The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-30
WORSE HURRICANE SINCE 1893.
Brave Old Charleston Struck by Sea Lion--15
Deaths and $1,000000 Damage Done
Wind Reaches Velocity Of
"a Miles Per Hour

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The worst 1893 had Charleston and the entire
Caroa seacoas in grip Sunday afternoon until Monday
morning suspended railroads could not get out
city Of Monday and there general
anxiety State teegapc and telephone communica
entirely nothing definite heard from the city
until due here reached Manning at m
News and Courier eagerly devoured The story
told by that excellent newspaper most thrilling one
under the distressing conditions the management certainly
manifested remarkable bravery and enterprise getting out the
edition.
The wind blowing howng gale at 50 miles hour,
of houses shedding their coverings glass crashing
a around still the the newspaper Office sad at their
posts The reporter braved the storm at the risk OF lie and limo
here and there cropping in the hdeous darkness in search
}of work.
The pleasure resorts Suvan Island the Isle of Palms
filed with people from the city, and from this and other
States all off from communications But with all of this terrible
condition Mondays paper had found where there
loss Of M The storm suddenly and there was lit
tie get the people off of the Islands The superintendent
consolidated person and gave the warning
people could he only succeeded in reaching
part many tarried until impossible for them to reach the
city But Mondays paper reports that no lives were lost at
either Suvans Island the Isle of Palms. and at midnight
the wind had reached 81 miles an hour.
The authentic from the island reached the city late
the night by party that in fiat boat Our readers
with much the News and Coures
we get into this issue taken from it of yesterday
he hurrcans which down Charleston Sunday
ing which held the city its grip throughout Sunday night
passed early Monday leaving behind trail of death and
wreage unparalleled this community since the great storm of
1893.
Six deaths known have been caused by the hurrcan
Besides that Engineer Cobun reported The News and Cou
ier Monday two young and negro woman were killed in
Mount Pleasant and two white we're drowned IN Charles
ton. The names Of the dead are:
Alonzo Coburn Southern Railway engineer Charleston
Ida Morgan white Rosa Robinson white v Cutter motor
man. Charleston Robert E. Smith, Columbia Mrs M Goodson
Waycross Ca Charles Goodson years. Waycross, Ga Mrs
iG Richter Charleston Mary Richter, Charleston Lillian
Slender Charleston Two unknown negro men, James Island
Two unknown negro Johns Island One unknown negres
iSullivan's Island.
Besides these number of other drownngs and kill
ngs have been broughn has eenmpossbe
borate
impossible just how greathas been the prop
erv loss as hurricanes work reports from the
sea islands the have yet been obtainable
ESTIMATE IMPOSSIBLE.
In the immediate vicinity Charleston vary
quarter of million dollars upward It probable that loss
about million dollars That the figure which number of the
most capable observers hit upon.
Sulvans Island and the Isle of Palms both through the
storm with no loss the night
bo and much damage has been done both
Many Suvan Island have been wrecked and the
Palms suffered severely The ransportaon
tenn has been put completely out of business
The hurricane its height at midnight Sunday night
when attained velocity 81 miles the hour and the ba
rometer dropped 29 The wind continued to blow hecey
passed somewhere the south of Charleston and nlande
weather bureau does not know just where
WATER FRONT DAMAGE GREAT.
Charleston the damage OF done along
'front.' practically house south Of Calhoun street
testified the fury Of the gale Along Broad street East Bay
King and Meeting of residences and places OF bus
unroofed and had the windows blown The n
fell heavily Monday night most unwel
though accompanied by but Hundreds OF trees
all parts the city blown down split to pieces
everywhere Monday filled with wreckage of
all sorts Little transacted The work Of repairing
the damage already progressed we'll however and the street
railway operation Tuesday and the Streets it is promised
will all be open to traffic
Communication with the outside world has been reesabished
trains operating the old Line station of the Southern Rail-
way Union Station being of commission temporarily
No telegraph being worked into Charleston but
the Western Union operators Summerve which scarcely
felt the ALL and and received there bring
ing them to Charleston by train.
dispatches appearing The News and Courier Tues
day morning obtained.
Detailed various features Of the storms work
given below.
OF PALMS PROPERTY LOSS GREAT
Weary and relating thrilling tale Of terrible night
spent eashore Hotel during the several
sonists city people arrived in the city yesterday evening at
about o'clock flat boat from the Isle OF Palms bringing
the authentic from that exposed resort and relieving the
minds hundreds relatives who has been anxousy awaiting