Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-29
CHA RLESTOM CUT
OFF FROM WORLD
BY HURRICANE
FIVE KILLED; MILLION
DOLLAR PROPERTY LOSS
Rice and Sea Island Cotton
rOpS Seriously Damaged by
Freak Storm Which Sudden
ly Swept Atlantic Coast,
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Charleston, 5. c., ((Vta Summer.
vile, ). c. Aug rs. - Seven persons
are known to he dead, many injured
and property damage of more than
$1,000. 000 is the damage wrought hN
the storm which struck Charleston
from the rest of the world.
The dead.
w. II. SMITH. Columbia. drowned
under falling wharf.
MoTORMAN CUTTER. drowned.
IDA ROBINSON. crushed 10y roof.
ALONZO ]. COLBURN engineer.
killed by flying timber.
EVA NERS, drowned.
TOM DOOLEN. drowned.
The Cassidy family. number un-
known. caretakers OF the sWahoo phos-
phate works, are missing and are be-
leved 10 have been drownd
The harhor is filled with wreekagc
OF small boats, schooners and launch
es, many piers are washed away and
in the city the streets are strewn with
fallen trees. roofs. fences and other
debris. Among the principal buildings
damaged are the customs house, the
postoflice, 81. MiChael's church and
the Wahoo Fertilizer mills. which
practically were ruined
The street car. electric. telephone
and fire alarm systems are out OF
commission
All trains are leaving the city from
an old depot, the floor of the new
station and the tracks being under
water The Southern Railway Off.
cials expect to resume regular sched-
ules tomorrow.
Al the height of the storm the wind
reached nmety-four miles an hour
when the tide rose eight feet at the
battery in front of the city.
Anxiety Tor the safety of the people
marooned on Sullivan's Island was re-
lleved with the arrival of the Consoli.
dated company's steamer from the
island with a load of excurslonists and
residents.
Eight or ten schooners and small
steamers are either sunk or damaged.
The storm became serious about
clock Yesterday afternoon. At noon
the barometer registered se.76, after
having steadily fallen all day The
wind velocity increased from forty
elsht miles an hour at 1.25 D. IN. to
nlnety-four miles an hour at 1920 II.
m, when the wind gauge was put out
VI "hJuHiili'Ht. ldltF tne wind NrprgI
from the northeast and east to the
southeast
AT noon today the barometer stood
at 277s the wind was only brisk and
the sun was trying to shine. The rain
fall was more than two inches. The
disturbance was reported to be west
OF Charleston and working away,
Tho tide was something over eight
tnTHH IA .
1898. Considerable damage was done
by water in the low sections of the
city and many persons were rescued
from their houses.
Alonzo COburn, an engineer on the
Charleston division of the Southern
Railway was killed while sitting IN
the yardmaster's office when flying
timbers crashed through the window
and broke his neck.
A Mr.. Smith of Columbia and Mo-
torman Gutter Of the local street rail-
way system were Killed, and l.. d.
Kintworthy of st. stephens and II. II.
nm were seriously injured when a
trcstle adjoining the Mt Pleasant fer
ry collapsed Two unidentified men
were drowned when their home was
flooded. Several negroes are reported
among the storm victims.
Great damage is feared for the rice
and Sea Island cotton industries by
the rise of the tide