The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-24
OBSTRUCTIVE STORM.

OBSTRUCTIVE STORM.
San Salvador Devastated and Many
Lives Reported Lost.
A dtspstch from San Salvador I'D.
er date Oct. 10 says a tempest has
ragged incessantly for ten days
throughout the Republic, flooding
the rich valleys, principally that OF
M5jada, AID resulting In grest loss Of
life, and the destruction of cattle
and crops. The Salvadoren man-of-
war lzalco vas lost at Acajutla.
The topography Of various depart
msnts has been changed, buildings
hava fallen, ouryiog their tenants in
the ruins a2d the iron bridges ever
the principal rivers have been carried
aws7. The aqueducts and electric
light plants at Sonsonate and Saliva
dor have suffered heavy losses.
The railroads, tslegraphs and COM
,uercs are parslyZed, but trsfic is be-
ing restored in some towns OF the Be
public.
The rivers are bringing down the
bodies OF persons drowned in the
storm, and the carcasses Of cstt]e.
and The sight OF these tend to in
crease the terror Of the people.
The sses are incalculcable. Gust.
enala snd Honduras also have suffer.
ed severely. It Is said the losses
there will amount to many millions
Of dollars.
MIAMI HARD HIT.
Miami, Fla, has been visited by
the most destructive storm In years.
Il struck the town about three o'clock
Thursday morning. The damage
wrought throughout the city will
amount to many thousand dollars,
it baing impossible now to give any.
thing like accurate figures. Many
houses were blo1n down.
STEAMER WRECKED.
The loss Of the steamer St. Luce
has been confirmed. She sailed from
Miami On Wednesday morning anG
was caught in the storm. Another
steamer arrived In port, bringing Si1-
ty wounded, which were taken to the
hospital. 1t is said there we're % dead
bodies that could not be brought to
Miami on the sceamer.
AN ISLAND EFFULPED.
Capt. Bravo, OF ths steamer st.
Luce, ssid he anchored on the lee side
Of El,iotts Key, twenty-five miles
souSn Of Miami Wednesday morning
and that soon after tidsl wave er'
quilted tee island. He says there
|ere 250 residents On the island, all OF
whon were lost. The ST. Lueie was
crushed by TIE same wave, and Of the
one hundred parsons on board twenty
FIVE were killed. Capt. Bravo was
seriously injured
FIFTY DROWNED.
a barge containing one hundred
people is SAID to have been torn away
from it's noorings at E:liot's Key
and afterwards picked up near the
Bahama Islands, fifty OF her passen
gers having besn drowned.
It is believed that portion OF the
Florida Fish and Produce Compapy's g
fact were drowned. Manager Adams
sent out one Of their boats Thursday
morning to look for the men and boats
and on their return they reported no
sign OF the feet. The fishing nets
we're found stsewn upo the shore.
SAILED DESPITE WARNINGS.
The steamer St. Lucie belongs tc
toe fset CT the Florida Est Coast
Rsilwsy ard is employed In carrying
worknen to and from the extension
work on the Keys. Despite the storm
varning, Capt Bravo sailed for Key
Sarge With 3 large number OF work,
nan ABOARD. The steamer was caue BIT
il the storm and vas driven ashore
Yith the awful loss OF life reported in
the foresoiog.
HAVANA SUFFERS
A dispa:cn from HAVANA says the
cvclone which commenced there on
Wednesday afternoon reached It's ful!
Jury on Thursday morning. a mum.
Ter OF smaller craft and lighters :were
sunk, and some houses were blown
down. The total number OF deaths
vas 20, sll Clbans Of the poorer class.
The are q number OF sailors among the
dead, Several score Of longshoremen
and sailors we're irjured.
HORSES KILLED.
Qlsrtsrnasaer General Humphrey,
Ct Gne army Frtday.niGht received 8
dispatch from QaartermasSe1 Baker,
st Hsvsnna, as follows: "Cubans
arrived this rnarning at 7 o'clock ano
encountered heavy weather. Hez
foremast colnep!stely gone: main
mast top gone. No men irjured. Con.
siderable number Of animals killed and
Injured. Will report exact number
with full particulars as soon as can be
asce-tained."
Given Forty Years.
Robert Brahsm, the Atlanta negro
who made the attempt to assault
Misses Mabel and E5ith Lawrence In
the suburbs Of that city the 20 OF
August, hss been convicted and given
forty yssrs ia the peuitentiary.