Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-29


rooted. The Cotton Exchange was slightly
damaged, some Of the corniee and a portion
of the roof being blown Of The Com
mercizI building had the full force OF the
gale, nearly the entire roof being carried
of, with rsfters attached, and dropped into
Drsyton street at the corner Of Bay lane.
AS elsewhere stated, the upper floor was
occupied as the Signal Service observatory,
which lost several valuable instruments.
The top of the brick building occupied BY
Mr.. G. G. Hard wicke, corner Abercorn ana
Bay, was demolished. A number OF build
ings in Kelly's aud StOddArd's range were
unroofed and the northern windows and
doors blown in The store Of Messrs. VIM.
Hone & Co., corner Bull and Bay, was very
badly damaged. The windows were broken
on the eastern side aud the place flooded
with water. A number of boxes OF cigars
were In the large show window, aud the ap-
peaTance Of things there yesterday morning
Indicated that some vandal, under cover OF
the storm, had committed robbery.
THE CITY EXCHANGE
suffered greatly, the entire upper portion Of
the eastern side was literally skinned, the
tin being peeled of by the keen gale. The
northern windows were driven in and the
various Offices filed with water. The COun-
ell Chamber Clerk of Councils office,
Treasurer's Office and various other offices
in the building more or less suffered. The
Mayors Office was only slightly damaged by
water. The porticO in front was also dam
aged.
ABOVE THE EXCHANGE
the damage seemed to be mostly confined to
the buildings on the north side OF the Bay.
The KnickerbOcker Ice Company's building
was unrOofed; but the new sheds recently
erected In front Of Wilcox & Gibbs ware
house remsined unschathed all the stock
of clothing, dry goods, mattings, ETC., In
J. Mclaughlin & Sons establishment " as
DESTROYED by water; Messrs. Friedenserg's
stock suffered severely; J. W. Schley q
Co. had their oats, corn and hay IN tue up
per story ruined; Aessrs. Stern ~ Nuss-
baum's stock Of feathers and furs were
damaged, also the stock Of N. I. Hender-
SOL and Kennedy & Blun's goods are in
sorry plight.
Messrs- G. L. Gilbert & Co. IS store, corner
OF Barnard aud Bay, was partially unroofed,
and the upper walls of the brick warehouses
AZ the southeast and northwest corners Of
Jefferson and Bay were partially blown out
and the roofs damaged. The tin that was
on the ice depot Of Haywood, Gage & Co s
was rolled up like a bundle Of cloth and
carried of some distance.
GENERAL SUMMARY
OF the private dwellings and stores from the
Bay to Anderson streets will give some idea
Of the extent and violence Of the storm In
the heart Of the city.
Cassell Row, fronting on Reynolds square,
corner OF st. Julian and Abercorn streets,
was despoiled Of IT'S cutters aud rain spOuts
The wooden partitions on the roof OF the
back porticOs OF the various houses In
the block were swept away from Lincoln 70
Abercorn street. A brick wall separating the
yards OF two Of the middle tenements was
blown down, and the ceiling in the bath
room OF the house corner Of Abereorn,
fronting the square, was knocked down.
Beyond this there was very little damage
sustained by the Row.
Directly opposite the frame dwelling be-
longing to Captain W. w. Gordon, and &C
cupleG by Mr.. j. F. Cavanagh, had its roof
torn of, aud was damaged by fallen tree.
The old Planters Bank, on the opposite
side Of the square, occupied by Messrs.
Chisholm & Erwin and Mr.. G. 1. Mills,
was very badly damaged. A portion Of the
roof was blown of, several Of the windows
smashed, and a large tree felled by the
wind rests across It in dangerous condt-
ton.
The buildings corner of Bryan and Whita-
ker were unroofed, as was also the Com
mercial House, opposite the Market, on
Bryan street.
The windows OF the drug store OF MesSrs.
g. N. Heidi & Co. were smashed-dVe large
panes IN all-and but for the promptness in
bracing the frame before the storm reached
It's height, the entire window would have
been carried IN. The place was flooded
with water, and the roof was also damaged.
The roof of the store Of Messrs- e. Eek
stein & Co. was very slightly damaged, and
there was no further damage IN this block
until Schreiner's book store Is reached. A
large pane of glass was smashed and the
slow window filed with water, which
flooded the store.
DIR. o. Butler had the full benefit Of the
blow, both from the north and east, being
at the corner, and the result was five large
panes of glass broken. Only by hard work
was the frame kept intact. He suffered
somewhat from damage by water
Among the residences most reriously
damaged may be mentioned the ndsome
houses on CASTOR street Occupi ! by Mr..
George G.. Freeman and Mr.. A. IL. Cham
piOn. The entire roof was lifted of, and
the pOrticO and front steps demolished. Mr..
VIM. Homes residence was also badly dam
aged. The two new houses. lately compile
ted by Mr.. A. S. Bacon and Major j. F..
Brooks were unroofed, as also the houses Of
ID. c. Bacon, and Major II. 4. Smart.
The tin roof, Just laid on the house Of Mr..
Fred. Woolhopter, was lifted of and the
residence of Capt. g. w. Lamar
was pretty badly damaged, the roof being
ripped up, the southern piazza stove In; the
fence on the premises is also Frustrated.
Captain Mercer, Mr.. w. II. Baker. Messrs.
]. j. Dale 81 Co. and others in the same
vicinity suffered to some extent.
The residence of Mr.. d. G. Purse and the
one adjoining, occupied by Major Stewart,
on Liberty street, were both unroofed. The
damage in this street, however, seemed to
be confined TO tie destruction OF the SPLEEN
did trees. The street from one end to the
other was blockaded With fallen trees.
The gale totally unroofed the planning
mill Of Bacon s. Brooks; partially unrOofed
the planning mill of j. j. McDonough. The
planning mill of Haslam Il Hawkins Is almost
totally DESTROYED. The residences OF G. w.
Haslam aud I. b. Thompson were unroofed.
The roof was torn off the entire row Of
dwellings owned by Mr.. Z J. Kennedy and
others five houses in all). These houses
are all between Habersham, Price, Liberty
and Charlton streets.
South Bread aud Jones streets presented a
fearful looking sight in the destruction of
numerous beautiful shade trees. There
were not the Usual number OF dwellings IN
rooted on these streets for the reason that
most of the buildings have single or
slate roofs. One noticeable thing In
connection with the destruction Is that
houses having tin roofs were almost the only
ones damaged.
On Bay and Jefferson the brick ware
house was unroofed, and Mr.. E. j. Acosta's
steam cracker factory was in the same fix,
but his loss is not serious.
The store of Messrs. Ludden u Bates WAS
unroofed, and their stock damaged to the
extent Of about 81, 900.
The store of Mr. e. A. Abbott, corner Of
BRYAN and West Broad, was very seriously
damaged, the roof being lifted entirely off
and whisked half block away. Several of
his window panes were also broken.
Nearly opposite on West Broad street the
wheelwrlght establishment of Alderman d.
0'Connor was unroofed.
eoUTHERN SUBURBS.
The destruction on the southern suburbs
beyond CASTOR street was mostly in the un-
roofing Of houses and prostrstiOn Of fences
and out houses. On nearly every street
scores Of fences could be seen on the
ground and numerous out houses leVeled.
A new two-story frame house, which was
about approaching completion, at the cor
ner of Montgomery and New Houston
streets, belonging to Mr.. Sullivan, was
blown down, aud is a confused mass OF
rafters and planks. The hall of the Chat
ham Light Infantry, in the same vicinity,
was unrOofed, and a small unoccupied
building near by completely demolished.
On the corner of Henry and Barnard
streets the large stable on the premises OF
Mr.. q. o. Penton, Singer sewing machine
agent, was completely demolished, and the
entire fence around the enclosure was
leveled. Mr.. Penton's horse was In the
stable at the time, and was penned in by
the timbers, but fortunately was rescued
without being ia the least injured
A row Of new tenements on Jefferson and