The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-22
LOST IN A STORM.
Much Damage Done By Wind and
Rain.
Of FIFTEEN AROWNED
The Great Gulf Storm Has Swept All
Telegraph Wires Away Heavy
Loss of Property.

New Orleans, Special.-The storm
which has been sweeping the Gulf
coast from Pensacola and moving
westward during the past two days,
has Frustrated telegraph and tele-
phone wires to such an extent that
news from the outlying sections Is
hard to get at. The greatest fears
have been entertained for the safety
of the people living at Port Eads.
which is at the mouth of the river
and for the ships that started for sea
Just before the storm began. The
wires. there have been Frustrated
since Tuesday night at o'clock, but
The Picayune reached a man who
left Port Eads at o'clock on Wednes-
day. He was seen at Buras, which Is
60 miles down the river, and, the
farthest point with which there Is
wire communication at the present
time. This man describes the storm
which swept that section as a regular
tidal wave. similar to the one which
resulted in such an awful loss Of life
in 1893. He says all the people living
on the east bank of the river have
moved up to the Jump" which Is 10
miles from the mouth of the river.
The house of a man named Golden,
half a mile above the quarantine sta
ton, was swept away and the kteen
members Of the family, including nine
children, drowned.
The quarantine buildings were bad
ly damaged, but no one injured. The
big tow-boat Chamberlain was driven
high and dry in the marsh, but her
crew are safe. The government boat
General Reise is believed to have
been lost. Captain OBriens house
was swept away, but he was on the
boat which was believed to be out.
side. The piledriyer at Port Eads was
sunk. The steamboat barge was
driven ashore near the lighthouse and
later it was reported that she had
sunk. Her crew were said to nave,
been saved. The tug Velesco went
down to Pass L'Outre, which is the
eastern mouth of the river. with two
barges. When last seen she haG her
decks awash, and it Is feared she mas
gone down. II this boat and, her
barges have been lost, 20 people more
have been drowned. There are num-
erous reports OF individual casualties
all along down the passes. The steam.
ers which started for the sea Tuesday
remained inside the passes until Wed
nesday evening and then went OUT
safely, among the number being the
Cromwell liner Proteus. and t1e
British transport Mechanician, which
was dynamited while in port few
DAYS ago. Not a single vessel has
passed up the river since the storm
began and great fears are entertained
for the ones which are expected. There
Is serious apprehension concerning
the Cheniere, Caminada and Grande
Isle sections, on the south Louisiana
coast, west Of the Mississippi river,
where 1000 lives were lost in 1893
by the trial wave. Up to this writing
no word has been received from that
section which Is largely Inhabited by
fishermen, mostly Chinese and NAL
ays.
Up to Thursday midnight every
thing seemed to be safe at the Mis-
sissippi coast towns, Bay st. Louis,
Pass Christian. Biloxi. Mississippi
City and Ocean Springs, but since then
not q word has been heard from them.
ALI wires are down. The only reports
of damage so far received are OF de:
stroyed bath houses and uprooted
trees. The Louisville and Nashville
road is blocked off beyond Chef Men
teur, 80 miles from this city. The Dig
steel bridge there is safe, but beyond
there are several washouts on the
road. The New Orleans and North
eastern road is also blocked by wash
outs and its big trestre over Lake
Pontchartrain has teen shaken by the
FheavJ seas breaking against 1t. There
has been much damage done at Sheli
Beach. southwest Of the city, and
which connects with Lake Pontchar'
train. All the buildings there have
been swept awaY, ana there are re-
ports Of loss Of life among the nsn'
ermen, but the exact extent OF this Is
not known. A tidal wave swept o. >:
the land there as it did nine years
ago. =
In the city of New Orleans and SUI
burbs ;;tasSe.;, has been considerable
damage, ,ss4k Milneberg, one OF the
Lake resosts. the railroad pier hea'
running OH into the lake for dis
tance of.R.5ipusand yards has been
destroyed asd all light buildings dam
aged. The Zig buildings on shore
withstood the gale. There was no less
of life. The steamer Neptune. tied mp
to this pier head, pounded herseh
to pieces and sank.
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