Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-30
Marine Casualties Widespread in Two Day
 Storm Along Atlantic Coast
DISABLED CRAFT STRUGGLE BACK
No Vessels Reported Lost-One Ashore Carolina coast-Charleston Reports Fifteen >Fatalities-Red Cross Volunteers Financial Aid-Havana Liner En- countered Mountainous Seas Trip.

Iarged when reports are received from the more remote sea islands Con- servative estimates continue to place the property damage at about s1,900.- GOO despite the fact that reports Of loss to shipping interests continue to rozI in.
 Charleston tonight rests tranquil uz- der clear skies The streets ars rooted trees. The waterfront ss in many places dismantIed. many WharvG being absolutely ruined
 It is believed that the ss-fnate placing the total propsEIy damage sr one million dollars is decidedly within the mark, though no man is able 60 judge as yet with anything Ike -ac- curacy. No reports have come in zs yet to throw light on the damage to the crops in in a the region bet~ssa sea islands It is feared. howevgs that the cotton and ricec roDs 1zzs been badly damaged
 Water Reached Ststsroonrs-
 New York, Aug 29.-Passenzsrs zr- irving here today aboard the steam ship Havana from the Cuban capital had many tales to tell of the t1r5uze1< time the vessel had as she 1err through the hurricane which swept s1s south Atlantic coast last Sunday The ship itself bore mute witness to fh4 force of the blow. An awning on t17E 1ltSI pIOI1Stl<tQe OcCk5 dDOl4t 5U sS@L in length, was blown away and the iron piping on which it was stretched was twisted and broken
 The vessel left Havana Saturday 7f- ternoon and encountered the fun foree of the hurricane about n7i[rizf-s decks, and much of 1t found 5ts way into the staterooms and cabins Dishes were knocked from the pantry shelves and broken
 Shift of Wind Saved ths Aps>teL Charleston, $. C., Aug. 2S-Psunznx towards apparent certain destr1c15o1 on the beach of Hunting Island iu 11o midst of the hurricane that swept tEs Carolina coast on Sunday night and Monday, the Clyde liner Apache, win 125 passengers aboard, was sa4sd in the nick of time by sudden chznzs in the wine, and came into Charleston harbor this morning badly Tzeks5 Sy wind and sea, but not ser1ously dam aged For 9 tense five rn5nutss ers passengers of the Apache stood on tts their bodies, waiting for the vessel Co strike and determined to make sz stout fight as they could for thesF lives.
 Helpless in Hurricanes Grip.
 Driven along by Q wind the speed o< which was estimated by Capt william Staples of the liner at. 100 miles an hour the big steamer found herself ar about 1-30 o'clock on Monday afse-- noon. She was bound south from New York and had been blown past th5 mouth of the harbor to a point 0< Hunting Island. The gale swept her in shore and it's force proved irres5st5- ble. Full speed ahead into the teeth of the storm could not drive tfe Iinsr forward and when two anchors were put overheard the chains snapped 1fks cords. Helpless in the grasp fl shs hurricane the s~frf -11rr Ererz1rr hurled towards the Hunting Island breakers and the passengers had wssI nigh given up hope when suddenly tns wind shifted and the vessel vas saved. Passengers of the Apache today drew up resolutions expressing the7y thanks to Captain Staples and his d<- ffcers and crew. and appointed s co<r-
 mittee to present them 3 loving c1os