The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-19
THESTORM
It Was Predicted Two Days Before
It Came

It Came
The terrific cyclone that produced
such a distressing disaster IN Calves
ton and all through Texas was predict
ed by the United States weather bureau
to strike Galveston Friday night and
created much apprehension, but the
night passed without the prediction be-
iog verified. The conditions, however,
we're ominous, the danger signal was
displayed Ga tho flagstaff q the weath-
er bureau, shipping Was warned, ct:
The southea.tern sky was s0Dpre, the
Gulf bea. high on the beach with that
dismal thu1derous roar that p-essged
trouble. while the air ha3 the Stiffness
that betokens storm. FGom on. OF
the north in the middle watches Of the
night, the wind began TO CONE il spite
:ul pufs, increasing in volume as the
day da~ned.
By 10 o'clock Sunday morning i: was
almost gale; at noo1 it had increased
in velocity and vas driving the rain,
whipping the pools and tearing things
up in lively manner, yet no serious
apprehension was felt by residents re-
mote from the e1croachments CT the
Gulf. Residents near the beach were
aroused to the danger that threatened
their homes. Slupenduous waves be-
gan to serd their waters far inland, and
the people began hasty exit to secure
places in the city. Two gigantic forces
we're 8. work. The Gulf drove the
waves with irresistible force high upon
the beach, and the gale from the north
east pitched the waters against and
over the wharves, choking the sewers
and f foodiDg the city from that quarter.
The streets rapidly began to fill with
water; communication began to oe d'F-
6cult acd the helpless people we c
caught between two powerful elements,
while the wind rapidly increased in We,
ioci.y.
Railroad communication vas cut of
shortly after noon, the track being
washed out; wire facilities completely
failed at 3 o'clock and Galveston was
isolated from the world. The wind mo-
mentarily increased in velocity while
the waters rapidly rose and the night
drew on with dreaded apprehension de-
picted in the face Of every one. Al
ready hundreds and thousands were
braveIy struggling with their families
against the mad waves aud ferce alnd
fo: places Of refuge. The public school
buildings, court house, hotels, in fact
any place that offered apparently safe
refuge from the elements, became
crowded to their utmost Two minutes
of $50 .. NJ, just before the anemo-
meter blew away it had reached the
frightful velocity of 100 miles al hour.
Buildings that had hitherto stood,
tumoled and crashed, carrying death
and destruction to hundreds of people.
Roofs 1histled through the air, WIN
dows we're driven in with crash or
shattered by flying slate, telegraph ard
electric light poles, with their masses
of wires we're snapped of like pipe
stems, and water communications were
broken.
What velocity the wind attained aft
or the thermometer blew of is purely a
matter of speculation. The lowest
point touched By the barometer in the
press correspondents Office, which was
filed by frightened men and women,
was % 04l2; this was about I:30 p. N.
1t then oega0 to rise very slowly and
by 10 p. u. had reached q O9, the
wind gradually sub5idirg and by mid
night the storm had passed. The Wa,
ter, which had reached the depth Of
eight feet on the strand at 10 o'clock
N. began to eb5 and ran out very
rapidly and By . a. n. the crown Of the
street was free Of water. Thus passed
out one of the most frightful and de-
structive storms which ever devastated
the coast of Texas.