The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-03
STORM BREAKS
On Gulf Coast and Does Great
Deal of Damage.
PENSACOLA SUFFERS
And the Water Front Is Lind With
Wrecked Ships, Storm Sweeps
Up the Gulf Coast, Carrying
Destruction in Its
Wake.

Wake.
A message from Pensacola, Fla.
says the worst storm and hurricane
that the Gulf coast has experienced
since the village OF Pensacola On Sar
Rosa island was s~ept LOT years ago
began Wednesday night of last YeeA
and lasted for Gay and hight. L
was reported that nsny lives between
the city snd navy yard havs been LOST.
but as many rsports Of this character
nad been curreat, the report does
not obtain credencs. Il is known
however, that many Of the houses in
that section we're under from five to
10 feet OF water, and many womeL
mad been taken from second story
windows and carried to safety in
boats.
The estimated property damage il
50 900 900. Every house In Pensa
cola suffered damage sr6 many roofs
are blown Of. Telephone and tale
graph aad electric light wires are
among the nass. T1e water front Il
strewn with wreckage for miles oC
either side Ct the city, apd vessels sce
piled on the whsrVes, or where ths
1harves once were, In utter ruin. Big
steamers and many lighter sailing
ships are lying high and dry uo IL
the city, whsre the tide has never
osen known to Ieach. EVer5 where
for miles around whsrves hsVe beer
swept away or are damaged beyond
repair.
The electric power was shut CT at
/ O'Clock that morri1g. There is nc
street car trafh, and COZ m 1ntcation
with the outsi1e world Is practically
cu5 off. The streets OF Pensacola afe
strewn with tinbers, tin roofing ant
broken glass. This dispalcn, With
other telegraphtc matter, is being
carried to Flomatcn, Ala, By the
Western Union manager, who makes
,he trip by train to ascertain TIE OK.
ssnt OF damage cone here and else
where. 1t is feared great havoc ani
loss OF life will be shown ahsn re-
ports tom the entire section alona
the coast caa be gathered.
WORST EVER KNOWN.
Later dispatches from Pensacola
say the hurricane was the worst that
eve, visited that city, and almost
equ.s the Galveston storm so far Sc
lne property loss is concerned. Tne
Loss OF life win be heavy, bus not "a
Dad as a. Galveston. Many dead
csdtes have been recovered and others
are reported along the shore. The
property loss is now put at IS, ,0oo,-
600. The tides from the bay backed
INTO the city for blocks, destroying
homes and making rivers out OF the
Streets.
When the gale was at it's high
est Thursday morning men, wo-
NJ ~ and children were running tran
tic about the streets in darkness, the
alarm OF f-e was sounded and this
added to the confusion. The hrt
started in tue Pitt mill, near the bus
mess district, and horses Of the IRE
department. refused to go out In the
weather. With the tin roif: flying
sbout them, trees and wires falling
over them, the fireman took thelI
hose wagons by hand and rushed ooWn
the streets to the scene snd after
hours OF work c~ntronsd the blaze.
AN INDEsCRIBABLE SCENE.
This afternoon the water front and
business district present an Amos:
indesrcibabla scene. OF the so or 90
big steam al d sailing vessels lying
in the hsrbor, only five or Six are There
now. They have been driven ashore
and along the water front Is mass Of
arecksge OF steamers, tow boats,
launches and sailing craft Of all de-
scriptions.
Thirty fishing vessels in port have
been destroyed and the three big hsh
houses with their wharVes are gene
Muscosee wharf and the Cor maIdan'
cia and Tarragona wharves OF the
Louisville and n shyilie railroad are
oadly damaged. Great iron ships 81
two and three Thousands tons have
been driven, not oDly ashore, bu'
have gone through house a blocE
frcm the water front.
E7ery house along the water front
for distance OF ten miles has been
destroyed and the wonder is that the
loss OF L. is not greater. The tracks
OF the terminal railway to the navy
yard and Barrancas have ell been de,
stroyed as also the trestles Snc
bridges.
Acting Mayor Msurs ordsred every
saloon closed this morning, and 81
extra police cficers hsge bsen sWorI
in. The homeless families are houssc
in all portions OF the city, but many
will walk the streets witnCua food cI
placs to sleep until something Ike
order can ne brought out OF the chaos
no1 existing.
Added to the horror OF the situa
tion is the thieves who are breaking
open trunks all along the beach, en-
sering unocc1pted houses and steal,
ing every thing In sight. SeVefs
arrests have been made, but it Is
impossible to protect property unde]