Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-11


The apprehension which was ielt regarding
the cyclone reported to the west of Jamaica
on Wednesday last, and which was supposed
TO be moving this way, had about subsidized,
and expectation became general that It
would not strike Savannah, when interest was
revived Saturday morning by the announce
ment that additional information had been
received at the Signal Office.
Shortly after u O'Clock Mr.. Ford, the
Signal Observer, received tele-
gram from Washington, stating that
the Gulf cyclone had recurved, and, at
that time, was central of the mouth OF the
Mississippi. Its course could not be de-
fined, but 1t was probable It would move
northeastward, in which event Savannah
would be likely to get portion OF it at any
rate sometime during the night. The dis
patch further stated that dangerous winds
might be anticipated for Saturday night and
Yesterday, and warning to that effect was
given the shipping.
At $3.50 D. N. cautionary signals were
ordered up at Savannah, and the cyclone
was reported central south OF Pensacola,
apparently moving in q direction north of
east.
During the afternoon there were frequent
heavy showers, and about half-past eight
Saturday night very heavy rain set in,
accompanied by thunder and vivid light
ming, which continued until after mid
| night. The wind, which had been quite
stiff in the early part OF the evening, in
creased gradually. and at half-past ten
there was very lively blow.
No signal could be ordered up at Tybee,
owing to the telegraph line being down.
| The signals were ordered up st Brunswick
and Port Royal.
The highest velocity of the wind up to
hslf-past eleven o'clock Saturday night was
twenty-four miles per hour.
At quarter to l O'Clock Sunday morning
the rain, which had partially ceased, set in
with renewed fury and the wind freshened
| up considerably, and there was 3 pretty
| lively rattling Of windows and grosning of
| signs The rainfall was very heavy, though
/ not equal to that OF Thursday night, when
| 8 50 inches fell; the total rainfall since the
18th amounting to inches and over.
The force Of the blow struck Savannah
| between three and four O'Clock yesterday
morning, and the highest velocity Of the
/ wind was fOrtY-two miles per hour. In the
/ city there was fortunately no damage o. any
| importance done. a number OF limbs Of
trees were blown off, and on several
| OF the streets small trees were blown
/ down The roof of a house on New
| Houston, near jefferson street, was carried
| off, and a tree in front of Mr.. Gilbert's
| residence, on Hall street., was pro trated.
| There was no damage done at the Park At
/ all We are informed that some fences and
| q few small shanties beyond the southeast
| ern suburbs were blown down, but consider
| ing the tremendous rain, the incessant and
| fearfully vivid lightning and the strong
wind, the entire damage sustained IL the
| city was trihing.
| A large portion of tin roof was torn off
/ one of the buildings on the south side OF
Bay street during the blow Yesterday morn
/ ing, and was carried clear across the street.
THE SUBURBAN RESORTS.
At Montgomery, the property of the
/ City and Suburban Railway sustained some
| damage The southern bank enclosing
| ''the lake" was washed, and the row of re-
| tanning piles from the breakWater almost
| all washed up. All of this work was un-
| finished and the damaged bank can be re-
/ paired for about Sl25-
| The new wharf and bathing house sus-
/ tanned no injury, and there was no other
| damage worth nothing.
| At Isle of Hope the water came up to the
/ banks, but excepting some slight washes
| in the bluff and the washing off of panks
/ from several bath houses, there was no
| damage.
| A resident at the Isle informs us that at
| dsybreak the novel sight Of mammoth
waves rolling against the bluff and dashiug
| into foam was witnessed. The usually
| placid river was emphatically on a boom,
and he thinks that had the wind not shifted
there would inevitably have been serious
disaster.
At Shipyard about fifty feet Of the bluff
on DR.. L. A. Fslligant's place was washed
away.
We hear OF no damage at either White
Bluff, Beaulieu or Burnside, and no bad
effects OF the gale are reported at Thunder
bolt.
UP THE RIVER.
TIE steamer Mary Fisher arrived here
| last night from COhen's Lsuding on the
| Savannah river. The storm was very light
at Cohen's Bluff. which Is distant
| from Savannah about one hundred
aud twenty-five miles. Passengers from
along the river twenty five miles from
| the city report that the wind and rain were
| very severe through that section, and that
| great damage had been done the crops. A
| large number Of trees had been blown down,
| but so far as could be ascertained there
/ were no lives lost.
The steamer Katie arrived at half-past
| ten o'clock last night from Augusta, but
| brought no additional Information to he
above. From Augusta to Cohen's Landing
1 Elere were no eu6CtS OF Tue sIOfm visible.
| In the interior, however, 1t is feared there
| has been serious damage done.
THE DIRECTION OF THE CYCLONE.
Ia an interview with Mr. Ford, the Signal
| Observer, yesterday afternoon, We were in
| formed that since the last report received
| by him from Washington, at half past three
o'clock Saturday afternoon, 1t was evident
| that the cyclone had changed its course, and
that only the "esst side" of it passed over
| Savannah. The direction was towards At
| lanta, which city, he thinks, was
struck by the centre of the cy-
clone. Montgomery and Augusta being
included in the parabOla. The course from
Atlanta was through the northern part Of
South Carolina and North Carolina, and it
is expected It will pass out about Cape Hat
terss - day or to morrow, as its progress
has been slow.
THE LATEST.
Since writing the above Mr.. Ford has
courteOusly furnished us with a copy of the
following dispatch received by him, dated
Washington o'clock last night:
WASHINGTON, september 10, 1882.
$40 P. M-Hoist off shore signals, Savsn-
nab, section eleven. Cyclone continues to
move slowly in northeasterlY direction,
and is now central in Northern Georgia.
HAZEN.