The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-30
CHARLESTON SWEPT BY STORM
REPORTS OF BIG STORM ALONG
THE sEACOAsT RECEIVED
aERE.
Charleston Train Delayed by Wasl,out
--Communication Obtained but No
News Forthcoming - Passengers
Tell of Storm.
From The Daily Item. Aug. 2s.


From The Daily Item. Aug. 2s.
Reports of big storm along the
sea coast have been received from
Charieston. but further communica-
tions w-re cut or for most Of the
4. day and II has been impossible Co
learn the extent Of the damage which
was inflicted.
Last night there were many who
feared that there was a big storm
along the seacoast when the heavy
rain and wind from the northeast
Z ptruck Sumter. and their worst fears
= were realised this morning when they
found that Charleston and other
cities along the seacoast had been
cut on from communication by the
storm and II was impossible to learn
What damage had been done.
III The only news Of the storm came
In Indirectly. There were a number
Of passenger on tho morning train
from Columbia who stated that they
had heard other passengers. who had
Just come into Columbia from Char
lsston. say that there was big storm
r~going on down there ana that the
I rssidents and visitors ON the neigh
boring islantis 20 Charleston were all
leaving for tine mainland. They report
% that the cars from the Isle of
Palms and sullivans Island were
crowded ~ long an they ran. but
that the ferry boat had been stopped
% the Charleston wharf early in the
evening and a large number OF peo-
pie we're left on Mount Pleasant A
passenger who came In this morning
from Florence on the early morning
train said he had been told the same
!, thing by persons coming In on train
No. % from Charleston. He said
that train was iase owing to the
rhs morning al Of the regular
morning trains. which arrived about
s:3o. came In except the train from
to ii;ss and later changed to ass p.
m. The agent at the station said
that n was impossible to learn when
=. tho train would arrive an communi-
cations with Charleston had not been
secured and at 12:45 Mt. Holly. the
nearest station to Charleston obtain
| able over the railroad wire. reported
that the train had not passed there.
IL was therefore impossible to say
when the train would arrive. II was
learned through the agent at Mt.
Holly. however. that the train had
left Charleston and was being held
up somewhere between the two
points by n washout In the track. Re-
Gently a new double track haH been
put In by the Coast Line along that
section and Il 10 thought that there
was a washout along this part OF the
track.
IL was further learned from this
point and also from Monks Corner
that there had been a terrific storm
at those places and II was thought
there that the storm lower down to-
ward the coast had been worse. The
last train To- pass over the track out
from Charleston was No. So. which
came into Florence early this morn
Ing. At the time that this train
passed the tracks were In good con-
dition and the storm which damaged
them must. therefore. have come
somewhere near midnight or later.
This was the first touch OF the au-
tumnai gale and storms which usu-
ally come about this time or a lit
tie later every year. but Il Is the first
time I'm many years that Charleston
has been completely cut of from in
land points. II was not until after
10 o'clock this morning that the To-
cal telegraph companies secured con
nections with Charleston and then
the only news obtained was that there
had been u big storm. hut that work
was going on to get everything IN
working order as rapidly as possible.
Every effort has been made to- get
a press telegram through To Charles
ton and obtain reply giving news az
the storm has failed up To the hour
The Daily Item went 10 press.
The Columbia State has the follow
Ing 20 say of the storm which Sun
day and last night was doing such
damage Ga Charleston:
Southern passengcr train Nh te