THE STORM
CABLE NEWS
United Press Associaiion—By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.
RAGING IN UNITED STATES
ISLAND RESIDENTS MAROONED
(Received August 30, 2 p.m.)
NEW YORK, August 29
Six torpedo boats were driven by the storm at Charleston ashore and a score of other small vessels were wrecked.
The whole of the lower part of the town is still under water.
Telephone and telegraph communication has been destroyed.
Seventy-five persons are marooned on the Island of Palms. They are suffering from hunger and thirst.
MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE
Received This Morning, 12.20 o'clock
NEW YORK, August 30
During the hurricane at Charleston six torpedo boats were tossed high on the beach by the violence of the waves.
The navy yards suffered. The death roll is eleven.
Scores of launches and small craft were blown to fragments. Property has been damaged extent of a million-dollars.
The water is now subsiding in the streets, and efforts are being made to resume traffic.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10408, 31 August 1911, Page 5
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157THE STORM Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10408, 31 August 1911, Page 5
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