The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-21
N NORTH CAROLINA
SWEPT BY TERRIFIC STORM

NI1ghtsville and we're TO ioca 80 ~
these when tie TarrvmGorz W
reached. WIS
Last car 10 o the long trestle was
1o o. MoOrman Jim Moore and Com
uuoL1f j. l.. Harrell. When the car
IeoTned the middle Of he tresHa II
stalied and 1t b. gan to look Tx. il
was gong to remain there. bu- of.e-
many efforts it was startet ard got >,
lar as the Hammocks, where il again
s!ail2d n 1t was perhaps we'll that r
did Tor the trestIe over The Ranks
II Was getting very shaky. Con
oactor Herrell said they had scarcely
reacned the hammocks when a norton
OF the trestle they had just crossed
was swept from the benches. He said
ne Knew 1t was not more than ih7ac
minutes after that very portion Of he
track had becn crossed. Car No. u X,
at the hammOcks at the present :1me
Inc passengers that came over on.
the train n also in the car in The
rear OF the train # cars, had q dread
1ul experience. When tie cars w.r-I
near the Ce1e Of the trest g -hay'
stopped and t vas when the wind "a
blowing at q high velocity AID seamaI
mat the car would be swept from The.
trestIs. To make the condition ten fold.
worse the wires on the side of thc,
trestle, both guy ropes ana teleph01c
wires had broken loose and were being
raped against the sides of tie ,arg'
the gale. Those in the cars iealfzed
the danger Of the wires icing charged;
with ele~ tr'city and the fear of being,
e~Iectrocuted came over them, and was
coupled with the fear that the car was
going 10 be swept INTO The sound ut am
minute. A lady in the car at the rear,
OF the train tainted, After ! wait O.
q few minutes, but the time seemed to-
those on DO I'd Ike an h Ut, the cars
started and the party reached Wri.lts-
Vile in safety.
On he beach and no. knowing what
to do, we've some $50 people and am ,ng.
them 50 ladies. They were scattered
at different places on the beach from,
the Carolina Yacht club % the Tarry-
moore hotel, III Of them being afraid
to remain On the IOWer end of thei
beach. Quite Il number went to thaI
Northrop cottage and the or wd spoke,
IN the most grateful terms of Mr.. and
Mrs. NOrthrOp who had coffee made Ior,
a large number OF those on the beach
and also furnished breakfast 70 nianyl
and for it would nOt charge ore cent!
The people scarcely knew where to go.
From the Carolina Yacht club north
waves we're not sweeping the beach
but water was around very nearly all
Of tho buildings. The situation looked
indeed serious, and a. this time the
wind must have been blowing at a
speed Of from 60 to IS miles per hour.
for in Wilmington at 9 o'clock it was
SO miles per hour, and it Vas much
higher on the beach For several hours
there was no comm nicati0n whatever
with the beach. the first boat did not
get across until after 10 O'Clock.
FIRST BOAT ACROSS.
First boat was manned by a crew OF
negroes and brought over Mrs. NJ. J.I
COrbett and children. Before this boat
got across Captain James Walton, jan
itor of the Carolina Yacht club, made
several efforts to get across in a boat!
but each time his bat was driVeHl
down the sound in the direction Of
Greenville. The way the negroes SotI
across was to go On the lee side OF the
t~restle, and later Captain Walton fol
lowed their example and was able tol
get across. Several others followed.
Among the first to Cross in a boat was
Captain Oscar Grant. These boa be
gan to bring people from the beacn,
the first party arriving about IL clOcki
and from then until sunset oats plea
regularly between Wrig1tsville ana the,
beach. Between 3 and 4 O'Clock the
gasoline launch, the Fleet, owned hyi
Captain Edgar Williams. and when
had been carried 10 the Soun1 on a.
fiat car, was launched and with tWO
boats in tow quickly made Tor the
beach. A large number Of the people
had got off the beach before this OOat
arrived. Captain Will.ams was n
command If the launch. Quite a mum
Der Of trunks we're brought over from
the cottages late yesterday afternoon
The new boa. of Mr.. G. D. Matltts
was also carried to the sound but II
was not deemed necessary to laullch
her.
DAMAGE ON THE BEACH,
Practically all of the damage was at
southern end of the beach.
Russell cottage, which is just 10 the
north of Lumina. was washed across!
he car track and the Butts cottage.
which was south Of the SchlOsS cot,
o was entirely wrecked. Many Of
he cottages were damaged, bu Lumi-
na suffered more perhaps tnan any
building on the beach outside of the
cottages mentioned. The large paVh-
erected during the past summer
II the oce1n side, was ent rely washed
ard s We're the steps on the!
sound side. the bowling alleys. and IN
act all CT the small buildings aroUn1
A portion e the lower moor
the pavilion was washed away. me
main part of the building IS intact anu
7Oes not seem to be damaged. AT thei
atlantic Yacht club both bath houses:
we're washed from their foundations
and one of them said to be standlnS'
almost on end. A kitchin from one
Of the houses was washed on the
side of the track. Many steps
we're washed away and some OF the