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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1885

Page

8

Destructive hurricane devastates South Atlantic region

A major hurricane lashed the South Atlantic coast causing widespread property ruin, factory and wharf damage, and multiple dockyard wrecks. At Sullivan's Island and New Brighton Hotel extensive destruction occurred, with Beaufort, Charleston, and Savannah reporting heavy losses and dozens of drowned or missing.

South Atlantic Bloods QuarLestos 8. C Sullivan’s Island New Brighton Hotel Lagina New Brighton New Ashley River Charleston Beaufort Savanxan G. W. Parrish Exchange Dock Aleck Brown Pet Schuetzen Park Tybee Island Charles Carroll Tybee Knoll Jacksonville Fla Vogel City of Palatka John Stoddard North Edisto River St. Johns Bar Corsine Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Nodaway Supt Bessler Smith Merrill Tindall Kapamszo0 Mich Allcott Lake Shore Kilgore's Mill Here Hartrom Conn Pirtssers Girty’s Run Evergreen Tar Grote Muscoda Aan Crzexs Appleton Brrapars Tomah D. F. Richards Peter Feliatreas Menasha Alexander Stewart Elm Grove Scoville Torr Chippewa River Spur No. 4 Christ Christianson Racine Lous Oper Ruhn Fond du Lac New York Military Hospital United States Army Residexts Greene County Rusk Lafayette Enzor Wangan Earrvy Sheboygan Adolph Burheide Ws. K. Sure Kingston Berlin St. Louis Kaukauna Snider & Holmes A. M. Hungerford Fitchburg Dane County Tyro Erteson Percy Swain Alma Royalton Waupaca County C. H. Baum W. Smith Markesan Nee Wm. Forbs Mr. Forbs Tyeves Birdie Burke Huggins Wisconsin National Bank Watertown Father Corby St. Bernard’s Church

Destructive Flood in Canton and Surrounding Areas

Descriptions from Canton detail a weeks long flood that killed over 10,000 people and left many homeless. Villages were washed away, crops ruined, and rice prices surged. Eye witness accounts describe boats overturned, villages inundated, and families seeking safety on hills as waters rose dramatically.

Walmscox D. C Canton Sez Ni City Kunin Blaine Dulwich London Chesham Buckinghamshire Nestor Wonder Woolwich Culley Preston Pans Mersey and Irwell Pension Department Black

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