The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
HURRICANE DEATH
TOLL REACHES II
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resort city of Beaufort was
smashed, Historic Charleston was
no,,nded by wind and water, a
large porion of the city being flood
ed. Savannah reported numerous
buildings unroofed and hundreds
of windows smashed.
Causeways and bridges in south
eastern South Carolina were
washed out and trees sprawled on
highways. Power plants we're al
So knocked out. Telegraph and tele-
phone lines were broken and anna
teur radio stations silenced.
The weather bureau announced
there was no further danger from
the storm. Heavy rains were fore
cast throughout the area, however,
to continue Tuesday.
Residents of Tybee Island said
huge waves swept over the seawan
lust completed this year to pro-
Vacationists on the Carolina and
Georgia islands fled head Of the
storm. warned by national guards
men,, highway patrolmen nd vol
unteerS.
Camp amaged
Army officers at Fort Moultrle,
near Charleston, sheltered some
900 residents from Sullivan's is
land overnight. A national guard
camp on the reservation was dam
ged, but a checkup ccounted for
II personnel today.
Paris Island Was isolated by
the washout of two causeWays and
bridge. Farther south, Sc 1slrd
and St. Simons, popular Georgia
resorts. and Jekyll Island, exclu-
sive winter resort, escaped with
slight damage.
Damage at Charleston, where the
wind reached 80-mile velocity IN
gusts, was limited largely to the
unroofing of houses and destruc'
ton of thousands of trees.
Residents of Edisto Island, Folly
Island, Rockville and other com
munities near Charleston e
warned in advance to evacuate.
Beufort remained without pow
er or communication lines tonight.
Train schedules were cancelled
Streets in the business section rar
waist deep with water when the
wind and the tide swept up the
river. Docks were smashed ano
Ill z-1oo+ ~. L@o4 ~, tho ho rhn
were sunk.
Syndicate Sinks
The racing yacht Syndicate
owned by Bill Scheppner, sank a
her moorings. Another 80 : foo'
pleasure boat that came into
Beaufort harbor Saturday, as YET
unidentified, also sank.
City officials estimated damage
to Beaufort alone would run above
$1OO, 900.
Governor Burton Maybank O.
South Carolina left today for Beau
fort to make a personal survey Of
losses and plan relief work.
The Works Projects Administra'
ton set up an emergency project
and employed 500 men to clear ul
Savannah. Other relief agencies
organized to render aid we're need
ed. -.
1t. Commander Nelson of the
Coast Guard took off from the air
base at Charleston and flew over
Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms,
Morris Island and Folly Island.
He said bad weather prevented
any survey of damage except for
a large number of houses demol-
ished on the beach fronts.
News was slow to trickle out of
Charleston. 1t was the worst blow
to strike the city since 1911.
Emergency power crews set to
work to restore lines for vital serv-
ices. Highway workers struggled
to clear trees and fill washouts
on the roads.
Louis Karnahrens of Charleston
was injured when his car was
blown off the King street extern
sion about three miles from the
city.
Robert Clark, general manager
of the Cooper River Bridge COM
pany, estimated that $50 automo-
biles from the islands m o d
across the bridge in two and a
half hours yesterday. Each car
carried three to four passengers,
he said.
Several churches and a theatre
were damaged. Charleston's police
chief, Chris H. Ortmann, S a i d
there were no reports of disturb
ances or looting.
Cottages Destroyed
At Orangeburg, S. c., A. j. Cry
go, Edisto state park lifeguard,
reported all except one residence
on the ocean front street of Edisto
island beach destroyed. He knew
of no casualties.
Army officers at Fort McPher-
son established radio communica-
ton with Fort Moultrie shortly aft
err noon. They received no word
of casualties at Fort Screven, at
Savannah, nor from the Paris
island marine base.
Hundreds of telephones we're out
of order in Savannah, and long
distance calls to all points in the
stricken regions were subjected to
long delays. Many of Savannah's
beautiful oaks, sycamores and
palms were uprooted or broken.
One reporter said most of the trees
left standing were Strinned hare