Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-30
he Harfieane q tie Southern Csase
GREAT Loss orr LIVES AND DESTRUCTION o
PROPERTY.


PROPERTY.
terrific hurricane visited Savannah, Satur-
day night. The velocity Of the wind was about
eighty miles an hour. Early in the evening the
signal service Office was unroofed and the in
struments destroyed. A portion of the roof Of
the Morning Nesns Office was blown of and the
building flooded. The City Exchange was badly
damaged. number of firms on the quay lost
heavily. About fifty private dwellings were
more or less injured. The sheds on the new
wharf Of the Baltimore steamship line were
blown entirely down. Several flour and rice
mills were unroofed and their contents flooded
A large portion Of the city was under
water for several hours. The Central rail-
road wharves were badly damaged. The
public parks were denuded of some
of their finest trees and otherwise injured
The destruction Of shade trees was very great.
The Georgia Infirmary was wrecked and the
patients barely escaped, a number being bruised
by falling bricks and plaster. The German
brig Maria Louise. Capt. Minke. had her stern
badly smashed, and her rudder bowsprit and
tibboom broken. Her sides were also injured
The pilot boat Maid of the Mist, collided with
schooner and sunk. and several tugboats were
injured. The steamer City of Bridgeton had
hole punched in her side. house was swept
down the river and three of the occupants
Mrs. Stokes and her two children, were drowned
MIR. Stokes barely escaped. Engineer Richard
Fitzgerald. of the steamer H. b. Plant. was
drowned. The loss of life among the colored
people occupying little huts on the rice planta-
lions and along the river was very great On Ty
bee Island the house of Henry Solomon was
blown down and the ruins caught fire. Three
persons persisted The family of David Bowers,
colOred. comprising three persons. were drowned.
colOred woman and her three children were
washed away in their house. All the people at
Shad Island were drowned. At Fort Pulaski
the officers quarters were flooded. The tele-
graph lines to Savannah all down. 1t is appre-
hended that Notwithstanding the warnings given
OF the approaching storm some vessels along the
coast have suffered. and news of disasters will
be received during the week. The storm has
Deen very severe and particularly dangerous to
vessels from the fact that the wind shifted, fire.
quently, blowing from the north. east, north
east, northwest and west. At Beaufort the
water house wharf was washed away, two
sloops were washed under the bluff,
and the streets were filled with water. AT
Port Royal bridge connecting the wharf
with the cotton compress was washed away, and
a part of the railroad track was destroyed. Ten
negro hands of the Coosaw Mining company, re-
ierry-hOuse of the Port Royal ferry, ten miles
washed away. with all the men. who were
Several pilot boats and United States tug
We're washed ashore. At Port Royal on account
the storm the ferryman could not convey pas
sengers across the river. A number of persons
were in the ferry-house awaiting the abatement
OF the storm when the house was carried away
by the high tide. Seven bodies were recovered
to-day. The number actually drowned is I'M
certain as the rumors conflict, varying the num-
Der from twenty tO forty