IN THE TEMPEST'S GRIP
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 30, 12.45 a.m. New York, August 29. A great storm is raging in the Southern States. The water on the Charlton sea front is higher than for twenty years.
The tram service is idle, and the streets are impassable, owing to uprooted trees. ,
People on the Isle of Pines and Sullivan's Island were warned, so as to enable them to escape, but it is reported that many were left behind.
A schooner was thrown ashore at Charlton, but little damage was done to shipping. Five people were killed. The velocity of the wind wrecked the wind gauge. Low-lying sections of the city were inundated, and people were removed in boats.
A railway engineer was killed in the yurdmas tor's office. Flying timbers crashed in the windows, breaking his neck.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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140IN THE TEMPEST'S GRIP Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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