The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29
Seven Known Dead and
81, 900, 900 Damage
Result of Storm.
HARBOR FILLED
WITH w RECKAGE
Wind Reaches Height of ga Miles
an Hour, and Tide Rises Nearly
to Record Mark-Union Sta
ton Under Water-Sulli-
vans Island People
Safe.

Charleston. S c.. Angus. os-tvia
Summervllle).-Seve persons known
to be dead. many injured, and property
damage of more than 100000, seems
to be the sum total OF the damage
wrought by. the terrific storm which
struck Charleston Sunday afternoon,
isolating this city from the rest OF the
world. The dead:
w. II. Smith, Columbia, drowned
under falling wharf
Motorman Cutter, drowned.
Ida Robinson, crushed by roof
Rosa Robinson, crushed by roof.
Alonzo j. Coburn, engineer killed by
flying tfmbers.
Eyn Myers, drowned.
Ton, DnoIey, drowned.
In addition 10 the above, the mem
oers or the Cassidy family. number
unknown. caretakers al the Wahoo
Phosphate Works. are missing. and
are believed to have been drowned.
Great relief was felt when 1t was
learned late to-day that the people
on Suliivan's Island were all safe. hav-
ing been taken off by the ferryboat
Lawrence, which tied up overnight at
the Mount Pleasant wharf
The harbor is filled with wreckage
, OF small boats. schooners and launches.
many piers are washed away along
the water front. and in the city the
streets are strewn with fallen trees.
roofs. fences and other debris. Among
the principal buildings damaged are
the custom house. post-office. ST.
Michael's Church and the Wahoo Fer
tilizer Mills. which were practically
ruined. The street car. electric. tele-
phone and tire alarm systems are en-
tirely out of commission. All trains
tonight are leaving the city from the
old depot. the new station being en-
tirely under water.
The Southern Railway officials eX-
pect TO resume regular schedules to-
morrow, but no mail trains were
operated in or out of the city toby.
AT the height of the storm. the
wind reached velocity OF ninety
four miles an hour while the tide
rose eight feet or more at the Battery,
in front of the city.
The storm reached the proportions
OF gale about / o'clock yesterday
afternoon, the barometer falling
steadily all day. The wind velocity
increased from forty eight miles an
hou: at ! T.. NJ. TO ninety-four miles
at 1920 p. NJ, when the wind gauge
was put out of adjustment
At noon to-day the wind was only
brisk, and the sun was trying TO
shine. The rainfall was more than
two inches. The disturbance was re-
ported to be west OF Charleston, and
working away.
The tide was something over eight
feet during the storm three feet
short of the record of 1898 Consider
able damage was done by the water
in the low sections OF the city, neces
stating the removal ot many persons
from their homes
Alonzo Coburn, an engineer on the
Charleston division of the Southern
Railway. was instantly killed by NV
ing timbers. a Mr.. Smith, of Colum
bia. and Motorman Cutter, of the To-
cal street railway system, were killed
and L. D. Klintworthy, of st STE,
phens. and E. B. Hill were seriously
injured, when trestle collapsed .wo
unidentified women were drowned
when their home was flooded, and sew
eral negroes are reported among the
storm victims
Water Front Suffers,
Great damage is feared for the rice
and Sea Island cotton industries bv
the rise of the tide. Not since the
cyclone Of 1885. has the water front
here suffered so severely.
Anxiety felt for the SAFETY of tba
people marooned on Sullivan's Island
was relieved early in the afternoon by
the arrival of steamer from the
island with a load of excursionists and
residents.
narrowing experiences were told by
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