The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-06
Hurricane HeId Charleston and Coast
10 Grip Nearly Two Days
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE
So Far Is Dead Have Been Con.
firmed, and in Addition Rumors OF
Others.-Property Loss in Char
lesion Will Amount Probably Over
the Million Dollar Mark.

The hurrican which bore down
upon Charleston Sunday evening,
and which held the city in It's grip
throughout Sunday night, passed on
early Monday, leaving behind it a
trail of death ard wreckage unpar-
allied in that community since the
great storm of 1888.
Fifteen are known to have been
killed by the hurricane. Besides
that of Engineer Coburn, two young
men and a negro woman were killed
in Mount Pleasant, and two white
women were drowned in Charleston.
The names of the dead are:
Alonza j. Coburn, of Charleston.
E. v. Cutter, of Charleston.
Robt. E. Smith, Of Columbia.
Rosa Robinson, of Charleston.
Ida Morgan, of Charleston.
Unknown negro woman.
Mrs NJ. Goodson, of Waycross, Ga.
Charles Goodson, 2 years, of Way
cross, Ga.
Mrs G.. Richter, of Charleston.
Mary Richter, of Charleston.
Lillian Slender, Of Charleston.
Two unknown negro men, Of James
Island.
Two unknown negro men ct Johns
Island.
Besides these rumors Of number
of other drownings and killings have
been brought in, but these it has been
impossible to corroborate.
1t is impossible as yet to say just
how great has been the property loss
as a result of the hurricane work.
No reports from the sea islands or
from the coast haveeyet been obtain
able
In the immediate vicinity Of Char
lesion estimates vary from a quar-
ter of million dollars upward. 1t
is probable that the loss is about a
million dollars. That is the figure
which a number Of the most capable
observers hit upon.
Sullivan's Island and the Isle OF
Palms both came through the storm
with no loss Of life on either island,
but the night was one Of great terror
on both, and much damage has been
done on both. Many houses on Sui
livan's Island have been wrecked
and the hotel on the Isle Of Palms
suffered greatly. The transportation
system has been put completely out
OF business.
The hurricane was at its height at
midnight Sunday night, when the
wind attained velocity of 80 miles
the hour and the barometer dropped
to 29.43. The wind continued to
blow fercely until about daylight and
then gradually subsided until the
storm passed on somewhere to the
south of Charleston and inland-the
weather bureau does not know just
| where.
In Charleston the greatest damage,
or course, was done along the water
front, but practically every house to
the south of Calhoun street testified
to the fury of the gale. Along Broad
street, East Bay, King and Meeting
streets scores of residences and places
of business were unroofed and had
the windows blown out. The rain
fell heavily Monday night, and was
in consequence, most unwelcome, ev-
en- though accompanied by but little
wind. Hundreds of trees in all parts
of the city we're blown down or split
to pieces.
The streets everywhere Monday
were filled with wreckage of all sorts.
Little business was transacted. The
work of repairing the damage has al
ready progressed well, however, and
the street railway will be IN opera
ton soon and the streets it is prom
ised will all be opened to traffic.
Communication with the outside
world has been rs-established, trains
operating from the old Liue street
station of the Southern Railway, the
Union station being put out of COM
mission temporarily.