Moving Picture News (1911) . anded high, but notdry on the docks, with masts by the board and seamsgaping. Owners and crews of the craft are seen inthe_ pelting rain, which fell incessantly for many hours,trymg to bring order out of chaos and rescuing prop-erty from the mass of wreckage. Vessels founderedand went ashore during this storm, and the loss oflife was great. The scene of destruction was notconfined to the water front, where the wind andwaves combined, for the devastation all over the city ^is apparent. Some idea of the severity of the hurri- 7 cane can be gotten by the views of tree
Moving Picture News (1911) . anded high, but notdry on the docks, with masts by the board and seamsgaping. Owners and crews of the craft are seen inthe_ pelting rain, which fell incessantly for many hours,trymg to bring order out of chaos and rescuing prop-erty from the mass of wreckage. Vessels founderedand went ashore during this storm, and the loss oflife was great. The scene of destruction was notconfined to the water front, where the wind andwaves combined, for the devastation all over the city ^is apparent. Some idea of the severity of the hurri- 7 cane can be gotten by the views of trees uprooted,those with huge trunks being blown down, lodgedagainst buildings, and twisted with large limbs tornoff and blown many feet. Traffic was suspended onmany of the principal streets while a large force ofworkmen labored in the pelting rain to remove thewreckage. In many cases board sidewalks were liftedand swirled into the street, being piled up againstother wreckage. The most pathetic scenes are the rescue of sailors. from the doomed craft. Many of the navigators clungfor hours in the rigging of the ships while the wavesbeat upon the craft under them threatening every mo-ment to swamp the vessels. Liners attempted toanchor but the fury of the hurricane was so fiercethat chains Avere snapped and the boats drifted abouthelplessly at the will of the storm until succor ar-rived. Mariners say it was the worst storm theyever encountered. Acting on the warning from theAveather bureau, hundreds of boats stayed at theirdocks, not caring to venture forth with the barometerfalling. On the whole the film is one of the most remarkableever made, and the energy of the camera man actingunder the explicit instructions from the Imp manage-ment in New York to secure a negative of the storm
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