The Portland daily press., 1881-08-31
A FURIOUS BLAST.
The Hurricane on the Southern
Coast.
FURTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND
LOSS OF LIFE.

SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.-The hurricane report
ed by the Signal Office as moving up the coast
last week struck Savannah and vicinity on
Saturday evening. The wind had been blow
ing steadily since Thursday night; ats p. m.
Saturday it attained velocity of forty-eight
miles an hour: at 8.45 the signal station was
unroofed and the instruments were smashed.
They last recorded velocity of sixty miles an
hour and it is thought reached seventy-five to
eighty. The rain fell in torrents. Houses
were unroofed; stores and warehouses were
flooded. The streets were Uttered with debris
and Frustrated trees: shipping in the river was
torn loose and thrown on the banks after in
Vulnerable collisions. All down the river to
Tybee vessels are ashore. AuTybee great de-
struction was wrought. The Ocean House es-
capped Most of the cottages were blown down
or injured The house of Henry Solomon was
blown down and burnt. Mrs. Wolf and daugh-
ter Mrs. Polk, her little girl and young BROTH
er, Joshua Polk, were burned to death. The
iourners on the island were in terrible peril all
night The family of Addison Stokes, oppo-
size the city, persisted in the river, but Mr..
Stokes was rescued. There was great damage
and loss of life among the negroes on the rice
lands. No estimate can be formed Of the
damage in the city. A number of accidents
occurred, some fatal, among which was the
drowning of Engineer Richard Fitzgerald, of
steamer FL. B. Plant The steamship Dss-
souga, which left here Thursday for New
York, returned disabled. A number of wrecks
are reported along the coast. The revenue
cutter Boutwell, is in the marsh back of Fort
Pulaski and a number OF other vessels are
ashore in the vicinity of Tybee.
Every arrival continues to bring accounts Of
disasters by the storm. The steamer Juniata,
from New York, which arrived today, broke
down at p m. on the 2Sth inst. She brought
thr crew of the schooner Hannah A. Soils
bound from Jacksonville to New York with
lumber, which she took off. On the 2Sth the
Capt. of theschooner was lost overheard.
The pilot boat Belle picked up 16 miles
southeast of Tybee, q raft the CAPTAIN and six
men of the bark Brunswick from Pascagoula
for Boston, which foundered on Saturday
Four men were lost from her.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Aug. 30.-The Bark
Minnie Gray from Bremen arrived today
bringing the crew of the schooner Caroline
Hall from Fernandina, bound north, abandon
ed at sea.
BARK Aurea Para for Ball River, collided
with an unknown qessel during the storm and
received an injury to her planking, chains, &c.
The other vessel is supposed to have sunk.
The schooner Ell. ] +. Congdou, Georgetown
for York. put back with loss of sails and spars.
James q. Harris, mate of the schooner Mary
q. Fisher, which sailed from Philadelphia for
Wilmington, N. c., laden with coal, was
picked up at sea OF the 29th by the steamer
Santiago de Cuba and brought to this port.
He was on piece of the cabin OF the
schooner. and was naked and delirious when
picked up. -
The schooner foundered on the oath off Fry
ing Pan Shoal and all hands were lost except
Harris. 1t is estimated over 100 lives have
been lost in this vicinity by the gale. Between
twenty and thirty inquests have already been
held With the exception of seven all are me-
groes washed off the plantations. The stealu-
Shin Mararaiah and a schooner are reported
ashore on Lapelo bar.