The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-31
A SOUTHERN SIROCC0,
.ossEs IN LEE ave PRopsRTY.
The Disasters IN south Carolina and
Georgia, and Fears Of Yes
sells LOst In the Gale
H| storm Incidents.

storm predicted by the signal service passeC
over this place last Saturday and was ex
ceedingly violent At Beaufort the storm
stopped the ferryman, and the passenger
gathered in the ferry house to await tn,
abatement OF the storm, While crowded
In there the house was carried away
by the high tide. Seven bodies were re
covered yesterday, The number actually
drowned Is uncertain, It is rumored 1t varies
from twenty to forty, One washer and one
dredge Of the Coosaw Mining Company IL
Coosaw river sunk, No lives were lost
Considerable damage was done to the
wharves and lighters Of the company,
Saturday night the storm reached sa
vannah, Georgia, where II tore Off the roo
OF the Signal Service building and de
stroyed the instruments. A portion OF the
roof the Morning News Office was blown oll
and the building flooded. The City Ex.
change was badly damaged A number oI
frrns on the buy lost heavily by damage 10
goods. About hfty private dwellings were
more or less injured, Sheds in the new
wharf Of the Baltimore Steamship line
were blown entirely down. Several -four
and rice mills were unrOOfGd and the con.
tents flooded. A large portion OF the city
is under water. Several barns OF the. Cen.
tral Railroad wharves arc badly damaged,
The public parks are shorn Of some Of
the finest trees and otherwise in.
jured, The destruction oi shade trees Is
very great. The Georgia infrmary was
wrecked md the patients barely escaped,
A number were bruised by the falling Of
brick aud plaster Tho German brig,
Maria Louise, Captain Minke, had her
stern bady mashed, and her rItlder, bow.
spirit and jibbOOm broken. lIersides were
also injured, The pilot boat Maid Of the
Mist came In collision with u schooner and
sunk. Several other tug boats were in,
jured. The steamer City Of Rridges had u
hole punched in her side A house was
swept down the river and three Of tho oC.
cupants, Mrs. Stokes and her two children
drowned, Mr., Stokes barely escaped,
Engineer Richard Fitzgerald, OF The II, b.
Plant, was drowned, al. IT,
The loss Of liIO among the colored people
occupying little huts on the rice planta.
tons and along the river was very great
On Tybee Island the house Of Henry Solo.
mon was blown down, and the ruins caught
fire, Phree persons perished,' The family
OF Dr. Bowers, colorod, comprising seven
persons. were all drowned, A cOlored wo-
man and four children were washed away
In their house and drowned, All the peG.
pie on ShRd Island were drowned, Several
other persops are known to have perlshed.
At Fort Pulaski the officers quarters arc
flooded Telegraph lines to Savannah are
oil down. Notwithstanding the warnings
OF the approaching storm, some vessels
along the coast have suffered, and news OF
disasters will be received during tho week.
The storm has heen very severe, and Par-
tiCularly dangerous to vessels, from the
tact that the wind shifted frequently, and
blew with equal severity from tho north
east, northeast, northwest and west.
a dispatch from Macon says OF the
storm Mt Savannah; In few minutes the
city was In darkness and the parks, streets
and squares were rendered impossible BY
falling trees and houses. Every wire lead
Ing out OF the city Is prostrted; fully ono
hundred dwelling houses, stores aud ware
houses lNHt their roofs, and many had their
walls blown In, One house containing six
persons was blown into the river and FIVE
people drowned. The total loss Of life SO
far reported Is thirty.fve, and there are
many more wounded, Ships In the river
broke from their mooring; several were
sunk and large number damaged,
On Tybee Island, Savannah and Casey
Islands, nearly every house wRs blown
away, One houae took tiro after II fell,
consuming Mrs, Georgia Wolfe, her child
and her little brother Other dreadful
scenes are reported at various river resorts
In savahnah the depots, &harvea, elevator
and large buildings suffered great damage.
The Savannah Morning Ns1tS building was
unroofed, and the printers Betun the paper
In six inches of;water. The beautiful trees,
for which the city 10 noted, are greatly
damaged, and Bonaventtire is In II sud
plight Business Is paralyzed and over
81 ,000, 900 loss has been incurred.
s..a A BELArED sillp.
NEw YoRK, August s0,-The steamship
Hudson Freeman, from New Orleans, ar
rived to-day she reports heavy weather
Oft the east coast of Florida, lasting thirty
hours. On August 2sth, she fell in with
the ship sandusky, from Pensacola for 1iv-
crpool, with lumber, dismasted, wster-
logged and stem gone. They took Of the
crew who had been scventy:eigbt hours
without food or water The report Of Cap.
tain Lowdel, Of ship Sandusky, stys We
left Pensacola August 18th for Liverpool;
all went well until the Gath, when itbcgan
blowing strong, on the 25th It continued
and increased to q heavy gale; tho vessel
hoYsto under main, loSsr.topsail ahdfore
top mast staysail; the ship began leaking
badly hFtp 'I''" ''' ' "a
| On The Goth the wind increased to hur.
ricane, and the leak gaining 90 fast both
pumps could not keep the vessel free. At
6PM. she had ten feet Of water In the hold,
with both pumps constantly going, but to
no purpose. At B1r.M., a sQuall Of great
violence threw the ship on her beam ends,
when the inasts were cut'away, at the satne)
time everything was swept FROM the deck,
including both houses with all the stores
and fresh water. All the officers and crew
reached the weather miGzen rigging ex'
cent two seamen and the cook, who were
never afterwards seer, and must have been
swept away when The deck-load went over.
The ship slowly righted after the loss Of her
top hamper but was complete water
logged wreck. The crew remained on
Tie miSzen rigging until tlaybreak, the sea
continually sweeping over them and threat.
ening 10 carry them of every moment. At
daybfeakjwe were enabled to better our con.
dition somewhat, but rs the ship was cOn.-
stan,ly breaking up, II was q day Of tetfOr.
About P. M-we saw u brig steeting
nearly iot us, but she passed BY without
noticing us, though ,hef people we're
plainly yisibleto is. The wind was still
blowing a heavy gale md heavy seas were
breaking over The slip; when nearly dark
the whole stern frame broke and was
swept away with the after part Of the main
deck, and the timbet commenced coming
out from Shat,seen the detks.S we were
then OBLIGED Ia abandon our TOsitibh, ahd