The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-01
DRY OUT, CLEAN
 UP AND REPAIR"
Reports Tell of Many More Thrilling Rescues in the
 Atlantic Storm

Charleston $. C., August 1.-"DrS out. clean up, disinfect and repair is the watch word in storm stricken Charleston Mayor Rhett. having hur- rfed from New York on hearing of the hurricane of Sunday night. has taken the helm and is directing the work of rehabilitation. This morning the death list was r and the property damage was eonservatively estimated ats Sl,- o0O,0 ,0OO
 The passengers brought here from the liner Lexington are still In Charles ton but may leave for Philadelphia this afternoon.
 The storm battered Clyde liner Apache is in port. as are several other more or less crippled steam and sailing yes sels
 only two lives were lost on the ex- posed sea isla nds but the property dam age Is very heavy. It is said by plant CTS that long staple cotton and rice have been almost wiped out. Houses have been wrecked and cattle and live stock killed. Roadways are inspassable as bridges have gone and trees have been feled
 First reports of damage at the Isle of Palms resort on the ocean, nine miles from here, were exaggerated Buildings were not as badly damaged a believed.
 Tn Charleston things are approaching the normal with splendid progress. The railroads, though their yards are crip- pied, are giving much better train sirv- ice for passengers and freight.
 The trolley cars are running on all the city lines and the cars on the sea shore division will be in operation reg ularly by Saturday, if not tomorrow The telephone company reports that most of it's system is again in working order Electric light and power service Is being rapidly extended over the city Much of the storm debris has been re- moved. and all the streets are clear The board of health is implorinS house holders to get their premises sanitary without delay, citing the danger oi sickness from eontinuance. of. present conditions.
 The damage about Beaufort and Port Roya. is placed at a million dollars There was no loss of human life In that sec tion.
 Washington. August 3t.-The Atlantic revenue cutter Fleet was today ordered to remain at sea to follow the path of the second storm which is predicted to break over the south Atlantic coast and move toward Cuba.
 The derelct destroyer Seneca. has been ordered from her home station at New York to cruise off Charleston and aid vessels in distress The Onondaga has been ordered from Norfolk to search for the schooner Sarah D. Felt of New York which was last reported abandoned by her captain and crew of six 1W miles off St. Augustine, Fla.
 New York, August 3i.- Ten seamen snatched from death in the great storm that battered the south Atlantic coast were brought here today by the Clyde line steamer Mohawk which rescued them Tuesday from the cIlmbling hulk of the schooner Malcomb B. Seayer while the sea was pounding their ship to pieces on a reef off Georgetown, s. c. Brief news of the rescue came yesterday In wireless dispatch.
 Originally there were Ii of the schoon- CTS crew. all from Bathe, Me. The man who lost his life during the 4S hour strug- gle aboard the wave swept schooner was a Portuguese sailor known to his mates only as Tony" He was swept over board when the Seavey first struck the sand bar last Saturday night.
 Captain Henry M. Lodge was almost helpless from the battering he received while clinging to spar, but the other nine men had almost recovered from their thrilling experience.
 The rescue was as thrilling as the plight of the schooner's crew. A boat from the steamer could not get nearer the Seavey than 50 yards and one by one the exhausted men. lashed to what was left of the schooner's rigging, united the ropes and threw themselves into the sea and were hauled aboard the small boat by lines thrown to them as they struggled in the tremendous waves.