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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1990

Page

8

The Forgotten: Help Yet A Dream in Huger after Hugo

A year after Hurricane Hugo, 60 year old Ernestine Beaufort, deaf and blind, lives in a damaged Huger trailer decayed by mold and leaks. The Palmetto Project and agencies seek forgotten victims, with Beaufort as their first priority amid poverty and neglect.

Ernestine Beaufort Ruby Brenda Beaufort Miss Beaufort S.C. Highway 41 Berkeley County Tuby Ruby Huger Miriam Green Berkeley Electric Cooperative Palmetto Project Charleston Berkeley

Unrecoverable Billions Lost In Hugo Hit Timberlands

Forester W McLeod Rhodes reports Hugo devastated South Carolina timberlands with more than 80 percent of pines snapped. By salvage time only about 15 percent of downed timber had been salvaged, prices collapsed to a third, and salvage costs exceeded 150 million dollars across 4.5 million acres.

W. McLeod Rhodes Hugo Charieston Rhodes McLeod South Carolina

After Hugo year sparks life changes along South Carolina coast

A year after Hurricane Hugo, residents in Lee County and along the Isle of Palms rebuild. J T Keels recalls D Day, Doby Gordon saved 170 people from a gym as it collapsed, Aunt Ruby Reeves endures hardship while planning a fresh start, and John Henry Cain rises with a Palmetto Project aided new home featuring an indoor tub.

Green Miss Beaufort Richardson Hugo Sis Mrs. Richardson J.T. Keels Lee County Normandy Doby Gordon Gordon Bethune High Ruby M. Reeves Ruby Bishopville John Henry Cain Cain

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Mrs Band Jehovah's Witness Church Ape K Aiken Kayte Knudsen Ariene Knudsen Mount Pleasant Isle of Palms Mrs. Reeves John Hare Florence Hare By Scott Webster
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