DISASTROUS CYCLONES.
LATER PARTICULARS. 500 LIVES LOST. STORMS STILL RAGING. TWO WARSHIPS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FOUNDERED. CITY OF CHARLESTON IN RUINS. 7 CHURCHES DESTROYED. tPEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.} Washington, August 30. Reports to hand show the cyclone in the Southern States was of exceptional severity, aud the loss of life and property is appalling. After the hurricane a tidal wave arose, and nearly swept away Port < Royal, in South Carolina. One hundred lives wore lost. Storms are now raging along the coasts of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It is believed at least 500 lives are lost. It is also feared tho warships Kearsagie and Nantutket have fouudered. Tremendous damage has been inflicted on tho country all tho way from Richmond to Charleston. The latter city is also in ruins. Seven churches havo been destroyed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 53, 31 August 1893, Page 2
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