Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-28
SOUTHERN CITIES
SWEPT BY STORM
Savannah and Charleston
Are Cut Off From World
For Time Being
LATTER SUFFERS FROM FLOOD
Railroads Are Tied Up and Indi.
cations Are That Damage Is
Very Heavy.


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Columbia, s., C., Aug. 2S.-The Sc.
we're storm which struck Charleston
and Savannah last night seems to be
centering in the same locality today.
Indications are that 1t is moving north.
ward
Both cities We're completely cut of
from communication with the outside
world today and it is therefore impos.
sible to ascertain the extent of the
damage wrought by the storm.
Charleston Flooded.
A message this afternoon from
Branchville, 10 miles from Charleston.
states there is three feet of water in
the Charleston union station, partially
confirming earlier reports that
Charleston was menaced by a flood.
The message also says no train have
left Charleston since s o'clock last
night.
At IL O'Clock, Southern Railway of.
f!cals were advised from Summerville.
20 miles north Of Charleston, that va.
ter had flooded the Charleston union
station.
Train Tied Up.
The Southern Railway passenger
train due to leave Charleston at 3:2O
m, and scheduled to arrive here at
6:55, had not left Charleston. The At.
lantic Coast line has no teIegraphic
communication with Charleston, but
does not expect train from there be.
fore six hours at the earliest.
Telegraph Lines Down.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 2S.-No re-
ports were available at the weather
bureau as to the intensity or the dir.
ection of movement of the storm that
broke on the South Carolina coast yes.
terday Up to noon today, the wealth.
er bureau officials had been unable
to get into touch with either Charles
ton or Savannah and the commercial
telegraph companies promised no i'm
mediate assistance.
Storm Moves Northward.
The most recent reports indicate
that the storm is still central over
South Carolina near the coast. The
prediction is made that it will move
northward inside the coast line. Pre-.
vious storms of similar character
have generally lost intensity as they
passed to the interior of the country.
Wind, rain and showers are predicted
by the weather bureau for the interior
districts east of the Mississippi as an
of the southern storm.
Storm warnings were ordered dis.
played on the Atlantic Coast from Fort
Monroe, Va, to Jacksonville, Florida.
Storm Spent Its Fury.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 2S.-The storm
which began early last night along the
South Atlantic coast spent its fury
soon after daybreak and had passed
about 9 o'clock this morning. Great
damage was done within the city, but.
apparently little harm was done to
shipping in Savannah harbor, ample
warnings of the storm approach hav-
ing been given shipmasters by the
weather bureau to make their vessels
safe.
The streets are filled with debris
consisting principally of uprooted
trees. Street car service is tied up.
AS far as known, there has been no
loss of life in this vinicity due to the
storm. Reports are lacking, from the
low-lying islands, adjacent to Savan-
nah which are inhabited principally By
negroes.
Cotton Crop Damaged.
The cotton crop within a radius of
fifty miles of Savannah undoubtedly
has suffered severe damage.
The revenue cutter Yamacraw Is on
the alert in the harbor but so far no
calls for assistance have reached the
vessel by wireless
Reports from Tybee Beach indicate
that everything there is safe.
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Augusta, Ca, Aug. 2S.-A telephone
message from Ridgeville, thirty-one
miles from Charleston, says the wind
IN Charleston at II o'clock this morn
Ing was blowing between 60 and 70
miles an hour and considerable dam
age had been done along the water
front, but people who returned from
Charleston this afternoon, leaving
there during the night, report no loss
of life.
Highest Since Tidal Wave.
People on the Isle of Pines and Sui
livans Island, were warned in time
yesterday afternoon to escape. Along
the harbor front in Charleston the wa
ter is the highest seen there since
the tidal wave in 1886.
Navy Department. Anxious.
Washington, D c., Aug. 2S.-No
word has reached the navy depart.
ment today from Charleston, S. c., and
1t is believed here that wireless com
munication has been cut off. The de-
has instructed the coast sta
tons to endeavor to get in touch with
the Charleston navy yard,
There are number of naval vessels
in Charleston harbor including a col
lier, four submarines, two destroyers
and fourteen reserve torpedo boats.