The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-08-31
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OF Palms. After enjoying the surf.
tne party needed the warnings of
the Consolidated officials and took
the car for Mount Pleasant. On
arriving at the Mount Pleasant
wharf at about 7.30, where it was
FOUND that the heavy sea gale would
not permit the trip and a large
crowd OF passengers left the steam
er and took the waiting cars for
the most promising place of safe
", the car barn on Mount Pleas
ant. One train returned to the
wharf to take the passengers back
To the barn, but before it had pro-
ceeded any distance the current
was off and the passengers walked
10 the shelter in safety.
About one hundred persons on
the Lawrence heard the bridge to
the wharf from the mainland give
wav with a crash, and then it was
realized that the boat was the on
-y shelter that could. be had In the
raging tempest. Accompanied by
his wife, her niece, Miss McDougal,
MT. Perry, a Mr.. Clear, and an
other Columbian whose name is not
known, Mr.. Smith had succeeded in
making the mainland before the
bridge went down. After reaching
safety it was discovered that one
OF the ladies had lost her pocket
book and the men left the ladies
on the land and started down the
bridge, reaching the ticket office
shortly before the bridge gave way.
Seeing their danger the party start
ed for the boat, but it was impos-
sible to make it, and only Mr.. Per-
~ reached the Lawrence, the 9TH
ers taking refuge in the lee of the
ticket office. About five minutes
after Mr.. Perry reached the Law
renee, he was joined by Mr. Clear
and the other Columbian, and was
told that the ticket office had
blown down and Mr. Smith had
been killed instantly, and also one
OF the motormen of the Consolidat-
ed company, Mr.. Cutter. 1t was
Impossible to reach the wharf until
early this morning,
st. Thomas church, colored
Methodist on the corner of Wash
ington and Calhoun streets was
completely demolished by the storm.
A young line of fine shade trees
on Rutledge avenue were laid low.
Two of the trees in falling dam
aged the front of residences at
Nos. 1913 and 1876.
The trees on Marion square have
been generally uprooted and knock
ed and the wind also played havoc
with the trees on Meeting street
In all sections of the city, trees
are down, many of them having
stood previous toll of the storms.
Rutledge avenue and Calhoun
street were supposed to be proof
against the flooding of the thor
oughfares following the raising of
the level a couple of years ago.
The water was knee to waist deep
last night and early this morning.
Low sections Of the city were gem
orally flooded.
The hurricane signals were worn
to frazzle this morning. The two
big flags beat themselves out in
the lashing of the wind with the
breaking Of the lower end of the
rope on which the signals had been
raised
On the corner of Elizabeth and
Charleston streets large logs were
deposited with the receeding of the
tidal waters which had flooded even
to this distance from the water
front.
Two OF the handsome window
glasses of the Kerrison's dry
goods store were were broken by
the storm last night.
The tide was so high that the
gardens of many of the residents
of the Battery section are ruined
by the water. The water rose al
most to the height of three feet
at the corner of Meeting and Wa
ter streets.