NLY short wave radio connected: Charleston, South Carolina, with the outside world last night and several small communities were isolated as a result of a tropical hurricane which caused frightful damage and six reported deaths.
The hurricane swept over 100 miles of coast between here and Charleston, ruining scores of houses and leaving hundreds homeless. Six persons were reported drowned in Charleston, but this report was not confirmed officially.
The storm reached its height by mid-afternoon yesterday when peak velocities were near the 100-mile-
-hour mark. The hurricane blew itself out inland, but early today tremendous tides inundated Georgia and South Carolina cities and towns.
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