beautiful grounds surround
& ing the house twenty Eve OF the
u splendid trees, elms, sycamore :, wxl
ie nnts, magnoliss, some OF historical
le association, were completely level.
TX cd, while fully fifty Of the surviving
e trees suffered the loss Of their top,
'n and principal branches and ar.
n. permanently defaced.
~ The vast pile, occupied by ia,
a. State. War and Navy departments
ie was touched on the southern side b,
re the storm and lost portions of III
or roofing and many of the states, phil,
'ir a structure erected by the Sigma
ey Service for the study OF clouds. VA
'm partially demolished. The Navn
observatory building suffered in th.
same fashion TO the extent OF abou
,s 81 200. At the Washington nav,
n, yard the big ship house was partial
he ly unroofed aud the gun shops wcr
o. damaged slightly by stripping OF IA
. roof.
"a RICHMOND, Va, Sept 30.-Th
re city of Staunton, in the Shenandoah
valley. was visited by terribl
,c flood to-day. Many hives were los
'k and great ds mage done 10 property
vi The great storm Of yesterday cause
10 the lake to Mss and food the cit,
n All the wate; courses in the vale
=" became raging torrents aud ovei
Ass flowed their banks, carrying d.
'ol struction IN their paths.
The water invaded the lowe
portion of the city, rising 80 rapid
itu that many were unable To escape i
ain time and were drowned.
The entire Atlantic coast, the gre,
lies kes and the Eastern States genei
ally, suffered severely by the win
Oh and rain storm of Tuesday night an
nse Wednesday morning. The grestel
aggregate loss wss in Pennsylvania
,ne the storm being general throughor
leo that State. The known loss of lif
one due directly or Indirectly 10 n
storm, IS so far abo1t twenty. tt
cry property loss will aggregate million
lfe- For q period - one minute in Was
ington the wind attained veIoci'
,! Of eighty miles an hour.
VIC The heaviest single loss was in a
ses, a..,,n.,;on of the hiu penn.vlvsn
o" Railroad bridge across the Susqu
ana hanna River at Columbia. Pa. III
on. bridge was built in 1869 At cost
nee 81 900 600.
OUT The telegraph and telephone 10
ses vice within the storm ares was bad
' ', crippled.
:ery The L. S. Weather Bureau says:
wn, "The path Of the storm across 4
nm Caribbean Sea and the GSlf was q
RE near enough TO any Of o.r STATIC
'cco to give any intim Stion Of It's viole
a. character, only light TO fresh win
neir being reported from that region dt
oth- ing its passage. After il struck !
rem land on the west Florida coast, no
isht ever, aud during its movement mort
One v.ra thronuh the south and midt
Am Atlantic States, il contracted In ar
ross and deyeloned almos. torn .dic for,
the c.ns;nu ors., de,truction along
" q. path.
at "velocities Of 81 miles occurred
Is Is Charleston, AZ a. Wilmington, 40
ork- A,I.ntie Ci,v. And 5G At New Yo,
re- The maximum velocity At Washir
ton was 66 miles for fSe minut
and about 50 miles for one minu
The Information of the approach of
van storm was sent to the Gulf ports
rly the 26th and the shipping IN that
acial gion was kept fully informed OF
re- movements on the 9th and 18th q