Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26

| municatiOn could be secured IN mat
direction.
LINEMEN AT WORK.
The wires are intact as far as Har-
! deeYille, but beyond there they were
found to be badly damaged. several
miles of poles were blown down on q
single stretch. on the Central railroad
the damage is equally great. The only
wires working last night were one to
Macon and another TO Augusta There
was no communication with Charleston,
/ except at Summerville, - miles distant,
/ where an office was temporarily estab-
/ lished for the transmission of press reports.
/ Manager Dillon had gang Of men at work
| all night. and the company Will be able to
handle business to-day without delay.
/ The wires running south on the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, were
very little broken.
THE RICE CROP UNINJURED.
Very little was heard from the rice
plantations. but the few reports which
have come in are 10 the effect that little
/ or no damage was done to the crops along
the Savannah, Back and New rivers.
Some rice was blown down, but
/ there was no water to speak
| o. The wind being from the west north
/ west the water was blown from the plan
/ tatiOns. In fact, there WAS no tide at all,
| the water being blown out OF the rivers.
! Very little damage was done to crops in
I any direction 30 tar as reports have been
/ received. There wac little on the truck
/ farms TO be injured. The fruit crop is ad-
/ vanced so far that there was nothing to
damage.
ASHORE ON THE KNOLL.
The bark c. Chalmers, Capt. Walter
/ Stone, with mahogany from Mexico, went
ashore on the knoll, one and One-half
miles north of lybee wharf at 3 O'Clock
in the morning. Saturday night she
anchored outside and was spoken by
pilot, but refused to take one. Sunday
morning at O'Clock the cable parted
and she lost and anchor and
45 fathOms of chain. The Captain then
made sail and came inside. Monday
morning the Captain went over TO quar-
antine station, but before he was ready to
return the wind was blowing a gale and
he could not get back. At 6 O'Clock
in the evening she lost her
second anchor and 60 fathoms Of cable.
The wind increased TO a hurricane at
midnight, and at 1 o'clock was blowing
70 miles an hour. The Chalmers began
dragging at II 80 o'clock, and
DRAGGED FIVE MILES,
having lost third anchor and 80 fathOms
Of cable at 80 O'Clock. She went ashore
soon after, rolling heavily, with the sea
breaking over her deck. the crew Of nine
men thought she was going to pieces,
but did not leave the vessel. Her
steering apparatus was broken, the rud-
der post being wrencbed out of place.
She is lying with her head to the south,
and last night had Is feet Of water in her
hold. The vessel is 20 years old and be-
| longs in BOness. She may get OF
safely but it is not certain.
DRAGGED FROM HER ANCHORAGE.
M
Cook, in ballast, was lying at anchor in
the roads. She dragged three miles and
lost an anchor before striking on the
north end of Tybee island. The
Captain was in Savannah at the
time She is insured and is owned by
Dobell & Co, Of which firm Capt. J. X.
Clarke, Of this city, is a member. Last
night the tugs Constitution ana Maud
hailed her but did not try to pull her off,
she having 10 feet of water in her hold.
She is q years old. She is lying in dan
gerous position, but may get off.
The Norwegian bark Patent, which is
| lying at quarantine station, was
STOVE IN AMIDsHIPs,
and large hole was knocked in the bow
| by humping against the wharf.
The British steamship Marion. Capt.
| Jetfels, was riding at anchor above quar-
antine a short distance. When struck by
the hurricane she dragged and struck on
! the lower end of the west side OF Long
island. The tug Constitution went to her
| assistance and at shutdown pulled her off.
The pilot boat Jones was carried
well up on shore on the upper
! end f Long island ON the west side, but
came off at high water last night without
assistance.
In the South channel the damage was
much less than in the North. The excur-
! sion steamer st. Nicholas was anchored
/ between CockspuT and Mcqueen islands.
/ She had two anchors out and put on 40
] pounds of steam, but even then could not
/ keep from dragging. The waves dashed
up over the deck and she was blown
ashore opposite Fort Pulaski, but came
of at high water about sun rise.
The pilot boat Wilder was blown on the
marsh on McQueen's island and she toe
got of at high tide.
AT TYBEE.
On Tybee island the wind blew at one
time 10 miles an hour. All day a sand
storm prevailed and the weather looked
| threatening. Old residents scanned tbs
| clouds closely and expressed fears OF q
repetition OF the storm OF 1881. After
dark the wind blew harder, and as the
night wore on it became gale. At first
IL came from the northeast, but Later
veered around TO the north. Theresidents
went TO bed with anxious minds. Luckily
the hurricane was iercest about the
time Of low tide and the island escaped
deluge by tidal wave, as occurred -four
years ago, when the hurricane struck Ty
bee at high tide.
The storm was
RAGING AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Tho wooden houses swayed perceptibly
and one owned by Charles Carroll, near ID,
wharf and west OF the railroad track
cracked at each violent gust. Mrs. Car
roll was alone, ana fearing that the house
would be blown down, she left
II few minutes before 3
The was then bowling among
the trees. and the rain was falling in tor.
rents. The air was mll OF sand and
pieces OF wood which the wind picked VI
and hurled with great force across the
island. Mrs. Carroll made her way
through the dark TO the house of near
neighbor, Mr.. ID. j. Patten. One hour
and a half later the storm seemed AZ it,
height, and with a crash Ca rolls house
was blown down aud completely demOl
ished. Almost everything in II was TO
tai wreck. The building was two stories
high and contained eleven rooms. IL was
valued at 900. and the furniture al
| $500.
Yesterday the former site Of the house
was covered with mass OF broken timbers
AID furniture. Three chairs and a mat