Evening star., 1911-08-29
NAVY YARD is DAMAGED
Emergency Fund Of $4,000 for Re-
pairs Appealed For.
SCHOONER HELPLESS AT SEA
Revenue Cutter Goes to Rescue Of
the Fortuna With Crew of
Seven Aboard.

toll OF the storm that swept the Georgia
Carolina coast Sunday night.
The Charleston navy yard was damaged
to the extent Of $4,000. Six torpedo boats
were swept ashore, roofs of buildings rip
ped off, tracks torn up and wharves
The damage in Savannah was not as
great as was at first feared.
The schooner Fortuna was dismasted
by the gale and lies helpless seventy
miles off the coastline with her crew OF
seven men, The revenue cutter Seminole
has been dispatched to her rescue.
Reports to the weather bureau al
from stormbound points In
the south are still meager. The storm
center has passed westward and south
ward, and was this morning over the
west central part of Georgia. The in
tensity of the wind had greatly dimin'
ished, and weather bureau officials De-
lieve the storm has neared its end.
The bureau was unable today to get
in touch with Jacksonville. Fla, Sa-
vannah, Ga, or other coast points.
The report from Savannah OF Monday
weather was received this morning,
having been forwarded part OF the
way by mail. 1t showed that Saven-
nah had a northwest wind OF eighty
four miles an hour yesterday, with an
low barometer, 29.O2
inches.
Normal Conditions Returning.
Charleston, S. c., reported conditions
returning to the normal today, with
rising barometer and falling wind
Storms similar to this one, which orig
mated of the coast and has passed
into the interior, occasionally revive
after they reach interior points, but
weather bureau officials believe the
present one is going to pieces.
Six torpedo boats were swept ashore
and the Charleston navy yard was
damaged to the extent OF $2O,OOO DS
the violent storms which struck TN
Georgia and South Carolina coast Sun
day night In a telegraphic report re
ceived by Acting Secretary Of the Nav!
Winthrop today the velocity ofthe wint
was estimated at 30 to 80 miles al
hour Roofs and doors OF the build
ings Of the navy yard were ripped on
wires were strewn in tangled mas
on the ground, tracks were torn VI
and considerable damage was done II
the wharves. The yard has appeaIet
for an emergency allotment of $20.00t
for repairs.
ing to sea at top speed from Wilmington
n. c., to the rescue Of the schooner For
tuna, which was dfsmasted in the gall
which swept the south Atlantic coast ant
is now helpless, with her crew Of sever
men, sixty-eight miles out from th'
mouth Of Cape Fear river. The For
tuna's home port is New London. Conn.,.
Island Residents Suffered.
AUGUSTA, Ca. August 29-The Her
AIDS special staff correspondent reachet
here this morning from Charleston. HI
was the first out-of-town newspaper maj
to reach there. The engineer OF the trail
last night on which he went into tn
stricken city had to feel his way eau
tiously into the depot, as cross ties, trash
planks and other things were piled on TIT
track in the railroad yards and the wate
only a few hours before had receded
The town was in darkness and hart
rain was falling about midnight. A stor!
of terrible torture suffered on the Isle o
Palms by seventy-fve people was told b.
one of the refugees who reached Charles
ton yesterday evening on tug. No live
were lost, although much property wa
destroyed on the island.
Storms Fury Spent.
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munication with Summerville. 8. c., wa
interrupted this morning, and 1t was i'm
possible to get more tidings from storm
swept Charleston. Telegraph and tele
phone companies are endeavoring to re
pair their damaged lines. and 1t is hopes
that later in the day there will be di
rect wires into Charleston, so that de
tails of the havoc wrought by the gal
and further information regarding casual
ties may be procured. Latest reports from
Charleston were that the fury Of the gal
had been spent.
Five Lives Lost.
CHARLESTON. s. c., August 29.-Fo
more than thirty-six hours this city wa
ravaged by a storm which rivaled in fur.
that of 1885. A hurricane which begal
Sunday afternoon unroofed houses, felle'
trees, chimneys and other high suuc
lures. broke wires in all directions ant
whipped UP the waters Of the harbor s.
that great damage was done by a higl
tide to homes and shipping.
So far az is known, there have peel
Ave deaths Of white persons in the city
IT is believed that there have Ceen man.
in the low-lying negro quarters. All tn
sea islands have been inundated, ana ]
is feared that there has been loss O
life here. The property damage In tn
CITY is estimated at more than $1.OOO.OOO
and this figure will be swelled when re
ports come in from outlying places. tn
rice and sea island cotton crops have un
doubtefily suffered severely.
Two Of the known victims met oeatl
when a trestle near the Mount Pleasan
ferry wharf was blown down. motor
man named Cutter and j. Nd. Smith o
CoIumbia were caught under the heav.
timbers and fatally injured. L. y
Klfntsworthy of st. Stephens and E.
Hill were badly hurt.
Wind Ninety-Four Miles an Hour
A. J. coburn. Southern railway en-
gtneer, was crushed in the yards Of tina
company when a roof carried by th'
wind struck him in the back.
The women died In a cottage in th'
marsh near the Consolidated power sta
ton. When the tide rushed in upor
them Ernest Hodge, husband Of one
iumped out a window and told the womei
70 follow. He tried to rescue them, bu
was able only to get to part Of the roo
and. cling to 1t. Other parts Of the roo
had been torn away. and some OF thu
debris had fallen onto the women, pin
ming them down while they drowned
Hodge almost exhausted. was rescued
this morning by the employees Of thu
WA WarninE Of the coming of the storm
was given Sunday by the steady falling
OF the barometer. and shipping meI
and others made haste TO prepare tor q
bad time The wind grew steadily all th'
morning. and by O'Clock II was blow
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