The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-31
SALT LAKE DAILY WEDNESDAY. AUGUST
T.E5T.. T. EGR.APHIC
TFEPORT ROYAL HORROR
Hurricanes Work IN The
South.

| Port Royal, 29.-lt seems that on &C.
/ coynt Of the storm the ferry man could
| ndS convey passengers across the river.
Passengers gathered in the ferry house
avn iting sn abatement of the storm,
when the house was carried away by the
niah tide. Seven bodies were recovered
to-day. The number actually drowned
| is uncertain, but it is rumored that they
varg from tweoty to forty. One washer
and one 6redge of the Coosaw Mining
company in Coosaw River sunk. No
| lives were lost. Considerable damage
was done TO the whsrves and lighters of
| the company.
Charleston, 29.-No mention of the
loss CT life at Por: Royal ferry is made
10 Beaufort letters dated yesterday. The
wires are still down.
Augusts, Ga, ga terrific hurricane
| The velocity Of the wind was about
evening the signal service office was IN
rooted and the instruments were de-
stroyed. A portion Of the roof of the
roof Of the Morning NelDs office was
| blown off and the building flooded. The
city exchange was badly damaged. A
number of firms on the bay lost heavily
by damage to goods. About fifty private
dwellings were more or less injured.
The sheds on the new wharf of
the Baltimore steamship line was blown
entirely down. Several -four and lice
mills were unroofed and the contents
flooded. A large portion Of the city was
under water for several hours. The Gen.
trail railroad Whsrves were badly dam
aged. The public parks we're sborn of
the finest trees and otherwise injured.
The destruction of shade trees is very
great. The Georgia iofrmsry was
wrecked and the patents barely escaped.
A number were bruised by falling brick
! and plaster. The German brig Maria
LOUISA, Capt. Mink, had her stern badly
mashed, and the rudaer, boWsprit and
| iibboom broken. Her sides were also in
jured. The pho: boat, Maid Of the Mist,
came in collision with schooner snd
sunk. Several other tug boats were in
jured. The steamer City of Bridaets,
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-Mr. Stokes
barely escaped. Engineer Richard Fitz-
gerald, of the II. B. Planet, was
drowned The loss of life among the
eolored people occupying little hutS on
the rice plantations and along the river
was very great. On Tybee Island the
house Of Henry Solomon was blown
down and the ruins caught fire. Three
persons persisted. The family of David
Bowers, colored, comprising seven
persons, all drowned. A colored womsn
and four children washed away in
their house and drowned. All the peo-
pie on Shad Island drowned. Several
| other persons were known to have per-
| ished. At Fort Pulaski the officers
quarters were flooded. The telegraph
lines TO Savannah are all down. 1t is
apprehended that notwithstanding the
warnings Of the approaching storm some
vessels along the coast suffered, and
news OF disasters will be received during
the week. The storm has been very Sc
vere and particularly dangerous to yes
sells, from the fact that the wind shifted |
frequently and blew with equal severity |
from tie northeast, northwest and west. |
at Beaufort the water house wharf |
vashed away, and two sloops were |
washed under the bluff. The streets |
were filed with water. At Port Royal |
the bridge connecting the wharf with the |
cotton compress, washed away, and part |
of the railroad track was destroyed. Ten |
pAny, returning home on Saturday night |
got in ferry house at Port Royal ferry,
ten miles from the tewn, for production, |
were drowned, the only loss of life re |
ported. Several pilot boats and United |
States tug were washed ashore.
Little Rock, 29.-It is reported that |
Joseph Welt, wife and child, of this I
city, were killed by the tornado at Sa-
vsDnah He was prominent merchant. |
= New York, 80. - HeTGLd's Macon,
Ga: A. terrific tornado burst from the |
nor beast on Savannah on Saturday at |
dark. In few minutes the city was in |
darkness and parks, streets aud squares |
rendered impossible by falling trees and |
buildings. Every wire leading out of the |
city was Frustrated. Fully 100 dwellings |
houses, stores and warehouses lost their 1
roofs, snd many had their walls blown
in. One house containing six persons
was blown into the river and five people |
were drowned. The total loss Of liv0s is /
probably IS. Many more we're wound |
ed. The ships in the river broke loose |
from their moorlRgs, and several were |
sunk and number damaged. The |
steamer City Of Macon sailed for New
York few hours before the storm broke, /
and much anxiety is felt for her safety. |
She had on board VIM. Wadley, presi-
dent Of the Georgia Central railroad. |
On Tybee Island nearly every house has
been blown away. One house took fire |
after it fell, consuming Mrs. Georgia |
Wolfe, her child and her little brother.
Other dresdful scenes are reported at va
rious river resorts In Savannah, depots,
wharves and elevStors and large build
ings suffered great damage. The SAvan-
nah Morning Ntics building was un-
roofde, and the printers set up the paper
in six inches Of water. The beautiful
trees for which toe city is noted are
greatly damaged, and Buena Ventura is
in sad plight Business is psrAlyzed |
and over 100000 loss has been incurred.