The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-30

nil largely .rce.d 81 mn mn Th...
hs,res refsr only - the city proper
The death list and the property lcss ars
expected m ho greatly increased wnor
ihs outlying districts arc hoard from.
Tho damage was undoubtedly hoavy
~ The coast island. Great rolef va,
folty There today when tho Clyde Line
.ieaner Apache made port after n
rough experience ~ this harbor durln
no hurricane Passengers wore lfo pre
~eryers for several hours and wore pro.
r5rnd 10 leavc tho ship at any mnmont
II - said nv passengers that tho -'oker-
we're kept AT thor work NJ tho points "
r.vcl,er.
Capt Staples said he had meyer soon
such sea IN his eHrer,orrs
We had Just passed FRYING Pan shoals
whom va ran INTO u smart gale from, tho
sas' northeast with thick rain This sort
f weather. continued right M - hardest on
barhor. which We reached about ! n clock
sunday afternoon " WIS blowing ~
hard thought we had better not make the
hsrhor. but either run back 10 ses or try
to run through va raised anchor at
so'rlock, which We had dropped a couple
The htIrrcdro vas soon upon us with
wind from m" northeast " midnight
the wind shifted tn tho souiheast. from,
which II blow With oven greater force.
n u was mile an hour u hiow a hundred
until O'Clock Monday afternoon. when
the wind shifted to the south and the
storm dis.p,ted We tried t. anchor off
Hunting Island and los' two anchors"
The Weather cleared this afternoon and
tonight ,s fine
Charleston has gone to work to clear
away the evidence Of tho storm. Tho
streets are heinS cleared of wreckage
and street "ar traffc i being resumed.
Train service is nearly normal and tele-
graph service is-hsnG restored
In the low lying sections there ia
much suffering. and the danger Of sick
ness because of the storm effects is said
TO be great. Heavy rains last night con-
tributed TO the height of water in the
streets and yards caused by the abnormal
tide. many lower floors being inundated
with loss Of household effects.
The Red Cross Society has volunteered
10 render anv financial assistance that
may be needed There is general criti-
TISTn mere 'nhr Ifle W NdIUeF BUREAU Idlieu
to give proper warning Of the approach
~ the storm.
Advices from Port Royal and Beaufort
ssv that the property loes at those points
il heavy. but no loss Of life is reported
The cotton crop all along the coast section
has been badly damaged
The most thrilling story OF the storm ia
told by seventv-'ive visitors who we're
caught on the Isle of Palms. Jules Hey
mann and family Of Augusta and Abe
Guggenhemer and family Of Savannah
were the first II return from the Isle Of
Palms Heymann says the seventy five
people in the hotel were terrified through
out the night. The water came up over
the floor Of a pavilion few feet away.
The house in which were y dozen negro
servants was blown down and all Of them
with the exception of two climbed trees
End remained in them all night The
two others felt their wav through the
darkness 70 the hotel. There was only
one part Of the hotel IN which the people
could congregatn without the wind and
rain striking them. and that was IN the
Lobby. and when the wind blowing az
nIns'y miles an hour blew oren the door
u required the energies Of ten men 10
ciose u again Women wept and prayed
ami Hevnlsnn saws one man took y pist ol
from his pocket and held II in his hand
ready 10 xiii himself rather than be
drowned