The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-29
Several Persons Killed and Enormous Property Loss
 Is Inflicted
CITIES ARE SHUT OFF
 FROM REST OF WORLD
Narrowing Experiences Told By Per sons Rescued From Submerged Houses-Highest Tide Since
 the Hurricane of 1886

Charleston, s. C. August 2s fvia Sum
 merville. S. c)-seven persons known to
 be dead, many injured and property dam
 sge of more than sl,0Do.o00 seems to be
 the sum total of the damage wrought by
 the terrific storm which struck Charleston
 Sunday aftrnoor1 isolating that city from the rest of the world.
 The dead
 w. H. smith, Columbia, died under fall ing wharf
 Motorman Cutter. drowned, Ida Robinson, crushed by roof. Rosa Robinson. crushed by roof.
 AIonzo J. coburn, engineer, killed by
 flying timbers
 Eva Myers. drowned. rom Dooy. drowned. In addition to the above, the Cassidy family. number unknown, caretakers of
 the Wanoo Phosphate works. are missing and are believed to have been drowned. great relief was felt when it was learned
 late today that the people on Sullivan is
 land were all safe having been taken off by the ferry boat Lawrence, which tied up over night at the Mount Pleasant
 wharf
 The harbor is filed 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 fallent rees, roofs. fences
 and other debris. Among the principal
 buildings damaged are the customs house, post office, St. Miehaefs church
 and the Wiahoo Fertilizer mills which
 were practically ruined. The street car,
 electric telephone and fire alarm systems
 are entirely out of commission. All trains
 tonight are leaving the city from the old
 depot. the new station beng entirely un- der water.
 The Southern railway officials expect to resume regular schedules tomorrow. but no mail trains were operated in or out of tue city today. Ninety Four Mile Wind At the height of the storm the wind reached d velocity of 9t miles an hour, while the tide rose feet or more at tha
 battery, in front of the city.
 As the result of the freak storm which struck this city and Savannah last night, and which reached hurricane proportions, Charleston has
 Teen ed from the world for 94 hours. | Tnr st,5TYa may be faid 10 have reached 1 gale proportions about 1 o'clock yes lter6ay afternoon. At noon the barometer registered 2975. after having steadily fal-
 lien all day. The wind velocity Increased
 from 4s miles an hour at :20 p. m. to s4
 miles at 10:D p. m, at which time the
 wind gauge was put out of adjustment.
 Later the wind steered from northeast and east to the southeast At noon today the barometer stood at 79. The wind was only brisk and the
 sun was trying to shine. The rainfall
 was more than two inches. The disturb- ance was reported to be west of Charles ton and working away, and Forecastcr Cole said that there is no further need or fear.
 The tide was something over feet dur ing the storm, feet short of the record of 1893. Considerable damage done by the water in the low sections of the city, Inecessitating many people being removed from their houses. The waters have caused washouts on the approaches ;o the
 union station. preventing the use of the depot The Southern railway announced today that for the next two days all of its trains will be handled from the old terminal, on Line street and it is likely
 that the Atlantic Coast Line will use the same depot
 Strikes Savannah Savannah, Ga, August 2S.--Via Mail to Wadley. Ga. August 2S.-Springing from the sea. an unheralded storm buff
 fetted this city and adjacent territory,
 including ships at sea. last night and all of today.
 Savannah's parks are scenes of deso-
 lation as a result of the high winds that played havoc in every direction. After raging all of the morning and
 the early part of the afternoon, late this afternoon the wind subsided, too
 late. however. for the business houses.
 which has suspended business. to re- open.
 Long distance telephone and all tele- graph wires connecting Savannah with the outside world were out of commits sion from early this morning, and have not been repaired. Two men are reported to have been drowned In Dazarette creek which divides Tybee Island from the mainland. The men, whose names are unknown, were in a boat that capsized when struck by the heavy wind
 | Despite the wreckage of telegraph poles and wires. most of the trains left hero
 on time today and tonight. At $50 o'clock this morning the wind
 reached its highest velocity. 96 miles an
 hour The wind was from the west. No
 one Is reported injured fin this vicinity. No word has been received from the
 Merchants and Miners Transportation company's steamer Cretan, which was due here last night A number of houses were unroofed and in many homes families either remained awake all night or towards morning. when the wind blew fiercest, left their beds in fear
 The Grand Prize automobile course was badly damaged and 1t will require several weeks extra work to get it in shape again for the races in November. Century old trees were torn up by the roots and hurled down to form barri- cades in the streets. blocking score of downtown avenues. Balconies wero demolished when the trees fell, windows were smashed and wires were tangled mass Not wheel turned on the street
 car system of the city until late hour today.
 Washington. August 2S.-The Atlantic storm of Sunday is still apparently near | the extreme south coast of South Caro- | lima. according to the weather bureau were missing. but it Is considered prob- able high winds continued during tho night.
 i The storm will probably move north- ward with increased winds and rains and l there will also be showers in the eastern | district of Mississippi Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from | Fort Monroe to Jacksonville. | Officials of the Southern railway. at it's headquartersf today, were anxiously in- | ouirng for news from Charleston. Their | railroad telegraph wires had been carried
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