The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
MANY PERISH.
Fearful Loss of Life in the So
ciety Islands.
RESULT OFACYCLONE
L is Reported that at Least Ter
Thousand PeOpI. Were Killed a5d
Millions of Dollars Worth of
Property Was Wiped

Out.
4 cablegram frcm PapeeIe, Tahiti,
says the most destructive cycioDe
ever experienced in the S)ciety and
Tuanotu islands occurred On Febru-
ary I an5 s The damage in Tahiti
is estimated at 100000 and pre-
sumably similar AMOUNT Of proper
ty was destroyed On che Tuamotu
islands. The city OF Papeete wa
;nundsted and abeu. IS ou: ldings d:s-
sroyei, Including the Amel.c.n con-
Sula9e and TIE French government
building.
Tue schooner Papeete was suomer-
eed for an hour near Araa, Tuanotu.
Her :.o5aia, Philip Michaelli, esti-
mated that tie waves were IS feet
high. 1t was Impossible to see 20
feet away. at 5 o'clock in the day
time TIE sailors had to oe lashed tc
the vessel. M. Marcadl, a FteDci'
resident at Fehsran, Tusmotu islands
abandoned The place in a sm.ll custef
after all the gr7ernmsnt buildings
AID d1elliIg houses and the Catholic
church we're swept away. Many OF
the natives climbed in cocoanu5 trees
and others put out to sea IN small
beats. TIE schooner Lea, which was
anchored il the lagoon at Makemo,
successfully rcds cut OF the,stoEn.
The cyclone, or hurricane, 1es che
the velocity Of 120 miles an hour. It
struck the islands about midnight on
february and continued until about
O'Clock on the next afternoon. Tue
island Of Anaa, Tuamotu group is be.
lieved to have been tie centre Of tie
storm. At Papeete about ! o'clock
on the evening Of Feb. Z, The sea be-
gan to break heavily over the reef,
the waves in the harbor washing over
the quay. There was no perceptible
wind. Toward 10 o'clock people
dwelling in the vicinity OF the water
front were compelled to abandon their
homes, saving as rule only a
mall portion of their belongings
The merchants. an6 clerks went to
the warehouses only to discover that
it was 9 1ite impossible to save the
goods on the lower floors.
An hour later high seas broke, con- :
pletely demolishing the government
slip and buildings, BESIDE causing
great dsmage to the coal sheds. The
guardian Of the arsenal, T # + Adams
an expert swimmer, was in tie water
for may hours and assisted In warn
ing and rescuiDg Others. The 7illags
OF Tsrona near the arsenal, was COM
pletely swept away. 1t consisted OF
the mission buildings and homes Of
native converts OF the recognized
Latter Day Saints mission, Formerly
under the direction OF Capt. J1sepb
Burton OF California. The mission
house and great many houses were
carried # to distance OF many hun
dreds OF yards aud demolished.
OF the church edifcs no5 a Vestige
remains. a settlement about an
eigta OF q mile distant, comprised OF
Dwellings OF several hundred Cook Is
landers (British subjects) was COM
p.esely destroyed. Oae American
named Ssefeid, living near that COM
mun;t, had to take an adjacent
swamp. which became inundated, and
be was compelled to battle with the
saves tor many hours. Further east
on the beach road all the houses were
swept away for about halt a mile.
About o'clock In the morning the
American consulate. the Oldest soruc-
tu:e ir Pspeete, having been built
a5out 1885, collapsed. In the absence
Of the American consul, his mother,
Mrs. Doty, supervised the removal OF
the archives, aided by several mission
aries. MIS-. Dosy was in serious jeC-
pardy several times. The records
were temporaily stoeei at the Latter
Day Saints mission house. Mr..
D5tty's family also accepted their
hospitality. Beyond the American
consulate several government bull,
dings, including the treasury and
store houses, sustained great dam.
rye.
The San Francisco Evening Post
says that ten thousand persons per.
ished during the storm On Tahiti and
acjacens islands, several OF which its
account says, have disappeared L:
places the damage at IS, 600, 600.
These reports have not been confirm
ed by the officers OF the steamer
Mariposa, which brought the news Of
she disaster from Papeete.
The Old Home.
An old lane, and old gate, an old house
by tree,
A wild wood, a wild brook-they will
1or Jn.