The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-13
MORE OF THE TERRIFIC GALE AT TIE SOU I'll.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Great Destruction Of Property i'm
Savannah.
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INJURY TO THE SHIPPING.
LOSS or THE RICE CIR o PS
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Damage 70 the Wbaryes aud Cotton Presses,
&C., &c., &c.
INJURY TO THE SHIPPING.
yrson the savannah Republican, sept. 3

Ac, NC., DC.
lFEoa, the savannah Republican, Sept. 81
a vi &c t, piesa vita evening EDITION, terrible
hurricane, exceeding violence and the amount Of
destroy ed thing We have Witnessed Ia
swe .siDs over Savannah from tho northeast Il Is
rushing roaring wind, bearing linus of trees pieces Of
slate and tin and boards, upon is mighty wigs a. If
early fhersea, renoon and continued to increase in
Vols nee until Midnight when II rose to gaze; since
which tine tas wind has every moment become more
and rao.e violent up to the time We write Iniay at or
We 1t has reached it's height for eaunot
See how 1t possibly beccne yiolent without
protrG.:rg the most substantial edilces in town, and
cG,st9g great obstruction OF ute
The str,ets filled with PROSTATE trees and
brsncber and the whole face Of the ground is covered
with caves and gegetAble matter " ben the hot sun
soaA again our Gown upon tue now hoooed city, the
arising from the decomposition Of thi, matter,
will tear furnish additional icod TO tie lsstilence
nog preytiire
II impossible to eare Office so terrific is the
storm vi L' Ut and consequently unable 70 sta e
what damage has been dcre TO the shipping in port to
houses churches fences and oteer structures We fear
however the iIur5 to property Of all kincs mas bsen
fearful
untostunaely our information in regard to the yalu
al Iigt paataioas along tne er is moro exte nsiye
ngs, We tnd that III whole Of Haichsson's Island cp
posiLc the oy Is sube god, and that the rice 1elds
abose ard below both on the Georgia and Carolina SIDE
as ftr Is the eye can reach are compe tey ruu6ted
The tide tod by some Of oldest citizens
81 ~ dock from tao 10 three feet higher than it had
been Ia thirty ears it must have risen much higher
lat in the day The coming DO the river aod
the hpTreene swepDg up have had the Effect Of pdcg
up the wa'e-, as At we've, and OF doodng the whnfyes
lumber yaros rice LANDS, ana every thing else "A the
vicinity Of the rrer.
The JOS .rom the destruction of the rice and
Carolina, must he immense. Indeed it can Gully
be estrnae I'd sy millions. With tSe rice fields
m sp S emba aSs
the work O. years 1t is difcu to placoa limit ufon tho
osnaeo DOPE We fear there hs ylso been great loss Of
lie snons the negroes these plantations, from the
over doei.h and Washing away OF Louses, boats, &c
Tbs shipping the coast mast have Suffered terribly,
AID have prepared ourkelyes TOR the most osa
accounts
Just fifty years ago yesterday, learn from our
bsc nles the coast OF Georgia vas visited by the most
frcntful Lurriare that mad been uown sip &c tho set
ti-mont Of the state 1t is remarkable that the gale
which DOW ahakos tho building ia which VIC write, and
and dest,ors vest amounts OF properly should occur
just 6fty cay after that OF 1904 We pray that
may peser wiaess auother such exhibition of the
Tho hurricane Continued to increase in violence up
about bali pest O'Clock p the afternoon when the wind
shifted GRADUALLY 10 tbs east, AT commenced sl,~ly to
sutsde b. o'clock it had absed sufficiently to allow
10 ont and take Lasty Wv OF the streets and
the slipping port The lull wss Of shart dura ion,
as 10 gain fresh strength Never before have una
eined sny hing terrible and vo ent, nor realized 60
painful, ,s 'is S;tsr iafssori0asls iassnessHss msn
awful gtordear OF the lefty. We shall not attempt to
convey 10 the eader idea Of the might and VIC
ence Of The tempest for would be adeq aate
TO oescIbe IT, We would Only re eat the prase that
.o may never he calico upon to wtaess again sech
rife war Of the elements 1t would If the judg
rents OF Eeayen we're UPON us.
The osnago 10 the lice plantations has BEEN even
greater thar We supposed when the foregoing
was prepared lite d ub full whether rice enough viii
he ssyed Savannah river for seed ana ths same,
fear is tue Of al tho LANDS ia this state aud south
Carolina Tho embar bments and canals destroyed
well the little rice that haa beea harvested The
lands both sides the river flooded from I've to
feet oear far as the driving rain will permit the eye
with from eight twelve feet Of water 80 that vesse
Of a'ge might sailed 1t without obstruc
on sorae three or four hundred head OF cattle and
and large quantities Of lumber lying at the mills and
other PR perry Several of the mill were unrooed and
flooded and otherwise camsRed Late IN the afternoon
house teen fostioe of from the island
Several negroes we're taken off tho leland by one
Two courageous men; and one who at wo:k at the
dry dock got into lighter cut It loose, and drfted
tho river 10 the irtn steamboat wharf and
saved Whether anybody was left on the island ~
unable say tho abatement the tempest was 80
short and it was night, that enabled to
obtain only few particulars There IL to Ap-
prehend however, that many lives have been lost on
The opposite side Of the river and above and below tbs
Ale lighthouse Fig land had its upper part blown
Io Try noe broke loose from its fssteniags and drift
% the river, lodging against the Market dock
Tho sioop Magnolia bad brohen from her moorings ar
and struck againat the Dry Dock 1t is impossible to say
What is the damage to either.
1bs steamer Oregon was washed and blown on 70 the
wharf.
Tho big Matarzas got loose from the Og'ethorpe Mills
and eriiied up the river So did the steamer Jenny
Lind.
Vessels at anchor down the river IL is feared have
dragged their anchors, and gore ashore
The gag worss were SO much injured that it viii be
impossible 10 supply the city with fer three
dye. We now write by candle light
The tin ming OF the New Yort Savannah tes uaship
CeppaDy's warehouse was carried away The store Is
fu Of Fuods, which, IL l. feared much damsged.
The roof az the fine building recently erected
the bay by Ed Padeford, ESQ., ard occnpied By Crane
The copper covering Of the Exchange was also blowa
away, OF II II bad been paper and humble lees other
buildings covered With tin and copper have bean injured
The rotf Of the PULASKI House received slisht
damage.
The new Methodist Church, Hode.on's buildings on
the and the store Of G. W. Jones' occupied BY Pat
ton, Hutton d Co and others, were damaged. The
stating on John Stoddards budir g., occupied BY Z. A.
Soulard, WAS also injured, and many other houses
which wo cannot now mention
Ut tho hundreds Of beautiful trees 10 the city not
ono has escaped injury More than haf Of those along
Tic be. have ben blown down. and Monument aQusre
looss as II Il were immense p- OF PROSTATE trees
deir leaves snd branches. Bay lane is Aled With tin
reoiIg; inetec turn whore WILL Ne are met by evi
d'pees Of the violence OF the storm. But wo must 90
Ter further PARTICULARS until another time
Tie siean hip tate Of Georgia left hero Wednesday
ior lhat elpha, with upwards Of sixty passengers and
ne keystone state w.sto have lett Phil sdelpha and
Mt Sd xvilie New York, the same day FOR savaonah.
Wo hope they made friendly harbor Ia time 70 es
capc The fury OF the hurricane
lhe gsie Continue 10 eta'e from IL O'Clock Friday
psht, and by Saturday morning O'CLOCK /, bad sub
siaed INTO rather sgerue VIVID from the southwest II
Get Ia from the northeast Tbuvsday fcreno n aud
tDued 10 blow from that quarter until half past three
~. fl.G.y, When u slowly shfted t,the east At 10
O'CLOCK 1t neht had changca u the soathesat ara
wss, Ae opposite gcin; q he compass non vbssss y