The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-01


windows was almost eafening. Many
doors to business ho Is were blown
open and great loss will be suffered
from rain beating in and flooding the
stocks of goods.
Yesterday evening at about o'clock
the entire trolley car system of the
city was interrupted by breaks in the
wires. Shortly afterwards the lights
in every portion of the city glimmered
out and everything was in total dark
ness for several minutes until house.
holders found their way to the gas
jets. The crews of the dark trolley
cars remained with their cars until
late in the night in the hope Of wit
Messing an abatement of the storm and
thus being able to run their cars into
the sheds. But as the storm continual
ly grew worse, the men were called
off duty and with difficulty made their
way to their homes. At an early hour
this morning it was impossible to
walk On the streets facing the two
water fronts of the city. The wind,
blowing at a velocity estimated from
Is to 80 miles an hour, swept the
streets clear. The rain, falling in tor
rents at times, poured down strong
enough to beat in windows and plate
glass doors. Big tin roofs, torn from
their moorings on buildings situated
in the exposed portions Of the city,
sailed through the streets for hun
dreds of feet without touching the
ground. At one time East Bay street,
aear Queen, was literally barricaded
by a mass Of tin roofs, broken pieces
of wood and fine gravel.
City Cut OH.
The city was cut off from all COM
munication at about $50 o'clock. The
Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies reported that all means Of
communication leading out of the cisy
had ben closed upon by the hurricane,
which literally moved down wires in
all directions. The municipal tele-
phone service was out of commission
early in the evening. The railroad
telegraph service was also interrupted,
and it was reported at the postoflce
late in the evening that trains had
ceased operation out OF the city.
Trees Uprooted.
Hundreds Of trees, both large and
small, in every part Of the city, were
broken or uprooted, and telegraph and
telephone poles everywhere impeded
progress ON the streets and sidewalks.
Especially great was the damages
among trees and poles in the outskirts
of the city. Thousands Of windows
were smashed by flying pieces of wood
and stone or pushed in by the fury
of the wind.
A Bad Night.
The night was a creepy one The
wind roaring over the city, the cease
less rattle of states and tins Wrenched
from roofs, the crash of chimneys fall
ing into the streets or alleys, the inky
blackness, the awe-inspiring thunder
OF the waves in the harbor as they
dashed furiously against the wharVes
and the sea walls, and worst of all the
uncertainty Of it all, were enough to
make the stoutest heart quail.
Islanders Warned
Forecaster Cole lost no time in
sending out advices for the people on
the islands to come over to the main
land, especially if they lived near the
water front. With the advice he gave
notice that the tides were expected to
be high late in the evening as the wind
was from the east.
There were fifteen hundred Sunday
excursionists On the Isle of Palms. No
one took any note of the elements un-
til the early afternoon, when the storm
began to take on serious aspect. The
first afternoon boat left the island at 81
o'clock, carrying about 800 people,
mostly excursionists who had come
in from other cities.
LaWrenee's Rough Passage.
From the mainland many watched
with infenco intanoSt tho naceo oo> Of