The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-09-07
A FURIOUS STORM.
IossEs ~ nuTE AND PROPERTY
The Disasters in south Carolina and
Georgia, and Fears Of Vessels
Lost in the Gale
storm i.s.. NJ.

lent. At Beaufort the storm stop
ped the ferryman, and the passen-
gers gathered in the ferry house TO
await the abatement of the storm.
While crowded in there the house
was carried away by the high tide.
Seven bodies were recovered yester-
day. The number actually drowned
is uncertain, but it is rumored varies
from twenty to forty One washer
and one dredge of the Coosaw Min
ing Company in Coosaw river sunk.
No lives were lost. Considerable
damage was done to the wharves
aild lighters Of the company.
Vessels arriving at Charleston re-
port the gale extremely violent off
the port A light-ship in Rattle
snake Shoals broke from her moor
ings during the gale, and is anchored
in six fathoms of water southeast of
Fort Sumter, three miles nearer
Charleston than her former position.
The sea buoy off Charleston drifted
off Jelley Island. The other bar
buoy was lost and the middle buoy
dragged out of position about "a
quarter of a mile to the eastward.
Saturday night the storm reached
Savannah, Georgia, where it tore off
the roof of the Signal Service build
ing and destroyed the instruments.
\ portion of the roof of the Moraing
Ners office was blown off and the
building flooded. The City Ex-
change was badly damaged. 4
number of firms ON the BAY lost
heavily by damage to goods. About
/ fifty private dwellings were more or
less injured. Sheds in the new
wharf of the Baltimore Steamship
line were blown entirely down.
Several flour and rice mills were un-
rooted and the contents flooded. 4
large portion Of the city is under
water. Several barns of the Central
Railroad wharyes are badly dam
aged. The public parks are shorn
OF some of the finest trees and other
wise injured. The destruction of
shade trees is very great. The
Georgia inlirmary was wrecked and
the patients barely escaped. \
number were bruised by the falling
of brick and plaster. The German
brig, Maria Louise, Captain Kinke,
had her stern badly mashed, and
her rudder, bowsprit, and jib boom
broken. Her sides were also iniur-
ed. The pilot boat Maid of the
Mist came in collision with schoo-
ner and sunk. Several other tug
boats were injured. The steamer
City of Bridges had a hole punched
in her side. A house was swept
down the river and three of the oc-
cupants, Mrs. Stokes and her two
children drowned. Mr.. Stokes bare
| ly escaped Engineer Richard Fitz-
gerald, of the II. 3. Plant, was
drowned. The loss Of life among
the colored people occupying little
hutS en- the rice plantations and
along the river was very great. On
rybee Island the house Of Henry
Solomon was blown down, and the
ruins caught fire. Three persons
| perishcd. The family Of David
Bowers, colored, comprising seven
persons, were all drowned. All the
| people on Shad Island were drown
ed. Several other persons are known
to have peris he'd. At Fort Pulaski
the officers quarters are flooded.
Telegraph lines to Savannah are all
down. Notwithstanding the warn
ings Of the approaching storm, some
vessels along the coast have suffered
and news of disasters viii be receiv-
ed during the week. The storm has
been very severe, and particularly
dangerous to vessels, from the fact
that the wind shifted frequently,
and blew sith equal severity from
the north, east, northeast, northwest
and west.
A dispatch from Macon says Of
the storm at Savannah
In a few minutes the city was in
darkness, and the parks, streets and
squares were rendered impossible
by falling trees and houses. Every
wire leading out of the city is pros
trated fully one hundred dwelling
houses, stores and warehouses lost
their roofs and many had their walls
blown in. One house containing
six persons was blown into The river
and five people Crowned. The total
loss Of life so far reported is thirty
five, and there are many more
wounded. Ships in the river broke
from their moorings, several were
sunk and a large number of them
damaged.
On Tybee Island, Savannah and |
Casey islands, nearly every house
was blown away. One house took !
fire after it fell, consuming Mrs. |
George Wolfe. her child and her /
little brother Other dreadful scenes
are reported at various river resorts. !
In Savannah the depots, wharves, |
elevator and large buildirgs suffered |
great damage. The Savannah Wars !
building was unrooied, and the /
printers set up the paper in six |
inches of water. The beautiful trees |
for which the city is noted, are great
ly damaged and Bonaventure is in |
sad plight. Business is paralyzed /
and over 81, ,000,000 loss has been in I
CURED.
OF the few spectators who brayed !
the force of the hurricane after night /
fall at Charleston was Thomas c. /
Lesense, aged twenty-three, son of
Chancellor Lesense. He was swept I
from the Battery sea wall by the /
wind into the harbor. Being a fine
swimmer, he succeeded in Keeping
afloat long enough TO. grasp rope I
thrown to him by his companions,
but at the critical moment the rope
broke and he disappeared in the /
darkness, His body has not been
recovered.
----~>---~-->-
1.