The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-03
MOBILE STRUCK
BY the Storm and Badly a~tby
Its Severity.
SMALL LOSS OF LIFE

But the Property Loss is Put at Over
Three Million Dollars. The
City Is put Under Martial
Law by the Governor
at Once.
Loss Of life, variously estimated at
from five to so persons, many people
injured, 5000 houses damaged, tne
business quarter devssted, and a prop
srty loss OF fully $4,000, 600 IS tie ct.
tect Of tropical hurricane which WIS.,
lted Mobile last week.
The storm struck Mo5ils Wednes-
day night at midnighs and RACED for
many hours, the wind reaching 3 We.
locisy OF 80 miles an hour. Water from
Noble bay was blown into tie ci5y. by
che gale and ior time stood seven
iees deep in the whosesala iartef
from Royal Street to the Aiaoan a riy.
er.
The loss Of live is believed 70 be
nainly snong negroes, although cen
t1tions are So chaotic that jntoraa.
zion is indefinite. Shipping suffered
severely. Among the sueanars sunk
were the J. P. SchuA, Msry e. Slap
les, Mary S. Blese, CANA, Hastsa 8,
Moore, City Of Camden q .ited
States reVenus cutter and many
smaller craft. 1t Is feared that the
crews OF these boats wefe lost. Mo-
ollie has been placed under congfcl iof
the militia. Nobody Is permitted
In the surests except newspaper 1usa
and persons wearing badges.
Much apprehension Is felt fos the
suburban towns. lJ Is feared they
cave been oSlterated. The chances
are that the loss Of life on Dauphta
island Is heavy. Many fishermen live
OF Dauphtn Island and other outlying
uarshy tracts, from which no aid1ngs
osye been receiVed.
The suffering In Mobile Is severe.
The annihilalion Of transportation
iacilities has smut of al supplies and
unless help reaches Mobile from uhe
outside world soon, szest dlsuress aill
result.
Every church Ia Mobile was dam
aged, the Christ chutch cathedral ani
st. Francis Street Baptist church sUf-
lered more than others. Tie Damage
10 Christ church cathedral Is est!mar-
ed at SAC, 600 and 81. Francis Street
Baptis6 caufch at $40 600.
The revenue cutter Alert Was ram
mad by an unknown vessel In Mob Ie
river and sank Immediately. Hcr crew
are believed to have escap ID.
All Wnar7es from Frascati street,
tee extreme south enc OF the city, IS
fsr up Ine river IS Taree Mile creek,
lie wrecked. This includes tie new
Mobile and OHIO docks and the Louis-
vile and Nashville docks.
Telsgrapnic Communication is par
alyzed, with no prospects OF wires for
several days.
Electric light companies, street
railways and, in fac5, all business has
been suspended.
The M..bile and Oaio railroad was
the frsG road. to get oat Of the city.
LIS drst train lefg Mobile So 4 a. n.
aUdsy.
Numerous sawmills In the northern
and marshy regions have been ei5hsr
washed away oy the terrific waves or
torn to splinters by the wind. Their
lumber and ttntsrs arc to be seen
scattered over the city and floating
do~n the slowly falling river.
The haroof steamer James A. Car.
neg plying between Mobile and The
eastern shore, lies bsecaed just scross
the river and opposite So. Francis
street.
Provisions are almost exhausted.
E ,staursnts feed many but have no
supplies on hand. Ham and eggs coz
s5itute their food supply. These, too
will soon become e1nausted. Whole.
sale houses lost msny thousands OF
dollars trom the f)od and willingly
paid as high as 81 so pc hour for
common labor and earnestly begged
tnen to accept such pay so frantic aere
they to save. goods.
Between 6 O'Clock Thursday eve
ming and Friday night trees were
teled and roofs we're crushed by hun
jreds. Through the streets, carried
oy the terrific wind, were hu1led
thousands Of pieces OF slate, strips OF
stn roofing, ccrnices, Shingles and IN
tact, all kinds Of debris. Binds
sfre torn from their fastenings sad
xlndos smashed as thonEh OF sis.
sue paper.
Many persons were seriously injor-
ed snd cut by flying slate, tin and
glass.
Hundreds Of bales OF Gotten fostAd
through the main streets and ~sre
carried out to sea. Cotton noS iusa in
sh!s way was damaged by muddy va
aer.
At Fort Morgan, IS miles down the
Gay, the wind had a much higher We
tocity than at Mobile. Towns slo1g
he Mobile and Bay Shore road suffer
ed immensely, owing to the exposed
situations. No wore from the coast
5owns along the Louisville and Nash.
vile road has reached Mobile. There
Is little doubt that macy lives were
lost, and severe damage done to
property. A..ong the gulf coast there
sere many fashionable residences.
rhe rainfall for two days was 647
inches.
Hszlsr Nominated.
The Democratic state convention OF
New York Weduesd - nisnG noEu:-
nated VIM. r. Hearst ior governor cn