Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-09-12

ooulcs "eie " oo seen lying SlhRly anu
in groups In tho space of QUO block.
fho report from St. Marks intirmary
shows that only eight persons escaped
from that hospital. Ordinarily tho num-
bcr of inmates was seldom under hun
dred.
AS Sunday morning dawncd the streets
were lined with people half clad, Grip
pied in every conceivable manner, hob.
bling as best they could to where they
could receive attention of physicians for
themselves and to summon aid for friends
and relatives who could not move. Po-
lice Officer John Bowie, who recently
was awarded a prize as tho most popular
officer in the city was met by Post cor
respondent in pitiablo condition, tho
toes on both his feet were broken, two
ribs caved in and his head badly bruised
but his own condition, he said, was moth
ing. "My house, with wife and children,
arc in tho gulf. l have not thing on
earth for which to live"
DESTRUCTION OF THE BEACH.
Notable among tho sufferers was Pat
O'Kecfo. AS the old man came trudging
along he was bemoaning the loss of his
Who're his resort stood on tho beach,
facing tho gulf, thcrc is not a
bo Seen. The great bathing pavil,
ion known as the Pagoda, tho big
pleasure resort known as tho Olympia,
and Murdoch's bathhouscs are all swept
away into tho gulf. There we've fow
bodies on tho beach. They had boon
swept into the water or driven into tho
rubbish by tho waves.
NO FOOD FOR HUNGRY.
The rain began to pour down in tor
rents and tho party went back down
'rrpmnnt ct ~ NJ tl,o
misery of tho poor people, all manglcd
and hurt, pressing to the city for medi-
cal attention, was greatly augmented by
the rain. Stopping at small grocery
store to avoid the rau tho party found
it packed with injured Tho provisions
in the storo had been ruined, and there
was nothing for tho numerous customers
who camc hungry and tired. The place
was hospital, no longer u store. Fur
ther down tho street q restaurant which
had been submerged by water was scrv-
ing out soggy crackers and cheese to tho
hungry crowd. That was all that was
left. They wero soaked full of water,
but the people wcrc hungry and made
no complaint. On returning to tho Tre-
mont, which is the news centre of the
city, the reporter found tho death list
swelling rapidly. Fifteen men constitu-
ting all that remained of ii company of
regular soldiers stationed at the beach
barracks, wcro marched down Market
street. The loss of iifc among the
soldiers in the barracks, which wcro dc
stroyed, must have been fully 100.
At ll.30 Sunday morning the water had
reccdcd from tho higher portions of the
city, but the stccets near the bay front
contained from 2! to 3 feet of water.
GALVESTON NEWS WRECKED.
The Galveston News Office, on Me
chanic street, was flooded. The back
end of the building cavcd in, and tho
engine and boiler We're filled with water,
making it impossible for paper to be
issued. At the depot the baggage-mastcr
and depot officials were engaged in rcscu-
ing those injured about the building.
The station building had been selected
as place of refuge by large number
of people. All windows in the building
and portion of the wall at the top was
blown in and the occupants expected
every minute to be their last. But escape
was impossible, for about the building the
water must have been fully II feet d"np
On the water front the destruction of
property was almost as great as on the
beach, though the loss of life was not
nearly SO large.
GREAT wmARvES RUINED.
The wharvcs of the Galveston Wharf
Company arc gone, and the great
wharves of the Southern Pacific Com
pany arc damaged to the amount 500
600.
The British steamship Taunton is ~
ing on Pelican island, hard and fast
aground. The Mexican, a big British
steamer, has been driven up the bay and
is fast stuck in the mud. Another big
ship is lying out near the quarantine sta
ton. The Kendall Castle has been driven
as far up rs Texas City, where she is
now stranded OF the small shipping
only few boats are left. The big drcdge
used ut Texas City has been driven in.
land for half a mile and she can never
be gotten of except in pieces. The
Pensacola was in port when the storm
began, but Master Simmons put to sea
in the teeth of the brewing storm, and it
is feared that the boat ana her crew of
36 men have been lost.
GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPS.
There are now no signs about the
wharf where the the scamcn were busy
Saturday afternoon slowing cargo. The
grain elevators and Rcymor's choncr
mill are wrecks. They are not down,
but their roofs and the top stories are
gone and grain stored therein has pro
badly been ruined by the rain.
In the business portion of the city the
cannot be even approximately
estimated.
On Mechanic street the water was al
most as deep as on the strand. All the
goods in the wholesale groceries and
goods on the lower floor were saturated
and rendered valuclcss.
The power house of the Street Railway
Company was destroyed and the loss on
and building is estimated at
$4,000.