A Charleston amateur radio operator, Mr. C. Z. Zeigler, reported that part of the waterfront was flooded and streets were littered with debris, but otherwise the difficulties were minor.
Widespread looting was reported in flooded sections of the city, where military police assumed patrolling duties.
There was some anxiety as to the extent of damage suffered by Beufort, S.C., and also the naval radio station. at Paris Island. S.C. from which nothing was heard since early afternoon when roads were flooded, blocking entrance to these two points. Telephone communication with them was disrupted.
The storm smashed windows, uprooted trees, wrecked. automobiles and scattered signs and shingles.
Mr. Zeigler reported that only the phone between the police department and the flooded powerhouse, where his apparatus was lodged, was work-
When the storm cut the power, he loaded his transmitter into his aufa mobile and raced to the power house, finishing the journey with 500 pounds of equipment in a wheelbarrow because his car was blocked, he said.
He set up an emergency generator and sent messages asking for and directing help, from the outside—United Press.
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