Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-30

place. the bell buoy being some distance Oh
its proper place.
RETURN OF THE STEAMER DEssoUG DIsA-
BLEED.
The steamship Dessoug, Captain Smith,
which sailed from this port on Thursday
last for New York, returned here yesterday
morning, having had her rudder and filler
broken and her machinery slightly dam
aged. Captain Smith, her commander, re-
ports that on Sunday morning he
saw 8 steamship about sixty miles
to the eastward Of Tybee, which he Is con-
hdent was the City Of Macon. and that she
was apparently all right. He also reports
having seen q square rugged vessel about 40
miles to the southwark of TYbee; her upper
deck and cabin could only be seen and the
name could not be discerned. The Dessoug
had proceeded as far as Charleston, and
struck the hurricane about midday on
Friday. The gale increased and lasted until
Sunday. The Captain also states that he
saw a schooner, with one mast gone, evil
IDENTIFY coming this way. The officers speak
In the highest terms Of the seaworthiness
of the steamer, and say that she
Is both staunch and buoyant, and that she
rode the heavy seas easy and gracefully,
without the sudden Jars that are generally
experienced IN other vessels. She is regu-
lar ocean steamer, and but for the misbaps
noted would undoubtedly have safely
passed through the storm and made her
port of destination on time.
REsCUING THE DISTRESSED.
Yesterday morning the stesmtug Consti-
tuition went down the river with the Mayor
and Health Officer on an official visit to the
quarantine station. The damage to the
station is not as serious as was apprehended,
the piles being uninjured. DR.. Huger and
the pilot, Captain George Barker. were
hrOr ,orhk 20 "a 0ft r Thar CnffnrinRg
were great during Saturday night and Sun
day for water and food.
At Long Island and Fort Pulaski signals
of distress were flying, and the tug went to
those points. From the former place was
brought Mr.. Theodore Morel the lighthouse
keeper, and his family. Also two colored
men, who had been shipwrecked while
going to Port Royal, and were rescued BY
the keeper.
The tug also proceeded to Fort Pulaski,
where the Sergeant aud squad there were
found in restitution aud distress, having
had the signal flying since Saturday. The
Sergeant and three men were brought up TO
the city and supplies were carried the men
left on duty at the fort by the revenue cut
ter Discover.
THE PERILs OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER.
Theodore Morel, the keeper of Long
Island Lights re ports''that the range beacon
was carried away on Saturday night. The
sea burst open the door of the main light
house, which was also used as the residence,
and filed the place with water, carrying
away the window shutters, and sweeping out
all the furniture ard cIothe-, water and pro-
visions and all supplies, including the oil.
Mr.. Morel and his wife and his sister and
daughter took refuge in the
light room, about four feet
square, expecting every minute
to be carried away, but the building stood
the storm. They remained in the house
without food or water until yesterday after
noon, when they were taken off by the tug
Constitution, as stated elsewhere.
Near the lighthouse was a fsherman's
house, occupied by Mr.. Valentine Morton
and wife. Mr.. Morel urged them in the
evening to come to the lighthouse for safety,
but Morton preferred to stay In his house,
and in the morning there was not the least
trace of the house or its occupants, who
were swept away to watery graves.
THE DEAD RECOVERED.
1t seems that the reported loss of life
from the storm has not be exaggerated, and
doubtless will far exceed the estimate that
has been made. The Coroner was kept busy
yesterday from early ia the morning until
dark, holding inQuests on the bodies of the
unfortunate victims which were found in
the river and swamps. On Hutchinson's
Island alone he held inquests
upon five persons, all coloTed. They were
Lizzie Pinekney, drowned, Adolph Heback,
drowned, Rena Watson and Dido Brown,
killed by falling houses. January Sweet
was also found on the island crushed by his
house, which was blown down upon him.
Verdicts in the above cases were rendered
in accordance with the facts.
The body of Mrs. Stokes was yesterday
morning found floating in the river near the
saw mill boom at the Hermitage and was
properly secured. The remains were sub
sequently removed to the residence at the
corner of Wilson and Stewart streets.
The body OF Mrs. Stokes little daughter
was discovered by some workmcn yester-
day afternoon at O'Clock, under the Cen
trail Railroad wharf, near the wes'' IN end,
in proximity TO the stern OF the br = Ameri-
can Union. Later in the evening the re-
mains were carried to the Exchange dock,
where they were taken in charge by the
Coroner.
The body Of the other child had not been
| discovered up to a late hour last night.
Near the Ferry dock, in the morning, the
| body OF Mr.. Richard l.. Fitzgerald, the
| engineer Of the steamer II. B. Plant, Yves
| found floating in the river. l. was at once
/ secured and toWed up to the steamer Plant,
aud placed on board. The inquest resulted
| in the verdict Of accidental drowning.
The flags on the steamer Plant, on the
steamship SaragOssa and several other yes
sells were placed at half mast in respect to
his memory. The deceased was universally
popular, and his sad aud terrible death has
been very generally lamented.
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION ON THE SMALL
| ISLANDS.
| We learn from a gentleman who lives on
| one of the coast Islands, that on Hogg and
| William Island some twenty houses, with
their colored occupants, were swept COM
| pletely away, and some thirty-fve cOlOred
people drowned. Six mules and horses and
/ other stock were lost, ana the rice crops
very materially damaged.
FOUR DROWNED AND ONE SAVED.
Boston Forester, colored man who
| lives on the Waring place, about four miles
| from the city, lost his wife and three chill
| dren. He was absent at the time, which
| probably accounts for his now being In the
land of the living. The house was occupied
by his wife, three children and his mother
| in-law, an aged woman. The house was
blown over and carried with its living &C.
cupants into the raging, seething waters.
| His wife and children were drowned, but
strange TO say the old woman was washed
back upon the shore and managed to save
| herself.
IN SEARCH OF A LIGHTER, AND WHAT WAS
DISCOVERED.
Several gentlemen, whose lighter had
been carried off by the storm, hired a boat
yesterday and employed a man to row them
around to Back river. During their
search for the lighter, they saw on Hutchin-
sons Island beach, nearly opposite
| HaskelPs plantation, the bodies of
four colored women, a cOlored boy
and a colored man, which had been washed
ashore at that point. They only went far
enough to secure their lighter, but are Of
the opinion that had they gene further
other bodies would have been discovert q.
! They also came across an old Italian fisher
man named Jacinto, whose hut had
been swept away. The old man
was nearly famished and very much ema-
ciated, and his clothes were torn to shreds.
| They brought the homeless old fisherman
/ to the city, where he was supplied with
clothes and food, and was then turned over
to fellow countrYman who offered to take
care OF him.
FLOATING HOUSE.
A colored man and his wife, who were
living In new building on Rabbit Island,
were blown into the river with the house
| The building being strong held together and
they were two hours 10 the house, and float
ed a distance of three miles before they
succeeded IN reaching the shore, which they
finally accomplished without sustaining
much damage.
EIGHTEEN MORE BODIES FOUND.
The Coroner received information last
night, but at too late an hour to hold an
| inquest, that four more bodies had been
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