The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-14
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THE GALEIN SAVANNAH

| THE GALE IN SAVANNAH
We briefly stated. yesterday. ,h., -.
a1D.u - '.,.eo on Friday and Saturday bv =
.''',''e gaze me savannah Republican states ths,
'ne oanage 70 properly has been incaIculable :,
'housn no loss OF iie had been heard Of The r :
| publican continues:
1t is impossible to convey to the istant reader an
idea oil present aspect OF the city Ofthe hupdrads
OF beautiful trees that oruameuted the squares ma
Streets az least over half them have been blown
down. and those standing have been Stripped of the
branches and leaves 1t was almost impossible to ge.
through the town Saturday morning, 90 completeiy
were the streets blocked up. Monument square /:
wreck so is Orleans square, opposite Mr. Rober,
Habershan's residence Indeed, the trees Ia every
square and street in the city have been greatly In
Jured. Ii makes sad to look upon South Broad.
street. for nearly all of the four rows of the trees in
II are either prostrated stripped of their foliage
The enclosures around the squares have also suffer
ed by the falling trees and branches Forsyth Place
we understand, for we have not seen it5 has suf
tered greatly. Indeed there ia not tree nor plant
jured. +
ST. Johns Espicopal Church has received great
injury. Two Of the pinacles of the steeple were
carried away, one of which broke through the roof
az the ridge All the beautiful windows of stained
glass IN 'front.' and two at the sdes a. well as
nose 10 the steepie, were driven In and completely
demolished. The entire tin covering of the roof
was stripped eff and it is feared that the organ and
10 e, interior OF the Church will be much damaged.
The roof OF Trinity (Methodist) Church was torn
away and the building otherwise injured
besides those mentined above, many other public
and private buildings were more or less injured =
Turn where we will Says the Republican, the
streets and lanes and squares are filed with pieces
OF slate, tin and boards. 1t will require months
with the present mechanical force in town, simply
to repair the roofs of houses In the meantime
should it continue to rain great injury must be
done to the interior decorations of buildings and
furniture
The injury to the wharves, cotton presses and
buildings along the bay, was immense. All the
Eastern wharves were torn up and flooded with 4
feet of water as we'll as that part of Bay street east
of the gas works.
Millers Foundry was unroofed 30 were the
Hydraulic, Lsmar's and Baldwin's Cotton Press
establishments, and Wilinks Ship Yard. Mr. Mil
Ter had to wade through the water up to his neck
to his stables where he had several horses, which
he swan out The following is supposed to be the
losses in that part OF the city:
Millers Foundry $500
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Baldwln's Press ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
WilliAk's Ship Yard ard-. 5000
large quantity of goods, stored at Lamar 3
press and imported for Augusta, together with 800
sacks of SALT was lost or badly damaged Mr.
Willink lost $500 worth of ships knees, besides
other property
]. Roberts & Co.'S mill was considerably
damaged, and a quantity OF the lumber, &c, lost
We cannot however, give the amount of their loss
A portion of the roof OF Msj. Starkcs mill, on
Fig Island carried away, and the chimney
broken OFT even with the roof.
The tin root of the Water Works buildings was
partially carried away. The salt water having been
forced up the river above the city, the Water
Works cannot furnish the usual supply.
The wharves In the w astern part of the city
were badly washed In some places.
Every shed and building along the Bluff, from
WilIinks Ship Yard to the Canal, having tin roof,
was wholly or partially stripped.
The shipping in port was also much damaged
The steamers Jenny Lind, Sam Jones, and Oregon
were almost totally destroyed The brig Matanza a,
was driven high and dry above Oglethorpe Mill and
the brig Joseph Albion sustained considerable in
Jury The dry dock driven across the river
and anmed in against the barque Flight at Teair' 8
wharf:
Iajurv to the Rice and Sea Island Cotton Crops
Later accounts induced US to believe that yery
small portion of the rice crops may be saved in a
damaged condition. All the rice that was cut and
stacked on the field has been lost and this was by
far the greatest part of the crop in this State and
portion of 8. Carolina. The little that had not been
cut above the point to which the gale forced up the
SAT- WdteT, may pOesDlJ Jiclu boueLuIug, through
it will be little and that in damaged condition
The destruction 10 the vicinity of Mr. James Potters
plantation some ten miles above the city it is hoped
Is not SO great though it cannot but be serious
Nothing however, has been heard from that quar-.
ter The harvesting does not begin soon north
of this the Carolina coast and possibly the loss
has not been great In that State as In Georgia.
The crop in the two States s roughly estimated at
four or five millions two thirds, and probably three
fourhs of which has been destroyed. Dr. Screven,
single planter put down his loss at $50, 900.
Nothing has been heard from the Sea Island Cot
ton plantations on the coast below, but judging from
the violence of the gale and the usual luxuriance
of The weed it Is believed that the Cotton has been
torn and whipped" out to a deplorable extent
The loss from this source will also be very heavy
Hutchinsons Island.
The whole of this island, opposite the city, except
few high places, was submerged. Thewater was
five or six feet deep upon 1t in many places There
was great destruction of cattle on the island though
several horses and cows escaped by fleeing to such
elevated points as they could reach.
A great deal of lumber and ship timber were
washed from the Island and lost.
Four negroes belonging to Judge Huger, Of South
Carolina were overtaken on the northern side OF
the Island three of them ascendea tree and have
not since been heard frOm-the other one got upon
plank, and succeeded In gaining Col. Green's
steam mills, from whence he reached the city In
safely.
LioM House Goae--Shipping at 7y6ee.
ONLY the root OF the light house on Fig Island,
near the city, was carried away. =
A pilot who came up the river saturday morning
saws the oater Light House on Tybee Island at the
mouth of the river, was blown down; also that the
baroue Douglas, for Valparaiso, and the barque Err
nesto Pietro. for Plymouth, (Eng both bound out
with lumber, went ashore on Tybee beach with all
The ritish vessel Ellen and Lady westmoreland,
lying Tybee, with cargoes of iron for the Opelika
Road, rode out the storm In safety.
Nothing has been heard from the shipping out