The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-28
Eighteen Persons Perish in she
Hurricane.
HEAVY RAINS FALL
Besides the Dead, Sixteen Were Ser
iously Hurt and Property DAM
AGED to the Extent Of Over = Bill
Lon Dollars, According to the Las
est Reports

Eighteen persons dead. and six
seea seriously hur, and property ez
eeedtng million dollars damaged
"a far as can be asce1tained az
lats hour Thursday night, !s sh
grim record resulting FROM the dc
ssructiYe sweep Of the hurrican'
along the Louisiana and Te1a
coasts.
The number o, dead as reported
from various towns and cities az
n follows:
Texas:
Bay City 8: Galveston 4: Palscioi
&; Eagle Lake !; Wharton !: Ken
a!eeon l: Ramsey !: e csnpo l.
Louisiana:
Nudd Pass 3
The number injured seriously II
reported as follows from Texas
points:
Eagle Lake !; Bay CITY 10
Meagre reports from tie tol!owin:
Texas points. with many other towns
Ia ths devasted district not heard
from give but faint idea OF the
immensity OF the storm IL property
damage:
Galveston, loss s175.ooo.
Bay City. loss Sl5G.000-
Bay Shore, considerable property
damage.
velasco. only three stores let
ntansiag, and many homes blown
down.
Iago, syrup miil destroyed.
Austin. many buildings un-oofsd:
telephone and telegraph wires level
Cd. Damage about 100000.
Brssoria, many buildings destroy
az. and loss Of life feared.
p,edge-. heavy property damage
syrup mills wrecked.
Allenaarsr. many structures were
wrecked. Rumors OF loss OF lie al
yet without confirmation
sachnond. atcy residences and
stores partially demolished
Pslacios. a number. OF houses were
blown down.
anslctoa. every house in the tcwn
badly damaged
Blessing. several lives reported
lost sa6 considerable property dam
age.
Eagle Lske. many houses unroot'
cd ard two large sugar and riee
plants partially wrecked.
II Louissana points IN Cameron
Parish are reported to have suffered
ssYerely from the hurricane. Aucf
ysope-ey Is reported as having oeeI
damaged IN the settlements at Bar
~. Creole, Grand Cbenier and John
son's Bayou
The territory around Bay Cit!
seems to have been the entire OF tnt
storm, which moved southwest troH
Galveston. For four hours there
70-miie wind swept across the eoun
nv. carrying everything before II
veiasco, a little town near Sa!
cry, is reported demolished. eu
with 20 loss Of life and none injured
Every building was unroofed. O
partly demolished. and the town i
IN four feet OF water. People ar
eeeaosrg IN boats from Colorado Rir
or, nile away.
REPORTS from the special train. OF
which General Manager ". G. Vans
1ecs, of the Southern Pacific Raj!
road. left Houston. indicate that IN
lower coast suffered greatly. In
loss will total thousands OF dollafs
and in some districts reports stat
that the storm was worse thar ta
disaster Of 1900. whsch destsoye
Galveston.
Eagle Lake seems to have suHere
on a parity with Bay City. aut yer
few houses escaping the fury OF th
storm.
TIE same situatsoa Is -eporte
from LssSe. Nowatta and East BE!
nard though there IS no tatasitie
reported.
A. Gliddeu. a round house Is eI
tirely demolished. and well de
rick Is scattered over town
At wi!liager part OF the Cailsoa
station snd Office was unroofed
vas the Attention depot and Ea'
Bernard station
1t is impossible TO estimate Il
total damage.
Along the Brownsville road fro
y.nssvilie. in parts. the desolaeie
!. was nearly complete Corn ael'
were swept to the ground and ha
vest;ag will have to be done BY
nav rake. The cotton. howeve
v;ths.ood the storm well.
Al Ei Campo. the electric plant
wrecked. all elevators are bad
damaged ace almost every church
towns is either demolished oc wTec
ed.
In the oil Aelc around hat A-',
ae-rfcks were blown down and we
stripped OF their machinery. the
ON ware house OF the Markham NJ
e.,tsie Company. the Brown GFs
COMPANY ware house and the Eat'
De- nrise restaurant were entirely
mo,;shed> The new building OF
coas. Telephone Company was Il
Cd from its foundations and pro-
bly, will be total wreck
At Bay City. about so per cent
the business section was damaS
ID including the Opera House. one sa'
,ha Court House. the new high sch
building and the city Jail. In
tsiI the cages were left staoo!ng