The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-08
Cyclone at Carolina Beach,
Near Wilmington, N. c.
NO WARNING OF DANGER.
Only Four Who Were in Hotel
Without Injuries.
THREE OF THEM CHILDREN
Captain John Fitzgerald, of Richmond,
Among the Injured = Telephone
Lines Down and Long Delay Be-
fore Assistance Gould be
Secured from Winning
ton 10 Render Aid.
THREE OF THEM CHILDREN
tsp.c,a, Dispatch TO The Times.

Especial Dispatch The Timcs.)
WILMINGTON. n. c.. August IA
terrible cyclone passed over Carolina
Beach fifteen miies below Wilmington.
at o'clock last night, completely wreck
ing the Oceanic Hot1 and injuring four
teen people several probably fatally. Inc
cyclone came UP suddenly and Travelled
in & narrow path. The note! was TIE
only house on the beach in Its path. and
its eighteen occupants We're carried down
in the wreck. The wind came up SO
suddenly nobody had a chance to get out
of the building. Only four persons es-
capped injury. three children and one man.
Among those hurt was Captain John
Fitzgerald, of Richmond. who sustained
serious injuries about the chest.
All In the house at the time We're pinned
down in the wreck, and men and women
mingled their cries for help The terrible
situation was intensified by the heavy
downpour of ram. The night was dark
as ink. How any one OF the guests es-
capped instantaneous death is miraculous
IN GREAT AGONY.
All were removed from the wreck in an
hour except Hampton Smith, young
man who was pinned down under n a. y
ice chest and heavy timbers which
crushed his legs. 1t took three hours TO
get him out. So great was his agony.
he begged those who were trying TO re-
lease hi INTO kill him and en@.-.s suffer-
sngs.
The wounded were carried to store,
and given all the treatment possibie 10
relieve their sufferings. but the beach is
fifteen miles from Wilmington, and Ell
telephone communication was cut of 1t
was not until 4 o'clock this morning that
@ messenger arrived on foot with
news Of the disaster. The injured
were not in the hands of the
physicians Until o'clock. Their suf-
}erinrs for SO many hours was awful.
The wounded were brought to the city on
n special boat sent down after them, and
the most seriously injured were sent TO
the hospital others to their homes in
,he city.
All are doing as well as possible. No
other property on the beach was dam
aged The cyclone is said to have been
me of the most terrific that ever visited
ti,is section. The hotel was not run on
elaborate scale. hence small number of
guests. The storm at Wrishtsville
Beach was of no consequence.
The Oceanic Hotel was an old structure
used conjointly as pavilion for eXcur-
sionists and as a hotel. Without warning
Of approaching danger the cyclone struck
.he beach, and the hotel was in the center
of its passege. Nobody had time to es-
cape from the building. and all went
down in the crash. The injured We're
made as comfortable as possible, but
there was not doctor on the beach and
telephonic communication with Whining
ton was cut off. No news OF the terrible
Incident was received here until six hours
sfter the cyclone. A meSsengc- was sent
10 Wilmington on foot to get a passenger
boat and physicians for the wounded. but
the storm had blown SO many trees across
the road that he made slow progress.
The wounded were brought to the city
twelve hours after the accident, and most
of them sent to the hospitals. The Hotel
Oceanic was owned by the New Hanover
Transit Company. The loss is total, with
damage amounting to several thousand
dollars. Only partial insurance. Several
of the wounded are not expected to live
tonight.
THE INJURED.
The following is a list of those injured:
Mrs Rebecca Eilers proprietor Of the
hotel laceration OF csalp. confusion of left
shoulder. back and ankle.
Miss Nettie Eiers, broken ankle and
nose. and suffering from severe shock.
Miss Alice Phillips, broken ankle, con-
fused back.
Captain John Barry. sprain Of both an
kies.
Mrs. John Barry, injury to the left leg
and fracture of ankle; also suffering
from nervous shock.
Captain John Fitzgerald Of Richmond,
Va, confusion of left shoulder and chest;
several ribs perhaps broken.
Mike II. Kelly, laceration of forehead.
Mrs. Owen Martindale, confusion and
lacerauon OF face and head; injury to
spinal column and ankle. Her three
months old baby was uninjured.
Hampton Smith. of Fayetteville. n. C..
laceration of scalp and face; severe con-
fusion OF left shoulder, chest and back.
and laceration Of entire left leg. Also suf-
fering from conclusion Of the brain, and
may die
Tobe Howard, Iaceration of scalp and
confusion of both arms. jaw and
shoulders
Mrs. Tobe Howard laceration OF fore
head.
J. e Haywood. of Mccall. S. C.. right
ankle sprained left leg broken and dis
location OF ankle and severe confusion
OF spine.
J. NJ. Rumley. Beaufort, n. C., injury to
back. left hip and knee
Diigent inquiry in the city failed to dis
cover any Captain John Fitzgerald who
could be referred to in the above aispa.cf,
There are two gentlemen here who hove
the name. One is superintendent of mails
at the Richmond postotfice. while the
other is a book-keeper at the National
Bank Of Virginia. Both We're in the city
yesterday and both We're we'll Strange
as it seems. the gentlemen are brothers
RALEIGH, n. C., August THE At
lantic Trust and Banking Company, VIII
,nineton, was chartered to-day by the
State Treasurer as State bank. The
capital is Sloo. 900. with $4,000 paid up.