The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-08-23
An Awful Tidal Wavs Daatrofs
Many Lives.
GREAT ANXIETY ia FELT.
Great Loss Of Life and Damage TO
Property is Reported From
Many Parts Of the

| naB Deon BWooplng tho Gull oO8st from
Pensacola and moving westward during
tho past two deys, has Frustrated tole-
graph and telephone wires to such on
oxtont that nows from tho outlying
eoctions is hard to got at.
The greatest fears hayo boon ontor
tainod for the safety of the pooplo liv-
ing at Port Eads, which Is ut the
mouth Of tho river, and for tho ships
that started for soa ja5t before the
storm began.
| Tho wires thero have boon pros,ratod
sinoo Tuesday night ut 8 O'clock but
Tho Pioayane reached a mau who loft
Port Eades "Wednesday, Hs was aeon
at Buras, which is 60 miles down the
riyar, ard Tho farthnraat noint with
which thoro is wire Communication at
tho prosont timo.
This man describes tho storm which
ewept that section rs regular tidal
wave, similar to the QUO who oh resulted
in suoh awful loss of life in 1893. He
says all tho people living on ths e,st
bank Of tho riv,r hayo movod up to tho
| jump" which is ID miles from the
mouth of tho river.
Tho house of man namod Cobdon,
half mile above tho quarantine sta
tion, WAS swept away, and tho Is MON.
bers of tho family, including 8 children,
! drowned.
The quarantine buildings wero badly
damaged but no ono injured. Tho big
towboat Chamberlain was driven high
and dry in the marsh, but her GROW arc
galo. The government boat General
Koise is beloved to hAvo boon lost
Capt. Ubrion:s nouso WAS swopt away,
but he was on tho boat, which wss
believed to be outside. The pile driver
at Ports Esds was sunk. Her Grew
woro said to have bsen saved.
Tho tughoat Velaso went down TO
Pass L'Outre, which is tho eastern
mouth OF the river, with two bargcs.
When last soon shs had hor dook
awash, aud it is feared sho has COMO
down. Ii this boat and her bargos hayo
been lost 20 pooplo moro hayo boon
drowned. There arc humorous report,
OF individual casualties all along tho
river from Buras down to the Passes.
All tho steamers which started for
the sea Tuesday romainod inside the
/ sPasaea until wv ednesd dey,s evening and,
shea ont agSssi tsiis afts
ber being the Oro1Well liner Proteus,
| and tho British transport Mechanic an
which was dynamitod while in port q
fow days ago. Not single vossel has
passed up tho river sinoo the storm
began and great fears are entertained
for the ones which arc expected.
There is serious apprehension CON
corning the Ohonioro Oaminada and
Grand Isle seotions, on tho aouth Lou
isiana coast, wost of tho Mississippi
river, whore 1000 lives were lost in
1893 by tho tidal wave. Up to this
writing no word has boon received
from that section, which is largely in.
habitod by fishermon, mostly Chinoso
and Malays.
Up to last midnight everything
seomod to be safe at the Mississippi
coast towns, Bay St. Louis, Pass Chris
tisn, Biloxi, Mississippi City and Oooan
Springs, but since then not word
has been hoard from thom. All wiros
arc down. The only reports of dam
age so far received are Of destroyed
bath houses and uprootod trees.
Tho Louisville and Nashville railroad
is blocked off beyond Chef NJ entcur, 80
| miles from this city. The big stool
bridge there is safe, but beyond there
arc soyeral washouts on tho road. The
New Orleans and Northwostorn railroad
is also blocked by washouts on tho
lake and it's big trestle over Lake Pont.
ohartrain has boon sheken by the
hoavy seas breaking against it.
Thero has boon much damage dono
at Shell Boaoh, settlement on Lsko
Borgno, southeast of tho city, and
which oonnoots with Lake Ponohar.
train. All the buildings thero hayo been
swept away, and thoro are reports of
loss Of life among the fishermen, but
the exact cxtont of this is not known.
a tidal wave swept ovor tho land thoro
as it did nine years ago.
La tho oity Of New Ofloans and sub.
urbs there has boon considerable dam.
ago. At Milnoburg, ono of the lako 70.
ports, tho railroad pior head running
out into tho lake for distance Of
thousand yards has beon destroyed and
all light buildings demolished. Tho
big buildings on shore withstood Tho
gale. Thero was no loss of lifo. The
stoamor Noptuno tied up at this pier
head, pounded horsolf to piooes and
sank.
At West Ead tho lako rushod over tho
roycrtment and destroyed nearly all of
tho buildings thore. Tho big dancing
pavilion at Lake Wow vas pounded to
pioces by wrockago, washed up by tho
wavos. The sholl road to West End
was under throo foet Of wator, and
"Bucktown," q gambling resort at the
ond OF tho royontmont, has boon swept
away. Tho old basin osnal coming
into the city on Toulouao gtreot over.
flowed its banks inundating tho ontiro
second district A Thousand mon have
been at work on it and 80 raising its
banks.
A coal noet Of 1874 bargos, belonging
to tho Monougahela Coal company Of
Pittsburg and anchored at Goal Por
nino milos above tho city, had rougn
experience and ovory tug in tho harbor
was sont to ssvo thon. Six OF them
with on aggregate capacity Of 6, 900 tons
Of coal, sank.
Tho towboat Horny Marx, belonging
to tho Interstate Transportation 90 m.
peny, pounded holo in her bottom at
Grotna this morning and sank.
The storm whioh developed Yesterday
continued throughout the night and a
heayoy wind was still blowing today.
Winds and rain were general along tho
ooosk ond ,,,nxr k,o - 80.