Evening star., 1911-08-28
TRAFFIC is PARALYZED
ON ATLANTIC SEABOARD
Communication by Wire on Georgia
Carolina Coast Cut Of.
WIND ACCOMPANIES RAINFALL
Union Station at Charleston Re-
ported Under Water-Southern
Railway Trains at Standsti1l.
Storm Headed for Interior.


Charleston and Savannah last
night seems to be centering in the
same locality today. Indications are
that it is moving northward. Both
cities were completely cut off
from communication with the
outside world today, and it was
therefore impossible to ascertain
the extent of the damage the
storm had wrought.
A message this afternoon from
Branchville, seventy miles from
Charleston, says that there is
three feet of water in the Charles
ton Union station, partially con-
firming earlier reports that
Charleston was menaced by food.
The message also says that no
trains have left Charleston since
8 o'clock last night.
Wind Wreaks Havoc.
MACON. Ca. August 2s.-The Central
OF Georgia has just received the follow
ing from Savannah:
Wind about sixty miles an hour. WIN
dows blown in. signs and awnings torn
down, trees stripped or blown down,
telephone and telegraph wires badly tan
gled, shipping apparently safe.
Charleston is believed to have gotten
the worst Of the storm. One OF Baltimore
ships due last night couldn't come In. but
would probably reach here today.
Summer tourists and residents Of Tybee
came IN on late trains last night. People
ARRIVING frem Tybee on the last Tybee
train last night report everything appar-
No reports from there since.
Communication Cut OF.
COLUMBIA, s. c., August 2s.-Com-
munication by telegraph and telephone
with Charleston. Savannah. Beaufort and
Georgetown. interrupted yesterday by a
storm which appeared OF the Georgia
Carolina coast has not been restored, and
In the absence Of reports from coast sta
tions the Columbia weather bureau ONCE
10 unable to determine in. what direction
the storm center Is moving.
In the interior there was more than an
inch Of rainfall and considerable wind.
the latter having this morning a velocity
Of twenty-fve miles, but no damage to
crops or property has been reported. At
Columbia the precipitation during the
twenty-four hours ending today at s am.
was LIS inches.
Section Director Harry Geren says
: the storm il not q West Indian hurri-
cane. althought 1t considerably resem-
bles one OF those phenomena. When
storms originate in the West Indies
the weather bureau is able to plot its
route with fair accuracy before 1t
reaches the Atlantic coast
Started Off South Carolina.
But this storm being almost in its
incipiency at the last reports from the
coast. further observations will be re-
quired to determine its probable direc-
tion. Mr.. Geren thinks ii likely the
storm center will either go up the
coast or turn westward and travel
toward the Gulf of Mexico
At IL o'clock Southern railway officials
here were advised over a wire that was
secured for few minutes that a man
who had reached Summerville, twenty
miles north OF Charleston. reported wa
ter TO have flooded the Charleston Union
station. The Southern railway passenger
train due TO leave Charleston at $40
am, and scheduled to arrive here at
6:55. had not left Charleston. The At
lantic Coast Line has no telegraphic coml
munication with Charleston. but does not
expect q train from there before Ave or
s1x hours at the earliest. I; Is hoped to
have communication restored within a
few hours.
Storm Headed for Interior.
At IL 30 o'clock Director Geren said that
upon his observations. considered alons
with reports from elsewhere, including
Jacksonville. but not Charleston or Saw
annah, he had located the storm at the
extreme southwestern corner OF South
. Carolina. He thought II likely the storm
was moving northwestwardly and hence
was invading the interior, although the
Washington Office believed the storm wal
moving northeasterly up the coast The
wind at Columbia now from the east il
expected to remain high during the day
and probably through the night, and will
likely haul around to south and south.
west.
At 1920 pm. a message from Branch
VILE said II was reported there that there
was three feet of water in the Charles
ton Union station and the building had
been partially unroofed by the gale. AL
wires within nine miles of Charleston
we're down. No train had left there since
3 O'Clock last night. Several trains were
tied up between Charleston and Sum-
merville-
Fail TO Raise Savannah.
MACON, Ca. August 2S.-Central rail-
way oficials here have been trying all
morning to reach Savannah. but have
failed 90 far. The nearest point to which
the wires are working Is Millen. eighty