The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-02
News and Courier. Aug. 20.

Of sunday night than any other sec
tion cannot be determined. Rather,
it is stated by many who on ysster-
day took a tour OF all the principal
streets. both uptown and down
town. that there seemed to be no
stricken section and no favored
spots. The evidences Of the storm
are everywhere. evidences In the
form OF fallen trees. demolished
fences. ievelled poles. broken glass.
crumbied slate roofing. iowhanging
wires. great rolls Of twisted tin roof
ing. Snarled signs of all descriptions
and loose timber Of various kinds. Be
low Broad street II appears that the
trees have suffered the most damage.
and next In order. possibly the roof
Ing OF different kinds. In no place.
however. is there stretch of wire Of
any considerable length.
Damages on King street consist
largely OF fallen signs. broken dis
play window glasses and loss Of tin
roofing. Many Of the larger hanging
signs we're blown from their fasten-
ings and landed In heap on the
streets some striking windows In
their passage. Early In the night.
the handsome new electric sign OF
Ptnkussohn's at the corner Of Mar
kst and King streets. was partially
Displaced; II was taken down before
any damage to II was done. James
Ailan's large street sign failed to stand
the blow. The only largo plate glass
window broken on King street was
one In the front Of the Paragon drug
store. However. on Hasell street.
two OF the largest In the city. at Ker-
rison's. were smashed.
Meeting street appeared to have
weathered the storm somewhat bet Z.
ter than King. Here a few uprooted
trees and a very few brok,n win
dow glasses constituted the damages,
except that Sc. Michael's tower and
roof Jared poorly. and that the fine
plate glass In the doors OF the United
States Postoffice building were smash
ed by the swinging of the doors In
the storm. Large portions of the
slate roof OF ST. Michaers were blown
away. The doors at the postofiice,
unprotected Sunday night by the
storm doors. were free to swing back
and forth. In consequences they were
broken long before the storm reached
its height. The three hotels on Meet
ing street. the Charleston. the st.
John and the Argyle. apparently suf-
fered little. except for a few broken
wirdcw panes. The greatest loss on
Meeting street appears to have been
the destruction of trees.
Cn Rutiedge avenue. the lower
section. the water rose TO q height of
about three feet Sunday night Con-
siderable damage was done fences on
this street and many residence walls
were runined by rain admitted
through broken window panes. Water
from the Colonial Lake overspread
the streets and covered the recently
built einoankment constructed by the
Colonial Lake commission. This.
however. escaped hurt
The Anderson Lumber Company's
losses hre confined. so far as can be
ascerta ned. to the loss OF a new
smoke stack. and the floating away
Of several thousand feet OF lumber.
Several residences on Calhoun
street were unroofed the tin cover
ing being blown hither and thlther.
ON this street also there we're many
trees uprooted.
Part OF the Market was flooded with
the waters from the East Bay, and
Yesterday morning several persons re-
ceived hard falls from the slippery
mud that covered the slab pavement.
The old shed at the foot OF the Mar
ket was completely demolished. On
upper Market street the entire front
OF the second story OF a brick build
Ing was blown out. and left the bed
room OF the occupant exposed to
view and TO the elements.
on East Bay street the damages
were possibly more extensive. The
Southern Fruit Company. Marjen-
hon. the weithers Co. and a num-
ber OF others sustained losses ranging
from sz0c TO 800 to their buildings
and stocks. The old Merchants Ex-
change building on lower East Bay
was badly damaged. the third floor
and the roof collapsing. Up East
Fay there were several trees blown
across the street car tracks. The
Shamrock Terrace hotel suffered the